Monday, July 27, 2026

when at Comic Con, stop by to see the latest from Magic Wheelchair (I do every year) and drop in a donation









looks interesting. Of course I bought a copy, just look at the cover!

 

but it will not get read for a little while... who has time? I get home around 6pm, I wake up around 6am, and have to stuff in blogging, catching up on email, facebook, commentary, posting, etc... 


I've heard SO MUCH about the new book series Dungeon Crawler Carl... and spotted this, the 8th book in the series, cover.... looks interesting!

 As chaos and mass panic spread outside the dungeon in the wake of Faction Wars, Carl and Donut find themselves on the tenth floor, where they’re forced to compete in a surprisingly normal set of tasks. Well, normal for the dungeon.

Races. Get from point A to point B, and don’t come in last. After each race, they pick an upgrade for their vehicle and the track gets more challenging. It all seems a little too normal, a little too simple.

Isle of Man Hill Rally 2026 Crash & Action!


I was at the Grimm 15th anniversary panel in Hall H when the least actor, David Giuntoli, mentioned his score of a Land Rover from the production company, for 900 bucks. a couple hours later, I was walking by the celeb parking area, and ...

 notice the back tire on the curb? Dude, take a sec, get it right. Don't damage your tires on curbs





The International Brotherhood of Teamsters joins Teamsters Canada and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) in calling on Canadian National Railway (CN) to immediately stop operating trains through active wildfire zones and put the safety of Teamsters Canada rail members first.


A recent viral video on social media shows a CN freight train engulfed in flames while traveling through an active wildfire in Northern Ontario. The train was operated by Teamsters Canada Rail Conference members, whose quick thinking and professionalism ensured that no one was injured. But those workers should never have been put in that position. CN should never be sending train crews into such dangerous conditions.


for just the video, without the news anchors facebook.com/reel/1350124187104363/?s=single_unit

Spotted somewhere near Comic Con


Sunday, July 26, 2026

beautiful... why don't I know where there are high quality videos, of someone who has recorded the drive through scenery like this... with nothing but the camera on top of the vehicle, and the sound of the vehicle?



This is what the back roads in Houghton County Michigan looked like in late August in the 80s, when I was a kid

the Daily Timewaster just posted this : Tazio Nuvolari | Moto Vitelloni, and thanks to Robert Menking, I learned the history of this car, the Porsche type 360 Grand Prix designed by Cistalia in Italy, built by Porsche



the history of the Cistalia Porsche at https://www.stuttcars.com/porsche-type-360/

The Cisitalia Grand Prix, a single-seater car for the postwar 1.5-litre supercharged Grand Prix class, built by Italian sports car manufacturer Cisitalia and introduced in 1949. 

It was designed on behalf of Cisitalia by Porsche between 1946–47, and is therefore also known by its Porsche project number, Typ 360.

In the end of WW II, Pietro “Piero” Dusio founded a company called Compagnia Industriale Sportiva Italia, CISItalia in short, with the future plan to start the series production of racing and sports cars.

At the same time there was one Austrian-born former racer and self-taught engineer Karl Abarth living in Italy who wanted to work with racing machines as the war was over. He contacted Ferry Porsche. Abarth knew the Porsche family through his wife who used to be the secretary to Anton Piëch (husband of Ferdinand Porsche’s daughter and Ferry’s sister Louise). In Italy, Karl Abarth had became Carlo Abarth – a name every auto enthusiast knows. In the end of September 1946, Abarth became Porsche engineering company’s representative in Italy.


San Diego pedicabs have changed a lot based on this one. I heard it's 50 dollars per person


this concludes about an hour of going through photos and posting so you have fresh stuff to look at on Monday!

Comic Con 2026 is over, and I found some good stuff to post, but it's less vehicle related than my typical daily variety

I would ordinarily post more, but I haven't gotten much sleep lately, and I'm wiped out, and need to get more than the last couple of weeks of 6 hours or less per night. 

During comic con, nightly sleep varied from 6 hours on Tuesday, 4 on Wednesday, 2 on Thursday, and 2.5 on Friday. Saturday I got about 10 to catch up some on the lost sleep... I felt better, but still a bit groggy

On average, Tuesday night to Friday night, I got about 3.6 hours a night

Dungeon Crawler Carl booth display at Comic Con



The Fire Dept mobility team at Comic Con for emergency medical services, is impressively compact, and there are 2 inside the Convention Center, and 4 outside



seen on the 163 when heading to Comic Con

 


The newest in movie and tv series previews from Comic Con, a wide variety

So, Saturday in Hall H, about a minute before Apple released this to the world on Youtube, we got to see it first... as if that matters. Matchbox the Movie, has a good cast, and looks like a FUN movie, being released on Apple streaming on October 9th




the 100 ton Wrecking Crane... 1907 steam powered... I didn't know they had to clamp the side opposite of the load, to the rails under the crane. Makes perfect sense.

 

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

that's all the time I have for now... like every year since 2012 , I am taking time off to enjoy Comic Con

 See you on the other side

If I don't make it back, it's been my pleasure to entertain you all with cool stuff and news

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to review an Alaska bush pilot's claims that state authorities have tried to illegally seize his $95,000 airplane after a passenger brought a six-pack of beer on a flight bound for a dry village. It's simply govt overreach



taking his 1969 Cessna would violate the Eighth Amendment's "Excessive Fines Clause."

Read this article... it's worth it.  Good for him to fight this bullshit, and get it to the Supreme Court who NEEDS to put the govt back in check 

Do you remember me posting the John Deere that got itself Fooseified? Back in 2010? Well the Drive just discovered it in the John Deere Archives facility in East Moline, Illinois.

 

I posted about it in https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/07/1970-john-deere-model-4020-that-chip.html

and just found the Drive article on it https://www.thedrive.com/news/hot-rod-designer-chip-foose-made-this-john-deere-tractor-look-like-an-old-race-car

The concrete span buckled in a 2023 storm, but never got repaired. That hasn't stopped people from driving across it, though, driving across it is faster than the detour

 https://www.thedrive.com/news/locals-keep-driving-on-this-buckled-bridge-because-its-quicker-than-the-detour

One of a kind flying saucer Chipotle and Starbucks in St. Louis. Originally built in 1967 as a Phillip 66 gas station.


 

Titmouse is having a panel at Comic Con! Thursday, July 23, 2026 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Room 25ABC


I posted about Titmouse animation studios https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2025/05/i-kid-you-not-only-obstacle-in-my-way.html

compliment of the week! Thank you Jerry!

Great banner today Jesse. I love Corvette race cars. 

 I'm still lovin JACG every day! 

You are amazing! 

Thanks pal!

Monday, July 20, 2026

Boston moved its highway underground in 2003. This was the result.


THIS is an IMPOSTER! Not Just A Car Guy! Dang it.. I knew I should have gotten that vanity plate so no one else in California would... not it's too late a damn Tesla has it


 Don't be fooled by imposters! 

Ford only took 3 years to remedy leaking turbocharger oil return lines on the Australian Ranger and Everest

To date, no real fix has been issued - outside of just replacing failed lines with new ones of the same design - but now, The Blue Oval has come up with a solution.

According to CarSales, Ford has discovered the root cause of the problem, which stems from its Dagenham UK plant that builds the Lion V6 powerplant.

we identified that a specific assembly process at the engine plant in the United Kingdom could induce stress on the oil return line's O-ring groove, occasionally leading to a leak over time. To resolve this, we instituted a comprehensive assembly process enhancement

how much cocaine is getting smuggled from Mexico to El Paso? Enough to create a monthly cocaine shipment from to Tampa, they just nailed truckers with 132 pounds... just how much cocaine does Florida use in a MONTH? Damn


these idiots learned NOTHING from Clint Eastwoods movie The Mule. 

look at the photos? Felons... not harmless senior citizens