Saturday, March 09, 2013

A couple unusual cars from an email that's going around


Above a 1930 Ruxton model C

 
Above, 1954 Buick Wildcat concept car

below, a Bugatti type 101 roadster concept car, body by Ghia


Arnold in Commando, lousy movie editting, but it was the 80's and focused on the shoot ups and explosions


Above, the Blazer was a good idea, the bad guys toss the ignition wires, so Arnold's character has to push the Blazer to the edge of the hill and let gravity roll it downhill and after the bad guys who kidnap his daughter, Alyssa Milano


Sunbeam Alpine that kept switching through the scene from having fender badges and a front license plate to having neither


Parnelli and the #98 at the March 1965 Kearney Bowl midget races


the midget racer referred to would be similar to the #83 in the Justice Brothers museum http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/05/hollywood-spring-axle-special-driver.html


found on the wall of the Fire Memories Museum

Fire Memories Museum in Banning












1919 Seagrave that was kept in the back of the firehouse it served, it stayed there a really long time, and the firefighters there decided to restore it when they weren't on call! They still own it and it's here at the museum on loan!




huge collection of portable classic extinguishers, patches, tools, and axes!









this one is for the kids to play on, it has water connected, and the turret is moveable so kids can aim it at the target "house on fire" (good side effect is that this waters the lawn!)






1952 Willys Jeep



there is a scrap yard that handles firetrucks (not many find good second homes, they are large, expensive, and few people can handle storing or restoring them) and they call the museum to let them know about som truck, which wasn't the only cool thing they had to show, this front bumper was there, and makes a great bar!