Sean Murphy's latest solo project (famous for outstanding comic book illustrations, graphic novels, and Batman) is published SIDEWAYS--a wider format helps capture all the car mayhem!

"In the future of America, cars have been outlawed. The people have gotten use to the comfort and convenience of PODS, giving power and control to the Money Barons who secretly control the cities. The only driver left is a man named CLUTCH--a smuggler (and retired stuntman/race car driver/overall badass) who's forced to get behind the wheel ONE LAST TIME in order to save his granddaughter. What starts out as a simple car chase quickly turns into a political upheaval as onlookers start seeing Clutch as a revolutionary hell bend on regaining the freedom that most Americans have surrendered."

Think "Escape from NY" meets "Vanishing Point".

Also, the book is published SIDEWAYS--a wider format will help me better capture all the car mayhem!

https://www.instagram.com/seangordonmurphy

I posted about Sean last August when I discovered his incredible art  https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2025/08/you-can-be-damn-sure-when-artist-has.html

the farthest wheel from Earth is getting busted up by 14 years of rocky terrain on Mars, on the 760 pound Curiosity rover (gravity is 62% less on Mars)

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/mars-rovers/curiosity-mars-rover-inspects-cracked-wheel-space-photo-of-the-day-for-july-24-2026

The Gordie Howe International Bridge officially opened to vehicle traffic this week, the event was led by the Governor of Michigan driving a Mustang ( built in Michigan, engine assembled in Canada)

Named after the legendary Canadian-born Detroit Red Wings hockey player Gordie Howe, it's the first new international border crossing between Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario, in over 60 years.

The $4.5 billion dollar project is also the longest cable-stayed bridge in North America - spanning 1.5 miles over the Detroit River

https://fordauthority.com/2026/07/michigan-gov-whitmer-drives-ford-mustang-gt-across-gordie-howe-bridge

https://www.dezeen.com/2026/07/28/gordie-howe-international-bridge-opens-traffic/

a moment of bliss on Clarkson's Farm

https://www.instagram.com/jeremyclarkson1/

what are Ferrari's most impressive 5 cars... I think this group ain't it. Where's the 59 Testarossa? The 72 Daytona? This qualifies for the modern era... but is not definitive for the brand, for all time

https://rmsothebys.com/stories/five-legendary-ferrari-halo-cars-heading-to-monterey/
https://www.instagram.com/rmsothebys/

https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/mo26/lots/#?SortBy=Default&SearchTerm=Ferrari&page=1&pageSize=40

Compliment of the month from Bert! Thank you Cacophony!

Dear Jesse, 

I can't grasp or even imagine how you managed to accomplish so much, all the while juggling work and leisure into the mix. 

Most folks are like me, looking in on you, almost religiously in fact, without commenting. 

Not for not wanting to do so, but unable too because of our own self-centered, and overly hectic, too busy, preoccupied lives. 

My words may appear to be only an octogenarians ramblings but believe me when I say, my day would be significantly impoverished if I wasn't able to access your blog as one of the first items on my days to do list! 

Catch you on the other side Jesse, enjoy the ride in the meantime..... Bert L

A vehicle covered in leather by a book binder in South London, It belongs to Rooks Books who bind leather books. There are even rooks on the hub caps! Thank you Andy!

when at Comic Con, stop by to see the latest from Magic Wheelchair (I do every year) and drop in a donation

looks interesting. Of course I bought a copy, just look at the cover!

 

but it will not get read for a little while... who has time? I get home around 6pm, I wake up around 6am, and have to stuff in blogging, catching up on email, facebook, commentary, posting, etc... 

I've heard SO MUCH about the new book series Dungeon Crawler Carl... and spotted this, the 8th book in the series, cover.... looks interesting! Fyi, Peacock is bringing a live-action television adaptation of DCC

 As chaos and mass panic spread outside the dungeon in the wake of Faction Wars, Carl and Donut find themselves on the tenth floor, where they’re forced to compete in a surprisingly normal set of tasks. Well, normal for the dungeon.

Races. Get from point A to point B, and don’t come in last. After each race, they pick an upgrade for their vehicle and the track gets more challenging. It all seems a little too normal, a little too simple.

Isle of Man Hill Rally 2026 Crash & Action! Check out the wipe out at 2:50

I was at the Grimm 15th anniversary panel in Hall H when the lead actor, David Giuntoli, mentioned his score of a Land Rover from the production company, for 900 bucks. A couple hours later, I was walking by the celeb parking area, and ...

 notice the back tire on the curb? Dude, take a sec, get it right. Don't damage your tires on curbs

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters joins Teamsters Canada and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) in calling on Canadian National Railway (CN) to immediately stop operating trains through active wildfire zones and put the safety of Teamsters Canada rail members first.

A recent viral video on social media shows a CN freight train engulfed in flames while traveling through an active wildfire in Northern Ontario. The train was operated by Teamsters Canada Rail Conference members, whose quick thinking and professionalism ensured that no one was injured. But those workers should never have been put in that position. CN should never be sending train crews into such dangerous conditions.

for just the video, without the news anchors facebook.com/reel/1350124187104363/?s=single_unit

Spotted somewhere near Comic Con

beautiful... why don't I know where there are high quality videos, of someone who has recorded the drive through scenery like this... with nothing but the camera on top of the vehicle, and the sound of the vehicle?

https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2026/07/friday-open-road-on-thursday-i-might.html

This is what the back roads in Houghton County Michigan looked like in late August in the 80s, when I was a kid

the Daily Timewaster just posted this : Tazio Nuvolari | Moto Vitelloni, and thanks to Robert Menking, I learned the history of this car, the Porsche type 360 Grand Prix designed by Cistalia in Italy, built by Porsche

https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2026/07/tazio-nuvolari-moto-vitelloni.html

the history of the Cistalia Porsche at https://www.stuttcars.com/porsche-type-360/

The Cisitalia Grand Prix, a single-seater car for the postwar 1.5-litre supercharged Grand Prix class, built by Italian sports car manufacturer Cisitalia and introduced in 1949. 

It was designed on behalf of Cisitalia by Porsche between 1946–47, and is therefore also known by its Porsche project number, Typ 360.

In the end of WW II, Pietro “Piero” Dusio founded a company called Compagnia Industriale Sportiva Italia, CISItalia in short, with the future plan to start the series production of racing and sports cars.

At the same time there was one Austrian-born former racer and self-taught engineer Karl Abarth living in Italy who wanted to work with racing machines as the war was over. He contacted Ferry Porsche. Abarth knew the Porsche family through his wife who used to be the secretary to Anton Piëch (husband of Ferdinand Porsche’s daughter and Ferry’s sister Louise). In Italy, Karl Abarth had became Carlo Abarth – a name every auto enthusiast knows. In the end of September 1946, Abarth became Porsche engineering company’s representative in Italy.

San Diego pedicabs have changed a lot based on this one. I heard it's 50 dollars per person

this concludes about an hour of going through photos and posting so you have fresh stuff to look at on Monday!

Comic Con 2026 is over, and I found some good stuff to post, but it's less vehicle related than my typical daily variety

I would ordinarily post more, but I haven't gotten much sleep lately, and I'm wiped out, and need to get more than the last couple of weeks of 6 hours or less per night. 

During comic con, nightly sleep varied from 6 hours on Tuesday, 4 on Wednesday, 2 on Thursday, and 2.5 on Friday. Saturday I got about 10 to catch up some on the lost sleep... I felt better, but still a bit groggy

On average, Tuesday night to Friday night, I got about 3.6 hours a night

Dungeon Crawler Carl booth display at Comic Con

The Fire Dept mobility team at Comic Con for emergency medical services, is impressively compact, and there are 2 inside the Convention Center, and 4 outside

seen on the 163 when heading to Comic Con

 

The newest in movie and tv series previews from Comic Con, a wide variety

So, Saturday in Hall H, about a minute before Apple released this to the world on Youtube, we got to see it first... as if that matters. Matchbox the Movie, has a good cast, and looks like a FUN movie, being released on Apple streaming on October 9th

the 100 ton Wrecking Crane... 1907 steam powered... I didn't know they had to clamp the side opposite of the load, to the rails under the crane. Makes perfect sense.