Autos
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Resistor pack likely will fix fanMar 29, 2015 12:01 am - By Doug McAllister Q. You helped me out once before and I enjoy your articles in Sunday's Daily Herald. I have a problem with our 2002 Pontiac Montana. The five-speed fa...
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Cheese shop's 1940 Plymouth is a rolling business cardMar 23, 2015 6:00 am - The 20th annual World of Wheels earlier this month was a treasure trove of gleaming show machines. Participating vehicles came to Rosemont from all over the country and ...
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Arena crowd celebrates Bigfoot's birthdayMar 22, 2015 11:00 pm - A birthday bash was held this past weekend and the delighted 10,000-pound guest of honor celebrated by revving up and crushing some cars. The legendary "Bigfoot" monster...
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Would you like to print out a new part?Mar 21, 2015 12:00 am - Carroll Shelby's Cobra roared onto the scene in 1962 and immediately shook up the motoring world. The formula of pairing a lightweight British body with a powerful Ameri...
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Caterpillar moving two Joliet production lines to MexicoMar 20, 2015 1:00 am - JOLIET - Caterpillar Inc. says it will move two production lines from its Joliet plant to Mexico in a plan that will result in the loss of 230 jobs at the Illinois site....
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Couple's 1972 LeMans still a date-worthy vehicleMar 16, 2015 12:00 am - Tom Rowan had a well-defined set of prerequisites when he went car shopping in 1972. “It had to be a factory convertible with A/C and power windows,” the Palatine reside...
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Oil on its way down again; will fuel prices follow?Mar 13, 2015 1:00 am - NEW YORK - The price of oil is tumbling again, rattling an already-shaken oil industry and heralding lower prices for consumers. The price of oil fell 10 percent this w...
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Look ma, no hands! Autonomous car to make U.S. road tripMar 13, 2015 1:00 am - AUBURN HILLS, Michigan - Call it a preview of the cross-country road trip of the future. An autonomous car developed by Michigan-based auto supplier Delphi Automotive w...
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Whizzer engines put the metal to the pedalMar 08, 2015 11:00 pm - As a fifth-grade student, Ray Spangler's interest in Whizzers was sparked. The Whizzer-built engines, most notably during the 1940s and 1950s, that could be bolted onto ...
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Apple seen emerging as serious competitor by auto executivesMar 08, 2015 7:34 am - GENEVA - Automotive executives are taking seriously the prospect that Apple and Google will emerge as competitors even as they consider partnering with the two. "If thes...