Thursday, April 23, 2026

have you seen the Lego Pan Am DC 3?

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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

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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)

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 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

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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

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Grassroots Motorsports magazine
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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...

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 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 were made and they had carbon fiber hoods

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

Good article in 2024 Hagerty magazine issue

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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...
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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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I don't know what the heck people are tuning in for, but something sure caught traction today... right after I put Mission Hills Automotive on blast for being lousy at professional conduct. I guess a million people must have seen that!

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  that's about 1/2 of last months entire audience, in one day... since 5pm last night
Wednesday, April 22, 2026

sweet piece of carving!

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=25904809169183655&set=gm.2120901868851284&idorvanity=425351158406372

This 1932 Lincoln KA Phaeton parts car was purchased by Paramount Pictures in the late 1930's and converted it to a pickup truck, then used as a parts car around 1962. 64 years later, it's getting restored

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https://www.facebook.com/groups/108645673031162/permalink/2059976217898088

British singer Dua Lipa has helped fund a pickup truck for Ukraine’s First Medical Battalion as part of a humanitarian effort supporting frontline medical units

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Driving Ukraine has been supplying vehicles to Ukraine since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, refurbishing and delivering ...

have you heard of a "bedbug"? Fiberglass kid truck bed on a newish VW Bug. Darby Waund, a senior in chemical engineering, and her dad transformed a Volkswagen Beetle into a Purdue-themed truck that has become a rolling display of school spirit.

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she and her dad used an aftermarket fiberglass conversion kit from a company called Smyth Performance, Inc   Waund said. "And you liter...
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Steve Green, along with his decrepit-looking VW campervan, Cecil, are on a mission to rid the beautiful creeks of Cornwall rivers of 166 abandoned fiberglass yachts

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the legacy of the mass-produced fibreglass pleasure boat boom is unfolding.  Yachts bought in the 1960s and 1970s are now reaching the end o...

when 1986 Daytona 500 winner Geoff Bodine was invited to visit the Lake Placid Olympic training center in the early ‘90s he became fascinated by the bobsleds. In 1992 he founded Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project, Inc. In 2002, they won silver and bronze, in 2010, they made the fastest sled in the world, and won gold

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  After hearing how the US was an also-ran entrant in the sport using borrowed technology from Europe, Geoff decided to bring his chassis de...

the beauty of Bugatti

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https://www.hemmings.com/stories/the-mullin-museum-celebrates-the-art-of-bugatti

I don't think I've come across this Von Dutch truck until now, and I haven't been able to find anything else about it

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https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=26616993524607782&set=pcb.26616993757941092

Michael Furman is still publishing excellent photos

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https://www.facebook.com/michael.furman.9
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very COOL game of chance for car events! Thank you Nitto for this !!

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bumper stickers spotted in traffic

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  So, I had to look that up

spotted in a garage parking lot while it's engine is getting rebuilt at an engine shop

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“Cotton” Owens — with help from family, friends and a team of highly qualified craftsmen from the Spartanburg, S.C., racing community — built this 1964 Dodge Polara to replicate his original Polara race car.

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But until you see a close up, you won't get a kick out of the headlight covers, maybe the coolest ones I've seen  I think you'll...