Saturday, November 09, 2024

this has me wondering... since it's not chain drive, belt drive, or CV joint... what's it called? Bridgeport Mill controls? (Bike was built and went to shows in 2018-2019) "The General" Western and Atlantic Rail Road, by Dream Fish Customs


 









https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1140785264714233&set=a.518867496906016
https://www.facebook.com/didier.kustom
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100054412363029

hard to fathom that this 93 Probe GT is a 31 year old car.... the design still looks contemporary for sports cars to me.


 I was talking to a guy at SEMA that had just brought a car there, and I can't recall what one, who has had a dozen Probes, all variety and special editions, EXCEPT the base model plain Jane version. 

I had one too, a 83, stick shift, 4" factory sub woofer, it was really fun to corner with! 

https://fordauthority.com/2024/11/1993-ford-probe-gt-up-for-auction-again-after-one-year/#google_vignette

1971 Torino Cobra, coming to auction




429 Cobra Jet Ram Air 
 1 of 1 produced produced as-equipped per Marti Report
 Matching numbers 429 CI Ram Air Cobra Jet V-8 engine
 Factory color combination of Light Pewter with Vermillion interior and Blackout hood treatment
 C6 Select Shift automatic transmission 
Power steering 
Disc brakes 
Optional Blackout hood treatment 
Ram air hood

SEMA has announced its industry-leading SEMA Magazine is now available to everyone for free in a digital format ( I have not seen a single issue of this while at SEMA this past week)



https://sema.secure.darwin.cx/L4NLVGSS

https://www.sema.org/news-media/enews/2024/45/announced-2024-show-sema-magazine-now-available-everyone-free-digital/-24ss

50 issues of Vintage Camper magazine for only 50 dollars, only on Veteran's Day, Nov 11th. The current issue and 49 of the past issues that are still available in print.

 https://www.vintagecampertrailers.com/store/p330/50backissues.html

Canadian officials announced plans to introduce tariffs on Chinese imports this summer, a 100 percent tariff on imported Chinese EVs

https://fordauthority.com/2024/11/ford-ev-rival-byd-holds-off-on-expanding-into-canada/

looks like a little rocket! Made by Petrolhedonism (great brand name) and Dipmonkey Garage







 

SEMA even had some kids cars!





 

I love a work truck, especially a real vintage one, that gets a 2nd life with a new undercarriage and power train

 

If any one wants more information about the front bolt in crossmember and bolt in rear triangulated Back-Half, contact baldur@bousperformance.com



Hard to tell what this could have been before someone went blind. I think it was a CRX based on the windows




one of two Meyers Manx at SEMA this year

 

68 Valiant they stuffed a Hellcat engine into at Steve Shepard customs


 



I think this is the 1st 68 Coronet I've seen at SEMA...






Friday, November 08, 2024

Today, is the 18th anniversary of the 1st post on the blog

(and here's what I wrote in the 1st post 18 years ago to get this blog started) 


It's a start

In the beginning, men became fed up with walking.

 Then they realized that horses left horseshoes, nails, and piles of manure in the roads

 Soon, the marvelous elixir of gasoline was concocted, Charles Goodyear discovered the method of vulcanizing rubber.... and the birth of the internal combustion engine happened, roughly about the same time, and Voila! Some smart guy put it all together, and the human race began rolling around with engines powering wagons and the horse became obsolete

The automobile was on it's way to changing human culture, art, and transportation.

a cool high school let the kids work on a fire engine!

 




nice



the most fun car project I found at SEMA was in the central hall... it's the Strickland Car Co