Just A Car Guy
Cool things with wheels since 2006
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Elvis bought nine Triumph motorcycles as gifts to every member of his Memphis Mafia in 1965, so he and his closest friends could ride together in the hills of Los Angeles. (thank you Doug!)
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Triumph Motorcycles has discovered something great, with the discovery of the original checks in the Graceland archives, signed by the man h...
This is terrific! This September the Goodwood Revival's Richmond Lawn will be home to the Betty Richmond Driving School! Complete with 1950s-style driving simulators where you'll be able to put your motoring skills to the test.
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I completely love the cool, vintage, extra lengths that Goodwood goes to for entertaining the enthusiasts of the vintage racing event. Does ...
427 vs 428 vs 429 (because I've never learned diddly squat about Ford engines except their sizes)
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A '68 427 will be a heckuva motor, but it's not quite the same as the NASCAR racing motor that grew the legend. Starting in 1968, th...
the last steel truss bridge in the Wyoming, 115 years old, was officially retired last week, it once provided thousands of miners and tons of coal a passageway across the Tongue River northeast of Sheridan.
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it led to one of the state’s most important and largest underground coal mines during the early decades of the last century. the visual aes...
Good news, Optima and Mobil 1 are covering Pikes Peak racing, live
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https://www.youtube.com/@OfficialMobil1/streams
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
bombers sheltered in a hangar painted in " TROMPE L 'OEIL" bombed houses.
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https://www.vintageleatherjackets.org/threads/random-cool-photo-thread.26448/page-12
one of the first 332nd fighter group pilots to fly a P-51D painted a nude pin up on both sides of the plane... the front on the port, the rear on the starboard
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https://www.vintageleatherjackets.org/threads/random-cool-photo-thread.26448/post-332600
Designed to look like a time machine, and built by Truong Van Dao of ND Woodworking Art, this extraordinary wooden vehicle is now turning heads as it whirrs and rattles through the streets of Vietnam.
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https://www.designboom.com/technology/functional-wooden-ai-concept-car-time-machine-nd-woodworking-art-06-17-2024 https://newatlas.com/autom...
the preview for One Of One, a feature documentary filmed over five years about a family business established in 1952, of Tokyo car restorers, changing from the 2nd to the 3rd generation.
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Naito Auto is known as Japan’s most artful and precise classic car restoration shop. Masao’s father Shinichi started the business during WWI...
the Swinomish tribe in Washington was awarded nearly $400 million in court, because they proved BNSF Railway trains trespassed on the reservation with oil trains
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the company intentionally trespassed when it repeatedly ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil across the tribe's reservation, violating ...
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Lightning bugs use their blinkers move than BMW drivers
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Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Suicide Point, on the way to Spiti valley, Himachal, India
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https://www.tumblr.com/armengoldira/750471371409244160?source=share
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Spotted today in PB (Pacific Beach part of San Diego) while heading out, and not with enough time to get photos, so, Google Street View to the rescue
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I'm pretty sure this is a 64 Mercury Comet
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According to Automotive News, Fisker has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S., a move that comes just a few weeks after the company’s Austrian unit – Fisker GmbH – filed for bankruptcy protection as well.
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I didn't even know Fisker was still in business Founded in 2007 by Henrik Fisker, a Danish automobile designer, the company received si...
A sleazeball used car lot dealership sold a car while it was in for repairs, and the story gets stranger after that...
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Recently, Lindsey brought her Ford Taurus to Cherokee Auto Sales in North Knoxville, Tennessee – a used vehicle, “buy here pay here” sort of...
Monday, June 17, 2024
Miller and Son Collision in Lancaster New York transformed this 81 Firebird
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https://en.wheelz.me/father-son-duo-transforms-iconic-1981-pontiac-firebird-trans-am/#google_vignette
BMW R nineT Nostalgia built by hand by the team at Nmoto using 96 bespoke parts, including 74 parts made in-house by Nmoto.
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https://silodrome.com/bmw-r-ninet-nostalgia/
I wonder, does it make sense to try and sell a 170k car on Ebay?
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Ever see a hood stripe like this? I can't remember ever seeing a stripe on a Cougar https://www.ebay.com/itm/305620162193 https://www.au...
according to an analysis of 2.2 million one to five year-old used cars, in June 2023, average used EV prices were over 25% higher than used gas car prices, but by May 2024, used EVs were on average 8% lower than the average price for a used gasoline-powered car in U.S.
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https://hotair.com/headlines/2024/06/17/used-ev-prices-crashing-n3790432#google_vignett Thank you George!
wow... it's been a long time since I've watched a lap of the Isle of Man TT. Skip the first 90 seconds, he doesn't accelerate for a couple seconds after that. Thank you Steve!
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so, today was Monday, day 1 of my new job.
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and it went great, and I had a Double Double after work and after running errands... and I was order #7. Yup, today was good.
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Sunday, June 16, 2024
the armor plate is annoying placed to appreciate the art, but, keeping the pilot safer
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https://www.vintageleatherjackets.org/threads/random-cool-photo-thread.26448/post-349673
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Milk Wagon, 129 missions, no problems, great mission symbols!
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It set a record for a Fortress in the 447th Bomb Group, as she racked up no fewer than 129 missions without suffering a single abort due to ...
the nose art looks like an Angry Birds character with that eyebrow
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https://www.vintageleatherjackets.org/threads/random-cool-photo-thread.26448/post-349674
the French Free Force nurses had nose art on the ambulance door!
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https://www.vintageleatherjackets.org/threads/random-cool-photo-thread.26448/post-351482
There was a scrapyard for ex USAAF/USN/RNZAF aircraft in New Zealand after the war.
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After WWII the USAAF and RNZAF flew aircraft into Rukuhia Airfield, Hamilton New Zealand. They just turned off the engines and walked away. ...
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name something that does not exist:
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an Amish gas station
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The Outsiders, 1984 (set in 1965)
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Astonishing cast of future A listers and Oscar winners. Diane Lane (plays Cherry), Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, Matt Dillon, Emilio Estevez...
1927 Holt trailer is up for sale on Bring a Trailer... no reserve, and it's only at 8400. But it's immaculately restored, a real museum piece that's been in the Petersen, and has called the Murphy home for the last 5 years
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The prototype was stored and remained in the ownership of Mr. Holt’s family through 2009 when it was acquired by a vintage travel trailer co...
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cool new way of getting kids around the car shows! Thanks George!
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Saturday, June 15, 2024
Fruit-Shaped Bus Stops, Nagasaki, Japan
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https://www.tumblr.com/zegalba/745770720386252800?source=share
anyone else remember tool crib tags? What a good idea for a zipper pull!
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https://www.vintageleatherjackets.org/threads/random-cool-photo-thread.26448/post-351715
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