http://community.foxsports.com/blogs/RapidRoy/2009/01/31/The_Evolution_of_the_Stock_Car
Thanks Harv!
Saturday, June 06, 2009
Best damn coverage of the interesting, amusing, funny, and attention grabbing stuff that happened in the 1970's NASCAR
5 Barn find Corvettes (in one barn in California) and a Yenko Duece (unrelated find)
Transforming the Pickle blog has a boatload of kustoms, before and after photos, here's George Barris at work in the 50's and Watson's shop
Dan's Hemmings blog is full of great stuff! I catch up with it often, and have recommended it highly for years
Musclepalooza IX: http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2009/05/28/musclepalooza-ix-the-action-on-the-strip-and-the-show-field/
Love this (also from Musclepalooza )
the 3rd annual Socal AMC gathering at the NHRA museum in Pomona
Papa John's founder is looking for the Camaro he had to sell to raise money to keep his company afloat. http://www.papasroadtrip.com/
Friday, June 05, 2009
The BMW clean car contest, annual event, very interesting to only compete one the basis of detailing
For more coverage of the BMW Clean Car Contest: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/06/blu-max-over-400-hundred-thousand-miles.html and http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/06/could-be-time-capsule-its-that-perfect.html
Why do so many BMW's need headlight wipers? Here's a variety of designs
taken at the annual San Diego Clean BMW contest at Spanish Landing park
Thursday, June 04, 2009
Beef and Bun cruise schedule
June 18th
July 23rd
August 20th
September 17th
October 22nd
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2007/04/if-you-are-around-fletcher-parkway-el.html
July 23rd
August 20th
September 17th
October 22nd
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2007/04/if-you-are-around-fletcher-parkway-el.html
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
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The Adult Toys from Dodge (1978 advertising campaign)
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The "Adult Toys" were the Tradesman truck, the Warlock, the Street Van, and the Macho Power Wagon.jpg)
Side effect of GM and Chrysler bankruptcy... immune to liability lawsuits
Check with ABC for the story, I just watched the evening news and Brian Ross, the ABC chief investigative reporter covers the story, after the link.
http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=7750693 just wait out the 20 second advertisement before the news clip.
Families of people killed and injured due to defective GM and Chrysler vehicular parts and products. One guy on the news lost his legs to a fire caused by a plastic brake cylinder. An ABC news camerman died when during a roll over, the roof collapsed of his SUV.
This time, the bankruptcy laws are written so that injured and dead people's lawsuits will be treated as equal to any other creditor that is owed money my GM and Chrysler, and never see a dime.
http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=7750693 just wait out the 20 second advertisement before the news clip.
Families of people killed and injured due to defective GM and Chrysler vehicular parts and products. One guy on the news lost his legs to a fire caused by a plastic brake cylinder. An ABC news camerman died when during a roll over, the roof collapsed of his SUV.
This time, the bankruptcy laws are written so that injured and dead people's lawsuits will be treated as equal to any other creditor that is owed money my GM and Chrysler, and never see a dime.
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Before tv were very affordable or common, races were recorded and available to listen to on LP (long play) records
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Monday, June 01, 2009
Looks like the Davis.. .. but I don't know what it is- other than crowded
look at the headlights and the overall shape and compare it to the blue Davis in:Is it cyclops? or the Audette?
GM of Sweden made an electric motorbike decades ago
One fun advertisement.. I'd love to talk to the ad guy who thought of it
Wide Boots GT ads
Diamond T "Doodlebug" fueler tanker truck
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/07/cool-rvs-some-because-they-melded.html was my only example of this cool truck design, unitl now... thanks to Carros Antigos ( Nik )! Thanks Nik! http://carrosantigos.wordpress.com/
Via: http://www.smcars.net/forums/work-progress-rendering-animation/30172-texaco-diamond-t-based-streamlined-tanker-1933-a.html
Raymond Loewy (leader of AMC designs) and his custom 59 Caddy
Ray was very important in American design, he'll be remembered as one of the most important industrial designers for his contributing work iconic contributions to modern life were the Shell logo, the Greyhound bus, the Lucky Strike package, Coldspot refrigerators and the Studebaker Avanti.At 15 he designed an aircraft that won an award, and was immediately put into production, after being wounded in action (WW1) and decorated with a medal, he boarded a ship for America with only 50 bucks.
During World War II, American government restrictions on in-house design departments at Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler prevented official work on civilian automobiles. Because Loewy's firm was independent of the fourth-largest automobile producer in America, no such restrictions applied. This permitted Studebaker to launch the first all-new postwar automobile in 1947, two years ahead of the "Big Three".
Cadillac Wagon De Ville
Mercury Cougar ads from 1976-77, ugly car and real cat!
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An example of the Big Bad colors of AMX
Sunday, May 31, 2009
News of Note: WWII-era dive-bomber lifted from Lake Michigan
A dive bomber that had ditched in Lake Michigan on a training run in 1944 was brought to land Friday for restoration in Florida for the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. The Douglas SBD Dauntless lifted from the water Friday to a pier in Waukegan, Ill., is among 130 to 300 or more planes estimated to have sunk in the lake during training late in World War II.
The Dauntless is the 35th airplane plucked from the waters since the National Naval Aviation Museum began a recovery and restoration program in 1990, Ellis said.
Even the wooden antenna mast was intact, and the rest of the plane was in good shape despite decades in the water, Lyssenko said.
"Finding World War II aircraft that actually have a combat record is a rarity," Ellis said. "We have a number here. The one that we loaned the World War II Museum has a combat record, so we wanted it back. We said, `We'll loan this one to you and we'll recover and restore another one which we'll then swap out when the restoration is finished.'"
An anonymous donor paid for the work.
"It costs about a quarter-million dollars to pull one off the bottom," Ellis said.
He said the Naval Aviation Museum has 102 aircraft displayed indoors, about 60 outdoors _ generally awaiting or in restoration _ and more than 800 lent to about 600 museums, schools and other institutions nationwide.
He said many planes training in that era had flown from a pair of old paddlewheel steamers decked out as practice aircraft carriers.
Ellis said more than 17,000 pilots trained from the paddlewheelers out of the Naval Air Station in Glenview, Ill. Each needed to make about eight takeoffs and landings on the USS Wolverine or USS Sable to qualify for carrier duty.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/news_details/article/182/2009/april/24/wwii-era-dive-bomber-lifted-from-lake-michigan.html
The Dauntless is the 35th airplane plucked from the waters since the National Naval Aviation Museum began a recovery and restoration program in 1990, Ellis said.
Even the wooden antenna mast was intact, and the rest of the plane was in good shape despite decades in the water, Lyssenko said.
"Finding World War II aircraft that actually have a combat record is a rarity," Ellis said. "We have a number here. The one that we loaned the World War II Museum has a combat record, so we wanted it back. We said, `We'll loan this one to you and we'll recover and restore another one which we'll then swap out when the restoration is finished.'"
An anonymous donor paid for the work.
"It costs about a quarter-million dollars to pull one off the bottom," Ellis said.
He said the Naval Aviation Museum has 102 aircraft displayed indoors, about 60 outdoors _ generally awaiting or in restoration _ and more than 800 lent to about 600 museums, schools and other institutions nationwide.
He said many planes training in that era had flown from a pair of old paddlewheel steamers decked out as practice aircraft carriers.
Ellis said more than 17,000 pilots trained from the paddlewheelers out of the Naval Air Station in Glenview, Ill. Each needed to make about eight takeoffs and landings on the USS Wolverine or USS Sable to qualify for carrier duty.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/news_details/article/182/2009/april/24/wwii-era-dive-bomber-lifted-from-lake-michigan.html
When ads were rated R, part 4
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Ms Hurst Golden Shifter... Linda Vaughn and the Chrysler 300 H parade car with the really big shifter
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For more about the 300H http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/04/300-h-was-for-sale-at-spring-fling-and.html
For all about Linda: http://www.legendsofnascar.com/Linda_Vaughn.htm
Via: http://farbror-sid.blogspot.com/ , http://hotwheels.tumblr.com/ , http://larsson-larssons.blogspot.com/ , and http://svammelsurium.blogg.se/
A variety of unusual vehicles, enjoy!
Jean Bugatti designed this, called the Armand Esders Royale
I recall seeing one before, I think it's French. Can't remember what manufacturer or era ... Danny says it's probably the 203 Puegot
Fiat Multipa
Fiat Multipa Marina 
The "Cityrama" from the 1960 movie; "Zazie dans le métro" .. the Citreon U55 Currus
Skip right to the 3 minute 49 second mark to see it in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00d_XAvG190
More photos of Burt Munro's record setting and record holding "World's Fastest Indian"
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=309314
For magazine coverage of Burt from 1962 and 63 see: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/06/burt-munro-coverage-in-car-craft-1963.html
The 1937 Jungle Caravan International Harvester designed by Count De Sakhnoffsky
Steve and some of his cars
his XK SS
for a recent shot of the XK SS :http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2006/11/steve-mcqueen.html
Via: http://farbror-sid.blogspot.com/ and http://hotwheels.tumblr.com/
Celebrities of past days and their rides... before every star required a chauffer
John Lennon and his Rolls
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Honor Blackman
Ann Margaret
Raquel Welch
Jayne Mansfield
Audrey Hepburn
James Garner
Charleton Heston
James Dean
Mick Jagger
James Brown
Syd Barrett
Sophia Loren
Sammy Davis
Clark Gable 
Brigitte Bardot
Via: http://hotwheels.tumblr.com/, http://farbror-sid.blogspot.com/ , http://hotwheels.tumblr.com/ , http://larsson-larssons.blogspot.com/ , and http://svammelsurium.blogg.se/
Cool gif photo
To make a time delay Gif work on this photo, of it fading from black and white to colored, you'll have to click on this link: http://hotwheels.tumblr.com/post/86500890/paris-auto-show-1948
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