Monday, June 27, 2011

rail inspection cars found on Steampunkvehicles.tumblr.com

The above is from http://blog.hemmings.com/
above 1926 Chev
Might be Dodge truck cabs, and both the above and below are from New Zealand


Above a Nattrass Rail Tractor



Above photo was in South America

http://steampunkvehicles.tumblr.com/is a source for many cool and unusual cars, highly recommended

Not happy, not even a little thrilled

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

Why?

from http://kingruiner.tumblr.com

Street art performers that have set the bar too far to see any competition, Royal De Luxe and their Sultan's Elephant


photo found on http://acreeepywhitevan.tumblr.com/


above two photos from http://pixtale.net/2012/05/the-giant-marionettes-of-royal-de-luxe/



But they didn't stop there, then along came a spider!



and

Betty Grable, Lawrence Olivier, and Bob Hope riding bikes



http://ridesabike.tumblr.com/ has these and many many more

William Powell and Myrna Loy, the terrific twosome that made the Thin Man movies incredible

http://ridesabike.tumblr.com has nothing but famous celebs riding bikes

How did he manage this? And do any young bmx types have a clue they bike in his 80 year old shadow?

Director of the "Our Gang/Little Rascals" and many other films at the Hal Roach studios and both directed and produced Three Stooges films, performed in vaudeville as a kid.

Do you see the stantion tops that are making his trick even harder? That is just nuts. How he rides on the top of a pipe? Insane.

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

a 16 year old girl in England posted this Merc smoking the hides. What did you do for hot rodding today?

foundn on http://ellamaee.tumblr.com/ via http://michiganswampmonkey.tumblr.com/

But I just got a comment from Id, who found this photoshop job dissected on the HAMB, in 3 parts, the serperate photos of the drive in, the merc, and this combination effect

Thanks Id!

Horsepower wasn't good enough for the Rothschilds, they went for Zebra power to be seen in style in London

Sunday, June 26, 2011

the Rail Splitter Special is an awesome piece of art at the San Diego County Fair











vehicular art by the fine craftsmen in the San Diego Fine Woodworkers Association, amazing


















There are all sorts of cool stuff at the fair. Avoid purchasing food there though, it's 4 to 5 times what you'll pay a mile away for the same thing in larger portion sizes and better taste. Example, a double double was 12.50 at the fair, it's less than 4.00 at In and Out