* In 1972, Michelin wanted to test truck tires at high speeds, but worried about the disastrous consequences of high-speed blowouts in big rigs, so they built the PLR, a mishmash of Citroën DS parts and two small-block Chevrolet V-8s. Apparently, Ixo made a 1/43rd-scale diecast model of it too.
* News came this week that one of the last (if not the last) vestiges of Studebaker, SASCO, housed in the historic Building 92, was sold off to settle a debt. the story mentions the city’s desire to demolish the building as well, so do like Flickr member jpenrice did and grab your photos of Building 92 sooner rather than later. (via)
* Them boys over at RustyHeaps.com recently took in the Kirkland Concours d’Elegance at Carillon Point in Washington state. The show included some great race boats and Big-C Classics, but very few rusty heaps.
* There’s some neat vehicles competing in the Automotive X Prize, and one of them is MAX, a Seven-type roadster built pretty much from scratch using a Kubota three-cylinder diesel and chronicled in the pages of Mother Earth News. (via)
* Finally, the UK’s Autocar reports that the British cash for clunkers program may get a cash infusion similar to the one that kept its American counterpart going for a couple weeks longer. Though originally designed to last through March, current estimates have the program running out of money next month. A cash infusion would prolong it through February. As for the other Euro clunkers programs, Edmunds has a roundup. Summary: They don’t want it to end.
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