Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
For Sale: The 1959 Moto Guzzi Falcone built by Von Dutch
customized by Von Dutch in the early 1970s. It won the Best Street Custom award at the 1971 Cycle World Magazine Show.
Tony Hawk Recreates 'Central Park Mystery Skater' Photo From 1965, after some pretty impressive work to investigate this mysterious, dapper skateboarder from the mid-60s,
I posted about the photographer and his 1965 New York Central Park skateboard montage a decade ago https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-invention-of-skateboard.html
a rare 1965 Indianapolis 500 Pace Car Sport Fury with a card that says "Official Pace Car Indianapolis 500 1965" paraded at the 1965 Indy 500 race
IROC partnered with True Value, who served as the title sponsor for the IROC Series for decades, to be the primary sponsorship partner for the IROC exhibition event at Lime Rock Park, in July
Among the drivers at the IROC exhibition event at Lime Rock Park were Mark Martin, a five-time IROC Champion, Bobby Labonte, the 2001 IROC Champion, Al Unser Jr., a two-time IROC Champion, Geoff Bodine, the 1987 IROC Champion, Ken Schrader, Geoff Brabham, Davy Jones, and Greg Biffle.
Dale Earnhardt’s red No. 5 IROC Gen-3 Camaro, Mark Martin’s green No. 1 IROC Avenger, Dale Earnhardt’s orange No. 1 IROC Avenger, Al Unser Jr.’s yellow IROC Avenger, Danny Sullivan’s white No. 5 IROC Avenger, Jeff Gordon’s silver No. 6 IROC Firebird, and Bobby Labonte’s black No. 1 IROC Firebird were among the historical IROC cars at the event.
The duo of Evernham and Kauffman announced its acquisition of the iconic IROC brand, which had laid dormant for nearly 20 years, back in January. Evernham feels the goals of this initial IROC event at Lime Rock Park are being achieved.
“The primary objective of our IROC event at Lime Rock Park was to reignite the passion and excitement racing fans have for the legendary IROC brand. With today’s announcement, we have taken that one step further by rekindling one of the most iconic partnerships in motorsports history with True Value and IROC,” said Evernham. “True Value and their customers supported IROC for many years and we are grateful to have them involved as we bring IROC back to the track.”
the only NASCAR race with no winner, The Myers Brothers 250 at Bowman Gray Stadium, August 6, 1971. Bobby Allison won't get credit from Nascar, because his Mustang was a GA car, Nascar did not credit him, or anyone else with the GN win.
Meanwhile, for the Bowman Gray race, should Allison’s win stand solely as a class win, seven-time Cup Series champion Petty would shift from 200 to 201 victories based on NASCAR’s precedent in other regional series. That would dramatically change the significance of several races, including what is currently accepted as ‘The King’s 200th victory in the 1984 Firecracker 400.
For Allison, who to this day maintains he won that Cup race in 1971, the additional win would break a long-standing tie with fellow Hall of Famer Darrell Waltrip. Allison would move to having sole possession of fourth on the all-time NASCAR Cup Series win list.
it seems there's a lot of stuff you can do with a wheel, like make interesting exercise equipment
and then there's this interesting exercise cart:
I was surprised to see the Winchesters driving everything but their 4 dr Impala in season 7 of Supernatural... but though they drove a Mustang, a Riviera, and a Pacer... I never expected a cool 70 Charger and a 69 Road Runner
Monday, August 19, 2024
motorcyclists packed like sardines for as far as the eye could see in the motorcycle lanes along Woodlands Checkpoint Viaduct in Singapore... for the obscure reason that has nothing to do with motorcycles
My first thought was some biker protest, or biker funeral.
Nope
the Singapore dollar had hit a record high of S$1 to the Malaysian Ringgit 3.57.
According to Channel NewsAsia (CNA), the value was the lowest the Ringgit has reached since the 1998 Asian Financial Crisis.
So it's a currency exchange rate that caused a swarm.
https://mustsharenews.com/woodlands-checkpoint-motorcyclists/
ever heard of the Richard W. Erickson Antique & Classic Museum in Utah? It's a 50 year collection that fills 24 buildings, has 120 antique tractors, and a 60s vintage service station
When his service was up Erickson "went back home, packed his flathead Ford car, strapped his Harley-Davidson motorcycle on the back of it, and he drove to Utah.”
the museum collection includes a 1938 Lincoln Zephyr that was used in the 1991 film “Bugsy,”
a 1913 Pierce Arrow 48-B Runabout Motorcar,
a 1931 Packard Model 833,
a 1936 Cadillac Phaeton Fleetwood that belonged to an English baron,
and Steve McQueen’s 1946 Indian Motorcycle — one of his personal riders.
Bob Satterfield, at 17, was able to afford a ’70 LS6 Chevelle SS. Even better, it had the M22 and 4.10 gears. But it also has a color rare for the SS, and a bench instead of buckets
Then he attracted way too much attention from Georgia police, and too many tickets, and so he parked the Chevelle for 40 years
For the first time in the history of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, Best of Show was awarded to a preservation car—a Bugatti Type 59, presented by Fritz Burkard of The Pearl Collection in Zug, Switzerland, a rare factory race car that recorded multiple Grand Prix victories
It is the 1st time a Swiss wins, first time a European wins, and first time a preservation wins.
The Type 59 Sports remains the only Grand Prix car to be converted into a sports car at the factory and exists today in virtually unrestored original condition as a perfect witness to the period in which it thrived.
The engineers removed the supercharger from the engine compartment and integrated a new oil tank with two-pump lubrication and a four-speed dry sump fully synchronized transmission with central shifting. They also re-tailored the bodywork: small motorcycle mudguards, a small windshield, small headlights positioned far down and side doors - with the new chassis number 57248.
A two-seater car not only for the streets, but also for the racetrack, that is where Jean-Pierre Wimille increasingly used the Type 59 Sports sports car from 1935 in the new 750-kilogram class. In the 1937 sports car season, this Type 59 Sports with Wimille at the wheel won the Grand Prix de Pau and de Tunis and de Marseille, among others. Affectionately called "La Grand Mère" (Grandmother) by the mechanics in Molsheim, the sports car took part in races in Africa and won the last edition of the Algerian Grand Prix. In July 1937, Jean-Pierre Wimille won a Grand Prix for the last time with the Type 59 Sports: the Grand Prix de la Marne on the race track in Reims - over three minutes ahead of the runner-up. The fast and superior Bugatti caused a sensation on the scene. At the end of the season, a long-time Bugatti customer bought this exceptional sports car with a successful racing history: King Leopold III of Belgium between 1934 and 1951.
It was also featured at the 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed
For a whole great gallery from the 2024 Pebble Beach Concours:
Corbin went to great lengths to impress the public, and gold-plated a chassis for the 1908 New York Exhibit of American Made Cars at Madison Square Garden.
a couple new to me Addams Family cool cars
I've never heard of the Rudi Klein car collection... but Sotheby's is auctioning it off... so now there are some ultra rare cars collectors will be emptying their bank accounts for
an alloy Gullwing (one of 29) in the pair of 300 SLs, a brace of 911s and, hidden right in the back, an incredibly rare Iso Griffo A3/L Spider
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