Just A Car Guy

Cool things with wheels since 2006

Sunday, August 23, 2026

very cool to learn that signpainters are still coming up in the business and becoming famous in the craft - Valentina Trentini began professionally less than 10 years ago, focuses on vintage race cars, and is based in LA

https://www.brushettasigns.com https://www.instagram.com/brushettasigns https://boldjourney.com/meet-valentina-trentini

it's so strange to me that a great car, and very cool looking car, is ignored by everyone around it

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=122303570648212303&set=pcb.122303570714212303

livin the dream

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=27241302748833519&set=gm.3392316540941926&idorvanity=132380976935515

1966 Lotus 23

https://straightspeedphoto.blogspot.com/2026/07/1966-lotus-23b.html

so versatile

https://www.facebook.com/groups/132380976935515/permalink/3393580214148892

1939 HRG Aerodynamic 1.5

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=27961266063503847&set=pcb.3458327304340849

interesting custom '37 Plymouth built by Mike Bowe

https://www.facebook.com/john.zolot/posts/pfbid02VpX7RmFaPhL7ZtUy7d7P16VXQYKuWGgqV8NK9MCnmX1AZbbNBCYrKuJZAbhcu6zjl there are two toy sewing ...

the Washington DC gran prix turned out to be an IROC race

the Coronet so cool it got Larry Chen to do a feature on it at Pikes Peak! J.T. Taylor's '67 that I've been following (gained 135 Hp by improving only the bolt on induction up to, not including, the intake)

Saturday, August 22, 2026

the Bahamas Speed Week at Nassau (end of the racing season grand party) was the brainchild of a sports car racer and seaplane fleet operator Sherman “Red” Crise, who realized the abandoned Windsor Field airstrip would make a great racetrack

Crise was an interesting figure. He cut his teeth as a page at the New York Stock Exchange while studying for an aeronautical engineering de...

someone with way too much time on their hands and a LOT of angst ratted out Ed Sheeran for not having insurance on his 66 Aston Martin during the 5 years it was in a shop undergoing restoration... why the hell would you keep paying driving/operation insurance during a 5 year restoration?

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpw9v0rlj5go

the Maryland Vehicle Authority is cracking down on out-of-state vehicle registration, primarily targeting tens of thousands of vehicles previously registered in Maryland then switched to Virginia after losing their license in Maryland... because these drivers don't pay camera citations!

The MVA said the data showed that 28,003 vehicles previously registered in Maryland were switched to Virginia. More than 50% of those vehicl...

DC and Ruroc helmets have a partnership...

https://www.ruroc.com/en_us/motorcycle/motorcycle-helmets/dc-collection

I never noticed until this morning, how many Flock cameras are in the median of interstate 5 between Del Mar and Carlsbad (unless I'm mistaken and these are something else)

clever idea for nose art

ingenious way to move both garbage cans at one time

the most profitable dealerships are Lexus, least profitable are Lincoln

https://fordauthority.com/2026/08/lincoln-dealerships-may-be-least-profitable-auto-stores-in-america

a significant portion of the tires currently sold in California will now be forbidden starting in 2029 by a California Energy Commission new rule about rolling resistance (not that any paycheck to paycheck blue collar type asked anyone in Sacramento to outlaw cheap tires) (Thank you Doug!)

The first phase would begin in 2029, which would allow the sale of tires with a maximum rolling resistance level of 9.1 newtons per kilonewt...

I have so much appreciation for theater actors (and carnival and Cirque De Soleil) varieties of live theater... this is an example, but when you see the jet skiing girl, you'll be wow'd even more (Not much is vehicular, but the things that are, are very cool )

Friday, August 21, 2026

I'd like to know the story of the day they had... and how they could get any traction with those (wet) tires, to pull that plane out of the water

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2242781173121969&set=gm.4529281464005307&idorvanity=2216000102000133

1950 Panhard Dyna X84 sport

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=27501339386163186&set=gm.3415026458670934&idorvanity=132380976935515

any day on the salt has to be better than any month at work, punching a clock to [ay the bills

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=28179706298326488&set=gm.3477122662461313&idorvanity=132380976935515

thank you M Currie for the compliment of the day!

always worth reading this blog M Currie (in the comment section of https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-coolest-stories-in-histor...

wouldn't it be cool to find a tank? Even better, one that everyone forgot about? Even better, a WW2 Panzer! Well, someone was digging and found one that a university had buried and had used for chemistry experiments

Construction workers at Kazan National Research Technological University in Russia have uncovered a German Panther tank buried beneath a uni...

the Karens are at it again... now they want to stop the Freedom 250 Grand Prix in Washington DC on a two-mile course in the National Mall because the "vibrations" from the race cars are causing Mary Orkin, a non profit asst director, anxiety (oh poor thing)

Okin is particularly worried about the Wilbur J. Cohen Building, the original home of the Social Security Program and several historic mural...

lawmakers are proposing a fourth-degree felony charge for police officers and government officials who misuse Flock Safety automatic license plate reader data for personal use. (in Ohio it was Columbus and Reynoldsburg)

https://www.cleveland.com/news/2026/08/a-felony-for-police-abusing-flock-cameras-an-ohio-crackdown-is-long-overdue.html https://www.dispatch...

A 77-year-old Florida man found a legal loophole to block a Flock surveillance camera using a 12-foot-tall protest sign.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/antiqanonmemes/posts/2336762023532136

Thursday, August 20, 2026

A man dressed as the iconic “Star Wars” villain Darth Vader appeared to defend the use of Flock cameras before the San Diego City Council, assuring that “this is what the emperor needs.”

“This is what the emperor needs. This technology will help us find the rebel scum and the hidden base on Hoth,” the man said He urged that...

at the Kentucky State Fair

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=28307568142212075&set=pcb.28307673452201544

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