Just A Car Guy: 2026

the guy looking for this 442 is hoping to find his dad's car, for his sister who misses it bad.

His dad was a helicopter pilot for the 101st airborne in Vietnam, and around 2000, got the the help of buddies in the neighborhood, and they rebuilt this 69 442. Then he was laid off, and he had to sell it. He's since passed away.

https://www.facebook.com/lostmusclecars/posts/pfbid0oehCCP8P8YCwB7KHGheJauoZAH5NGfjeEHBpGgHP6D57Gw2byo2AWgGVK6j9DUGDl

After an officer fires a sticky GPS tracking dart onto the suspect’s fleeing vehicle, police can track vehicles in real time without staying in an active pursuit.

It works by launching a GPS-tracked object using compressed air from the grill of the police car

Then police can back off the pursuit and use the GPS tracker to locate where the vehicle ends up before apprehending the suspect.

https://kmph.com/news/local/no-pursuit-needed-officers-can-now-tag-and-track-getaway-cars-with-gps-darts

https://www.federalwaymirror.com/2023/06/10/federal-way-police-department-tries-out-new-car-tracking-technology/

This may be a result of state laws that restrict when police can engage in a high-speed pursuit

There were no lights on the trailer, and no flags…

No commercial driver's license, no insurance, no oversize permit, and no certified pilot car,

Further investigation showed that 10 of the 14 brakes were inoperative, making this haul legitimately unstoppable.

https://www.facebook.com/AZDPSHighwayPatrol/posts/pfbid035mkQsAdUZSWn3Pu656zViopbCcLYYmQWZ5jHJ6EYAFtmW6xf3jnBZVJbYv9JALSHl

Check out a digital recent issue at https://adg.org/perspective/

Just A Car Guy

Tuesday, June 02, 2026

a guy is looking for his dad's Cutlass, great story, sad ending (Lost Musclecars is a Facebook page for posting about cars you're hoping to find again)

the GMC Jimmy is set to make a comeback as a proper Ford Bronco rival - taking inspiration from the square body GMC and Chevy C/K models built from 1973-1991, and why not? The Jeep, Bronco, and Scout are proving it's a solid business plan. So did the VW Bug, Mustang, Challenger, Camaro... etc

Monday, June 01, 2026

someone was watching a lot of movies, and decided to go into production on trackers that cops can shoot your vehicle with, so they don't have to chase it... they just get that tracker on your vehicle, and GPS tracking does the rest

67 with the L71 tri power 427, with 435 hp. Only has 44k miles... sold for 200k

Sunday, May 31, 2026

beautiful restored 29 foot long 1969 Airstream for sale on BAT

4014 on the first leg of its journey through Iowa this morning.

the fun mash up art of James Silvani, in 3 volumes, of animated characters, includes these fun variations on the originals

In 1913, David’s grandfather took a train from Pennsylvania to Boston, a trip that, on a good day, required two transfers and at least 12 hours. There he bought this very Buick. It's been in the family ever since

Arizona Highway Patrol stopped this oversize load after morning rush hour on I-10

the lazy days of summer in some pastoral Minnesota railroad switching location, 1962

Chicago Great Western caboose #28 at St. Paul, MN; September, 1962

An Electroliner set at Arcady Station in June, 1962.

hesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 #614 leads the "Chessie Safety Express" westbound crossing Beck Road just east of Howell, Michigan in June, 1981

Saturday, May 30, 2026

May's banners

one of 137 woodcuts made in 1512 to memorialize Emperor Maximilian. No, I'm not making that up

two 1939 Lago were built for the French GP, but instead, were smuggled out of Europe to the USA in 1941, to race in the Indy 500, but instead, raced Pike's Peak t

remarkable attempt at winning the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1952 almost worked, the driver was 44 minutes from winning... and then he downshifted one gear too many, over revved the engine, broke a con rod.

I came across an interesting magazine at Lightbox Expo last fall, the Art Directors Guild magazine, Perspective. This issue had a VERY in depth look at the Fast and Furious movies sets