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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
http://www.retrotogo.com/ebay_watch/index.html
1960 Messerschmitt KR200 bubble car
1972 Mini Clubman Estate
1969 Fiat 500
1963 Triumph Herald
are just a few there recently
Burnout video of the week! A pair of customs at Las Vegas dragstrip
0 comments Posted by st at 10:16 PMHello Sweden, Hello Finland!
Hello Argentina, Hello Chile!
for the above two, http://www.rpmart.com/newsculpt.html but look around through all his stuff, it's terrific. Richard Pietruska is a teacher at the Art Center of Design, Pasadena... you've heard about that college, it's the one Chip Foose and Dick Teague went to.
One artist, Bill Motta, was the art director of Road and Track magazine. He is the V.P. of the Automobile Fine Arts Society and a member of the National Acrylic Painters' Association. http://todaysinspiration.blogspot.com/2006/02/bill-motta.html
This will have you wanting to take a trip, and then wondering how to raise the money to go
0 comments Posted by st at 9:32 PM
Popular Hot Rodding magazine has a great 5 page article on Hurst wheels, but of course they don't have a word of it on their website, so let me recommend you go take a look at the nearest magazine rack, June 2008 issue, page 48
If you have a fortune to spend on a rare car, here's a interesting bunch
0 comments Posted by st at 6:47 PM
They have an unrestored '65 Shelby GT350, but we've all seen them before, however I bet you've never seen the owners manual, I haven't.
http://fantasyjunction.com/used-cars.php?SID=664d9edb2ef32f7f37853da6cfa69c7f
Hispano-Suiza H6B Landaulet
http://www.octane-magazine.com/carsforsale.php?seecarsforsale=6414
http://americaonwheels.org/AOW%20Car%20Games.htm has several, most of them I've never heard of.
I have used the 'farthest state plate' to keep my mind active and looking around, and when on a long drive with someone else the name game is a fun and competitive way to see who can start the next name with the last letter of the previous full name. ie Jack PalancE to Emilio EsteveS to Steven SpielberG to George Burns. This was a great way to waste a lot of time on watch while I was in the Navy too. It gets competitive when someone has to start a name with a X, Y, or V. Yasmine Bleeth was always a good bet.
Name foreign cars from a certain country was a good one too.
What did you use? jbohjkl@yahoo.com
June 19
Rods & Woodies Classic Car Show 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. every third Thursday through Sept. 18, South Coast Highway 101 between H and D streets, Encinitas.
Info: http://encinitas101.com/news_events-woodies.html or (760) 943-1950.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080426/news_1dd26signcal.html
Mattell is the largest car maker in the world, at 5 million toy cars a month. http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/advanstar/sap_200803/#/8
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Cars and photograhy, a picture of both my favorite things in one.
1924 Harley used by the Post Office for Special Delivery. Not a chance in a zillion they'd ever buy a Harley nowadays for postal deliveries
Via http://www.shorpy.com/
Cool looking AC controls I've never seen before, looks like they took the controls of a radio and replaced the internals.
1974 GTO... rare red white and blue, gotta give credit for restoring this and bringing it out to car shows
0 comments Posted by st at 9:39 PM
Magi Cruise?!? No kidding, that was a bonafide approved sales idea? I get it, that it's a early cruise control, and that is very cool! But the name, Magi Cruise? Way too childish. Of course "Wonder Bar" must have came from the same ad agency exec.
This is the strongest looking grab bar I've seen!
This wraparound rear window, wow, that's huge and must be impossible to replace, but what a great view!
