Friday, March 08, 2013

speed limit humor


a cool homebuilt? Harley lawnchair


one cool grill


Local Motors is in the SCORE San Felipe 250 tomorrow



the Rally Fighter is revving up again for another race.This Saturday (March 9), the Rally Fighter will be participating in the 27th Tecate Score San Felipe 250 in San Felipe, Baja Mexico. Race time for the Rally Fighter's category starts at 11 a.m. (San Felipe local time) and will be streamed live (http://score-international.com/score-live/).

We'd love for you to check out the Rally Fighter (#1502, Buddy Crisp) this weekend.

Thursday, March 07, 2013

unrestored 1925 Seagrave fire engine, from Elkhart Lake Wisconsin, where it spent nearly 75 years in storage






this is at the Fire Memories museum in Banning  http://firememories.org/

1936 Ford raced on Bonneville in 1950, was on the green for the 2013 Desert Classic Concours

above I took, below I found on http://www.flickr.com/photos/photosbyjohnwiley/sets/72157632897024872/ and the whole event is well displayed there



news about the gourmet food vans

Gourmet food trucks are now getting inspected by the Health Dept. They're going to get graded like restaurants.... so if you like to enjoy food, and not have a bad day, stick to the grade A only.

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/mar/06/food-trucks-get-letter-grades/

there are 550 carts and trucks in San Diego county, half of them had been cited with violations in 2010 or 2011


the 1957 Cuban Gran Prix was photographed and just got a full write up and gallery










these are most, or all, of the photos, and the full write up is at http://www.velocetoday.com/the-cuban-grand-prix-1957-part-2-of-3/#more-45991 to get part one, you'll have to subscribe to their website. I'm not going to do that. 

There is a good website for fans of French and Italian car enthusiasts

in San Diego or southern California, and want to test your sports car racing expertise? Or want to experience some exotic cars from the steering wheel?

on March 16th - 17th, and April 20th - 21st
at Qualcomm stadium http://www.sandiego.gov/qualcomm/event/

I did the homework to find out the cost, it's $270 http://www.gothamdreamcars.com/dream-car-sprint

Wednesday, March 06, 2013

The Mexican Maserati 3500












A good amount of coverage of the 2013 Desert Classic is at http://www.velocetoday.com/a-preview-of-desert-classic-2013/#.UTlDghzvuwR

eye catching Siata







A big step above ordinary, an Abarth and a Hebmuller



I'm pretty sure this is the Hebmuller I photographed at the Steve McQueen car show last summer http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/06/1949-hebmuler-cabriolet-vw-bug-rare.html

Rarely are personalized "Vanity" plates easy to understand, or amusing... but this Ferrari plate nails it



Full race type Jag... at the Desert Classic Spring Concours



Custom bike design challlenge from Local Motors and DP Customs

Barnfind GTO story