“When my brother came home from Detroit in 1930 in a Ford roadster, and remember, I was seven years old and impressionable, I knew I had to have something like that. I’ve loved Ford ever since.” McCubbin said
Saturday, July 26, 2025
McCubbin Ford originally opened in 1961, in Madison, Indiana, and is one of the oldest Blue Oval dealers in Indiana, and Bill McCubbin, is a World War II veteran
“When my brother came home from Detroit in 1930 in a Ford roadster, and remember, I was seven years old and impressionable, I knew I had to have something like that. I’ve loved Ford ever since.” McCubbin said
Between July 2-25 San Diego PD gave out 189 oversize-vehicles citations and 519 parking tickets in July, just to homeless in RVs on city streets
San Diego police are cracking down on people living in cars and RVs who park overnight in San Diego beach areas.
The ordinance prevents oversized vehicles such as RVs and non-motorized trailers 20 feet long or 7 feet high from parking along Mission Bay between 2-6 a.m. It can be enforced anytime that such vehicles are within 50 feet of an intersection.
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/sdpd-writes-up-519-oversize-vehicles-citations-189-parking-tickets-in-july/3876514/
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/sdpd-writes-up-519-oversize-vehicles-citations-189-parking-tickets-in-july/3876514/
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Ever heard of the Bells of Oshkosh? I just learned of them myself, it's pretty cool... a quintet of vintage Bell 47 piston helicopters — some dating back to the 1950s
For the pilots who fly them, the 47s offer a chance to take the controls of a living piece of history while sharing their passengers’ delight.
Chris Anderson is one of those pilots. His father Tim rebuilt and sold 47s from the family garage as a side hustle in the 1970s, including one that still flies AirVenture passengers today.
So.... someone's day was ruined when the (1 of 29) expensive (around 3 million dollars) Porsche rolled right off the ramp, before they lowered it. That's what happens when no one chocks the tires
it was being moved in a transporter because it had just come back from Germany where it received a fresh coat of black paint, and it almost made it all the way back home to San Francisco before tragedy struck. Wolfe says the transporter forgot to block the tires, causing it to roll backwards off the ramp.
Tales of the Gold Monkey, a 1982 tv show, in the short time where adventure was prime time fodder, and Bring Em Back Alive was on another channel, took viewers on a thrilling journey back to 1938 in the South Pacific.
It was actually pitched to the networks in 1979, a few years before Raiders of the Lost Ark was released, and the popularity of Raiders Of The Lost Arc is what allowed Gold Monkey and Bring ‘Em Back Alive to be greenlit during that television season.
The series follows Jake Cutter, a rugged pilot and owner of the amphibious seaplane known as the “Pride of the Pacific” — a Grumman amphib
Operating out of a remote island called Bora Gora, Jake battles spies, warlords, and all manner of villains while juggling romances and friendships. Although it lasted only 22 episodes, Tales of the Gold Monkey earned critical praise for its nostalgic 1930s pulp style, fun blend of humor and adventure, and strong performances.
A tv series about a cargo pilot’s adventures set in the 1930s South Pacific? If this sounds like the Disney show TaleSpin, that’s because Gold Monkey was a major influence upon the creator of TaleSpin, Jymn Magon.
One of the co-stars, Jeff MacKay - the friend and mechanic, was in Ba Ba Black Sheep, and Magnum PI
A source within Nascar says the 2026 San Diego race will run on the Coronado Naval base during Father's Day weekend (June 19-21)
An official NASCAR announcement for San Diego has been scheduled for Wednesday, though the organization has not responded officially to a request for a comment for this story, nor has the city manager or police public information officer of Coronado.
Since they could race the Nascar race cars from 20 some years ago, there's no reason they can't race the current ones next year https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search?q=speedfest
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/nascar-coming-to-san-diego-for-road-race-in-coronado/3873954/
And no one mentioned that the vintage racing was happening on the base during Speedfest San Diego from about 1998-2015 or so, they simply used K rails to form a big damn track, on the airfield, annually.
The vintage racing was beautiful, and was a fundraiser for the Navy's Morale Welfare and Recreation Committee
The vintage racing was beautiful, and was a fundraiser for the Navy's Morale Welfare and Recreation Committee
Since they could race the Nascar race cars from 20 some years ago, there's no reason they can't race the current ones next year https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search?q=speedfest
Update, a day after I posted the above, Autoweek verified my hunch
I just renegotiated my Sirius XM subscription, and it's not the greatest price, of 5 bucks a month, but at 8.49 a month, no change in price or limited number of years, so... that seems like the best offer they give right now.
They wanted to go to regular pricing, about 20 something a month
unbelievable... someone named TJ decided to tell me I'm wrong, about a 1969 Coronet. I've owned one since 2002, and the other from 1995 -2002. But, really, anyone with Imcdb, 20-20 vision, or glasses, or Google Lens, or a car guy buddy, can easily identify this as a 1969 Coronet.
This above, is a screen shot of the comment he just added, and the post, he put it on
https://www.imcdb.org/v074842.html
Why? Why the hell did TJ try and share his supposed knowledge of this car, and think he was correcting me?
I swear... nepo babies.
Someone, tell your village idiot to shut the hell up.
Ok, for everyone that isn't familiar with a 1969 Coronet, and wonders why I'm so certain...
The 1969 Coronet, has a certain tail light, trunk lid, specific front bumper, and you can not mistake those, for a 1970 Coronet's tail lights, trunk lid, and one year only bumper, that can be easily identified from the side, if your eyes and brain work
as bugs bunny said, what a maroon.
I think if I really said what's on my mind, I'd offend a lot of you. But, here's a hint, it has to do with this moron being adopted, or, his "dad" needs to get a paternity test.
Regardless, it's pretty bold, and stupid, to show up on my blog, and tell me I've made a mistake, on a 1969 Coronet.
another of the new development - lavish lifestyle private racetrack with condo/garage right on the track, just opened 10 months ago in Tennessee. I wonder how many of these can be built before they run out of the supply of Porsche people who will move to one?
Notice you don't see any Ford or Chevy. No Hellcats, no Hondas.
It looks like a superb smooth track.
coffee and donuts video of the day
in the next video he replaces all the worn out parts, and it cost him 1757.00
https://www.youtube.com/@loganpatricknelson/videos
That's probably why it was abandoned, it quit working for some reason, likely ran out of gas... and the owner realized, they had better things to do than to get it off the mountain, and bring it back to life
Monday, July 21, 2025
The California Senate and now a key Assembly committee have passed a bill that would allow cities to charge businesses up to $650 for returning shopping carts stolen from them.
“[San Jose] Mayor Mahan has a homelessness problem and a budget problem, and his solution to solve both of those is to charge retailers more to get their stolen property back,” said Daniel Conway of the California Grocers Association
“The bill modernizes California law by allowing cities to immediately collect abandoned shopping carts, return them directly to retailers without a three-day waiting period, and recover the actual costs associated with managing cart recovery program,” said Cortese in support of the bill.
Assemblywoman Rhodesia Ransom, D-Tracy, who abstained from voting for or against the bill — which passed with zero “no” votes but four abstentions — shared her concern that it’s unfair to charge businesses for being victims of crime.
“This is not happening because of their negligence or nuisance,” said Ransom at the hearing. “This is happening because people are taking the shopping carts off the property, and I do not think it is fair to allow the city to impose something without giving them the opportunity to retrieve what is stolen property.”
“The bill modernizes California law by allowing cities to immediately collect abandoned shopping carts, return them directly to retailers without a three-day waiting period, and recover the actual costs associated with managing cart recovery program,” said Cortese in support of the bill.
Assemblywoman Rhodesia Ransom, D-Tracy, who abstained from voting for or against the bill — which passed with zero “no” votes but four abstentions — shared her concern that it’s unfair to charge businesses for being victims of crime.
“This is not happening because of their negligence or nuisance,” said Ransom at the hearing. “This is happening because people are taking the shopping carts off the property, and I do not think it is fair to allow the city to impose something without giving them the opportunity to retrieve what is stolen property.”
Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles drove this Ferrari in 1955, a privately-entered 375 Plus Spyder, fielded by Tony Parravano. Shelby won the Seattle Seafair with it, but later crashed it at Palm Springs.
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Shelby’s high-speed crash at Palm Springs in December, resulted in Frank Arciero, a local team boss with a knack for spotting talent, buying the car and he sent the wreck to Jack Sutton, a British aircraft metalworker turned racecar coachbuilder. Sutton’s alloy bodywork gave the Ferrari new life and better handling.
The Sutton-bodied 375 Plus became a fixture at several venues like Pomona, Riverside, Paramount Ranch, and Santa Barbara, scoring six overall victories, raceb my McAfee and Gurney, had multiple second-place finishes, and even an impressive 176.913 mph run at Bonneville with Bob Drake behind the wheel.
A private rail venture, AmeriStarRail, a startup from Delaware really, so, not likely to make anything happen, has proposed a high-speed rail partnership with Amtrak to launch the "Transcontinental Chief," a route that would from LA and New York City in under 72 hours.
Unlike past rail startups that have required federal funding, AmeriStarRail says its model is entirely privately funded (or will be, or can be)
"The Transcontinental Chief can be privately operated and funded, without new congressional legislation or additional federal spending."
because it would be on a route that is mostly double track, the company says the operation could begin as soon as May 10, 2026
ASR says in its letter to Harris that its “proprietary operating techniques will help prevent the chronic train delays and service disruptions of Amtrak’s previous inefficient operation of lengthy trains for mail and express services.”
ASR says in its letter to Harris that its “proprietary operating techniques will help prevent the chronic train delays and service disruptions of Amtrak’s previous inefficient operation of lengthy trains for mail and express services.”
Nothing I read said how this will be any faster than current rail, or not be delayed byt he problems that hamper the pervious ideas for fast rail... like that thing about American built engine, which there aren't any of, or the tracks we have being unable to handle the speed of a train, or the curves currently on the rails, requiring a high speed train to slow down so much that they can't accomplish a run any faster than the trains already do
And this skips Las Vegas? How does that make sense?
A beer run in the early 1980s. See George? Crazy ass beer runs!
On a unicycle... I have never heard of any such thing... how the hell do you kick off and get moving with 2 cases of beer?
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122224175006155666&set=a.122141150270155666
I'm rewatching Days Of Thunder, damn, it's got a hell of a cast. The 1990 Tom Cruise movie, that omfg, was in theaters 35 years ago. By the way, it's better than you remember, funnier too.
Most of you know Fred Thompson, was a senator from 94-2003, and still made a lot of movies. He had graduated law school in 1967 for pete's sake.
He was assistant U.S. attorney from 1969 to 1972, minority counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee in its investigation of the Watergate scandal (1973–1974).
In the 1980s, Thompson worked as an attorney, with law offices in Nashville and Washington, DC, handling personal injury claims and defending people accused of white collar crimes. He also accepted appointments as special counsel to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1980–1981), special counsel to the Senate Intelligence Committee (1982), and member of the Appellate Court Nominating Commission for the State of Tennessee (1985–1987).
His clients included Japan's Toyota Motors Corporation.
Robert Duvall needs nothing from me to introduce him with, but younger people are probably more familiar with his similar role in Gone In 60 Seconds.
I had no recollection that Cary (Princess Bride) Elwes was the 2nd string driver character for Tom Cruise's character.
Nicole Kidman was Cruise's fiance at the time.
And Michael Freaking Rooker... I knew when I saw him in Walking Dead in 2010 that I knew him from somewhere, but had no recollection of where I remembered him from. Hell, younger people might only know him from Guardians of the Galaxy 2014, or Walking Dead. Damn, he's done a LOT of TV shows! He's been in a lot of cool movies too.
And John C Reilly, damn, he had a role as a regular mechanic guy... with out any comedy. I had no idea he ever worked straight.
And Margo Martindale! I think I only saw her for a moment, early in the movie at the practice race.... but ain't she a favorite of yours too?
Compliment of the day!
Jesse, I really appreciate that your interest in "cool things with wheels" extends to railroads, aviation, and photography!
Don
Thank you very much Don!
Blimps have a wheel too! Since I was always interested in all the stuff I've posted about, sometimes, I stretched my guiding rule a bit... like, dirigibles didn't have a wheel, I don't think, but blimps do, so I allow my rule to stretch to include them.
Railroad tracks, bridges, etc don't have wheels, but they are only existing because of things with wheels, so I include them.
Photography and art? Very much part of what I'm fascinated with, and the main two ways of showing those things with wheels on the blog, so they are always included, even when the photo or the art, isn't anything to do with wheels, like Calder's mobiles... he invented the mobile, and there are no wheels, but, he also invented the BMW art cars, so, I include the mobile on the blog... because of the impact it's inventor had on the automotive world, ditto his wire circus.
My goodness, how can anyone not love railroads, trains, and planes? That's just a sign of being uncivilized! Lol.
So nose art, gets it's place on the blog, mostly because I've always loved the puns, the pin ups, the art, and the WW2 factor, but then I found nose art on helicopters, jeeps, and tanks... so, art! Art gets a place on my blog.
Aviation, I guess everything in aviation gets into the sky by rolling on wheels, maybe not the Wright brothers first gliders, or NASA moon rovers, but that's the nice part about my rule, it's extremely flexible.
Sunday, July 20, 2025
I'm sure this is the first time I've learned the actual earliest evolution of the railroad... from horse drawn coal wagons, to wagon wheel improvement, to wood rails, to steel plated rails, and leveling a railway for miles. For the first time. Extraordinary info summed up in minutes. Thank you Stephen!
Another intriguing fact, is the sheer amount of mining going on, and that it was limited to those mines in proximity to the rivers... and THAT changed with railways!
Railroaders Memorial Museum in Altoona Pa (thank you George!)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/The_Railroaders_Memorial_Museum_-_Altoona_-_52311337295.jpg
