Wednesday, July 01, 2026

Tuesday, June 30, 2026

a creative but unsafe attempt to fix the suspension, found during an inspection, and placed out of service


the suspension system was being held together by a piece of rope as well as bungee cords

I've posted before about Vantablack... maybe this similar paint, will show up at SEMA, and get distributed in the USA for sale



A team at Nipsea Group, working through its Color Technology and core R&D unit in Shanghai, has developed what it describes as an "ultra-black coating" capable of absorbing roughly 99.9% of visible light. The material is clearly inspired by Vantablack, the carbon nanotube coating that makes objects look almost flat and featureless.

102 year old flat car still MOW service! It was parked at Thermopolis, Wyoming on the BNSF.



your feel good story for the week - James Blair, a U.S. Navy veteran who has spent the last two decades working at John Wayne Airport, was seen limping across the airport tarmac


plans to continue working, as he has for as long as he can remember, so that he can pay for his 90-year-old mother's hospice care.

 He was recorded limping, visibly struggling, by a woman traveler who knew that someone in that position shouldn't have to continue putting so much wear on themselves. 

 So she started a fund raiser, and the GoFundMe raised more than $170,000 for him


Posted because it's awesome, it's charity, and it's an airport. I post all three of those things

spotted in traffic on the evening commute... well done. License plate matches flag, and the Camaros used to have red white and blue badges




why does this Alabama Olds block out the entire back window?

 

I got passed by a Hayabusa on the way to work this morning.. damn those look nice.

 

something weird going on with side mirrors, this is the 2nd brass colored one I've seen in two days.. both drivers side mirrors. Anyone know if this is a thing?

 See the difference easily in comparison between these two cars

It's been a while since I've seen such a sad side mirror repair... this is pathetic

 

nice classic Ford in the new Hugh Jackman movie, The Sheep Detectives

the new Land Cruiser looks good, obvious visual connection with the early ones... and 20 minutes after I see that in traffic, I see the Lexus version

 


things from the Swayze/Reeves original Point Break that would be epic to own... the Porsche that Lori Petty's character drove, or the Mach 1 that Keanu's character drove... or the guitar Patrick Swayze was tuning!

This now causes me to wonder, did this result in Keanu asking for his John Wick character to have a Mustang? 




The redwood water tower in Lusk was built in 1886 to keep steam engines running between Wyoming and South Dakota. While the engines are gone, the tower endures 140 years after it was built and is one of six such relics still standing in the United States.


In 1886, the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Railway was establishing a line to connect Douglas and Chadron, South Dakota. This necessitated new depots and water towers along the route to ensure the steam engines kept running.

Lusk was chosen because it had, at the time, the only post office along the intended route.

Sunday, June 28, 2026

coming home from Shrewsbury car show on Friday and a careless driver cut this Fairlane off and ran it into a telephone pole. 20 years of family fun and car shows... over.




It can be repaired... it's certainly not totalled, but the owners might be heartbroke, and sell it instead of putting up with body shop bullshit that lasts a year for a 2 week job

Mythbusters tested a Taurus out to see what the effect of dimples would be on gas mileage... and it was about 10% fuel mpg improvement. From 26 to 29.6 mpg


Adam had so much more life/enthusiasm than Jamie. 


I think it's to be expected from someone that chooses to look like this

giving a cool old Apache the idle up a hill test


someone forgot to play it safe and not lock up their brakes while racing up Pike's.... instead, they went for a small aircraft pilot's license, solo

 

JCB has completed testing of its hydrogen-powered land speed record JCB Hydromax car ahead of its attempt to break the land speed record later this summer at Bonneville (thank you George)

The test runs took place at RAF Wittering in Cambridgeshire with Andy Green behind the wheel. The testing saw speeds increase from 177mph to 208mph

The 32-foot Hydromax car is powered by a powertrain developed in-house that combines two engines producing a combined 1,600bhp. The engines are “very similar” to those that feature in JCB’s own production-based hydrogen diggers, but have been enhanced by the need for speed.

lol, Swift is still doing stupid stuff


Comic Con is coming, July 22-26, and I'll be a bit busy organizing a team for waiting in line for Hall H in the next coming weeks, and that's going to reduce my amount of blogging a bit. Not a lot, but a bit


anyone have a guess what this is?


 

genius way to make a lazy Susan food delivery system, from a tire mount machine


I have no idea what the license plate on this Lotus means... does anyone have a guess?


 

the opening scene in Goonies, had this in the background of a car chase scene


 

I was there when the family driving this arrived at the grocery store... great 68, 327, 4 barrel and 4 speed

 

seen at 6:17 am on the drive to work. I think someone's car caught on fire, and exploded. I was nowhere near to see what happened... but that smoke was HOT and went straight up to the lowest clouds, then then kept rising




 the top of that smoke, rose through the cloud cover

a split second scene in Footloose, filmed in 1984



the tractor chicken race in Footloose, I'd forgotten about this... but am rewatching the movie right now... I haven't seen it since the 80s





Saturday, June 27, 2026

another trucking inspection by police, this time in Wichita Texas shows the same result as all the others... a ridiculously high number of truckers operating in violation of the laws


93 commercial vehicle stops 
109 equipment violations issued by DPS 
15 truck/trailer combinations impounded 
1 cab impounded 
24 individuals detained for being unlawfully present in the United States, from Mexico, India, Cuba, Algeria, Venezuela, Tajikistan, and Russia.

scenes from a 1986 biker anime, about a Suzuki GT380 engine rebuild



https://www.globalsuzuki.com/motorcycle/smgs/digital-archive/2_bike/ss2_005.php

interesting

 https://www.tumblr.com/sivadsucram  nsfw

A small aircraft crashed into a 108-storey ‌skyscraper in Beijing's central business district.

 
Police were preventing people from taking pictures and asking others to delete those they had taken ​while ushering ​people away from the building,