Friday, December 26, 2014

a variety of great dragsters and other cool car stuff from Stiffspeed's 2014 posts


you might not realize why I dig the above image...  Ed is in one of his Weird Os sweaters I've posted so many of http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/01/roth-monster-shirts-and-goodies-from.html and http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/01/meet-gang-at-roths.html


I've never seen a Vespa dragster before. Topolino and Bantam, even bucket T, but not a Vespa... thanks to Kim for this link http://www.voicesofeastanglia.com/2012/04/small-and-mighty-the-vespa-400-microcar.html

here's another link to what they looked like: http://khooll.com/post/21387664835/the-vespa-400


it's so rare that a photo of a dealership shows up from the late 60's that looks cool


Big Willie and Tomiko in a photo I've never seen before


Hurst's USO tour girls and Jeep







I'd like to know how he engineered that portable crows nest, and I'd love to make one for a lot of events


429 Boss Cougars






See a lot more good stuff at http://stiffspeed.tumblr.com/

8 comments:

  1. That on the second pic ain't a Mini, it's a Vespa 400, I guess ;)

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    1. thanks! I think I've only ever posted one Vespa car before, no wonder I didn't recognize it. And with the wide variety of Minis... Mini Cooper, Mini Austin, Innocenti, etc, I figured it was one of the less common ones

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  2. "I've never seen a mini bodied dragster before. Topolino and Bantam, even bucket T, but not a mini"

    Jesse, this is a Vespa 400 minicar, not a Mini.

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    1. thanks! I think I've only ever posted one Vespa car before, no wonder I didn't recognize it. And with the wide variety of Minis... Mini Cooper, Mini Austin, Innocenti, etc, I figured it was one of the less common ones

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  3. Great post, but needs one correction:
    http://www.voicesofeastanglia.com/2012/04/small-and-mighty-the-vespa-400-microcar.html

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    1. thanks! I think I've only ever posted one Vespa car before, no wonder I didn't recognize it. And with the wide variety of Minis... Mini Cooper, Mini Austin, Innocenti, etc, I figured it was one of the less common ones

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  4. Love the picture of Big Daddy with his "Beat-nik Bandit" He was one KA-RAZY dude.

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  5. Hey, thanks for the kind words Jesse :-)
    Steve @ Stiffspeed

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