"I used more STP than the other guys" that is what I call great advertising

Mario Andretti, ain't that cool!

Abandoned stuff website

the LeTourneau electric arctic land trains has a great write up recently on http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2009/11/19/54-wheel-drive-the-letourneau-electric-arctic-land-trains-that-put-australian-road-trains-to-shame/

Above, the Kee Bird, which was the subject of an awesome recovery effort when private funding got it up and running, and moving, but old electrical wiring shorted, and the whole thing burned to cinders on film while a documentary was being filmed, it is so worth seeing!

For the story: http://www.rb-29.net/HTML/03RelatedStories/03.03shortstories/03.03.09contss.htm

Check out the stories on all of these at: http://www.artificialowl.net

Von Dutch invented lace painting, Watson perfected it

image via: http://customsickles.blogspot.com/

From Rod and Custom Oct 96, page 125:
One night while laying in bed, Larry Watson's thoughts jumped back 10 years to a long "pow-wow" with the legendary Von Dutch. He had told Watson about the time he lifted up a doily laying on his workbench and the bitchin' design that was left, from the overspray in the shop. Dutch liked it so much he cleared over the imprint - and would tell everyone this was his favorite area of the workbench.

bet you didn't know that! Watson used the idea to try something new, it was on Doug Carrey's Grand Prix and won best paint in the '67 L.A. Sports Arena Custom Car Show.

The rare supercharged Graham

Looks mundane, packs a punch. You would admire the old car, think some old guy has a cool 4 banger or maybe a flatthead under the hood, but drool to see an original supercharger if the cowl came up

Image copywritten by Dave Lindsey, http://socalcarculture.com/ view the full gallery at: http://public.fotki.com/wackydave/car_shows/car_shows_2006/the_brucker_collect/

1931 was the last of the Detroit Electrics, and 80 years later no one has perfected another

How real construction workers load a Bobcat onto a truck

Watson, Roth, Road Agent and the model photoshoot, I found another photo from that shoot

The above came from a post a couple weeks ago about the website Magneticbrain: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/01/finally-50s-and-60s-blog-about.html

A Westergard customized 32 roadster was found and they tried to sell it on Ebay, reserve not met at $72k

Harry Westergard modified cowl and Auburn dash. Cowl mods are from a 1937 Cadillac LaSalle All work done in lead. License plate was recessed. Has a 1946 ford Flathead. Via: http://autoculture.org/?p=443

Smokey's Chevelle is for sale! (You know, THAT one) (Where can a guy sell a kidney around here for some dough to buy a legendary car?)

via: http://autoculture.org/?p=790 This was the car that Smokey was supposed to have driven off from tech inspection when they were pissing him off, and left his fuel tank behind... on the hidden fuel supply

Now that is straight from the May 1968 Motor Trend article on Daytona 500, referring to the qualifying

Like photography of Bonneville racers? Here's something cool, helpful, and makes me feel better about car guys... Alex is helping a friend

Fellow blogger and photographer Alex Maldonaldo has started an initiative to help out his friend who was diagnosed Hodgin's disease, a type of lymphoma cancer. In order to raise the badly needed funds to cover the medical bills, Alex is selling some of his beautiful photos. Click here to find out more.
Via Marc at http://lowtechblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/more-than-great-photography.html

A photo with a story,

Go to http://lowtechblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/picture-with-story.html for the whole story, but in a nutshell, Marc found a post card years ago, then met the son of one of the guys in the photo... wow, and it's a great photo!

4 times ordinary crazy, rocket powered Lincoln stunt car tried to jump a river

Via: http://www.theworldsbestever.com/category/cars/

Dedication/coolest job ever. Balboni, the Lamborghini test driver for 40 years

Via: http://www.theworldsbestever.com/category/advertise/page/4/

Reason to wear the helmet and elbow protection

Via: http://stipistop.com/

Coolest thing we'll see this week, off roading just got more awesome

This is called the Chainlink Extreme according to the vidoe title.

Above images via: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/11/dodge-deora-by-alexander-brothers.html




Via the "mad about wheels" great finders at AutoMotto: http://www.automotto.org/entry/chainlink-4x4-is-frighteningly-awesome/

10 dollars, junk laying around, welding and time.

A couple guys who work as snowmobile mechanics took the stuff that had been laying around the shop and made this .... applause! http://www.automotto.org/entry/snowmobile-mechanics-turn-station-junk-into-snowmobile-chopper/

$600,000 worth of bad driving, aka, rich people hate their cars

See many more from a Russian site, use Google toolbar to automatically translate it for you, :http://www.autosite.com.ua/news_article_14597.html

2010 California traffic ticket fines, they don't make sense relatively, but indicate that the state looks at these fines as revenue, not as a deterent

If you are looking for 2011 fines: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/02/new-california-traffic-laws-and-fines.html

Traffic Tickets Fines (01/06/2010)

Failure to notify DMV of address change within 10 dayd..................................... $214

Failure to provide evidence of financial responsibility (insurance) ....................$796

Failure to stop at a red signal. ..................................$436
Failure to stop at a stop sign. ....................................$214


Unsafe Speed, 1 to 15 miles over the limit.................$214
Unsafe Speed, 16 to 25 miles over the limit...............$328

Passing a school bus with flashing red signals............$616

Drive using wireless phone not hands free, First offense ....................$148

Drive using wireless phone not hands free, For each subsequent offense. ...............$256

Drive while wireless device to send, read or write text.........................$148

Minor drive using wireless phone.....................................$148

Parking in a bus loading area ...................$976

Violation of disabled parking provisions, first offense................$976

Violation of disabled parking provisions, second offense...............................$1876

Unlawful material on vehicle windows...........................$178

Adequate muffler required ................................$178

Mandatory use of seat belts...............................$148

Mandatory use of child passenger restraints.....................$436

Headsets/Earplugs over both ears.....................$178

Motorcycle safety helmet requirements.......................................$178

No evidence of current registration...................................................$256

Free cars, ones they gave away in the late 60's in contests and drawings

and here is that GT 500, found on

https://www.facebook.com/imbuedwithhues/photos/a.204047289763366.1073741829.204043959763699/418198995014860/?type=1

2 Shelby GT 500's were given away... kinda has me wondering what happened to them, and the other give away cars.

1968 Plymouth musclecars, I hadn't seen these ads before

Some Plymouth advertising you might also enjoy and probably haven't seen before http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/01/incidental-road-runner-advertising.html

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/07/plymouth-advetising-campaign-ive-never.html and http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/06/one-fun-advertisement-id-love-to-talk.html

And the wonderful brochures from Plymouth: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/06/1970-plymouth-barracuda-brochure-high.html and http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/07/id-never-seen-this-brochure-cover-like.html