Sunday, March 15, 2026

B17 being worked on in NZ by Avspecs.


in book news... George just let me know about this, 50 Years of the Corvette Grand Sport. He's mentioned in it! As soon as he sends me a scan of that page I'll post it!


there will be better banners!

 It took a couple hours yesterday, but I finally finished formatting the 100 + photos I've saved for banners... maybe 20-30 of them are outstanding banners... but the bunch I'd been working from, I'd went through all the great stuff weeks ago. 





some banners are photographically cool, some are just simply vehicular and shaped the right way, and some are downright intriguing. 

But the number of great ones is less than a quarter of all the ones I post. That's why at the end of the year I do a best of. 

interesting 31 Cadillac that was one person's pride and joy, but will a buyer on Bring a Trailer think it's worth more than 10k? Thank you Doug!


the aluminum boat tail bodywork was fashioned from a World War II-era warplane engine nacelle, and the front bumper is a mini airplane propeller

I was at my rental garage, about to change my oil, and Nick drove up with his families 71 Nova... first cool old car to drive up the alley I have a rented garage in, in years.

If I recall right, he said it's been sitting for 7 years, and most of that was waiting for him to shift from sea duty to shore duty. 

It's the first time he's driven it over here to where he lives, and he's going to look for a garage for rent to get it off the street

license plate seen in the daily rush hour traffic jam


 

I took an hour today to enjoy the weekend with Calvin and Hobbes for about 40 pages






from Achille Mauzan, a French poster artist


Puss in Boots with cars on his feet flies over the city.  
( I can't find a better/clearer version online)




if you've enjoyed the Lawson Wood art I've posted in the past, here's a video that focuses on his art in a biographical time line



the video gets to my favorite art at 7:30




Saturday, March 14, 2026

I just learned that occasionally, Goodyear has a special selling event


And my justification for posting blimps, is that they have one wheel, and now you can buy them!


a type of diner I've never seen before, a Sterling Streamliner, photographed in 2005


https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10162335215293199&set=gm.4233399903567598&idorvanity=1649755841932030


I haven't seen anyone driving a 70s vette in a long time

 

seen on walk about yesterday, not cars, but still pretty cool


that's a very unique mail box post



 

It turns out, there are plenty of idiots in the California state legislature, and they were sure that they could force drivers to go electric car by 2035

and push the issue by making a law that would require no internal combustion engine vehicles would be sold in California after 2035. 

This is exactly the same idiocy that passed a law that would require that only 40 or 50 mpg cars could be sold in California after 2008. 

Yes, nearly 20 years ago the green morons had passed a law that was obviously decades before it's time, and had to be thrown in the dumpster when reality could no longer be avoided. 

Now the federal DOT is taking California to court to get that 2035 law thrown out, based on their point of view that no state gets to set fuel economy standards. 

https://www.kcra.com/article/us-department-of-transportation-sues-california-over-fuel-economy-rule/70728388

E-ZPass transponders are phasing out. The same function can be served by a sticker, for millions of dollars less every year

Massachusetts state transportation officials have confirmed they are transitioning away from traditional hard-case E-ZPass transponders and replacing them with low-cost windshield sticker tags — a move expected to save millions of dollars annually.

Allstate got caught illegally tracking drivers through their cellphones without consent by monitoring their travel locations, trip distances, speed, acceleration, braking, phone usage and attention to the road, and tried to monetize that data to boost profit.

Allstate must face a privacy lawsuit accusing the home and auto insurer of illegally tracking drivers through their cellphones without consent, using their data to raise premiums or deny coverage, and selling the data to other insurers. 

 In a decision on Tuesday, US District Judge Jeremy Daniel in Chicago said drivers in the proposed class action can try to prove that Allstate violated the Federal Wiretap Act by monitoring their travel locations, trip distances, speed, acceleration, braking, phone usage and attention to the road, and tried to monetize that data to boost profit.

According to the complaint, Arity’s tracking software was integrated into apps such as Fuel Rewards, GasBuddy, Life360 and Allstate-owned Routely.

The Iowa House advanced a bill Monday that would allow farmers to disable the diesel exhaust fluid, or DEF, systems required by federal emissions laws.

the proposed legislation is a “farmer affordability bill” that allows producers to “repair and alter their equipment” and “remove the diesel emission systems if they so choose.”

The federal Clean Air Act requires most on-road and off-road diesel engines to have diesel exhaust fluid and systems that cause the engines to “de-rate” or slow down drastically when the fluid runs out. Wulf called the DEF systems, which help to limit the emissions of nitrogen oxides from the diesel engines, a “costly and burdensome” requirement from previous administrations. The regulation was implemented in 2010, but the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Trump administration is working to modify the required derating principles.

Similarly, there is an area in California that exempts farmers from the requirement to have clean burning tractors, I was just talking to a guy about it, he's been working with atmosphere monitoring equipment for 20 years.


https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2026/03/02/farmers-could-disable-diesel-exhaust-fluid-systems-under-house-passed-bill/

A 3 yr veteran if San Antonio police dept has been suspended after undercover detectives pulled him over and found a woman riding in his police vehicle in the front passenger seat who was wanted on a felony warrant for robbery,

the officer was suspended for rules violations that included consorting with persons of ill-repute and unauthorized use of computer hardware, records show.


posted to demonstrate the corruption of the police, all over the place. Unprofessional. 

stamps celebrate the lowrider car were unveiled here in San Diego, then released nationwide



Let the Good Times Roll/Soy Como Soy: A blue 1946 Chevrolet Fleetline
Eight Figures: A blue 1958 Chevrolet Impala
El Rey: A red 1963 Chevrolet Impala
The Golden Rose: An orange 1964 Chevrolet Impala
Pocket Change: A green 1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme

The stamps were designed by art director Antonio Alcala using existing photographs snapped by Humberto “Beto” Mendoza and Philip Gorden, while artist Danny Alvarado added the designs’ pinstriping. 

i am IMPRESSED with the new features in the EBY cattle trailer


Skip the 1st 14 minutes to get to the trailer, skip to 15:30 to get to the slam gate. That's one sweet user friendly gate!
Skip to 18:00 to see what's impressed me the most, the slam gate with slider door

It's a hell of a nice design! 

lol... this was a well thought out meme


Skip the 1st minute and 25 seconds, because... the Gt 350 Shelby Cobra Mustang showed up unable to run. Yep, the only one I wanted to see race rolled off the truck with an engine problem. And the idiot making this video? Doesn't even know what a 4 barrel is. WTF?


Supercharged, and 446 Hp... if it were running. 



the Ford Fairmont Durango, wasn't a factory-built machine. National Coach - a custom-car builder based in Gardena, California - built about 212 of them, and this one Mercury Zephyr was made into this Mercury Durango



Illustrations of Paulo Garretto




this guy had style, and a LOT of talent. If you dig art, you'll probably enjoy the work after the 6 minute mark




Friday, March 13, 2026

what is cooler and more interesting to find on the walk... a neglected 68 Mustang? Or a 912 Porsche?





according to Google Street View, it's been in that spot, under a car cover, for over 12 years. 

In 1967, the primary difference between the Porsche 911 and 912 was the engine: the 911 used a 2.0L flat-six (~130hp), while the 912 used a 1.6L flat-four (~90hp) derived from the 356SC. The 912 was roughly 200 lbs lighter, better balanced, and more fuel-efficient, offering a more agile driving experience compared to the faster, more powerful 911.

the 911 had 5 gauges and carpet, the 912 had 3 and rubber floor mats

911s often had superior braking (ventilated vs. solid rotors on the 912) and different sway bars.

mot boring thing I saw on tonight's walk was this Ranchero under a car cover

 

I think it's a Ranchero, not an El Camino, because of the FAT ASS on either side of the tail gate. If I recall right, that was the mid 70s influence of the Gran Torino

weird neighborhood... a LOT of cars sitting neglected in driveways so long the tires go flat, like this Pontiac Grand Prix GT (which I think had an overdrive trans)