Collector Car Corner – More on the Checker and Hertz companies
Q: Hi Greg, and I’m wondering if you could by chance run the column you did about Hertz Rentals and Checker Cab company? I remember…
Editorial
Test Drive Special – What’s really new for 2015 in automobiles
This week, we’re doing our annual “What’s Really New” for 2015 in the car category. Although many cars receive tweaks from minor to major, we’ll specify…
The Old Coot says ‘fast food’ isn’t fast
The Old Coot is on a sabbatical few a few weeks; the “vintage” article that follows was originally published in December, 2002. A Few weeks…
Gardening tasks for the cooler weather
Fall is starting to give way to winter, but there are plenty of great gardening days left in the season. Here are a few tasks…
Tinseltown Talks – Author Recounts Life of Western Hero ‘Rocky’ Lane
Linda Alexander first developed an interest in the stars of early film and television as a child in the 1960s, watching old movies with her…
Results beginning to arrive in Tioga County
As of 10 a.m., with 31.7 percent of the results arriving in Tioga County, so far it is showing that Rob Astorino has a lead…
Collector Car Corner – Motorsport personality Rod Spalding’s three collectible vehicles and his outstanding injured drivers fund
Q: Hello Greg, it’s Rod Spalding here. I want to tell you about my three collectibles. First, I own a 1948 Willys Jeep CJ-2A with…
Old Coot is a TV preacher
I read an editorial in a New York City paper the other day. It was a huge rant about the dwindling number of readers in…
The Old Coot takes a dive
I took a swim in the river today (Oct. 17). It was one of those old coot things. Something I hadn’t planned. I was shooting…
Collector Car Corner – Closing the book on the Ford Y-block 272/292 and V8 430 T-Bird
This will be the last column dealing with the leaking 292 Thunderbird Y-block engine and the 430-inch V8 1958 Thunderbird that attracted more mail than…
