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Just A Car Guy
Personal blog · justacarguy.blogspot.comculturehistory
Just A Car Guy is a personal blog at justacarguy.blogspot.com about culture and history. Since 2015, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this car blog for posts on automotive engineering and history, such as a note on fender wells and tire changes and a B-29 bomber restoration project. Comments only cite it as a source.
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Cool things with wheels since 2006
What Hacker News says?
Was wondering the same thing, so I found https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2006/12/new-smokey-story.ht... TL;DR: Fender wells give better aerodynamics but prevent easy tire changing.
Comment linking /2006/12/new-smokey-story.html
on “How Olympics officials try to catch “motor doping””Submitted Led Zeppelin had an electric fireplace in their plane (2018) as a story · 50 points
HN discussionNice article, thanks! This is apparently a picture of the B-29 "Its Hawg's Wild" mentioned in the article before its restoration and flight to the UK: https://i.imgur.com/9e26SKj.jpeg Taken from this blog which has some pictures of the restoration project: https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/08/b-29-its-hawg-wild-...
Comment linking /2015/08/b-29-its-hawg-wild-went-from-tow-truck.html
on “The World War Two bomber that cost more than the atomic bomb”Submitted Texaco Diamond T Doodlebug (2011) as a story · 10 points
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