Saturday, September 27, 2025

great COE with a lot of cool custom touches




This is a truck made/owned by a Navy senior chief, and he did a cool job of displaying his unit patches around the back window. They look better on a patch jacket, that's what I did with mine, but it's rare that it's ever cold enough here in San Diego to wear it. 










this is a very cool example of a hard working guy making all the stuff for his rally car that he can't afford to buy... I had a great time talking to him today



Check out the former military switch panels pulled out of the junk at DRMO




I love that license plate is held on with cotter pins

And that the wing is hand made, and the mud flaps have hand painted sponsors and rear window scoops also have sponsors... so humorous! 

very eye catching way to advertise their wrap and sticker business


great hood prop on this 1990 VW Corrado

 


great truck... not many people put toppers on anymore, this one was well worth the vintage topper!




this wrap is a very convincing marble


A total of 401 De Tomaso Mangustas were built between 1967 and 1971, with approximately 150 designated for the European market and the remaining 250 allocated for North American customers... I only knew of 2 in San Diego, this one's new to me, and I just learned, it's stayed in the family for decades


This lucky guy's uncle owned the car, didn't have kids, and passed it onto his favorite nephew... who, doesn't have kids, and is very likely to be a favorite uncle too! It hibernated in his uncles garage for 30 years


I get a kick out of finding these rare original stickers on windshields. 




interesting 2002



I've only ever seen one Opala in person before, a SEMA... this one has been fixed up, and upgraded from straight 6 to supercharged LS



I hope I see a Deora II or III cruising on a freeway someday... that would be cool


dang this is about a real world as a Hot Wheels car gets

a 74 built in 1979 near Detroit... very disco era!


I like the matched tail lights, hood trim, side trim, and hand made cast aluminum side pipe covers
 



Great work truck!


legit work truck when you see the junk yard hood, am I right? 

in the 2005 Fantastic 4 movie... the Human Torch gets annoyed by the guy in the Camaro at a stop light, so he melts the tires a bit




perfect license plate for the Tesla



Thank you Martin for the album cover art!