Over 49 feet wide – it doesn’t fit on roads, it owns them.
Cab rotates 90 degrees – it drives sideways because it can
Modular – switches out farming attachments like it's playing Farming Voltron
Thursday, July 31, 2025
the NEXAT – a 1,100 horsepower, sideways-driving combine, takes 6 trucks to relocate. So big, Texas filed a noise complaint
the feature-length independent documentary, “One of One” about the Naito family garage, now on the edge of passing to the 3rd generation, will be streaming on Amazon, Vudu, and Google Play on Sept 1st
Director Ben Bertucci’s film follows patriarch Masao Naito of the Naito family and legendary auto business who is nearing retirement
I first learned of this movie in June 2024, https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2024/06/one-of-one-feature-documentary-filmed.html so it's cool to see that the full length movie will so soon be here!
This is Ben's first feature length documentary film, he has directed content for car brands including Type7, Porsche and has filmed at Dakar, Nascar and Pikes Peak.
Ben has also put together a book,
The book will be available for pre-order purchase on August 15, 2025 exclusively at oneofone-film.com.
A 250-page companion to the film, the book delves deeper into the workshop, offering a richer, more intimate look into the Naito family business.
Bertucci’s photography focuses on the beauty and complexity of generational craftsmanship and celebrates a garage where sports car restoration is an act of reverence
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
one of the big news items of Comic Con was that for the 1st time ever, George Lucas was going to be there, but instead of being at the worlds largest Star Wars fanbase central, to talk Star Wars stuff... he was promoting his art museum that opens next year in Los Angeles’s Exposition Park. I kid you not.
From ancient cave drawings and hieroglyphics to paintings, murals, illustrations, comics, digital media, and sculptures, the museum will share the universal language of illustrated storytelling.
In addition to Luke’s X-34 Landspeeder from Star Wars: A New Hope, a 1:1 replica of General Grievous' TSMEU-6 Wheel Bike as seen in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, and a full-scale version of Anakin Skywalker’s N-1 Starfighter from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace will be on display. The collection will also house speeder bikes from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
the collection includes the first drawing of Flash Gordon from 1934, original art for Marvel’s Iron Man’s debut comic cover from 1968, illustrations from Peanuts’ creator Charles M. Schulz, and paintings and other works from Norman Rockwell, Jack Kirby, N. C. Wyeth, Beatrix Potter, and Maxfield Parrish; as well as comic art legends such as Winsor McCay, Jack Kirby, and Frank Frazetta, just to name a few.
The Lucas Museum shows how narrative art influences societies—shaping beliefs, communicating values, inspiring imagination, and creating communities. It's goal is to empower people to engage with artworks through the compelling stories they tell.
Skip the first 7 minutes and 45 seconds to get to ANYTHING worth watching and listening to. Everything before that is FLUFF. At 7:45 the first actual q and a occurs.
It's impossible to tell if they will be hiring, but wow, if you live near enough to commute there for a job, it would be incredible to get a job in that new museum on day one.
A New Jersey junk yard owner pled guilty in Oklahoma federal court to leading a theft ring that stole catalytic converters and sold them for more than $600 million to a refinery (Dowa Metals & Mining) that extracted precious metals contained in the devices.
In a plea agreement filed in U.S. District Court in Tulsa, Khanna said, “After purchasing these catalytic converters, I resold most of them to Dowa Metals & Mining, a metal refinery, which would then extract the powdered precious metals.”
Khanna pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to receive, possess, and dispose of stolen goods in interstate commerce and five counts of money laundering
And no doubt in my mind, the DOJ will absorb those assets, and not reimburse the people who had their catalytic converters stolen
the Alaska Highway, such a big accomplishment for it's time, was the subject of a lot of publicity, like this (just soak up the retro ambience of this video style!)
the video really gets into gear at the 3 minute mark
as long as you don't live near major airports, (annoys the hell out of me), the industry is looking for ways (except for the obvious, opening a school in a top 10 largest population city in the USA) to recruit and retain more new hires amid climbing air travel demand
If you live near Tulsa Oklahoma, or Broomfield Colorado, and want to be a pilot or aircraft maintenance technician
So, why hasn't that Spartan College opened a school brank in Los Angeles? San Jose? San Diego? New York? Atlanta? Cities with LARGE populations? Houston? Chicago?
It's like they are avoiding putting a school where actually large populations exist, with a larger likelihood of a steady supply of students
After all, it's likely that the low pay, grunt work, lousy hours, (to support a multi billion dollar profitable industry) are going to motivate a number of those mechanics to find something less arduous, that pays better. So, the studies that show that the industry will need more than 700,000 new technicians to meet global demand over the next 20 years, from Boeing, and a 2022 report from consulting firm Oliver Wyman looked into the issue, predicting a roughly 25% shortfall in North America by 2027.
Lionel Taylor, a recently retired aircraft maintenance technician from California who worked for American Airlines for more than 30 years, said he seems to still be in demand for technician jobs. “When I go through my email, I see that I'm being offered positions from companies all across America, and I haven't filled out a resume in a long time,” he said.
By the way, Air Traffic Controller pay is only about 22 an hour to start. It's 22 an hour working at a In and Out burgers, here in San Diego. Yes, really https://www.usajobs.gov/job/818403800 https://www.in-n-out.com/employment/restaurant/home
AT-2152 AG - this is the position level for selectees who are NOT former FAA 2152 Certified Professional Controllers (CPC); salary $40,649 (20 an hour) which is only minimum wage here in California for fast food https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1228So, does the government, or the FAA, or the airline industry feel air traffic controllers worth being paid more? Nope.
A semi driver is alive and well after his truck careened off U.S. Highway 14-A in northern Wyoming. Amazingly, the semi managed to hang on to the K rail/barrier, and not slide down the cliff. (thank you Don!)
It's no surprise that this happened at a downhill curve, at 35 mph, at 230 am. That's faster than the posted limit
the driver overcorrected, rolled to the passenger side, slid on the jersey barrier, and over the edge of the hillside barrier.
https://cowboystatedaily.com/2025/07/22/trucker-survives-accident-which-left-semi-dangling-off-of-cliff-on-wyoming-mountain-highway/
How is it I've never heard of Denis Sire's art work until now?
Denis Sire was part of a new wave of French comic authors who innovated the medium in the 1970s with more experimental and artistic comics for adult-oriented magazines like Métal Hurlant and L'Écho des Savanes.
Sire in particular tackled genres like science fiction and erotic fetishism with a strong retro vibe. His comic pages and illustrations are filled with American automobiles, motorcycles, beautiful women, bondage and rock 'n' roll music in a 1950s atmosphere.
Later in life he became more famous for his pin-up drawings and his illustrations for automotive books and magazines.
Sire's only influences were Alex Raymond's classic space opera 'Flash Gordon' and American 1930s pulp novels, which resulted in his trademark retro approach.
https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/sire_denis.htm
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