there is a LOT of love for the Harry Potter stories and movies

 

odd faceted camo wrap...

 

Mowed 'em down?

In the '90s Saab introduced a hidden section to the speedometer

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1jldwoe/in_the_90s_saab_introduced_a_hidden_section_to/

interesting license plates... must have inherited dad's truck?

electric tape patchjob repair... really? Who makes electric tape that good?

 

pretty weird for someone to use spray paint to tag their own car, but... Florida plates makes the connection between strange actions and strange people

 

So Cal Native

 

I get a kick out of what people are using as a daily driver when it's a cool old car

this moment of looking at a random bunch of cars in a parking lot, had me wondering.... why the hell aren't car makers making colorful cars anymore?

 

I get a kick out of what people are using as a daily driver when it's a cool old car

I get a kick out of the tiny bike that is secured on the flat bed, when it could just as easy get placed on the passenger seat

I don't recall I have ever seen this many badges on a car

 

Masons, Scottish Rites.. that's a busy person!

I get a kick out of what people are using as a daily driver when it's a cool old car

 

I get a kick out of what people are using as a daily driver when it's a cool old car

I get a kick out of what people are using as a daily driver when it's a cool old car

 

there sure are a lot of people who are trying this license plate trick of repetitive letters and numbers

some real back to basics fundamentals...

I found it really strange to see a van wrapped like a woody, but the advertising it's doing makes sense

 

I saw a 1794 edition Tundra, and wondered what the hell that was about.

 Well, the Tundra 1794 Edition is a special, luxury-focused trim level that pays homage to the founding year of a ranch in San Antonio, Texas, where the Tundra is now assembled

a strange illustration inside a book of mine, that I bought twenty five years ago, before the internet was commonly widely accessible, because it's sorta encyclopedic, and likely full of interesting info about everything

 it's all vehicular, so... why is the center mentioning economics? Odd... anyway, the book was made in 1924. Lincoln Library of Essential Information. 2312 pages, a sample available online for free even https://books.google.com/books?id=UL9yvEC3DZUC&pg=PA98&source=kp_read_button&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0#v=onepage&q&f=false ... or buy a hardcopy in one, or two volumes 

THIS is a cool old way to start an engine off the crankshaft! So, why didn't something like this get engineered onto vehicles before the electric starter became standard equipment?

 

I am wondering.... if wire twist tied around a wheel, can hold the carcass together

 

May 3-4, Spring Fling

 

http://www.cpwclub.com/springfling.php

New Jersey's Merci Train boxcar, a long-lost gift from France to New Jersey in 1949, lost since 1958 and thought to be destroyed, is returning tom New Jersey

Lost since 1958, the car was identified in 2024 as New Jersey’s and is set to return for restoration and preservation by the Boonton-based United Railroad Historical Society of NJ after spending decades in a warehouse in Kansas City, Missouri.

the boxcar was used in World War I to transport troops and supplies. Known as a “40 and 8” car, it could carry 40 soldiers or eight horses in cramped conditions. It became a symbol of wartime sacrifice

A part of France’s "Merci (or Gratitude) Train." Each state, along with Washington, D.C., and the Territory of Hawaii, eventually received one. All were filled with gifts from French citizens, the gifts — including fine china, furniture and a wedding gown — were distributed to individuals, schools and cultural organizations across the state. I posted about these in 2022 https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2022/03/in-february-1949-boxcar-from-frances.html

Since 1993, however, it had been hiding in plain sight. That year, a similar boxcar was discovered in a Tennessee field by officials with the National WWI Museum and Memorial, who moved it to their home of Kansas City for preservation and possible restoration as a WWI-era 40 and 8. 

Over the next two years, the organization plans to secure grant funding and attempt to have the car listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places. The goal, Phalon said, is to restore the exterior to its 1949 appearance while preserving as much original wood as possible. 

With adequate funding, restoration could be completed by Memorial Day 2027, when the boxcar is expected to debut as a mobile museum highlighting the railroad’s role in both world wars and the Merci Train’s history, he said.

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2025/03/28/missing-wwi-boxcar-gifted-to-nj-by-france-in-1949-has-been-found/82672336007/

A list of all the known boxcars, and photos of them currently, is at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merci_Train

http://mercitrain.org/Oregon/

I think I must have posted excavators using roller skates before, but if you've never seen it....

All aluminium body Bat Man Drag Car by Fugitive Custom Cars

 

https://www.instagram.com/hard.metal/p/C4MKNbXP5vX/?img_index=5

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/phantom-cougar-fastback-takes-2024-toronto-motorfest-grand-champion-trophy/

https://www.threads.net/@hopkindesign/post/C8-7gcFuHpA/fun-to-see-bat-gas-from-fugitive-custom-cars-in-the-hellions-unfinished-national