Just A Car Guy

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Gasser BMW 2002

Images from http://www.socaleuro.com/forum/showthread.php/51002-Gasser-2002 learned about it in the June 2011 Hot Rod Magazine Roddin' At Random section because Jim L sent in a photo from a car show

Pat McNeal's 1942 GMC COE with a factory GMC V12

These are from the Issue #26 of Traditional Rod and Kustom feature on page page 90

Above found on http://doyoulikevintage.tumblr.com/

Bottom two found on http://themanlyblog.tumblr.com/

Monday, September 19, 2011

C-type Jag was in the 1953 Carrera Panamericana... wow, no one would likely think of racing this fine of a car on roads that rough now

found on http://winningmakes.blogspot.com/2010_09_01_archive.html

Frazer Nash cars business selling Porsche Sales, Service, and Parts... as odd as that is, is only a backdrop for a VW Type 2 pulling a Porsche 906... what a crazy world

found on http://giddins-porsche.blogspot.com/2011/02/mike-de-udy-porsche-906-out-side-afn.html via http://hellformotors.tumblr.com/

Graham Hill wants the damn race started already!

found on http://hellformotors.tumblr.com/

Get college credits for restoring cars!

http://www.mcpherson.edu/academics/auto_templeton.php

Templeton Hall houses the nationally recognized Automotive Restoration Technology Program. The spacious 33,000-square-foot facility is equipped with specialized equipment and tools to support the unique curriculum of the auto restoration program.

America’s Car Museum (ACM - LeMay Museum) has established a partnership with McPherson College to promote both institutions and their work in automotive preservation and education.

Through the alliance, ACM, set to open in June 2012, will provide vehicles and educational opportunities for McPherson College, a liberal arts college located in McPherson, Kan., that offers the country’s only four-year degree program in automotive restoration

The relationship provides an outlet for ACM to expand on its educational mission, as the museum will offer regular internships to McPherson College students providing practical work experience with more than 500 vintage cars at ACM. The museum will also supply cars to McPherson College for on-campus use in automotive restoration and preservation courses, including work on project vehicles.

Fenderwell liners, red. Not just in GM's...

1966 and 67 were the years that you could get red fenderwell liners in GM a bodies,

66-71 had them with the W-30 442 Oldsmobile

These things you probably know... but had you ever heard of the rare option on 1968 Barracudas?
They were shipped in the trunk from the factory for dealership installtion on Fastback and hardtop-only option in '68

Read about it in the Nov 2011 Mopar Muscle magazine, page 64

Movie cars headline Leake auction in mid November in Dallas

the 1930 Ford Hot Rod that was driven in the opening scenes of Harrison Ford’s epic return to Indiana Jones franchise, the 1973 Ford Torino and the 1963 Chevrolet custom fuel heist truck that in Fast & Furious 4, a 1999 Ford Crown Victoria that appeared in the movie Taxi with Queen Latifah, and a 1948 Hudson Commodore Sedan from the movie Driving Miss Daisy

The annual Leake Collector Car Show & Auction will be held November 18-20 in Dallas Market Hall. http://www.leakecar.com/

A new car show is looking for awesome cars to be on Speedchannel

the above is "Little Bubba" owned by Hot Rod Holly, and is on My Ride Rules, airtime Sept 20th, 530pm

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Trains do burnouts too, destructively but not intentionally

read about it at http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2011/07/railroad-train-does-burnout-of-tracks.html but in short, some trains have several engines, and this time, only the manned engine turned on the brakes, the rest kept spinning the tires up to and after the brakes throughout the rest of the entire train brought it and kept it at a stop