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I think about cars and trucks all the time. When I don't go to an old car show or cruise night in person, I have innumerable reminders of all the neat vintage vehicles lingering out there, accessed through books, magazines, television programs, and online videos. These recollections or remembrances get triggered very regularly and bring to…

A special milestone is coming up soon in the old car world. The Ford Mustang's birthday cake will have 60 candles on it! The Mustang was introduced in 1964…

Merced's new interim police chief, Craig Gundlach, only expects to be here somewhere between four and six months but his goal is to leave the Merced Police…

Over the years, we have owned and driven a wide variety of cars and trucks. A few had some grunt under the hood and consequently gravitated to the gas pumps more often while others were the embodiment of frugality and economy. As I reflect back on about 60 years of car ownership, one car has carved out a special niche in my heart. That's the…

The COVID-19 pandemic has been with us for three years. Lately some of the prevention protocols have been relaxed by the state and there are more remedies to…

It's like driving your living room. Tom Ledford's 1960 Buick Invicta four-door hardtop glides along the road as smoothly as a warm knife…

I can't think of a better job than being able to do road tests on old cars. That's guaranteed fun, not work. So a recent trip out to see an old friend and check out his old cars qualifies as the proverbial "busman's holiday." Send me in, Coach, I'm ready! Greg Avellar has about 18 cars and trucks at his rural Merced home.…

Why do people revere history and clamor to find out all they can about our past? Sarah Lim, executive director of the Merced County Historical…

Some old car fanciers, myself included, are Lost in the Fifties as the pundits say. In the vintage vehicle realm, the "Good Old Days" start about 1949 and…

The other day I ventured out into the driveway and to my dismay discovered a flat left front tire on our sport-utility vehicle. It's one of the saddest sights you can imagine. Finding your car looking like a rolling charcoal briquet after a fire isn't all that pleasant either. A flat tire is one of many ways that we can be…