Saturday, October 20, 2012
Friday, October 19, 2012
From the smallest details or questions about unusual car related things, Steve blows my mind with his detective skills.
And that made Steve ponder, perhaps. Or, he realized it had been a while since he'd rearranged my brain... so he did it again. He blew my mind. For the umpteenth time. Great guy!
It turns out that Al Davis was a car radio installation guy, who made a company out of it, and in the same type of business as Mad Man Muntz he was a success. He had a good enough business or location that Rock Hudson (big celebrity in movies and tv, and the first hollywood star to die of aids) was a customer in 1963
How in the world Steve does that, I'll never know. I Googled Al Davis, and all that came up was the LA Raiders past owner. I even tried AL Davis AM car radio. Nothing.
Steve has a couple websites, http://serviside.blogspot.com/ and http://dullcrayon.blogspot.com/ and http://booksbythebedside.blogspot.com/ and when he is posting, he's a avalanche of awesome info. re: http://serviside.blogspot.com/2011/11/land-tugs-de-dion-bouton-steam-bogie.html and the land tugs research and posts he did.
Bumpers need extra protection in some cases nowadays, due to things like expensive back up sensors and fewer insured motorists along the Mexico border
I learned about it, and got the above photo from Autowriters.com monthly newsletter this photo taken in front of the Castle of Carovigno (Castelo Dentice di Frasso) in the province of Brindisi, in the region of Puglia, Italy
Jeff Mohr is happy to pass along this photo from over seas for his Superbumper: "We have lots of employees getting rear ended on a regular basis. I am putting them on all our office vehicles. The 4” model on my personal vehicle has been “bumped” numerous times with no damage (to my vehicle at least)," Thad Osterhout, American Embassy, Dakar, Senegal, Africa.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Some interesting and unusual things from the British Car Council annual car show
Pictured below is an actual WW2 Brockhouse Corgi GI camp scooter from the archives
Looks like a hoodscoop more commonly found on 60's race cars and hot rods
the backseat of this 60's Aston Martin is nearly couchlike
starter fluid, don't leave home without it
who knew a Morgan glovebox made a good cupholder?
Al Davis custom? Huh... another bit of trivia lost to the past. Who or what Al Davis radios were known for will likely never be known or recalled. Certainly it isn't referring to the LA Raiders former owner