Just A Car Guy
Cool things with wheels since 2006
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
great article about a Ferrari repair shop, that's been in business since 1961... that's when most of the cars it's fixing - were new! Dominick’s garage in White Plains NY (a bit north of the Bronx)
it turns out there is a LOT of money for the govt in forcing people to pay to register their cars. But there is a side effect when the govt suddenly digs for more money from it's people.
According to the president of the Tijuana’s chamber of commerce, who said there are currently 115 used car lots in Tijuana when there were more than 1,000 just a few years ago.
And, he says, it’s the result of the state of Baja California’s policy on so-called “chocolate cars,” or unregulated vehicles imported from the United States.
The term “chocolate cars” is a play on words from the word “chueco,” which means crooked in Spanish.
For years, many residents in Tijuana purchased vehicles north of the border and used them in Mexico without registering them or paying for Mexican license plates.
Seeing the revenue-generating potential, the Mexican government has extended the deadline several times allowing for more cars to get registered.
According to the Mexican government, through the end of September, 2.6 million of these cars had been registered in 14 different states, earning $346 million for road-infrastructure projects throughout the country.
In Baja California alone, 400,000 chocolate cars have been registered.
the lost and found of Norfolk International Airport is now being auctioned online
in 2026, Toyota is planning to revive the MR2
2liter, twin turbo, 600 hp, rear engine, all wheel drive, not electric or hybrid.
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
David McGraw, from the McGraw-Hill publishing company founding family, built a house in Osterville on Cape Cod to store his collection of 68 motorcycles.
Buddy "L" Bus circa 1925, the wheels can be steered by rotating the spare wheel
the uncle of a San Jose realtor knew of a woman selling her 1932 Packard nearby, so he called, got invited over, and when she rolled up her garage door, it was the Packard from the 1991 first Addams Family movie
Anthony Hopkins is attached to star in “Maserati: The Brothers,” to play an Italian financier who bankrolls the Maserati brothers.
new movie on streaming, and it was ok, but, the ghost claimed to have been run over by a Duesenberg, but the scene that showed it, had this Buick instead
2025 Retromobile is going to shine a spotlight on Adolphe Kégresse, and showcase his invention, the half-track. This innovative solution provided vehicles with the opportunity to move around in extreme environments, and aided in creating exciting automobile expeditions.
Monday, October 14, 2024
American Airlines is battling it out in court this week against Skiplagged, over fliers using the controversial travel hack to save money.
https://www.chron.com/culture/article/american-airlines-skiplagging-lawsuit-19826291.php
Christie’s will offer Ed Ruscha’s 1964 painting ‘Standard Station, Ten-Cent Western Being Torn in Half’ in the sale in New York, it's estimated to be worth 50 million dollars. That's nuts, but if someone figures that it will be worth more someday, they'll pay that much to invest in that hope
it's 10 feet wider, and was featured in the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2023-24.
Ruscha, who was born in Oklahoma, first saw Standard Oil gas stations during a 1962 road trip to Los Angeles along Route 66, according to Christie’s.
He was enthralled by the contrast of the bold design set against the vast landscape of the Western United States, and his six gas station paintings have become some of his best known.
The gasoline station is Ruscha's most iconic image. He began experimenting with the subject in his first artist's book, Twentysix Gasoline Stations (1963), which reproduces a series of banal photographs the artist took while driving on Route 66 between Los Angeles and his hometown of Oklahoma City.
That year, converting an otherwise ordinary locale into a dramatic, even mysterious symbol of the American vernacular landscape, Ruscha created a monumental painting titled Standard Station, Amarillo, Texas, based on one of the photographs but with a radically foreshortened composition.
A few years later he made this print, further exploring the nuances of his emblematic image. Using the medium of screenprint, Ruscha was able to achieve areas of solid, flat color, as well as sinuously blended colors made with the "split fountain" technique, one of the first fine-art applications of this commercial process that combines differently colored inks. Reusing the screens from the print, Ruscha continued to experiment with Standard Station, and eventually varied colors and compositions to create three additional printed versions.
Several have come to market in the past few years, including Burning Standard (1968), which sold for $22.2m with fees at Christie’s New York in 2023.
one of only two online images I've ever seen with the temporary license plate number on a car
Did you hear the one about the Sheriff that was so outraged about Burger King getting his order wrong, he called 3 patrol cars from across town, in code 3 / lights and sirens, to get the uniformed deputies to get the manager. Yes, this is a small town in Georgia
Owens is up for re-election this year, and his challenger, David Cavender, posted the video to Facebook on Friday
August Pabst Jr., brewing legends' descendant and racing icon, dies at 90 years old
During his career, Pabst also raced in the Road America 500. He secured victories in 1962 and 1963, among many other achievements.
Sunday, October 13, 2024
a helmet signed by Top Gear staff, Clarkson and May, as well as The Stig - were auctioned 3 days ago, it was left behind after the shut down of the original Top Gear show. It sold for £3,800
The New York City MTA and local law enforcement had to stage a crack down (instead of daily doing their job, it's now a special occasion) with six operations at MTA crossings, including the Verrazano and RFK Bridges, to bust people that don't pay tolls
What if Steve McQueen raced a 911 S/T instead of a 917? Porsche Englewood's dedicated Classic team recreated the iconic McQueen 917 from the movie Le Mans, reimagined as a 1971 Nürburgring S/T race car.
irony, is, two articles that come out in the same week, that are contradicting each other
He must feel he needs to rage bait people to read his column. Hell, for all I know, that works.
Iowa's speed cameras have mostly found to be illegal, by the Iowa DOT
Out of the 139 fixed camera locations across the state, only 11 were approved to continue operating.
By requiring local governments to prove the necessity of speed cameras, Iowa has created a system where safety measures must meet a high standard of justification.
https://unionrayo.com/us/goodbye-speed-cameras-state-turn-off-all/
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Ratan Tata, a car enthusiast, has died aged 86, was India’s most celebrated industrialist. In 2008, he bought the troubled Jaguar Land Rover business for £1.75bn.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Oct 3rd announced the seizure of 265 packages / 2,686 pounds / $3.2 million worth of methamphetamine found inside a single tractor-trailer at the California-Mexico border.
interesting choice of vehicles for a guy that can own anything, Ashton Kutcher
https://www.tmz.com/2024/10/10/ashton-kutcher-corvette-breaks-down/