Saturday, December 11, 2021
Discount Tire is acquiring Tire Rack. The transaction is expected to close December 31, 2021.
Discount Tire, which was founded by Bruce T. Halle in 1960 and remains privately held, intends to continue to use the Tire Rack brand name, TR Wholesale Solutions in car dealer and wholesale channels, and Tire Rack mobile installation arena. The company, which is legally named The Reinalt-Thomas Corporation, currently does business as Discount Tire in most of the U.S., America's Tire in parts of California, and Discount Tire Direct online.
Tire Rack was founded by Peter and Wilma Veldman along with Mike Joines in 1979 in Indianapolis, Indiana, and grew rapidly as one of the most trusted and respected sources of information for online buyers of tires, wheels and accessories. As of October 31, 2021, privately held, family-owned Tire Rack employed more than 950 Team Members. It will become wholly owned by Discount Tire, also a privately held family-owned business
compliments, a tip of the hat, and a standing ovation, to Triumph for making and selling one million motorcycles, and providing so damn much pleasure and satisfaction to motorcycle enthusiasts over the past 120 years
the company marks 120 years since it was originally founded, it has also just assembled the one millionth bike built since Triumph was reborn in 1990.
The first Triumph motorcycle went on sale in April 1902 fitted with a Minerva engine.
1,100 mile one-owner '69 Fairlane SCJ drag pack was on Ebay, but was snapped up at 165k "buy it now"
I just wanted to look at a 68 Torino GT. Then I learned that the Torino GT fastback was the top-selling model of all the Ford intermediates, and pretty close to the top of the price range at $2,747. Only the GT convertible ($3,001) and hardtop coupe ($2,772), plus the usual costlier station wagon models had higher MSRPs.
car insurance refund for Michigan car insurance customers, $400 per insured car, because of price gouging to pay for BILLING customers in serious accidents
I didn't know Michigan was charging more for car insurance to people with bad credit ratings!
that hole that took out a few Baja racers just 3 miles into the Parker 425
Don't miss the clip at 1:30, looks like Hollywood was filming a scene, there's another at 2:50
here's a similar situation, at a different race
from https://www.youtube.com/c/YouTUBA1/featured which has an incredible library of Haja racing videos
the Acoma, it was the lounge car on the train Santa Fe Super Chief from Chicago to LA
The original 1919 Dodge Brothers car that Jimmy Stewart drove in the holiday Classic, “It’s A Wonderful Life” arrived in Seneca Falls, NY on Wednesday, at the Dodge Jeep dealership on Route 414 north of Seneca Falls, as part of the town’s It’s A Wonderful Life Festival which runs through Sunday.
I posted about it when, after 30 years with the same owners, it finally became public knowledge when the new owner was interviewed about it https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-1919-dodge-brothers-touring-car.html
Three of the actors who portrayed the Bailey kids (Pete, Janie & ZuZu)
Seneca Falls New York is where the movie was filmed, and this is the 75th anniversary
The town even has a museum about the movie https://therealbedfordfalls.com/
https://www.fingerlakes1.com/2021/12/09/george-baileys-original-1919-dodge-arrives-in-seneca-falls/#google_vignette
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thanks Gregg!
this 1970 Road Runner had sat on the dealership lot for 2 years, when they sold it to an 18 yr old, for $1960.00. He still has it.
440 six pack, 4 speed, and because you had to be over 21 to buy a high perf car back then, he had to ask his parent to co sign. His mom adamantly refused.... she believed that he'd kill himself (mothers always do) but his dad went for a test drive with him, was pleased with the low noise, comfortable ride, and figured his son wouldn't drive like a moron, and co-signed.
Mom was so PISSED she wouldn't allow the Road Runner to be parked where she could see it from her home.
Friday, December 10, 2021
the good news is, they CAN be dug out. The bad news is that the volcano that did this? Had a similar eruption only 12 months ago, and will likely have a repeat next December too.
since I hate commercials, I don't watch tv, or news.
So I miss a lot of news that most tv watchers are all caught up on, but there ARE some pretty good websites that (yes, they do have an awful lot of advertising, but I don't HAVE to watch or listen to it) have great news that doesn't remain stuck on politics and death (another reason to avoid free broadcast news at 6pm on the old major networks)
So I do learn a lot, like the volcano eruption over in the Java islands of Indonesia, that buried these trucks about 5 days ago, was caused by a thunderstorm and days of rain, which eroded and partly collapsed the dome on the top of the 12,000-foot high volcano, Mt Semeru, said Indonesia’s geological department.
The volcano had a similar eruption only last December. Probably due to the same cause. Evidence that tornado, flood, and hurricane areas, are not the only places full of people that will not move away to a safer area where there homes won't be destroyed annually
movie about a chauffer that is likely to make a big splash soon, it's up for an Oscar. But it's as dull as watching paint dry. Unless you're into movie critics like, that no one else does
how Ebert gushed about this, I thought it was going to be amazing. But it was boring. Moody. Dull. The main character is an actor turned theater director whose wife in the first act, dies of a brain hemorrhage, but was cheating on him with other actors, his chauffer is depressed because she feels that she is to blame for her mother's death, and then there are the long camera shots of the bay, the snow falling, etc.
The car is real nice though. The story? Just depressing and a snooze.
Thursday, December 09, 2021
Thanks to Andrew P, I can share with you what a drunk saw when driving, because the cops released the dash cam video of the drunk struggling to stay on the road... just East of Vancouver
It's been only 4 years since the last time I posted about someone driving horribly in Burnaby, but somehow, I recognized the area on a map https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2017/06/crazy-woman-hits-canadian-construction.html
I forgot how many snowy scene banners I had saved up to use for winter, so, until I run out, it's snowy streets and cars for banners
these winter night scenes are pretty cool
shag carpet vans are still out there, but 3 years ago this was a cargo van, bought on craigslist for 10k
Mopar's Direct Connection catalog of the era had page upon page devoted to van accessories including auxiliary lighting, windows, hatches, trim, fender flares, wheels, sidepipes, a free subscription to the Dodge Van Clan newsletter, and most importantly, a Street Van conversion kit
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