https://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/207965/oval-racing-thread?page=6
Saturday, December 14, 2024
the title of highest mileage Porsche 911 goes to this 800k daily driver in Canada
This Porsche 911 has been with Bill MacEachern since he bought it brand new in 1976 through youth, marriage, family life, cross-continent trips and road accidents; in 2020, it won itself the title of highest mileage Porsche 911 in the entire world, clocking in at 800,000 miles
A group of thieves raided a business and drove off a 1973 454 4 spd Vette. But the owner got it back by putting it out on social media that he needed it back
“I remember when I was seven and he ordered the car,” Dodge said. “It’s 51 years old and it only has 64,000 miles so it’s been babied. It’s never been driven in the rain. It’s one of those kinds of cars. It’s just sad.”
Harley-Davidson has problems
Sales are plummeting, owners are aging out, internet trolls are calling them woke, dealerships are pissed with executive mandates and increasing inventories, and their bikes just aren't as good as they once were
Harley's executives believed they had a way around the proposed counter-tariffs the European Union imposed on American goods, as well as reducing production costs. What did it do? It started building bikes in Thailand.There was just one problem with that plan. The EU knew the game Harley was playing, and it subsequently sued the company for essentially trying to pull a fast one. Well, that case has finally been resolved and, wouldn't you know it, Harley lost.
Richard Petty is donating more than 400 acres of land to Victory Junction, a nonprofit based in his hometown, a year-round camp for children with serious illnesses and chronic medical conditions
In light of the resignation last week of the Stellantis CEO the news is that part of the restructuring includes the return of Tim Kuniskis, effective immediately, to lead the RAM Trucks division.
in June longtime Mopar executive Tim Kuniskis, then head of Dodge and RAM, retired after 32 years with the company
https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/tim-kuniskis-un-retires-to-lead-ram-once-again
I haven't heard from you M Currie, in a long time! Thanks for helping out with the comment on the blog glitch!
Here's what M Currie said in the comments:
If I turn off Javascript, the hand appears and links work, but then, of course, I can't post, because posting requires Javascript enabled. If then I turn Javascript back on, it will then return to normal, and I can post, and the right panel information appears again.
I note when returning from the Hurst page here to the main section, although the links continued to work, and I didn't have to do any tricks to post another comment, the right panel was blank.
I haven't played with this extensively, so exactly what's going on and how remains uncertain, but it's pretty clearly something with the way Javascript is loading.
For info, I'm using Firefox, and have the add-on that allows quick toggling of Javascript.
Friday, December 13, 2024
Thursday, December 12, 2024
Hot Rod Magazine and MotorTrend have been sold to Hearst Media
All the brands that Motor Trend owned, are now Hearst's.
Hearst already owned Car and Driver, Road and Track, and Popular Mechanics
Plus, King Features Syndicate, XM Sirius, etc
Hearst is privately owned, not shareholder.
https://www.hearst.com/-/hearst-magazines-acquires-motortrend-group
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_Hearst_Communications
Suzuki makes an 8 thousand dollar car, (roughly six times less than the average new car sold in the United States) that's not available in the USA, that has a 5 star crash rating. The 4 door Dzire is only 3 inches longer than a Miata
America's cheapest car, the Nissan Versa, starts at $18,330, more than double the price of a base Dzire. Even in its highest trim level, the Dzire costs only about $12,000.
The Dzire has been a huge commercial success in India, racking up more than 2.7 million sales since it was launched in March 2008.
the Grand Central Air Terminal in Glendale, California was used as an airport until 1959. A lot of important
In 1912, the Griffith family donated acreage alongside the Los Angeles River to the Aero Club of California to be used as an area in which to promote flying. Enthusiasts were immediately attracted to this level, sandy flat inside a sharp curve of the Los Angeles River. Although technically outside Glendale’s border, but really just a hop across the mostly dry Los Angeles River, everyone in the hills of the city could look down on “their airport.”
Glenn Martin established an aircraft factory there in 1912, and he used the field for flight operations and manufacturing. In 1915, recognizing the shortage of good engineers in the still under-developed southern California area, Martin wrote to MIT professor Jerome Hunsaker asking for help.
Hunsaker recommended a young (but very bright) student assistant named Donald Wills Douglas. Douglas came out to the Glendale plant and was surprised to see how primitive Martin’s design and testing program was. Douglas introduced Martin to engineering and technical testing principals from the new world of aircraft structural design.
Glenn Martin established an aircraft factory there in 1912, and he used the field for flight operations and manufacturing. In 1915, recognizing the shortage of good engineers in the still under-developed southern California area, Martin wrote to MIT professor Jerome Hunsaker asking for help.
Hunsaker recommended a young (but very bright) student assistant named Donald Wills Douglas. Douglas came out to the Glendale plant and was surprised to see how primitive Martin’s design and testing program was. Douglas introduced Martin to engineering and technical testing principals from the new world of aircraft structural design.
Bill Waterhouse and Lloyd Royer built the Romair bi-plane for Pacific Air Transport and the Cruizair monoplane at Glendale Airport. The Cruizair drawings were purchased by T.C. Ryan in San Diego and were modified into The Spirit of St. Louis.
Jack Northrop came to Glendale in 1927 after working for the Lougheed brothers in Santa Barbara. Northrop was developing metal wing structures, replacing the wood and cloth commonly used. Using “multi-cellular” metal construction design, his Avion Company made a prototype called the Avion EX-1. This novel aircraft (mostly wing with twin trailing booms) was the forerunner to Northrop’s flying wings of the late 1940s. When test flown by Eddie Bellande, it demonstrated that, as Northrop said, “The cleaner the airplane, the better it will fly.”
GCAT opened on Feb. 22, 1929, with a single 3,800-ft. concrete runway aligned with the prevailing northwest/southeast winds, the first concrete runway on the West Coast.
Opening day saw thousands of local citizens in attendance. As Glendale is only 15 minutes from the San Fernando Valley where the Hollywood elite maintained their ranches, the crowd included Tom Mix, Wallace Beery, Gary Cooper, Mary Pickford, Jean Harlow and many other elite. The governor of California, C.C. Young, was flown in by Roscoe Turner to mark the occasion.
Over the years, other Hollywood names would pass through Glendale, many learning to fly there. These included Jimmy Stewart, Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Knute Rockne, Louis B. Mayer, Mary Aster, Jack Warner and Charlie Chaplin
Howard Hughes set up in a small building on the edge of Grand Central Airport in 1934. He and Dick Palmer, with a crew of Cal-Tech engineers, began work on the Hughes A-1 Racer. They used the Guggenheim Wind Tunnel at Cal-Tech (formerly the Throop College of Technology) in Pasadena. In 1935, Hughes set a speed record of 352 mph in the sleek new racer.
When Walt Disney was developing Disneyland in the early 1950s, he wanted a place away from the main studio where he could work on new ideas undisturbed. He rented an industrial building at 1401 Flower St. on the old airport property. WED (Walter E. Disney) Enterprises also rented the old terminal building during the busy years of Epcot and Disney World development.
Dreamworks was created in 1994, and their new buildings soon appeared on part of the old airport land just down the street from Disney’s leased building. The Disney Corporation soon purchased the remaining land from the airport and have announced a 15-year plan to turn it into a corporate “creative campus” behind security gates.
Dreamworks was created in 1994, and their new buildings soon appeared on part of the old airport land just down the street from Disney’s leased building. The Disney Corporation soon purchased the remaining land from the airport and have announced a 15-year plan to turn it into a corporate “creative campus” behind security gates.
I was sitting down and talking to Steve, and learned a bunch of interesting stuff... ( I ALWAYS learn great stuff from Steve! ) and one item? The "Good Ship Lollipop" is about a DC2!
I want to make some noise with real live aeroplanes
Some day I'm going to fly, I'll be a pilot, too
And when I do, how would you like to be my crew?
OnTheGoodShipLollipop
It's a sweet trip to a candy shop
Wherebon-bons play
On the sunny beach of Peppermint Bay
Lemonade stands everywhere
Crackerjack bands fill the air
And there you are
Happy landing on a chocolate bar
See the sugar bowl do the tootsie roll
With the big bad devil's food cake
If you eat too much, ooh-ooh
You'll awake with a tummy ache
OnTheGoodShipLollipop
It's a night trip, into bed you hop
And dream away
OnTheGoodShipLollipop
OnTheGoodShipLollipop
It's a sweet trip to a candy shop
Wherebon-bons play
On the sunny beach of Peppermint Bay
Lemonade stands everywhere
Crackerjack bands fill the air
And there you are
Happy landing on a chocolate bar
See the sugar bowl do the tootsie roll
With the big bad devil's food cake
If you eat too much, ooh-ooh
You'll awake with a tummy ache
First sung 90 years ago by 6-year-old Shirley Temple in her 1934 film “Bright Eyes”
The film was a real tear-jerker. In it, little Shirley plays an orphan whose dad has been killed in an airplane crash and whose mother then dies when she’s struck by a car.
From 1935 until 1939, she was the world’s No. 1 box-office attraction, outdrawing much-older superstars such as Clark Gable, Tyrone Power, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Robert Taylor, Loretta Young, Bing Crosby, Ginger Rogers, Errol Flynn and Gary Cooper.
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
unhappy Subaru customer in 3...., 2..., 1..
Makes me wonder how the person holding the phone to record this video knew how to be in the right spot at the right time to get an unobstructed view and yet not be in the path of the car
A federal bill to ensure that commercial drivers acquire only one CDL passed the House and is headed to President Joe Biden’s desk.
“The system ensures commercial drivers are vetted with a single license and a complete record, which is critical for the safety on our roads,” Larsen said. “Absent this tool, commercial drivers could lose their license for safety violations in one state but simply apply for a license in a different state.”
how does a rust free 4 door Apollo survive nearly 50 years? I'm guessing it just gets driven to church and back, and maybe occasionally, to get groceries
64 T Bird spotted at around 9 am a couple days ago... must be a daily commuter!
I saw this in traffic last night, and was able to talk to the owner at a stop light, and ask him what the license plate means
It means he had the Mustang gifted to him on his 60th birthday!
His wife gave it to him on his 60th... now THAT is a cool wife! It's a GTCS, and the guy looks like Carroll Shelby's brother.
I told him he's a really lucky guy, and his wife is a keeper! Then I asked if she had a sister, and he laughed and told me that I DO NOT want any of that! HA!
Compliment of the day!
I am always absolutely stunned at your volume of content on the blog. A big hat tip from me on that ongoing accomplishment.
Gary D
on October 29, 1953 Chrysler changed the way to jack race cars, AND made pit stops faster.... with a warehouse pallet jack!
used a method of hoisting the car for tire changes even faster than the “rocker jacks” used at the Indianapolis 500.
This was a hydraulic lifter of the type used to move freight in warehouses.
more than 100 cars from the Academy of Art University Collection in San Francisco (how is that not the entire collection?) are getting auctioned off in Feb 2025 (thanks George! )
I posted about the university collection in 2015, because the university had a program based on the collection, for Automotive Restoration https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/11/academy-of-art-university-in-san.html
I'm guessing that without this collection, the university has cancelled that program. Probably not a lot of students in San Francisco signing up to pay to learn automotive restoration on 100 year old cars. Probably. I could be wrong, but, if I'm wrong, then why is the university selling it's car collection?
Unusual connection between this university and Jaguar, Jaguar Design Director Ian Callum reviewed the work of the restoration students, who spent their summer semester designing and creating concepts for year 2030 Jaguar automobile interior designs. The Academy was one of the two universities Jaguar selected for corporate sponsorship in America.
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Syrian Dictator Assad's extensive car collection was seen for the first time today when Syrian fighters broke into his abandoned palace
Meigs Field (opened in 1948) served as an aviation hub in the downtown Chicago area, but Mayor Daley, and a lot of other people who didn't like the noise, wanted it shut down. Really bad... so bad, they pulled a fast one
Understandably, the state of Illinois, the FAA, pilots, businesses, emergency services, air traffic controllers, and more groups were all ticked off about this and kindly reminded Daley that Chicago was obligated to keep the airport open until at least 2001.
Daley eventually backed down and reopened the airport.
Then, 2001 came around and his plan to destroy the airport was dealt another blow when an organization representing Meigs took the issue to court and got a temporary restraining order.
At midnight on March 30, 2003, bulldozers escorted by the Chicago Police arrived at Meigs.
A fire engine pointed a spotlight at the webcam at the Adler Planetarium so nobody would see what was about to go down, and Mayor Daley ordered the destruction of the airport.
With nothing and no one to stop him, the big ‘X’ marks returned to the runway – but not with paint. The Xs were scribed into the pavement by the bulldozers’ blades, ensuring permanent damage to the runway that would prevent planes from using them.
2006 Lancer Evo with 461 miles sold for $161k on Bring a Trailer
I've seen a lot of Vipers, Corvette's, and Lamborghinis bought and stored in hopes that they will be a good investment. They weren't
the state of Michigan suspended a Hyundai’s dealer license for leasing used cars as new. Keep this in mind when you see the next post about a dealership getting a car returned
Though the suspension was temporary, the laundry list of infractions suggests this wasn’t just a minor slip-up.
The list of infractions found by a MDOS investigation is wide-ranging and significant. It includes falsifying records to certify used vehicles as new on official state applications, misrepresenting vehicles’ statuses in sales transactions, failing to properly issue temporary registrations, omitting or incorrectly handling odometer information on vehicle titles, and delaying title applications for purchasers beyond the legal 21-day period.
“On Dec. 4, the Michigan Department of State (MDOS) suspended the license of LaFontaine Motors of Livonia Inc., also known as LaFontaine Hyundai of Livonia, for imminent harm to public.,” said the agency in a statementhttps://www.carscoops.com/2024/12/hyundai-dealer-has-license-temporarily-suspended-over-leasing-used-vehicles-as-new/
I think enough people have recently proved that there is a limit to how much they will accept, how much they will put up with, before they decide to strike back (health care insurance CEOs learned) and now a guy with a crappy new car RETURNED IT when the dealership refused to take it back
So, will anyone listen now? Can you hear him, now?
Remember, it was a 2 cent tax on tea that kicked the English King's govt out on the colonies on North America. It wasn't something major, it was a lot of trivial shit, until they decided that they'd had enough of a damn king on the other side of the ocean.
Well, this guy decided, no more full price for crap cars, accept the return, and refund the money, or get it delivered back to the show room the HARD WAY
While on the phone with the dealership, Murray was told that the sale was final, and the car was an “as-is” purchase.
https://www.abc4.com/news/wasatch-front/man-drives-front-car-dealership/
Do you get the same thought I did.... he returned the car, and now the dealership has the car back the same way they sold it to him "as is"
the Mustang GTD is the first car from an American brand to complete a lap at the Nürburgring in under seven minutes. 6:57.685
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