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• Four-Links - micro Crosley engine, high schoolers restoring Mohs, a Road Runner van?, a front-wheel-drive tracked motorcycle?

  * There’s plenty of operational quarter-scale engines out there, but most of them are scale versions of the small-block Chevrolet V-8, so Bob Finlay’s 3/10-scale Crosley four-cylinder is a bit unique. He’s apparently been working on it for... Posted Mar 28 2009, 05:05 AM by Hemmings Auto Blogs Filed under: HCC, Daniel Strohl, HMM, restorations, vans, one-offs and homebuilts, motorcycles, kia

• Four-Links - dragster collection, moss-covered car collection, bike collection, Australian hoons collection

  * If you’re a fan at all of front-engined dragsters, the We Did It For Love guys have a photo tour you’ll drool over: They visited Bucky Austin’s collection in Tacoma, Washington, a couple years ago, and marveled at both the restored dragsters (and drag cars) in the front showroom as well as the yet-unrestored [...] Posted Mar 14 2009, 05:08 AM by Hemmings Auto Blogs Filed under: HSX, Daniel Strohl, vans, TV and film cars, auctions, racing, motorcycles, Australian cars, museums and collections, barn finds

• Four-Links - Charlie’s Angels van, homebuilt Deora replica, mystery motorhome, overseas car brochures

  * Even though I’m a hot rod guy, I’d never known much about Butch Hurlhey until I ran across his name for an upcoming story in Hemmings Motor News. Fortunately, Butch is a real nice fella and took the time to answer my questions. Also fortunately, I uncovered a personality profile on him by the [...] Posted Feb 14 2009, 05:05 AM by Hemmings Auto Blogs Filed under: Daniel Strohl, replicas, resurrections and kit cars, vans, TV and film cars, hot rods and customs, service and fleet vehicles, literature, pink, motorhomes

• Burn, baby, burn: Barris Fire Bug headed to auction

  The original plan was for this creation, the Fire Bug, to be a promotional or parade rig for the Los Angeles City Fire Department during Fire Prevention Week and such, even though it lacks the departmental markings you might expect. It was a 1969 collaboration between, yes, again, George Barris and his partner of the [...] Posted Jan 15 2009, 12:08 PM by Hemmings Auto Blogs Filed under: Jim Donnelly, vans, auctions, hot rods and customs, service and fleet vehicles, promotional vehicles