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How did I not know this existed?
Junk in the Trunk

How did I not know this existed?

I have been obsessed with this since I first learned of its existence earlier this week: It's tough to upstage a BRAT—but even tougher to upstage Ruth Gordon. This ad is for the '83 BRAT, so it was probably made in 1982, the year in which

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ByNathan
May 12, 2017
Junk in the Trunk

Big BMWs in Small Scale

These days, I cruise around in a Bavaria, BMW's not-quite-full-size, near-luxury '70s autobahn cruiser, but I have a confession to make: this is not the BMW I always aspired to. As a kid—starting around age 12 and reaching a fever pitch as I neared driving

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ByNathan
April 28, 2017
1969 Jaguar XJ6 sales brochure
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1969 Jaguar XJ6 sales brochure

My admiration for the Series I (1969-73) Jaguar XJ6 is no secret. You really only need to look at the thing to understand why, but the XJ is also the subject of one of the crown jewels of my collection of automotive sales brochures. This stunningly

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ByNathan
April 21, 2017
Junk in the Trunk

Volvo ÖV 4 Jakob by Stahlberg

Ninety years ago today, April 14, 1927, the first Volvo production car rolled (pun intended) out of the factory. Dubbed the ÖV 4 (for "Öppen Vagn 4 cylindrar," or Open Car 4 cylinders), the first Volvo has long been affectionately known as the "Jakob;" the

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ByNathan
April 14, 2017
Junk in the Trunk

I’m indexing every issue of Road & Track because I am a crazy person

As I've written before, my grandfather's collection of Road & Track magazines passed down to me upon his death last year. I believe he became a subscriber sometime in 1953, but at some point he also bought enough back issues that his library actually begins with the

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ByNathan
March 24, 2017
1966 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia sales brochure
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1966 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia sales brochure

[metaslider id=758] Bis später, y'all!

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ByNathan
March 17, 2017
Junk in the Trunk

Road & Track, February 1973

When my grandfather died last year, I inherited his collection of Road & Track magazines, encompassing nearly every issue from 1950 to

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ByNathan
March 10, 2017
Classic Volkswagens Square Off
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Classic Volkswagens Square Off

With its new Volkswagen Beetle model joining the classic T1 Camper Van, LEGO has classic VW fans covered two ways I take the "nerd" part of Automotive Nerdery very seriously, so it goes without saying that when LEGO's new Volkswagen Beetle set came out, I made

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ByNathan
October 17, 2016
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