How to Know When It’s Time for New Trailer Tires

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Outdoor enthusiasts who operate Class A diesel motorhomes and other motorized RVs are accustomed to checking their wheels as part of their pre-trip inspections. However, those with towable campers can sometimes take their tires for granted, even though they are vital components of any rig. Since they create the ability to carry and transport the weight of your cargo, maintaining your tires is essential. Putting off replacing your trailer’s tires is not only dangerous, but it can lead to a … Read the rest

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The Forgotten Wartburg

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A look at a car with a funny name that made its way to America from East Germany

The Wartburg hailed from East German

Sometimes you have to love a car simply for its unusual name, like, say, the Apperson Jackrabbit, or the Gadabout roadster, or the Wartburg, the subject of this column.

The Apperson (1901-1926) was a fairly popular line of early American cars, while the one-off Gadabout was a circa-1945 attempt at an American sports car. The Wartburg, … Read the rest

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Pontiac Key to Mystery

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Investigators still seek whereabouts of 1929 Pontiac involved in a 1930 murder.

Three of the tough-looking lawmen who dug out the car in 1930.

An interesting item turned up in a 2022 edition of the Pontiac Oakland Club International’s Early Times Chapter newsletter, ETCetra. In it, chapter founder Arnold Landvoight writes of getting a phone call from the Justice Department’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) regarding a 1929 Pontiac.

The caller was a retired ATF agent … Read the rest

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Q3’22: Vivo has its task cut on Volume and Value Growth

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Vivo was the fifth largest smartphone vendor globally in Q3 2022. Its smartphone volumes declined by -21% annually in the quarter. Wholesale Smartphone Revenues too, follow suit, with a decline of -15%. Detailed quarterly analysis is available here from our Wireless Smartphone Strategy (WSS) Service.

Wholesale Average Selling Price (ASP’s) for the vendor grew as its profit margins continued to stagnate. Vivo has its task cut out and what can it do to grow its volumes … Read the rest

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MoPar + Truck = Muscle

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Dodge has never been a stranger to muscle, including trucks

The inside of the brochure for the new-for-1964 Dodge Custom Sports Special. This uniquely sporting truck had no competitors from Ford or GM during its run from 1964 to 1967.

Mother MoPar may not have been first to the performance party, but she became the life of it. Wild colors, outrageous stripe packages and hairy engines meant MoPar had arrived. Beating MoPar to the go-fast fun were Ford with its … Read the rest

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