a new Blastolene Brothers car was at the Art Center Car Classic, and it's taken me 6 weeks to learn what it is! Michael Leeds' “Blown Ranger” Fairchild XFR0001 made around 2011

the engine is a NOS crate 1942 Ranger V770, used in airplanes during WW2, 520-hp 12.7-liter V-12, which Micheal Leeds was working with back in 2010 to get it warmed up in the below video, which was once owned by Art Arfons



it was built by Dan Dechant, who engineered a better lube oil system for it





and since I've never met Micheal, but have met both the other Blastolene Brothers, Randy Grubb and Rodney Rucker, I figure I should add this following video so you and I both get to know him a little more. He was the creator of Big Bertha, and the term Blastolene is derived from a barbecue sauce Leeds created for a restaurant he once owned



to see the build webpage, which goes into some things like the cooling fins and headers fab:  http://blastoland.com/blastoland/BLOWN_RANGER_BUILD.html

and I didn't know it, but Car and Driver did an article about the Blastolene Brothers

https://www.caranddriver.com/features/the-brotherhood-of-the-blastolene-mechanized-anarchy-and-the-men-behind-it-feature

the Infiniti concept car, which unfortunately, they don't have the guts to build for sale (no one but private race car builders would) is stunning from the point of view of pure pleasure driving

Art Center College of Pasadena is celebrating their 70th anniversary next year... why am I posting about it? Because I realized how many of their alumni are incredible, and achieved in the car world

70th anniversary? Great googly moogly.... on the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Charger, which owes it's design to alumni Richard Sias, whose designs were worked on during his lunch break from the work he was doing on the Dart http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-dodge-charger.html

if you don't know of Dan Quarnstrom http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/05/joyrideflatout-hot-rods-and-dream.html that's a quick note about him, and Jack Leynnwood (P38 pilot, illustrator for Revell, and Ed Newton - was doing water decals and t-shirt designs for Ed Roth (and made the Pink Panther http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-pink-panthermobile-has-been.html )

And Mel Keys, who made the Fibercraft company after he left Victress, and participated in creating the original Star Trek screen model of the Enterprise http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2017/09/bounty-hunter-dune-buggy.html

And John Chun! http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2016/06/ever-wonder-who-designed-1967-1968-and.html

And Dwayne Vance! http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/11/good-news-finally-price-is-down-to-20.html

And Thom Taylor! Ridler winner, AMBR winner, and former teacher at the ACC http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/12/best-compliment-of-month-and-honorable.html

And Armand Baltazar! http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/07/diego-and-steam-pirates-collide-escape.html not just a Pixar art supervisor, senior design concept artist on Cars 2, now an author, fine art painter, and soon to be movie making collaborator with Ridley Scott.

And Richard Pietruska, teacher at ACC http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-artwork-of-richard-pietruska.html

and Matt Gaser! http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2014/11/talented-artist-matt-gaser.html who works for Lucasfilm, and did work on the Clone Wars, and Green Lantern series

And Chip Foose, Syd Mead, Thomas Kinkaid, and Dick Teague.

And teachers like Ansel Adams

what a nice old Excelsior and side car, unrestored

Icon's Rolls Royce Derelict

This fantastic Yenko Stinger Stage II was at the Art Center Classic Car Classic, and it's owned by Jay Leno

Not sure who made this, as no info board was by this... but I think it's either Gary Wales, or the Blastolene brothers

notice it has a removable roof panel, might be sliding

a very unexpected vehicle at the Art Center College annual Car Classic, a 1949 Voisin prototype

Gary Wales latest, a classic Bentley.

one of the art students was killing it with this mixed media - ink and watercolor

the coolest car I saw today at the Art Center College annual car show, early 1920s Lancia

last seen at the 2008 Pebble Beach Concours http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/01/2008-pebble-beach-concours.html