Saturday, May 30, 2015
Friday, May 29, 2015
44083360
I oughta make a website of some kind for Mopar guys... 44083360. If you don't get it... you ain't Mopar. No hints.
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Bay King Chrysler in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, completed its new showroom, and the franchise really wanted to show its dedication to the Jeep brand.
As you can imagine, getting the Jeep safely down there was no easy feat. First, we had to drain all of the vehicles fluids- this vehicle could not be emptier if we tipped it upside down. We then used a local towing company to bring the vehicle into the dealership, and slowly….very slowly, lower it onto a bed of rocks and rubble within our foundation. We then placed triple-paned glass over top (similar to that used for the glass floor in the CN tower), so that this beautiful piece of machinery can be admired from directly above.
http://www.9mpg.com/blogs/p/174206/1943-willys-jeep-on-display-at-hamilton-dealership
the inspiration for the Jeep installation came from a home that had a glass floor looking down into its wine cellar.
The company already had the 1943 Willys MB to display, but it had originally planned to build a jungle gym around it for customers' kids.
Now, the classic is literally in the floor as customers enter.
http://www.autoblog.com/photos/1943-willys-mb-in-dealer-floor/#image-5
Challenger T/A trivia
three T/A's have painted (in place of vinyl) roofs.
One's green, has the vinyl top molding, and a black painted roof.
The other two consists of another black top and a super rare white top on a plum crazy car.
The fender trim code was V08, Paint, Trim and Vinyl Roof Edit Waiver
One's green, has the vinyl top molding, and a black painted roof.
The other two consists of another black top and a super rare white top on a plum crazy car.
The fender trim code was V08, Paint, Trim and Vinyl Roof Edit Waiver
The stone chariot of Hampi India, depicting a elephant drawn carriage (all speculation, but that's what it looks like) from 700 years ago. At the Vittala Temple
In front of the chariot two elephants are positioned as if they are pulling the chariot. In fact these stone elephants were brought from elsewhere and positioned here at a later stage. Originally two horses were carved in that position.
The tails and the rear legs of the horses can be still seen just behind these elephant sculptures. A broken stone ladder once gave access to the sanctum is kept between the elephants.
There was even a dome like superstructure over the chariot. That too is missing now. However you can see them on the first ever photographs of Hampi taken in 1856 by Alexander Greenlaw.
The great Vijayanagara Empire was established in the year 1336 by the two brothers Harihara I and Bukka Raya I of the Sangama Dynasty. The empire came to be regarded as a culmination of all the struggles of the southern powers for averting the Islamic invasions in late 13th century. Its power started declining after the great defeat in 1356 at the hands of the Deccan sultanates
It is clear that India at the time when Muslim invaders turned towards it (10th to 12th century) was the earth's richest region for its wealth in precious and semi-precious stones, gold and silver, religion and culture, and its fine arts and letters.
Tenth century Hindustan was also far more advanced than its contemporaries in the East and the West for its achievements in the realms of speculative philosophy and scientific theorizing, mathematics and knowledge of nature's workings. ( Europe was suffering through the "dark ages" and Islamic cultural advancement was permanently reversed by some idiot that decided math was against muhammad's plan)
Hindus of the early medieval period were equal to or superior in more things than the Chinese, the Persians (including the Sassanians), the Romans and the Byzantines of the immediate proceeding centuries. Vijayanagar city was bigger than Rome city and one of the richest kingdoms.
The followers of Siva and Vishnu on this subcontinent had created for themselves a society more mentally evolved-joyous and prosperous too-than had been realized by the Jews, Christians, and Muslim monotheists of the time.
Medieval India, until the Islamic invaders destroyed it, was history's most richly imaginative culture and one of the five most advanced civilizations of all times. Hindu culture was at its imaginative best and vigorously creative when the severely-allergic-to-images Muslims entered Hindustan.
Giving proof of the resentment that men belonging to an inferior civilization feel upon encountering a superior civilization of individuals with a more refined culture, Islamic invaders from Arabia and western Asia broke and burned everything beautiful they came across in Hindustan.
After the Muslims destroyed the Hindustan civilization, the Christians created massive poverty in it.
http://www.thehistoryhub.com/hampi-facts-pictures.htm and https://www.facebook.com/ancientoriginsweb/photos/a.595116573862624.1073741825.530869733620642/979775105396767/?type=1&fref=nf
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Dean Moon's Cheetah race car transporter, inspired by the Mercedes Renn Transporter
the bottom one I posted in 2008, http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/12/update-on-dean-moons-awesome-hauler.html
P 51 going to estate sale auction, Torrence California, June 1st
Preview is By Appointment Only: Call Sean 714-264-5740
Deposit Required to Bid: Cashier's Check Only; $25,000 for P-51; $2,500 total for Temco Swift, Packard Rolls Merlin and PT-22 Project
Final Payment by June 9th, Cashier's Check or Bank Wire Only
Removal: By Appointment Only
http://www.estatesales.net/CA/Torrance/90505/872457 and https://www.warhistoryonline.com/military-vehicle-news/for-sale-1944-north-american-p-51d-mustang.html