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I was interested in them when they first came out in 1987 after reading an article in the auto section of the Chicago Tribune. I wasn't about to pay way over sticker at that time to get one so I waited until the bug hit me again in 1996. I purchased the second one I looked at that had 7,500...

A round of applause to "BlackMetal" for the excellent photo coverage of the 2014 Buick meet. Job well done!

Great weather, people and cars. Here's a few more event photos. Thanks to everyone involved in handling all the details to arrange this.

I should be able to join everyone out there for the Buick meet.

I was able to purchase another GNX turbo heat shield which I had chromed but forgot to take the bolts to the plater. I went to my local Ace Hardware and they had a cabinet with assorted chrome hardware and they had the correct bolts that I needed. There's a good chance that they would also have...

GN for you? Welcome! Don't know how soon you're looking to pick up a GN or what part of the Chicagoland area you're in but there's one available right now on display in the showroom at Norwood Park Auto Sales on Northwest Highway at Devon. Norwood Park Auto Sales : Chicago, IL 60631

The last time the hard drive on my computer, also a PC running Windows XP Home was dangerously low on storage space I started to delete some programs and photos that I no longer needed but this didn't seem to help. I decided to do a restore and also found that there were no dates highlighted to...

Quick opinion You can also initially do a quick opinion offered by some of the authentication companies. You e-mail them a scan of what you'd like authenticated and they will give you an opinion as to whether or not the item if submitted would pass. This is an example of the reply that you...

What type of radar? They just had a story on the news here in Chicago where certain types of sppeding tickets were being thrown out in court. Look on your ticket and see if it specifies the kind of radar that was used by the officer and if your city also has a similar ruling in regard to LIDAR...

Coa What you have to remember is that whoever authenticates your item is only giving their opinion about the authenticity. I had purchased a signed Barack Obama Presidential Acceptance Speech that was authenticated by Global. When I took it to a card show where PSA/DNA had a booth I paid...

A Rather Simple Solution What I would recommend is to purchase a 2.5" hard drive enclosure and then remove your hard drive from your HP laptop and save your important data and files. Removing the hard drive is a rather simple procedure and your HP owners manual should have instructions on how...

Chicago radio station WDRV is holding their 2009 Drive Car of the Year contest in conjunction with the upcoming World of Wheels car show. I know everyone has a very busy schedule but if you have a minute I would appreciate your vote at: WDRV Voting ends at 10am on January 16th. Thanks to...

Chicago radio station WDRV is holding their 2009 Drive Car of the Year contest in conjunction with the upcoming World of Wheels car show. I know everyone has a very busy schedule but if you have a minute I would appreciate your vote at: WDRV Voting ends at 10am on January 16th. Thanks to...

New Gm Factory Bumper Fillers There's a local dealer, Jennings Chevrolet, that is located in Glenview which is a suburb north of Chicago that has new left and right bumper fillers on eBay. I don't know how the prices compare to what you've already found. Here's the eBay item numbers: eBay...

They usually gave a phone number at the end of the show if you were interested in ordering a VHS tape copy of the episode. I ordered the tape titled, "CAR AND DRIVER SHOW 2001-02 AIRS 02/03-04/01 GM MID-SIZE UTES, CLASSIC-GNX." It was ordered from RTM Productions, Inc. and their phone number in...