Tuesday, December 30, 2025

coffee and donuts video tour of Dennis Varni's museum/shop and garages (Thank you Larry!)

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intriguing parking lot, but, what's the deal with the tiny car on the bottom floor

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Jake Erlich from Colorado, born to Polish immigrants and was 8' 6 1/2"

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Similar to the Harley Servicar, this motorcyclist was returning from delivering a car that he drove, and has this towed behind it, (with the outrigger wheels in the lowered position) until delivery was made, and he rode this motorcycle back to the dealership of service station

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Monday, December 29, 2025

Dr Pizza

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=9385735848190275&set=g.392177154465434

Western Electric had it's own fire department

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https://chicagoareafire.com/blog/2012/10/western-electric-fire-department-in-cicero-il/

1942 Kalamazoo Coach Co. built on a Ford chassis, originally constructed as a Mobile Hospital Unit to allow doctors to operate on patients during major alarm calls, re-purposed as a communications unit.

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10221991289251139&set=g.1434456940102314

WCAU-TV's Field Remote Van, a standard RCA TJ-50A Mobile Unit equipped with three camera chains, a master monitor, relay equipment and accessories.

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https://broadcastpioneers.com/mobile.html https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=29567294206217310&set=g.1434456940102314

1921 and 22 advertising silent movies on an odd eye catching car on the Market Street crossing of the Schuylkill River, near 30th Street Station. The 1921 silent film The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, starring Rudolph Valentino.

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another photo of this exists, from a newspaper, but only on Facebook pages, and after wasting an hour to try to dig it out of several pages,...

1948 Spartan Trailer broadcast rig

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https://www.ebay.com/itm/273922502158 https://www.etsy.com/listing/570073755/handsome-large-print-silent-movie-era

horse-drawn streetcars at the Ridge Avenue depot in Philly

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I wish there was a website, or facebook page for summer camps, or similar scouting, hunting, and vacation places that had woodies, and advertised on the doors with hand painted lettering

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https://www.hemmings.com/stories/1933-isotta-fraschini-tipo-8a-takes-best-of-show-at-2019-keeneland-concours-delegance/ to see the ones I...

John Wayne and Claudette Colbert in "Without Reservations" 1946, with a 1933 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A that was a Hollywood rental

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=609655510531079&set=a.285793942917239 was reportedly driven by James Dean in Giant, released in 195...

compliment of the day! Thank you Richard!

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Love your posts, you are absolutely the best, I hope to meet you one day. Your blog is a reflection on who you are and you are the salt of...

thank you Richard C for kachinging my tip jar!

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an L29 with Wood Lites and the hood lovers open on top

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Amelia Earhart christening an Essex Terraplane on stage... first new to me Amelia Earhart photo I've come across in years

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I don't think I've posted an original boat delivery trailer before

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working on this sound truck must have been one incredible job

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Follow up to August's post about Pete and Pickles, the movie Hitpig! is now on Amazon

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The post from August, for the background info :  https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2025/08/yes-that-is-pig-on-elephant-riding.html

coffee and donuts video... this might be the coolest thing you see all day (but watch it at 2x speed setting)

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an engine pod of the Graf Zeppelin

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Sunday, December 28, 2025

I don't think I've ever seen a camera car that was new, and not banged up from being on set

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https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/502/ For some really cool ones from when movies were m...

this must have been a Rolls Royce

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ever see a car that only had a way for the front passengers to get out of the sun and rain? might be a 1909 Renault

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I bet this place was full of interesting stuff

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Salsbury Motor Glide de Luxe scooter Thanks Kim!

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it took 12 years but I finally came across some good photos of the Wagenhals electric postal delivery cart

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Steve looked these up way back in 2012 ,  https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/09/1913-wagenhals-electric.html https://forums.aaca.org/topi...

interesting farming equipment, by the Badger Body MFG Co

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Alfred DuPont

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Leon Baldwin at Old Orchard Beach, 1911. the No.3, is a special 30 hp Stanley steam race car, one of two designed for long-distance events, specifically the Vanderbilt Cup races in 1906. In one of his runs on the beach, Baldwin set a speed record for a mile in 39 seconds, 92.3 mph.

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Fancy hubcaps!

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a radio station mobile broadcast truck!

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Thank you Chuck and Lisa B for the Christmas card and kachinging my tip jar!

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cool documentary on Art Himsl (legend, and winner of the 1969 AMBR) and van painting from 1970 to 73! (skip to 3:25 for the vans)

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brakemen needed an out of the weather place to hang out, a place more comfortable than a step or ladder rung. Because there was no room in the cab, on the Shevlin-Hixon Lumber Company train tenders, they installed 32 Chevy coupes

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p1ilti-i4g  at minute 26 http://www.trainweb.org/highdesertrails/shlco/Wrecks.html https://www.facebook.com...