Tuesday, December 23, 2014

few things in the vehicle hobby are as cool as a full race version of a regular car

I haven't seen one of these since I was a kid... a shadetree mechanic ramp

leaf spring wheelie bars

very disco seventies

VW bus limo on Maui... very very cool. Thanks Ben!


this interior image found on http://www.carcrushing.com/volkswagen-microbus-now-party-ready-macrobus/


http://www.endless-summer-limo.com/services.html

Update, Jan 17 2015:
The limo and business is for sale https://autos.yahoo.com/news/buy-vw-bus-limo-220k-company-free-130006019.html

but it’s commanding a very high price at $220,000. That seems a bit outrageous, but turns out when you buy this VW limo, you’re also getting the company that currently owns it. The vehicle has 33 windows, a ragtop roof, and enough room for 12 passengers. It was made by a VW-only restoration shop in Southern California and took two years to build. It’s only been on the road for about three months so it’s got just 1600 miles on the odometer.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Volkswagen-Bus-Vanagon-Deluxe-Trim-1965-volkswagen-stretch-microbus-limousine-/331445486850?forcerrptr=true&hash=item4d2bb0c502&item=331445486850&pt=US_Cars_Trucks

Mining cliff fails and flooding areas can cause a tremendous amount of financial loss

Mining equipment epic fails

Not paying attention to the load limit of a bridge... serious problem



Rule number one for business... don't piss off the locals.










Anyone want to hazard a guess how much it's going to cost to repair/replace/ship new Caterpillar equipement to New Caledonia... if they choose to make peace with the locals?

May 2014: A strike involving local people complaining about pollution of the sea by the process plant next to the mine. During one night, more than 10 100T Haul Trucks where smashed, 6 Articulated Haul Trucks were smashed/burned, two Loaders (992k and WA900) were also burned. They used a 992K to smash the trucks, they burned the cabs by lighting a fire on the driver seat. Police were too busy protecting the processing plant which was attacked by a group of men trying to break through the main gate using a 972G

Found on https://www.facebook.com/MiningMishaps?fref=nf

Barber Green trencher, looks like a telephone booth for a cab

Spontaneous combustion, rare, but evidently it's a coal mining dust occurance

Yay! Gas finally drops below 2 dollars a gallon for the first time in years!


Awww, how cute, it wants it's belly scratched!


Western Australian gold mill near Kalgoorlie 20th June 2014 CAT 990 falls into crusher feedeer



Found on https://www.facebook.com/MiningMishaps?fref=nf

good idea... I'm going to use this line

to travel, is a great thing


the horsepower ego trips are going to escalate quickly


Sorry Caddy, you've been weighed, measured, and been found wanting

Found on https://www.facebook.com/manlymayhem?fref=photo

A Florida Chevy dealership has a Hellcat... and a Scat Pack Challenger, and is selling them as used, but that's not going to affect their value at all


http://www.judkuhnchevrolet.com/VehicleSearchResults?search=new&make=Chevrolet

red Hellcat http://www.judkuhnchevrolet.com/VehicleDetails/used-2015-Dodge-Challenger-2dr_Cpe_SRT_Supercharged-Little_River-SC/2418018193


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x31WGuhYgZ0

Now here's the very, very odd thing. This Chevy dealership had the Hellcat a week before the Dodge dealership I work for had our Hellcat. How?

Why? Why is a Chevy dealership selling "new" top of the line Mopars in competition with the Corvettes and Camaros from the Chevrolet company? Are they that undesireable? 

early trucks



good old fashioned ingenuity, traveling grocery stores to those far out in the country so they didn't have to hitch up the horse and wagon to come to town

Found on  http://truquetructruk.tumblr.com/