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Saturday, February 07, 2026
Madison Square Garden 1965
something to spread water over the ice to smooth it down at 1/2 time? Must be
I was way off on my guess of what this is supposed to mean, I was on the wrong track, and was thinking it has something to do with BMW, like a name of a German city. Nope.
lol, well, I went with the BMW thing, and maybe was reading too much into the BMW colors on the plate, and Nürburgring, with the BNG at the end of the plate, and HM B G could be Hamburg... and then I was stuck thinking about German city names
Turns out, it was all California granola instead, because for unknown reasons, this beemer owner wants you to know they are a human being.
here's an upclose look at the cheap bullshit parts Hyundai built my Veloster cooling system with, that began leaking from bullshit cheap manufacturing process that was likely designed to fail after the warranty was over, so car owners were likely to get the dealerships to do repairs
the pipe nipple was soldered into the manifold part. That does not hold up for more than 103,000 miles and 10 years. The solder oxidized and failed between the nipple and the manifold (or whatever that part is called) and I think it was part of the heater bypass
this failed at about the time the radiator cracked, and so did the upper radiator support bracket. 3 parts of the cooling system broke at the same time, at 10 years and 103000 miles.
just how bad did I hit a pot hole to break this bracket and crack the radiator? I do not know
seen on the 15 yesterday
I rarely see 4x4s around here, not the typical snow country type, around here I usually see the rock crawlers
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After the 1989 Shelby Shadow CSX-VNT, Shelby Automobiles never built another production car at their facility. Number 001 of 500 Shelby kept for himself and put 7000 miles on
There are unique touches that show the California staff were having fun with the old man. On a normal Shadow, the word Shadow is inset into the dash. On Shelby cars, that badge says Shelby. "On this car it actually has neither the shadow badge nor the Shelby badge. It has a Plymouth Sundance badge,"
1929 was the one year car makers seemed to compete to make the nicest instrument board (see the Hudson and Essex for other examples)
this electric dirt bike rider in New York decided to trek out in the snow storm, and get iconic photos of the landmarks, with his bike
He took video of the adventure if you want to check out 10 minutes of riding around in the snowy city streets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9H2NF92gPU
Friday, February 06, 2026
The Grand Tour’s new hosts are announced, but does it even matter? They can't replace Hammond, Clarkson and May. Top Gear tried that, and failed, twice.
YouTubers Thomas Holland and James Engelsman, best known for their motoring content, as well as social media star and train enthusiast Francis Bourgeois, will front the revamped version of the Prime Video series.
Holland and Engelsman are the duo behind Throttle House, a popular automotive YouTube channel known for its car reviews and track tests.
Holland joked: “When I first heard they were rebooting The Grand Tour and replacing Clarkson Hammond and May, I said, ‘Only a moron would take that job.’”
Holland and Engelsman are the duo behind Throttle House, a popular automotive YouTube channel known for its car reviews and track tests.
Holland joked: “When I first heard they were rebooting The Grand Tour and replacing Clarkson Hammond and May, I said, ‘Only a moron would take that job.’”
1924 Lanchester 40HP Coronation Coach made for the Sir Jai Prabhakar Singh, Maharaja of the 15 gun salute state of Alwar. so popular that it was featured in the American magazine ‘Popular Mechanics’ of October 1924.
that cool clockwork train from the movie Wicked is now able to be viewed on You Tube, in hi def. I dig this art deco design!
Skip the first 30 seconds, and then again to get past the scenes where the acting is going on, unfortunately they didn't edit a video for just scenes of the train.
By the way, the train isn't public transportation, it's only for guests of the Wizard to use to get a ride at his request.
Mopar Connection did an indepth look at something intrinsically Mopar, the left hand threads on the drivers side (lots us learned that the hard way) and had something new about the topic I didn't know.
The acorn nuts had 3 hash marks to indicate they were left hand threaded
Thursday, February 05, 2026
Don Lee did everything with style, even his tow truck
For all the posts on Don Lee: https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/Don%20Lee
But since few of you will click through to read the good stuff, and I want you to know it, here:
Don was the exclusive west coast distributor of Cadillac automobiles in the early 20th century. In 1919 Don purchased the Earl Automobile Works of Hollywood, California.
Harley Earl, the son of the company's owner, was kept on as manager. Renamed Don Lee Coach and Body Works, the company produced many custom designed Cadillacs for the rich and famous. Harley Earl left the company to become the head of General Motors styling department in 1927
Having amassed a fortune selling automobiles, Lee branched out in broadcasting in 1926, purchased or built 12 radio stations, creating his own network, and having such a power base he put his transmitters and antennas on a hill in Griffin Park Los Angeles... now became known as "Mount Lee.".. .just above the Hollywood sign.
Don bought a 20-acre site on a mountain top at the eastern boundary of Griffith Park, widening the transmission field equipment to take in new thousands of homes in the Hollywood hills and the San Fernando Valley. The site is one and a half times higher than the top floor of the Empire State Building in New York. Mount Lee is thus the highest television location in the world. (Info circa 1937)
Part of Mount Lee was sold to Howard Hughes, who intended to erect an estate for his then current love interest, Ginger Rogers
Frank Kurtis got started working with automotive fabrication when he was hired by Willet Brown and Tommy Lee to rework Don Lee Racing Team's midget car bodies.
collector car prices are starting the inevitable slide.
1996-2002 Vipers are down 8%
68-79 VW bugs are down 11%
1950-67 VW type 2 micro bus are down 19%
Royce Williams, Korean War fighter pilot, now 100 years old will be recognized for taking on 7 MIGs in 1952, shooting down 4 and surviving 263 bullet holes in his plane... and keeping it a secret for the rest of his life.
Williams agreed to keep his heroics a secret because the Soviet Union was unofficially involved in the war at the time. He did so for over 50 years, until the story was revealed 2016. Until then, he had never revealed his role or the existence of the dogfight even to his wife or brother.
But after Soviet records of the war were released and declassified decades later, which revealed Williams' efforts, military veterans and elected officials led a campaign to ensure he was recognized.
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Bonsall, who was among those that campaigned for Williams' recognition, said in a statement, "My friend, constituent, and hero Royce Williams is 100 years young, a Top Gun pilot like no other, and an American hero for all time. The heroism and valor he demonstrated for more than 35 harrowing minutes almost 70 years ago in the skies over the North Pacific and the coast of North Korea unquestionably saved the lives of his fellow pilots, shipmates, and crew. His story is one for the ages and it now has its rightful chapter as Royce receives the Medal of Honor."
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