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Cars and Car Design

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    An Ode to the Coupe Glass

    First introduced in the 1660s for Champagne, the coupe glass reached the height of its popularity in the 1930s with the introduction of Prohibition-era cocktails, and in recent years its popularity is on the rise again, namely with a special class of drinkers called me. The coupe shape is a wide sh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    From the Dept. of Awesome: A UT Dallas Researcher Has Designed a Robotic Jellyfish

    Before I get to the lame joke that's required by my job description, here's something really cool: Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas and Virginia Tech have designed and built a robotic jellyfish powered by dissolved gasses. No, really, they have. They have video of it swimming in a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Blaming City, Museum of Automotive History Pulls Out of Fair Park. City Says: Not Its Fault.

    ​One year ago, or close enough, Stephen Page gave us a tour of his Texas Museum of Automotive History in Grand Place at Fair Park -- its temporary home, we were told, but an appropriate one, given the space's estimable past as the site where the Ford Motor Co. had its exhibit during the Texas Cent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    Dallas PD Asks: Do You Know The Gunman Who's Been Holding Up 7-Elevens This Week?

    The video you see above was taken in the wee small hours of Saturday morning at the 7-Eleven located at 5123 W. Lovers Lane, just off Inwood -- you know, the one next to Neighborhood Services, which, according to Dallas PD records, has been robbed more than 70 times in the past five years. Reason DP ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 8, 2011

    Rev Your Imported Engine

    The video you see above was taken in the wee small hours of Saturday morning at the 7-Eleven located at 5123 W. Lovers Lane, just off Inwood -- you know, the one next to Neighborhood Services, which, according to Dallas PD records, has been robbed more than 70 times in the past five years. Reason DP ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 1, 2011

    Hot Rod Heaven

    The video you see above was taken in the wee small hours of Saturday morning at the 7-Eleven located at 5123 W. Lovers Lane, just off Inwood -- you know, the one next to Neighborhood Services, which, according to Dallas PD records, has been robbed more than 70 times in the past five years. Reason DP ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 25, 2011

    Booty Shaking and Big Bumpers

    The video you see above was taken in the wee small hours of Saturday morning at the 7-Eleven located at 5123 W. Lovers Lane, just off Inwood -- you know, the one next to Neighborhood Services, which, according to Dallas PD records, has been robbed more than 70 times in the past five years. Reason DP ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2010

    Texas Museum of Automotive History in Fair Park Rolls a Little Closer to Official Debut

    ​Way back in January we noted that Fair Park was in the market for a vintage car museum; in July we added that all systems were go following Park and Rec's green light, which gave the joint a lease in the 50,000-square-foot Grand Place exhibition hall through at least August 2011. But the question ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 27, 2010

    Dude, Where's My Car?

    ​Way back in January we noted that Fair Park was in the market for a vintage car museum; in July we added that all systems were go following Park and Rec's green light, which gave the joint a lease in the 50,000-square-foot Grand Place exhibition hall through at least August 2011. But the question ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 8, 2010

    Mmm, Cupcakes

    ​Way back in January we noted that Fair Park was in the market for a vintage car museum; in July we added that all systems were go following Park and Rec's green light, which gave the joint a lease in the 50,000-square-foot Grand Place exhibition hall through at least August 2011. But the question ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2010

    Fair Park to Get a Classic Car Museum! Now, The Trick Will Be Making It Permanent.

    While we're on the subject of Fair Park (and when are we not this week?), I'll assume you missed this when we first mentioned it on Christmas Eve: Fair Park's getting a car museum. Or, to be more precise, the Texas Museum of Automotive History.Stephen Page​Just this morning, matter of fact, the ci ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 17, 2009

    Souped-Up Sleighs

    While we're on the subject of Fair Park (and when are we not this week?), I'll assume you missed this when we first mentioned it on Christmas Eve: Fair Park's getting a car museum. Or, to be more precise, the Texas Museum of Automotive History.Stephen Page​Just this morning, matter of fact, the ci ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 19, 2009

    Skunk in the Trunk

    See some far-out art in Mesquite

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    Party...For A Change

    Today, the words "political party" have double meaning. And, forget partying like its 1999. Ten years later, America is celebrating the here and now, and a few local restaurants are joining the fun. Lakewood's Café Lago hosts an Obama Bash from 6 to 9 p.m., tonight with a buffet, live jazz, TV co ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 16, 2008

    Scaredy Cars

    The British Emporium shifts gears

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2008
  • Music

    July 3, 2008

    Corporate Affairs

    With so many major company-sponsored shows stopping in town this month, we're starting to wonder just how far this trend might go

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2008

    Dallas Is On the Map, Baby!

    With so many major company-sponsored shows stopping in town this month, we're starting to wonder just how far this trend might go

  • News

    May 24, 2007

    ¡Ask a Mexican!

    With so many major company-sponsored shows stopping in town this month, we're starting to wonder just how far this trend might go

  • Calendar

    May 17, 2007

    Car Park

    See some limey motorcars in Grapevine

  • Calendar

    April 12, 2007

    Koo Koo Ka Choo

    See some limey motorcars in Grapevine

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2006

    Struttin' With Smitty

    See some limey motorcars in Grapevine

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2006

    Re: T.O., O.D.

    See some limey motorcars in Grapevine

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2006

    Don't Fence Them In

    See some limey motorcars in Grapevine

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2006

    Faster Pussycat

    See some limey motorcars in Grapevine

  • Calendar

    March 2, 2006

    Dazzle Us

    Tap on over to Eastfield

  • Calendar

    September 29, 2005

    Deep-Fried Fun

    The State Fair of Texas is as eccentric as the state's residents

  • Calendar

    September 15, 2005

    Hooray Beer

    The State Fair of Texas is as eccentric as the state's residents

  • Calendar

    August 11, 2005

    Trespassers

    The State Fair of Texas is as eccentric as the state's residents

  • Calendar

    August 4, 2005

    Rollin'

    Get your motor running for the Hot Import Nights Tour

  • Calendar

    April 14, 2005

    New Moves

    Tripsichore strikes a pose

  • Calendar

    May 6, 2004

    Driven

    Speed for a Cure

  • News

    December 4, 2003

    FF's First-Ever Holiday Gift Guide

    From tasty to tasteless, we've got our bases covered

  • Best of Dallas

    September 25, 2003

    Best Auto Body Shop

    Excalibur Collision Center

  • Best of Dallas

    September 25, 2003
  • Calendar

    November 21, 2002

    Vroom Vroom

    The Dallas Collector Car Auction kicks the tires on some oldies but goodies

  • Calendar

    February 14, 2002

    Drive In

    Autorama offers classic cars, Chyna and the Texas Bikini Team

  • Music

    December 13, 2001

    AOJ is AOK

    The Adventures of Jet are alive and kicking. And recording.

  • News

    October 11, 2001

    Buzz

    Learning experience

  • Best of Dallas

    September 20, 2001

    Best Place to Buy a Scooter

    Italian Motorsports

  • Calendar

    January 4, 2001

    Monster Mash

    Wrenchead.com Monster Jam

  • Calendar

    December 21, 2000

    Embraceable Yule

    Winter SolstiCelebration

  • Dining

    October 26, 2000

    Hot Cars and Big Money

    What's it like to be a restaurant valet in Dallas?

  • Best of Dallas

    September 21, 2000
  • Best of Dallas

    September 21, 2000
  • Best of Dallas

    September 21, 2000

    Best place to spend money

    Highland Park Village

  • Dining

    February 4, 1999

    Towering confluence

    The Chaparral Club is a metropolis on the plate

  • Calendar

    June 11, 1998

    Vroom!

    The Chaparral Club is a metropolis on the plate

  • Calendar

    March 6, 1997

    Events for the week

    The Chaparral Club is a metropolis on the plate

  • Calendar

    July 11, 1996

    Events for the week

    The Chaparral Club is a metropolis on the plate

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