Monday, June 07, 2010

Duct tape, the wonder tool!

During a private "fly-in" fishing excursion in the Alaskan wilderness, the chartered pilot and fishermen left a cooler and bait in the plane. And a bear smelled it. This is what he did to the plane

The pilot used his radio and had another pilot bring him 2 new tires, 3 cases of duct tape, and a supply of sheet plastic. He patched the plane together, and FLEW IT HOME! Thanks Mike for emailing me this! For more photos of the bear damage and what seems to be the source of the photos http://www.armyparatrooper.org/dropzone/showthread.php/22477-The-Many-uses-of-Duct-Tape-in-Alaska

cool things found at Greyhandgang.com

What do you think, an airport runway snow melter?

Buckminster Fuller and a Dymaxion
Cuban taxi's.... aren't they awesome! Looks like a 55 Ford and a 53 Chev. I'd take a ride in these over a modern taxi, damn right I would

I'm not sure, but it looks like the trans-arctic vehicle

A street car used to build artificial reefs

The Vereycken Diwheel 1947 and you can read more about it http://douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/TRANSPORT/diwheel/diwheel.htm

The Munsters coach it looks like, it is on Santa Monica Blvd, and it's 1964

An Autogyro over New York

a photo of the Blitzen Benz I haven't seen before
looks like El Mirage

What an Americana moment, the purple car is a Studebaker Commander I think

Saturday, June 05, 2010

Larry Shinoda designed vehicles

With Gurney Westlake 520hp V8 engine, it was capable of 150mph. The original design for this was done on the napkins at a hamburger restaurant.

Econoline ‘Kilimanjaro’ safari van, 1969 show car. Front wheel drive


1969 Ford Mach II design

1969 car show Torino Super Cobra front and back

What a sorry sight, rear wheel taco'd, windscreen and steering broken, and that must be due to the tree that busted up the front suspension

via: http://t-s-k-b.tumblr.com/

Cool small toys found at the Over the Hill Gang Streak










Cool garage built golf cart for getting around hot rod shows (like goodguys)

Her husband had a car that wasn't gonna make it to restoration (if I recall correctly) and used the best parts to make this golf cart for her (you can see she needs crutches) to get around the car shows with



If you see the Studebaker convertible I posted earlier, it's hers too!

the Scandanavian Street Rod bellytanker was at El Mirage