Fascinating period correct van tribute to Evel Knievel with stained glass tail lights to get the initials

there were so damn many Tesla Cybertrucks at SEMA this year...

 

There wasn't any point in taking photos of the majority of them, but the top two for paint reasons, and the bottom one because I actually posted that one when I saw it online in June https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2024/06/i-am-getting-such-kick-out-of-seeing.html and I think it's pretty cool to find a car in person that you've seen get publicity online

someone is converting a 1949 Land Rover to electric to set a land speed record, and it's got center steering!

 

the Rustang from Full Throttle Garage in the Shop Monkey booth was a hit... seriously great looking start to a 2nd life this car has gotten

I love hot rodded tractors, here's a twin turbo Ford!

Hurricane Helene and Milton damaged more than 17,000 cars, they went to auction, thousands of others more severely damaged were not auctioned at all.

An Audi R8, Bentley Continental, BMW 7 Series, Corvette, Ferrari F8, Lotus Evora, Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen, 911, Ram 1500 TRX, right-hand drive JDMs, Skyline, Hellcats, and a plethora of muscle cars

https://www.thedrive.com/news/florida-auction-lot-walkthrough-reveals-some-unreal-cars-ruined-by-recent-floods

WD 40... what are the unexpected uses for it?

 I've already covered keeping a burglar out of a building air duct, 

and getting a python to release a bus

But at SEMA I learned that some people have used it as a starter spray 

Years ago WD-40 was an excellent starter fluid for 2 strokes because the propellant was propane.

Several years ago they changed the propellant to CO2. 

Propane is used as fuel for fire, CO2 is used to put fires out. 

 There still may be a few stocks of the old formula out there. The cans are labelled "EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE". The new formula cans are simply labeled "flammable".

dang, Gene's place in Mojave is for sale, 72 years after Gene bought it.

 

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/8201-Sierra-Hwy-Mojave-CA-93501/2055704980_zpid/

Gene is 97 years old by the way, born June 16th, 1927

the same company that owns Holley bought Dinan

Holley's portfolio includes leading brands such as Holley, Sniper EFI, MSD, Accel, Diablosport, Superchips, Edge, and Hooker Blackheart

 https://dinancars.co.uk/blog/dinan-parent-company-acquires-holley-performance/

New Transporters leave the final assembly hall at Volkswagenwerk Hannover and descend the automated conveyor ramp to be loaded onto a waiting train in the 1960s

This photo was featured on the front and rear covers of a 1960s issue of VW Transport, the English language version of Germany's Flotter Transport magazine.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=9775079455851793&set=gm.2756761231198589&idorvanity=213292882212116

seems nuts, even to me, but this isn't the first dragster Opel I've come across

the other one was way back in 2008, but there's not much point in looking at it, it's under a car cover https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/06/i-found-these-remarkable-cars-just.html

Attention grabbing purple Trans Am

dang it Steve, I forgot to show you this one

I can't tell if this was originally a real Coca Cola van, or has been expertly patina'd to look the part