A bit of a travelog for this month’s Finish Line. During a recent visit, I discovered an interesting account of a major project near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park...
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Arlington classic car collector, Mike Ames, has had his eye on this “purest of the Imperial years,” when the Chrysler Corporation in 1955 finally had introduced a premium marque to...
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Classic car collectors celebrate the opportunity to own a very rare vehicle. Not only does scarcity significantly increase a car’s value, but it also sets them aside in a world...
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Personal reflections of an on-going success story
When the announcement came in 1997 that I would be identified with the Texas Rangers initiative to grant more than a million dollars in a 20-year scholarship program to encourage...
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Christmas in the mountains
For more than 50 years our family has celebrated Christmas in our Arlington homes. There have been three of them over time, and it’s where traditions have evolved, and cherished...
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Updating relationships unlike any others
Seventy years ago, many of the 8,000 residents that made up the city’s population at the time did something that almost anyone looking on would see as quite remarkable. The...
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Something different – and remarkable
Regular readers of our monthly feature on classic cars have likely turned to this page and wondered what’s up with this old bicycle with some kind of motor attached. I’ll...
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Built for only 5 customers
If you did a double take when you looked at this Corvette, you would have that gesture in common with just about everyone else when they first see this car....
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What’s a ‘Z-Sled’?: Gary Daley’s Camaro has been the car of his dreams for four decades-plus
Most young guys share a common enthusiasm for automobiles. It’s hard to predict when that urge kicks in, but it really accelerates when they can buy the car of...
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Rolls-Royce cachet: Adlai Pennington got a real bargain when he purchased this classic
If you pulled into almost any parking lot of almost any size 50 years ago with a Rolls-Royce like this 1978 Silver Shadow II, it is entirely likely that you...
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