Just A Car Guy

Cool things with wheels since 2006

Monday, April 27, 2026

a promotion by Healthy Choice Foods in 1999 caught the attention of a civil engineer (now associate vice president of energy and sustainability at University of California) they offered 500 frequent flyer miles for UPC codes mailed in as proof of purchase, double that if mailed in quickly

Phillips ran the math and found that the cheapest qualifying product was Healthy Choice individual pudding cups at Grocery Outlet. 25 cents ...

N.R. Dunton ran a pipe to a spring two miles away and established Cool Springs in 1926 on Route 66 west of Kingman, Arizona

The business thrived until the new highway opened in 1952. Cool Springs became a poultry operation called the Chicken Ranch. It was abandone...

A Monroe County judge dismissed three I-490 speeding tickets—and blasted the traffic court for shifting the burden of proof.

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a71119724/new-york-judge-speed-camera-ticket-appeal-castigates-traffic-court-in-ruling/

Sunday, April 26, 2026

Chinto the Chevy powered Pinto attempts to set the longest wheelstand at the Byron Dragway 2025 wheelstand competition

A superfan of Big Boy 4014 has submitted a motorized, 3,920-piece Big Boy 4014 LEGO kit to the company. If his idea gets 10,000 votes, it will be among designs advanced to LEGO’s review pool for potential production.

Big Boy fans have 500 days to support Dupon's project. With nearly 4,000 pieces involved, the model is also complex to put together, re...

graffiti went in a new direction... 1960s Bugs Bunny!

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10240999686945046&set=gm.35541685152112247&idorvanity=889066631134208

just driving on I-84 outside Boise, sunroof wide open... when the unexpected happened.... an eagle dropped a 14" trout right into the car

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2370920900079862&set=a.103624603476181

In 2008, nearly 90 years after it was built, this 1919 gas station in El Paso, Texas was restored

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10230579469649666&set=gm.1699960724515090&idorvanity=319578812553295

the original 1974 Gone in 60 Seconds was the subject of an extensive article in Hagerty's magazine, and since I haven't seen that original movie in forever, there was a lot of interesting info to read

J.C. Agajanian’s midget racing track Ascot Park was used as a location in the film His Rolls Royce was used as a car for the thieves to stea...

Sammy Davis Jr was given a Duesenberg replica by the owner of Harrah's resorts and casinos. It was built in 1971 by the Duesenberg Corporation of Gardena, California, and patterned after a 1935 Duesenberg SSJ, using templates from the original 1935 SSJ La Grande body. Thank you George

Road & Track magazine founder John Bond featured the Miller SSJ in the magazine’s February 1971 issue and called it “the best replica ye...

77 Bronco with a 302, and only 9k original miles, it sold in 2024 for a whopping $97,000, and that owner has listed it on BAT but the bid is only up to 35k

https://fordauthority.com/2026/04/1977-ford-bronco-sport-302-with-9k-miles-resurfaces-after-two-years https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1977...

I wouldn't have guessed that anyone would come all the way to Barona drags (in East San Diego) from Santa Barbara ... but Seth Hammond and his friend Chip Foose went home with a 1st place trophy

Gray Baskerville got it right back in 1975 when he wrote, “Seth Hammond is slightly eccentric…” Running a Pinto four-cylinder he set his fir...

Saturday, April 25, 2026

Houston, we have a problem!

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2056763094869624&set=gm.26814556314823193&idorvanity=413414438697407

this 58 Testarossa photographed pre race back in 59 or 60, hasn't changed much in 6 decades

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=26772589775704821&set=pcb.3352327444940836 https://www.hemmings.com/stories/1958-ferrari-250-testa-r...

C.A.M. 2 was a contracted airmail route between Chicago and St.Louis starting April 15,1926. The lead pilot was Charles Lindberg.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1978309086111354&set=gm.27511408498461182&idorvanity=164403560255045 Starting April 15,1926 t...

most of the human race will only achieve a longer lasting existence by scratching our names into wet concrete/cement, this is the first time I've seen legends, whose fame will last centuries - had not realized their accomplishments would outlast the cement!

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1519777229505116&set=a.288932279256290

Lagonda (you may not be familiar with it) was a pre WW1 British car that was became part of Aston Martin in '47, named for a Shawnee village in Ohio where the founder, former opera singer, William Gunn was from

In 1907 he launched his first car, the 20 hp, six-cylinder Torpedo, which he used to win the Moscow–St. Petersburg trial of 1910. This succe...

I went out to El Centro to get a magazine collection for Steve... and dang it, the guy has these in his back yard!

The guy's hobby is fixing up fire trucks and ambulances and selling them!

I saw this BMW when waiting for the gas to pump

best writing I've read in months!

It was the kind of truck where people just assume you have an open container, a loaded gun under the seat, no insurance and interesting pris...

"I was young dumb and bringing them in, was like making it back to England in a shot up B17." A story from a service station mechanic!

when I was still in school working at one of the last full service gas stations I had a special thing I would do. They would send me to resc...

Friday, April 24, 2026

coolest thing I've seen today

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=27083137714617636&set=gm.1889159125093450&idorvanity=709087063100668

the rip rap is being removed from the Logan river

About 60 cars so far have been pulled from the banks of the Logan River, near Trapper Park, as part of an ongoing restoration project. https...

lol

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1003691135560083&set=a.173977461864792

some really astute observations show up on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10167512774906110&set=gm.2511581612635761&idorvanity=259565571170721

spotted in rush hour traffic

why do morons buy vehicles they can not park adequately? This truck could have parked a couple parking spots to either side, and used two inline parking spots to pull all the way out of the lane

I've never heard of a Toyota Crown before

In North America, the first through fourth generations were offered from 1958 through 1972, being replaced by the Corona Mark II.[2] The Cro...

Police are investigating a robbery of an armored truck that occurred Friday morning in northeast Las Vegas, two days after a armored truck was robbed in Philly (thank you Steve!)

The robbery was reported just after 9:30 a.m. on Friday, according to Metro, near East Cheyenne Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard. https://www....

Wright 4480 3/8ths or 1/2" drive ratchet wrench, a lot like a Thorsen 77

Also known as the "pear shape" socket wrench Inventors: Richard B. Wright (Akron, OH), Hugh T. Greenlee (Gates Mills, OH) (if your...

yesterday I was suprised that the traffic hit 904,000... but that? Was easily surpassed by todays traffic of 1.494 million readers... just in time to appreciate my post on T P Auto Repair on El Cajon and Texas St, and how much I appreciate the work they did, and how quick they were

The total for the day was 1611572

Thursday, April 23, 2026

have you seen the Lego Pan Am DC 3?

They have a cooler video of it on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=search&v=1891291478164029&external_log_id=f2b2ccec...

you need a laugh, admit it

I stopped at the Shell station to grab a drink. As I was pulling up, I noticed the police watching a little young chick who was smoking a ...

T P (probably stands for Terrific Place, or Totally Perfect) Auto Repair on El Cajon at Texas St (an ASE-certified NAPA AutoCare Center)

about 30 percent less expensive than the other shop that was inhospitable and unprofessional - and 5 percent more expensive than the shop t...

What's red white and blue and AMC but not a car? The CJ7 of Gene Henderson's Competition Limited Team

so, here's a rare example of someone getting CRAZY lucky.... a 61 dollar fix for a Porsche Cayman transmission that Porsche claimed would take 15,000 dollars to fix

Grassroots Motorsports magazine

if there's a cool car that has been parked a while, don't put much hope into it running for a reasonable amount of money...

successful sharks don't stop swimming Tom Suddard, Grassroots Motorsports magazine

reason a C4 Corvette is better for racing than a C5? Smaller body, less air resistance. 2,025 Commemorative Edition Z06s were made and they had carbon fiber hoods, another plus

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2004-chevrolet-corvette-z06-38/

Good article in 2024 Hagerty magazine issue

The article dives into MGAs The MGA's design was loosely based on a factory-built race car for a privateer running the 24 hours of Le Ma...

what the hell is wrong with the city streets dept? There's a hole in the street so big, it's earned a two safety cone cover.... in the middle of the damn street? Fix the hole! Fill it in! Plate over it!

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