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...snapped off my antenna while I was parked for a mere fifteen minutes in East Cambridge the other day. Before that someone backed into the front of the car while I was upstairs asleep. They wiped out a headlight and some other stuff. They rip my bumper stickers off my bumper if they don't like them And I rip off theist...

Author: By John G. Short, | Title: In the Streets Cars | 12/10/1969 | See Source »

Ford's latest campaign involved all Cougars sold since the line was introduced last fall. The cars have a vacuum-powered headlight system, which slides a panel over the lenses by day, exposes them when they are switched on at night. Trouble is, in a few cases turned-on lights have been covered up unexpectedly, causing sudden blackouts. So Ford decided to play it safe and check every car, even though its engineers are sure that "the likelihood of this occurrence is not great." It is even less likely that the frank and open recall campaign will hurt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Autos: Living with Recalls | 6/2/1967 | See Source »

...that a safety-belted driver can reach them; at the same time they must be out of impact range. Ignition keys, for instance, are to be moved out of possible contact with a driver's knee. Cigarette lighters and windshield-washer buttons are to be spaced away from headlight switches to prevent an accidental turn-off of headlights. All of this has already been done on '67 cars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Autos: 23 Rules | 12/9/1966 | See Source »

...Headlight Trouble. Next, Boggs and Dixie headed for Las Vegas, where she helped him dye his blond hair a reddish-brown. Deciding that they didn't have enough money to get married after all, they began driving aimlessly, headed for Utah, where Boggs bought gas on the outskirts of St. George with a credit card belonging to Victim Willis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crime: Four Lives to Flagstaff | 9/17/1965 | See Source »

...This isn't a laughing matter " Boggs said he told him, then shot him twice in the head. He transferred Lenker's body to the Simca and propped it up "to make it look like he was sleeping." Lenker was killed, authorities said, because Boggs was having headlight trouble with the Simca and simply wanted to change cars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crime: Four Lives to Flagstaff | 9/17/1965 | See Source »

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