Just A Car Guy
Cool things with wheels since 2006
Monday, April 22, 2024
Thanks to Gary L who's fallen into my rabbit hole of job searching and turned up amazing stuff, so I'm going to hopefully reward him, and all of you, with a cool post! Ever hear of the Justice Bell? It was carried on the back of a Model T for 5000 miles in 3 months around Pennsylvania!
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Those are solid rubber wheels, with chains... that had to be HARSH on the driver! The bell was a bronze replica of the Liberty Bell of the ...
it's not a surprise to any car guy that a great paint job is nearly endless prep, and intense scrutiny on the base layers of primer and sanding... but this is a new trick to me to see the scratches that have to be removed before paint (we've all seen WHY! No one misses the deep scratches under the paint and clear)
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so, look at this, a powder puff for a guide coat that shows those damn invisible scratches so you keep at it until the primer is perfect, a...
1959 Coronet Lancer
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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10225507662418649&set=a.1617402035143
The Museum of American Speed will embark on a "Sea to Sea in a Model T" road trip on the Lincoln Highway from New York to San Francisco in a 1924 Ford Model T on June 4th to mark the 100th anniversary
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The ten-millionth Ford Car left the Highland Park factories of The Ford Motor Company on June 4th, 1924 Frank Kulick, who attained fame and ...
the 2025 Ford Mustang GTD, one of the few factory weekend track stars, is expected to sell for around $325,000, 1/2 down to reserve one for the approved buyers
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The GTD — named for the International Motor Sports Association’s Grand Touring Daytona racing class — comes from Ford’s engineering departme...
the new preview for Deadpool 3 (Deadpool and Wolverine) was just released, and the 6 wheeled Hydra car from Capt America is now hot rodded, with a flame job
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it's in the lower left behind a couple characters
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Judi Dench and Helen Mirren photographed by Annie Liebovitz in a 2007 photo spread for Vanity Fair.
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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=345328631878295&set=a.258422927235533 https://www.vanityfair.com/news/photos/2007/03/filmnoir_portf...
Thanks to John for sharing this memorial about a B17 crash site in Oregon's Blue Mountains, and it's crew!
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B 17 42-30655 crashed on training flight in Oregon mountains 33 miles from the base near Pendelton, a bomber training site during the war ...
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A radial engine developed for light aviation, but is a bolt-in for VW vehicles because it’s based on standard air cooled VW Beetle engine architecture, it puts out a 100 hp more though! (thank you Berend!)
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Australian company Radial Motion uses off-the-shelf internals from an LS1 V8 to ensure easy parts availability, runs on unleaded, and produ...
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Happy 421 day!
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Saturday, April 20, 2024
Archaeologists in Antwerp Belgium have unearthed a century-old train carriage, unfortunately there’s very little left of the relic, as it disintegrated while being excavated.
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Nobody knows how the rare model ended up underground in the metropolis of Antwerp, 500 miles from the rail company’s English headquarters. T...
Because I went out on errands yesterday, I saw these...
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this great old bug with 1967 or 68 Plates has cobwebs growing under it, it's not moved in a while this poor neglected Miata hasn't m...
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Phil worked with this super nice nurse. One day she said something about her Pantera... WHOA! (thank you Phil ! )
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thank you Phil! The only mention of Shirley I could find online was this clipping from 1962 and one clipping in the May 1970 New York Times...
the hood graphics inspired by the Firebird "screaming chicken"
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79-81 Mustang Cobra 79-80 AMX 76-78 Hornet https://lmr.com/item/LRS-SK702G/phoenix-graphix-mustang-cobra-decal-kit-green-80-81 https://www.a...
Awwwww! South Dakota highway trooper Hulkenn is terrific "Serve and Protect" representative of the great people of South Dakota (every one there I've met is great!) and saved a cat on the highway!
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https://www.nbcnews.com/video/state-trooper-makes-purr-fect-traffic-stop-in-south-dakota-209382469819 Proof that there are awesome cops out ...
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Thank you Phil M for katink-alinkling my tip jar and getting me to feel comfortable posting instead of applying for jobs for one more day.. and for the compliment of the day!
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You have a real talent for finding and posting interesting stuff!
a Russian engineer was arguing with a Lockheed Martin engineer on some video game forum about some military simulator War Thunder
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and leaked classified information on the cross section of the Russian fighter jet SU 57 It is hardly the first time that gamers have shared...
if you want to be remembered, you'll need to do something quite amazing, or invent something important and long lasting, or write a book. Or be a complete screw up
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https://www.tumblr.com/patternsinnoise/126590390514/just-shower-thoughts-it-only-takes-three
Vertical parking in the city of Shenzhen China
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Filming a tv show, Chicago Fire
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https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2024/04/close-one.html
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Ever seen a Ford P6 Landau? I've never even heard of one... 1973 Australian only, only 1385 were made, it was a luxury version of the Falcon Hardtop, based on the P5 LTD sedan
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https://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/cc-capsule/cc-outtakes-ford-p6-landau-almost-but-not-quite/
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1949 (reposted because the blog conked out, and I deleted the 5 newest posts as one of them could have had malware code and been the problem... they weren't, so, reposting. Sorry about the deleted comments!)
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https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2024/04/the-flying-wing-imagine-piloting-that.html
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April 21st Automobilia Online Only Auction, has about 18 hours left, and some really nice stuff up for bid. Gorgeous wood steering wheels, brass lamps, radiator badges, hood ornaments etc
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https://check_the_oil_promotions_llc.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/325181_april-21st-automobilia-online-only-auction/?page=4&pageSize=120
Blogger let me down, caused a lot of headache, and responded to all attempts to post new stuff with "Cannot Load New Post" "Cannot Post Comment", and the Google One Help Desk was unable to fix it in 30 minutes on the phone. So I did. It took 5 minutes to solve the problem.
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