Rob J. posted an article on ChromeFin - Nov 30, 2009, 8:13 am

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Rob J. posted an article on ChromeFin - Nov 12, 2009, 7:08 am
A friend of mine came across this 4,000 pound beast recently in Fairhaven, MA. It's in extremely nice shape for a coastal new england location. The third generation 67' Grand Prix featured an ...
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Rob J. posted an article on ChromeFin - Oct 8, 2009, 9:49 am
I have long been a fan of big Detroit iron... particularly mid-sixties Buicks. Reader Mike from CT sent me some photos recently of of his 1965 Buick Electra 225 Custom Coupe. Custom refers to the all ...
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Rob J. posted an article on ChromeFin - Oct 1, 2009, 10:41 am

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Rob J. posted an article on ChromeFin - Sep 26, 2009, 9:37 am
This is one of those shape-shifters... looks really cool from certain angles while from others, well... not so much. I do think it could give the Smart Car (ugly as sin to my eyes) a run for its money...
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Rob J. posted an article on ChromeFin - Sep 20, 2009, 9:19 am
In an effort to show how dramatically automobile safety has improved in the past fifty years, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety recently crash-tested a 2009 Malibu with a 1959 Bel Air. Let...
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Rob J. posted an article on ChromeFin - Sep 10, 2009, 7:04 am
It's been a long, hot summer in the Carolinas (to my Northern blood, it feels like it started back around April). The dog days of August led to vacation time, an office and a home move, and relega...
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Rob J. posted an article on ChromeFin - Aug 27, 2009, 7:09 am
They don't grow them like this anymore. This 54' Vette was recently pulled from a field in upstate New York where it sat for many years. Buried to its hubs, it apparently took 10 hours to unea...
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Rob J. posted an article on ChromeFin - Aug 1, 2009, 12:22 pm
I spotted this 1961 Cadillac Coupe early yesterday morning about a block from my office. It had temporary plates so recently put back on the road. The last inspection sticker read 1971. By far one of ...
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Rob J. posted an article on ChromeFin - Jul 28, 2009, 2:09 pm
Never thought I'd be posting photos of toy cars on the Chromefin blog until I read about this exhibition at the Japan Society in Manhattan. Buriki: Japanese Tin Toys from the Golden Age of the Ame...
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Rob J. posted an article on ChromeFin - Jul 24, 2009, 7:49 am
Just back from a visit to Nantucket. Some nice old rides on this little island 30 miles off the coast of Cape Cod. This 57' Chevy Bel Air was pulled up at the pumps in front of Hatches Liquors.
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Rob J. posted an article on ChromeFin - Jul 21, 2009, 3:23 pm
Pete Wozena's Proposal for an Oldsmobile artwork graces the cover of Future Retro, a hardcover I picked-up recently at Amazon. This volume contains the collected artwork of 40's through 60'...
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Rob J. posted an article on ChromeFin - Jul 17, 2009, 7:21 am
Came across this cool, vintage sales brochure the other day on an Austin Healey enthusiast's site.
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Rob J. posted an article on ChromeFin - Jul 7, 2009, 8:17 am
These two covers I redesigned were submitted on spec recently to Motorbooks, the leading publisher and distributor of books for the enthusiast, and one I have contracted some cover designs with in oth...
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Rob J. posted an article on ChromeFin - Jun 27, 2009, 11:08 am
Talk about a barn find... this was taken in an undisclosed location in Sweden last year. A mixture of foreign and domestic by the looks of it. Nice looking roadster towards the front of the left row.....
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