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Shop Talk Blog is the official blog of Collector Part Exchange (CPX). Each Monday, CPX co-founder Chris Bright publishes a new article which is always interesting and often educational as well. He also points to other interesting posts related to automotive culture. CPX is the first online marketplace built for the collector car community.
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Brooklands was the first banked track and was the forefather of Indianapolis and Monza, but now has been lost to time ..read more
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Were it not for the Fiat 1100 engine, an entire generation of handmade Italian race cars known as 'Etceterinis' may never have come to be ..read more
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Valvetrains are a critical assembly that has evolved from flatheads to desmodromics to variable valve timing and beyond ..read more
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1y ago
All-wheel drive was invented in the 1800s, but it took Audi to introduce Quattro technology to show how AWD delivers game-changing performance ..read more
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Since the beginning of the automobile, pneumatic tires have been standard equipment. Learn how and why that came to be ..read more
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The V6 engine was perfected at Lancia where it first appeared in 1950 thanks to an all-star team of engineers ..read more
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1y ago
Jim Hall pioneered aerodynamic downforce, ground effects, semi-automatic transmissions, and torsional rigidity that transformed race car design. ..read more
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1y ago
Recounting a little-known story from Fangio's early days that reveals how his greatness went beyond just his driving, but also to his mechanical prowess and dogged determination ..read more
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1y ago
Carlo Abarth’s genius was to take an ordinary model and make it special, the perfect offering to allow middle-class Italians to have access to high performance cars ..read more