Saturday, October 16, 2010
New photo of Smokey Yunick's Boss 302, not many photos of this on the internet!
For the previous post that had the information about this rare car:http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2006/12/smokey-yunicks-boss-302.html
Photo from that amazing treasure trove of rare photos of the coolest race cars: http://magneticbrain.blogspot.com/
Friday, October 15, 2010
Snow machine, home made fun type!
the motor must be in the wheel hub area... but I don't see how it is steered, unless it's differential engine speeds, it looks chainsaw motors and twist throttles. I don't recall where I was tipped off to this from, for a couple other very interesting home made snow machines: http://parkoffka.ru/item/2010/4/15/samodel_nyi_snegohod_12_fotografii
svammelsurium a Swedish automotive blog has posted that I've never even heard of before, South African Chevy Sports Coupe (Australian Monaro)
Above and below a Chevelle, made in South Africa. The hood scoops are quite a intriguing look.Damien emailed me to let me know more about this car I've never seen or read about before (Thanks a bunch!) "It was common in the late 60's early 70's for slightly modified oz cars to be sold in South Africa
See wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_Monaro
(South African market)
Some HT series Monaro 'GTS' coupes were exported to or assembled in South Africa from imported parts by General Motors South African (GMSA)at the Port Elizabeth assembly plant. Later the HG series Monaro was assembled and sold in SA badged as the Chevrolet SS.
(Suddenly I want one of these, it would be the only one around)
At this time GMSA had made a decision to market most of its products as Chevrolets. The Chev SS as it became known in SA was based on the HG Monaro with revised front styling unique to the SA model and incorporating four headlights and large turn indicators in the front edge of the fenders above the bumper. Most of the Monaro / Chevrolet SS Coupes assembled in SA were fitted with Holden 308 engines. The Chevrolet 350 in³ (5.7 L) engine was available as an option in the GMSA assembled Chevrolet SS.[
Some more info and brochures for the sa cars:
http://www.moby302.co.za/brochures/1970_holden/monaro_gts.html
http://www.moby302.co.za/brochures/1971_chevrolet/ss.html
cheers
Damien Haas
Images from : http://svammelsurium.blogg.se/ information from Damien ( Awesome! ) an Aussie with a great blog http://onfourwheels.blogspot.com/ that has lots of Australian car show photography (expect a follow up post on that!)
Chris has posted a thorough comparison of a variety of car by their drag coefficients
I had no idea that a Ford Probe, a Vector, a Chevy Lumina APV (mini van), and a Jaguar XJ220 all had a .30 drag coefficient, remarkable!
But the 1948 Tucker was just .28! and the '35 Tatra was .21, better than the new Mercedes Benz CL E Class Coupe
go check it out http://chrisoncars.com/?p=1854
But the 1948 Tucker was just .28! and the '35 Tatra was .21, better than the new Mercedes Benz CL E Class Coupe
go check it out http://chrisoncars.com/?p=1854
A list of blogs that are both helpful and resouceful for car restorers
http://www.satellitedish.org/blog/2010/50-essential-blogs-for-restoring-classic-cars/ in their own words "Here are 50 essential blogs for you to read as you embark upon or continue your journey to restoring the car (or cars) of your dreams"
I'm of the opinion that this site is only making lists to drum up traffic, and I thought about that in terms of sending people their way when they are not in this vehicular realm of websites... it's offputting that they are just trying to pump up their stats... but I leave it up to you. The list is fairly complete in including the go-to auto blogs, but it's also obvious to me that they aren't readers of these blogs, and when you read how they describe the sites you are already familiar with.
(#19) http://olragtop.blogspot.com is great, and on my recommended list for sheer enjoyment of John's musings and writings and enjoying life, but it isn't about VW's,
(#13) http://gti-rides.blogspot.com/ is only about 7 pages deep, has nothing to do with restoring or restoration, and is only informative about BMW M30s and a half dozen other cars
I'm of the opinion that this site is only making lists to drum up traffic, and I thought about that in terms of sending people their way when they are not in this vehicular realm of websites... it's offputting that they are just trying to pump up their stats... but I leave it up to you. The list is fairly complete in including the go-to auto blogs, but it's also obvious to me that they aren't readers of these blogs, and when you read how they describe the sites you are already familiar with.
(#19) http://olragtop.blogspot.com is great, and on my recommended list for sheer enjoyment of John's musings and writings and enjoying life, but it isn't about VW's,
(#13) http://gti-rides.blogspot.com/ is only about 7 pages deep, has nothing to do with restoring or restoration, and is only informative about BMW M30s and a half dozen other cars
One wheel trailer... the "Trailcar" by Allstate (division of Sears)
The above photo is thanks to Nik (who finds cool photos all the time) check out his blog at http://carrosantigos.wordpress.com/
I never know where or when I will find something unusual or interesting, something I've never seen before... like a one wheel trailer. They are in demand by VW people I was told by this new owner, he'd just got if off ebay
That the wood and plate are in such amazing great original condition is astonishing, the major frame piece has been repainted, but the wood wasn't touched
The reason this doesn't fall over (like a person on a unicycle) is the from cross member that is bracing the side to side load ( it's the black part at the bottom of the photo below
For a couple galleries about trailers just like this: http://singlewheel.com/Auto/AllstateWood2.htm
New magazine to be on the lookout for, Street Rodder Premier (hopefully more feature cars and great photography, less how to articles)
I found a copy of this full page PDF http://ads.simautomotive.com/PERFORMANCE/_PDF/_PDFS/Street_Rodder_Premium.pdf in Rodandcustom magazine and they've got me interested... now I just need to find a place to buy an issue
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Trucks in Belgium.. I find vehicles from other countries very interesting. Thanks to Chris from Speedseekers for sending these to me!
soon to be a racecar hauler, this 1956 Bedford "green goddess" is well on its way from firetruck to transporter
Above the before photos, and below.. the current to the photoshopping of what it will become
check in on the progress at: http://www.retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=readersrides&action=display&thread=84662&page=1 
Intriguing variety of cool photographs on Le Container
Above, the Purple People Eater
Awesome photo, going vertical just a split second after lifting off the ground, that is power
Look close at the wheel hub and you'll see that the above is a VW
Clever use of wheels!
The above are just models
dreams start young