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Saturday, July 16, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Cars 2 "Agents on a Mission" tour of US cities, and you can see the lifesize remote controlled real vehicles
0 comments Posted by st at 9:10 PM
Above are the real cars, below is a scene from the movie
Above posters are from http://wearemoviegeeks.com/2011/03/state-farms-cars-2-agents-on-a-mission-multi-city-tour-coming-to-st-louisUpcoming cities and dates:
Orlando May 13th -15th Disneyworld
Miami May 18th - 19th Childrens Museum
Atlanta May 22nd Perimeter Mall and 23rd Studio Movie Grill
Charlotte May 26th -29th Coca Cola 600 race
Dallas June 1st
Pheonix June 5th
Las Vegas June 8th
San Diego June 11th
Los Angeles June 17th
San Fran June 24th
the last 6 cities don't have exact locations, they aren't listed yet
Dates and locations information from http://disney.go.com/cars/?int_cmp=cars_fran_lightning_charaport_thumb_Intl#/events
Saturday, May 7, 2011
"Rod"riguez, an example of Japanese hot rodding in the 60's wild show car style
0 comments Posted by st at 9:32 PM
The bumper lights under the headlights were cut from a caddy and painted and used for the headlights on this car
Read all about it here http://auto.howstuffworks.com/rod-riguez-hot-rod.htm
A lot of magazine coverage that it's been the focus of
The Rod and Kustom magazine that put this car on the cover, is online here: http://www.rodetkustom.fr/
Friday, May 6, 2011
1955 Streamline Ghia X, noted as one of the top 10 most significant show cars
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Sunday, May 1, 2011
500 cu. in. modified Packard V12 engine with three Weber two-barrel carburetors, GM 4L60E four-speed automatic transmission, custom-fabricated chassis, dropped tubular front axle, 9-inch Ford rear end with four-link rear suspension, and four-wheel hydraulic disc brakes. Wheelbase: 122"
- All-steel bodywork in LeBaron-style Boattail Coupe
- An epic build under multiple Pebble Beach winner Fran Roxas
- Design by noted classic era designer Strother MacMinn
- 500 cu. in. Packard V12 power, GM four-speed automatic
- Subject of August 2010 Collectible Automobile feature
In 1996, Roxas engaged Strother MacMinn to create a series of line drawings for the car, California’s Scott Knight, a highly respected fabricator and coachbuilder in his own right whom Roxas has often collaborated with since the 1970s, revised MacMinn’s drawings and, with his son Dave, began work on the custom chassis and stunning all-steel custom coachwork, completing the job in approximately 18 months.
from http://www.gatsbyonline.com/main.aspx?page=text&id=689&cat=auto
via http://www.kox.sk/?cat=16&paged=2
Sunday, April 10, 2011
full gallery fromt he 2011 Grand Natioanl Roadster show http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/02/hinkles-gold-rush.html
Full gallery from the 2011 Grand National Roadster show http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/02/hinkles-gold-rush.html 
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Dean Jeffries, pinstriper and custom car bulder, Oakland Roadster Show winner
0 comments Posted by st at 5:48 PM
James Dean was one of his early customers, and Jeffries painted "Little Bastard" on the Porsche 550 Spyder that Dean owned.
Agajanian took Jeffries to the 1952 Indy 500, Mobil Oil, noticing his unusual painting and pin striping style, hired him in the following years to paint any of the Indy race cars. It was free to the teams and Mobil got their logo somewhere on the car. Jeffries would paint and pin stripe the cars and helmets of race car drivers like Jim Rathmann, Parnelli Jones, and A. J. Foyt, and become Foyt's paint and body man.
After that, in 1962, he worked for famous race car designer and builder Carroll Shelby on the Cobra.
Dean's show car, Mantaray, first appeared at the 1964 Oakland Roadster Show where it won the Tournament of Fame First Prize. The smallblock Ford engine & 4-speed trans came directly from Shelby as partial payment for work Jeffries had done and to this day that Cobra engine has just a few miles on it.
For more about Dean Jeffries, mostly photos of his pinstriping, Krazy Shirts, and his magazine advertisements: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/Dean%20Jeffries
