Just A Car Guy
Cool things with wheels since 2006
Monday, May 12, 2025
A federal judge placed Bollinger Motors into receivership after the startup burned through $148M to make about 40 trucks.
I remember seeing the Bollinger trucks at SEMA, somewhere between 2017 and 2021
https://www.thedrive.com/news/148m-electric-truck-startup-is-going-down-in-flames-fast
that's a lot of roman numerals
Sunday, May 11, 2025
Ursula Andress getting a new Cooper S in August 1966
John Sprinzel Racing Ltd in Bayswater London, next to three brothels, the Stables drinking club and two Members of Parliament.
The brothels closed quite soon after Sprinzel Racing opened and the house of one, which was bought by a stockbroker, still had a cupboard full of whips and chains.
only last week I was mentioning how cool the dragsters were with grills that had artwork
Hell of a nice looking Fiat!
Customs and Border Patrol has either been told to do some hero work, get some headlines, OR, the news never gave them the respect for the job they due until now, BUT, they are STOPPING a lot of stolen cars from leaving the USA lately
CBP's Baltimore Field Office intercepted 250 stolen vehicle exports in 2024
Saturday, May 10, 2025
Impressive car collection in the Lagano garage...
I don't follow Nascar, or the racers, and don't know anything about them until watching the Netflix series Full Speed, but I spotted the car collection in his garage (very impressive) and when looking for images of them to share with you, see this:
In 2013, Logano formed his namesake foundation dedicated to giving people up to 24 years old a second chance in life. To date, it has given more than $2.4 million to a variety of organizations, including those that help sick children, offer safe places for kids from abusive homes, and assist in housing for veterans. Along with hosting annual charity events, the organization makes 10 donations during the 10 weeks of the NASCAR Playoffs, giving grants to nonprofit organizations in each community where the races are held.
https://www.motortrend.com/features/celebrity-drive-nascar-joey-logano
Interesting how being impressed at the young age of 10, by the flight of the Wright brothers, led Roy Chadwick to a career with Avro, and to him designing the Avro Lancaster
At 18 yrs old, he began his association with Avro, he then worked on various designs in the lead-up to WW1 including the Avro 504, a Great War light bomber and trainer. King George VI learned to fly on one of these when he was Duke of York, while the very first QANTAS was an Avro 504K.
https://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/news/24769599.roy-chadwick-cbe-man-designed-avro-lancaster
Friday, May 09, 2025
A father, his two sons, and a retired Ford employee were arrested in Dearborn for running a massive parts theft operation that targeted the automaker's plants.
last month, Arias-Tovar was arrested when he was pulled over for speeding and no drivers license.. This week, his daughter was arrested for running a red light, and no drivers license. That's odd... wouldn't you think after your dad gets arrested, for bad driving, you'd be really really careful when driving? But that's not the punchline.
their entire family is in the USA illegally, and has been for 15 years.
Arias-Cristobal admitted to being in the U.S. illegally and does not have an application pending with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, according to DHS.
"Mr. Tovar had ample opportunity to seek a legal pathway to citizenship. He chose not to." DHS said.
And the father and daughter are BOTH in the same jail, the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Ga., where her father, Jose Francisco Arias-Tovar, is also being held.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/dhs-defends-ice-detainment-georgia-college-student-who-violated-traffic-laws-not-ignoring-rule-law.amp
I do want people to get into this, or any other country legally, and once in those countries, if they choose to make a new life, to get the legal authorization to stay, with a work visa, a green card, or citizenship through the normal process that at least, the USA has. I don't know if other countries have a process, other than that gold passport that you've probably heard about. https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexledsom/2025/05/08/as-malta-golden-passport-likely-ends-demand-for-golden-visa-rises/
It has declared bankruptcy 10 times.
Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay, Chile, Costa Rica, Spain and Russia have declared bankruptcy nine times during the same period.
Germany has suffered from bankruptcy 8 times in two and a half years, thus coming to the forefront of the major economic countries that have been bankrupt, followed by the US 5 times, China and UK 4 times, and Japan twice.