https://www.porsche.com/stories/innovation/porsche-911-turbo-50-years/
Just A Car Guy
Cool things with wheels since 2006
Sunday, August 16, 2026
the 911 Turbo turns 50, fine, that's cool and etc... but, what I realized, is I haven't heard why Porsche 911s seem to have very good looking plaid upholstery. German car, Scottish cloth design - so that had me looking into that...
https://www.porsche.com/stories/innovation/porsche-911-turbo-50-years/
wow... what's cool and has wheels? A chair (if the research is correct, then it's from the USS Gilligan that was hit by kazmakazi in 1945)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/157104191579343/permalink/2132535924036150
the M2 F1 in 1963 proof of concept that the wingless lifting-body aircraft was viable as a emergency life shuttle from large aircraft (the big Navy dirigibles, big bombers, and possibly from spacecraft if they added heatshields)
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/human-spaceflight/on-this-day-in-space-aug-16-1963-wingless-m2-f1-completes-1st-glide-flight
The FIA is in the process of digitizing for public viewing more than two million documents and pictures from its boxes of archive stored in Valleiry (thank you Paul!)
Its collection relating to the land speed record is one of the first projects to be undertaken and will be made public shortly.
Alongside the documents and pictures are hand-written notes, letters and official records, annotated by those witnessing or taking part in the record attempts, a distinct, human element reaching back through the years.
BMW reported a 51% “recycling rate” from dead cars thanks to new sorting and smelting techniques applied to the brand’s own cars (thank you George!)
51% of BMW materials are of high enough quality to go right back into production with no discernible difference in quality from newly manufactured ones.
For reference, the current industry figure is just 6% from testing materials from 433 dead cars across 60 different models.
To achieve the massive increase in recyclability, BMW engineers pushed beyond the industry’s current shredding and bulk material recovery processes.
Engineers also followed output streams to see which of its recycled materials could begin life anew as BMW parts rather than heading downstream to lower-quality parts or other industries.
https://www.mensjournal.com/auto/bmw-says-it-can-turn-dead-cars-back-into-new-bmw-parts
Indian Railways has installed 12,240 miles of safety fencing along railway tracks across the country to facilitate safer train operations (thank you George!)
Safety fencing is being provided to facilitate the safe movement of cattle, pedestrians and smaller vehicles across railway alignments.
neither of these sources mention it, specifically, but I'm getting the idea the fencing is to keep people and livestock from walking onto the railways out of the farms and fields. I've seen a lot of India train videos where cattle is wandering loose on the tracks, causing the trains to slow and be delayed
Saturday, August 15, 2026
how do you get 720 HP from a 327 in 1965? Twin turbos from Garrett, and dyno time with Isky! new to me history of drag racing! B Gas supercharged at Winternats of 65, with a 10.35 @135
Friday, August 14, 2026
Richard Bay's little Porsche powered 1958 Fiat 600 winning the I/Gas class at the 1970 NHRA Winternationals
Rich took this Fiat from a street driven racer in 1965 to the full out race car weighing 1200 lbs
a factory two percent Mopar stayed in the competition after the NHRA tried to prevent A/FX Mopars from winning ALL the races with a wheelbase-alteration limit of 2 %
The "World's Fastest 327 Camaro" was running in the 10.80's at the 1969 NHRA Winternationals. 2nd runner up to Landy's Charger
A 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle stolen in 1993 in San Mateo County has finally been returned to its original owner, after a recent vehicle identification number inspection by officers with CHP's Auburn office discovered the car's situation
UC San Diego researchers who discovered a vulnerability in the KARR and SWDS security system that can be remotely accessed to unlock millions of cars
thank you Gary for the compliment of the day!
Your posts continue to delight and encourage me to be more curious and understand history/life/people better.
Gary in Detroit
there ought to be a good reality tv show about smuggling, and customs inspections / border patrol - and how the look for and find the stuff that's smuggled
I haven't heard of one... which doesn't mean much... I used to watch a show that took place in a big airport, and the amazing amount of stuff they had to deal with.... I expect that a show about a border checkpoint, a port of entry, trucking inspection station, or river or border lake (between Canada and Michigan, Washington, Maine etc) (Mexico and Texas)
this is the American spirit in action, a peaceful protest about govt overreach. So of course the cops showed up and threatened to arrest him... in Green Bay for Pete's sake. He should have had a 2nd sign that said (Bad Cops! No Donuts!) when they showed up to harrass him
Fyi, the fastest way to cut aluminum pipe, lets say for on the job situations, is not a grinder and cutting wheel. it loads up with aluminum, and takes about a minute. It's not a Sawzall, that loads up with aluminum and also takes a minute.
thank you Turdherder! For lettting me know about the Gulf No-Nox advertising campaign "It gives you an extra kick" and the Gulf gas station attendant gave customers a little pair of orange plastic horse shoes
Thursday, August 13, 2026
This i respect.... cops vs driver, one on one.... In an effort to catch more drivers illegally using their phones, police in Dunellen New Jersey dressed up in a hunter ghillie camo suit and stood next to an extra-leafy tree, looking for drivers who were holding their phones in violation of a statewide ban.
Cost to build a Goodyear tire in the USA... about 87.00. Cost for the Chinese competitor? 12 dollars.
and that would possibly be a reason Goodyear has lost 2 billion dollars in the last 5 business quarter years
https://www.thedrive.com/news/goodyear-cant-make-a-tire-for-12-like-china-heres-its-plan
the YouTube channel Project Farm did a comparison test of car batteries
you've heard about all the cities looking to cash in on Flock surveillance cameras with tickets on registration and speeding... but anyone ever heard of a city FINDING an UNAUTHORIZED Flock Camera? Millcreek Utah discovered one that they did NOT pay for, and don't get the data from
Yup, if Iran wants to snoop on Washington DC? Get some Flock Cameras installed.
If the Bin Ladens want too keep an eye on One World Trade Center in time for the 9-11 anniversary? Install some Flock Cameras.
So, how long until TMZ and other paparazzi install cameras that look like Flock, and track Hollywood celebs? How long until China installs Flock Cameras to track who and what comes and goes off military bases, air fields, and ports?
Just sayin, Big Brother ain't the only one who wants cameras watching us, and Flock doesn't care who pays with a credit card. They'll get a subcontractor out there installing them.
I think it would be a hoot to have hundreds or thousands installed, get an AI bot to monitor and edit a highlights reel of all the illegal things that any police department does.


