Just A Car Guy: 3/1/26

Saturday, March 07, 2026

there's a really well done comic about the Duckberg F1 fan club, free online...

I can see why they made it narrow, and vertically scrolling online, but I do not like that since so many morons can't hold a cell phone horizontally for a panoramic photo, that the online comic gets a vertical treatment that's more annoying to look at than a horizontal one

I'm not sure who this online comic is targetting demographically either, do kids enjoy Mickey and a "friendly" Donald? Mad as hell Donald was always so much more fun to watch in cartoons.

https://www.webtoons.com/en/graphic-novel/mickey-x-f1-racing-to-the-top/episode-1/viewer?title_no=9762&episode_no=1

https://kisaient.com/

Compliments to Kisai Entertainment for the visually appealing art!

US Antarctic Program Snowmobile – 1960s

https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2026/03/us-antarctic-program-snowmobile-1960s.html

a moment to ponder the legal problem truckers are stuck with, the states don't allow pistols for self defense (a great idea for overnighting in truck stops) to cross state lines. So, why is a state license plate 50 state compatible, but not the 2nd amendment?

Why does a driver’s license work nationwide… …but a constitutional right stops at state borders?

You can legally drive across all 50 states with the same license.

But if you legally own a firearm and cross the wrong state line, you can suddenly become a criminal overnight.

Senator Mike Lee (R, Utah) has introduced a bill that would allow Americans who can legally own firearms to carry across state lines without needing permission from each individual state.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mike-lee-unveils-national-constitutional-carry-bill-override-hostile-state-gun-laws

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1272820051406956

I posted about this about 18 years ago... a trucker was unable to carry his pistol in his truck for self defense, and was murdered, sometime around 2009. It's in the archives, and normally I find the link and include it in the post, but I don't have time to do that right now

remember that Montana license plate scheme to get out of paying state sales taxes? Now Marin County (and those very rich wine country people) are under scrutiny. I've been posting about this since 2017

California regulators are reviewing every recent car sale in Montana as they crack down on a tax-evading scheme called the “Montana Loophole” where drivers dodge Golden State levies by purchasing a vehicle in a place with no statewide sales tax.

The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration and Department of Motor Vehicles said in a news release Friday that since 2023, they’ve found hundreds of California-based dealerships involved in more than 2,500 sales to customers claiming they’re Montana drivers. Many of the sales involve luxury or exotic cars, and regulators said it cost the state more than $10 million in lost revenue.

Investigators listed the cities in California with the most suspicious sales at dealerships. Beverly Hills has the highest with 416, and in the Bay Area, Mill Valley appeared among the top 10. There are only a couple of car dealerships in Mill Valley, and both are for luxury brands: Ferrari and Porsche. Regulators found that Mill Valley is connected to 99 suspicious sales.

On Friday, the California Department of Justice announced charges against 14 people it alleges were using the loophole to cheat the state out of $20 million in luxury vehicles purchases.

The tax loophole takes advantage of states like Montana that don’t have statewide sales tax. Visitors from other states purchase and register a car there to save money, sometimes by setting up a limited liability company. The pricer the purchase, the more the loophole can save the tax dodger.

Bloomberg found that Montana has more than double the national average vehicle-to-driver ratio.

Since 2023, the California DMV investigators said they found 601 vehicles that were fraudulently registered, recovering $2.3 million in registration and taxes.

https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/montana-loophole-car-purchases-21960170.php

https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2017/09/how-rich-are-getting-out-of-paying.html

new category of collecting, and far from the typical - instead of collecting trophies, this Bee owner collects state line signs as he drives his Bee across them

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10167428836288508&set=pcb.25742881882073797

'55 Arnolt-Bristol

'American' car devised by Chicago industrialist Stanley H. "Wacky" Arnolt, in actuality a Bristol chassis shipped from the UK to Italy for Bertone bodywork designed by Franco Scaglione. Most of the approximately 142 built were then shipped to and sold in the US.

https://reservatory6.blogspot.com/2014/09/imports-in-land-of-giants.html

ever heard of a streamliner that was used as a roadside attraction? The Thunderbowl Comet was one, near Acton on the Sierra Highway, it was on a stretched L29 Cord chassis and eventually was bought and dismantled for its Cord parts.

the Golden Eagle aka Thunderbowl Comet.

Although the car's story varies from one teller to the next, it did at least portray a Muroc Dry Lake LSR contender in a 1936 Jimmy Stewart B-movie called 'Speed', turning up years later as opening act at the Carpenteria Thunderbowl, a quarter-mile dirt track near Santa Barbara, California

from the Reservatory 6, a good blog that only lasted the 4 heyday years of blogging, 2011-2014

https://reservatory6.blogspot.com/2012/11/thunderbowl-comet-again_16.html

Friday, March 06, 2026

just sitting there on a side street looking like the owner gave up on it... it looks like it's never had a rich owner, no one even put on some Cragars, and it's beginning to show the decades of neglect

Why this neighborhood insists on such hideous rims, on so MANY cool old cars, I do not know

it was sitting there 2 months ago with a flat front tire

I almost bought a Mustang like this, but fastback, in 1988, when I was in high school. The only problem that the seller, the mom of a co-worker knew of, was a busted timing chain. 500 bucks.

I STILL regret that my asshole step dad didn't step up, back my chance at that Mustang, as I had the money. I didn't have the tools, or know how, to do an engine rebuild... but hell, it was a 289, that's not a jigsaw puzzle.

Anyway, that was the one chance I recall nearly having at a fixer upper, cheap, and cool

I spy, with my little eyes, a Trans Am? Firebird?

seen on tonight's walk

Chevelle? Horrid rims.

I don't think I've come across a Prospector in person until now

they are asking 2500, it's not running. It's likely total junk. 73 Super Beetle

The Whisky A Go Go, 1964. The first ever live music venue to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame (thank you Capt Doug!)

https://whiskyagogo.com/calendar/history/

The Whisky had to spell its name without the ‘e’ in whiskey because Los Angeles city zoning laws didn’t allow any club to be named after alcohols

Apparently the morons in city hall had no understanding of the word Whisky/Whiskey is the same alcoholic beverage, but spelled with an E in the Irish and American version, and without the E in the Scottish version

the Go Go dancer was a term coined here, when they got the dancing going by the DJ between songs by the featured artist, Johnny Rivers, later they got dancers to dress in the similar costume of a typical "go go" dancer

Johnny Rivers is best known for a string of 1960s hits, including his #1 single "Poor Side of Town," the iconic theme "Secret Agent Man," and popular live covers of "Memphis," "Mountain of Love," and "The Midnight Special". Other notable hits include "Summer Rain," "Baby I Need Your Loving," and "Rockin' Pneumonia And the Boogie Woogie Flu"

I hope this makes you grin, I just learned that in Kentucky, there once was a "The New Fangled Flying Machine Incorporated Airport" near the city of Hopkinsville

https://www.airfieldsfreeman.com/KY/Airfields_KY_W.htm#newfangled

Thursday, March 05, 2026

they crashed a couple planes in the same place at the same time, and the insurance company decided it was worth the expense to get a team in to fix them. Jan, 1937 in the Yukon

Getting the wing off... that was a trick. It was all wood.

Once off, they did something few wings have ever had done... repairs inside a cabin!

the window was big enough to fit the wing through, so they removed the window, fired up the stove, strung up some canvas to keep the heat in, and got to work

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122217300218359686&set=pcb.814915365005435