tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443284588568056712024-08-30T12:46:07.247-07:00Short Term Car DesignShort Term Car Design-car car design-temporary car design-furnished car design-airport car design-cheap car design-short term design your own car-design short term car insurance-long term car designauto2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/10770205499587109808noreply@blogger.comBlogger2480125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644328458856805671.post-14271207628306403762011-02-13T20:12:00.000-08:002011-02-14T13:48:33.062-08:00a time in America before politicians made everything illegal, and lawyers got filthy rich sueing everyone for everything, a plane landed downtownin the late 1930's in downtown Arcadia, on Baldwin Street, and no one had a hysterical fit, no one was sued til they were homeless, no one was jailed, and no one lost a job.A mechanical problem caused the pilot to put it down so he could make a quick repair, he fixed the problem, the cops were nice enough to clear the road and he took off and went away.What a nice place America used to be.A 90 yrauto2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/10770205499587109808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644328458856805671.post-82083401524950268452011-02-13T19:55:00.000-08:002011-02-14T13:48:33.066-08:00The blog for Iso, Bizzarrini, and 60's European sports car lovers Mike started his blog this past December, and it's got the best coverage of San Francisco area concours shows, plus superb looks at the cars that matter in the auctions. http://mycarquest.blogspot.com/auto2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/10770205499587109808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644328458856805671.post-51479108865777848472011-02-13T17:23:00.000-08:002011-02-14T13:48:33.070-08:00another cool motorcycle riding the rails Found on http://thenewcaferacersociety.blogspot.com/ but originally from http://gunter-spb.livejournal.com/1057966.html This is a great scratch built cycle rail car, but my favorite is still the Indian I posted http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/04/coolest-thing-well-see-all-week-indian.html auto2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/10770205499587109808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644328458856805671.post-33029081617215308302011-02-13T16:56:00.000-08:002011-02-14T13:48:33.074-08:00a hand held car pusher for car impound lots, and other parking lots with cars that won't move on their own powerFirst one I've ever come acrossauto2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/10770205499587109808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644328458856805671.post-31969864684015613492011-02-13T16:21:00.000-08:002011-02-14T13:48:33.077-08:00Cool photos from RideRideRide tumbler from http://riderideride.tumblr.com/auto2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/10770205499587109808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644328458856805671.post-24254264696569364652011-02-13T15:13:00.000-08:002011-02-14T13:48:33.080-08:00Last of the private steam locomotive collections? Even had a Big Boy... the Blount collection looks like a Big Boy http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/12/big-boy-used-coal-so-fast-that-shovels.html In the late 50's a seafood company founder began collecting steam locomotives... can a guy collect anything bigger? Has anyone? I doubt it. Anyway, he made a small tourist attraction and called it Steamtown, moved it a couple times but didn't get very close to any major cities... he stuck itauto2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/10770205499587109808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644328458856805671.post-49310303688182964452011-02-13T14:50:00.000-08:002011-02-14T13:48:33.085-08:00Variety of cool photos, art, and sidecars from Motorcycle 74 (they love sidecars) This guy has no embarassment, but he's got a big can o beansall from http://motorcycle-74.blogspot.com auto2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/10770205499587109808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644328458856805671.post-9197384845832564162011-02-13T13:45:00.000-08:002011-02-14T13:48:33.090-08:00Ed Roth's trikes if you like this, you'll love http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/11/what-does-elvis-have-in-common-with-ed.html In the top photo is Ed riding it found on http://motorcycle-74.blogspot.com/2010/07/ed-big-daddy-roth-custom-chopper.html auto2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/10770205499587109808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644328458856805671.post-72242113937850645602011-02-13T10:48:00.000-08:002011-02-14T13:48:33.094-08:00Harley Davidson buried for 48 years in Belgium, dug out by the grandson Wow, I'd freak out to find a Harley... and the buried treasure aspect. Wouldn't that make your year !?!?Found on http://motorcycle-74.blogspot.com/Digging for the story on the internet was finally successful, the story briefly was that a small town young guy has a new Harley shipped to him in Belgium. Eventually he crashed on it, put it in the backyard, had a family, and in 1961 his young auto2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/10770205499587109808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644328458856805671.post-42892761328596759962011-02-13T10:15:00.000-08:002011-02-14T13:48:33.097-08:00Everything old is new again Above: BMW So obvious, but it was a Forest Service contract that never got past R&D Above: The KTM Above: the Hyanide Above: the Baalauto2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/10770205499587109808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644328458856805671.post-81871968709345838372011-02-13T09:20:00.000-08:002011-02-14T13:48:33.100-08:00The cassette player died this year, 2010 was the last year a manufacturer installed one in a car Lexus was still making the SC430 with a tape deck in 2010... shocking isn't it? !News and photo from the Hooniversehttp://hooniverse.com/2011/02/11/and-now-a-moment-of-silence-for-the-cassette-player/#more-42689auto2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/10770205499587109808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644328458856805671.post-55449794848365804482011-02-12T21:22:00.000-08:002011-02-14T13:48:33.103-08:00The 1936 BMW snow machine I found these photos before, but never could find the top one to make them a pair in a post, because in the top photo, you can't tell that there is a sidecar, and I didn't know it was a BMWTop photo from http://motorcycle-74.blogspot.comauto2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/10770205499587109808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644328458856805671.post-90450234248082455662011-02-12T20:56:00.000-08:002011-02-14T13:48:33.106-08:00Round the world trekking Zundapp with sidecar, and damn cool looking for it's utilitarian adaptations for long range use labeled Zündapp KS601 „Grüner Elefant“ sidecar - 1953 Check out the map painted onto the sideacar fender and the Gerry can, all the stickers gathered along the trip.. my complimentsFound on http://motorcycle-74.blogspot.com/ from http://de.academic.ru/dic.nsf/dewiki/1557083 auto2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/10770205499587109808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644328458856805671.post-69122413942374384192011-02-12T20:39:00.000-08:002011-02-14T13:48:33.109-08:00ignore the rider, what do you think about this unique morphing of a motorwheel and a motorcycle found on http://motorcycle-74.blogspot.comauto2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/10770205499587109808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644328458856805671.post-47516280920429466832011-02-12T20:30:00.000-08:002011-02-14T13:48:33.112-08:00the Michelin Man parodies well known icons see the whole gallery at http://motorcycle-74.blogspot.com/2011/02/bibendum-parody.html auto2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/10770205499587109808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644328458856805671.post-83065478952939160122011-02-12T20:25:00.000-08:002011-02-14T13:48:33.115-08:00New BMW Performance Kit Boosts var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true}; s well setting the stage for the world premiere of the Vision CD roadster concept and the production version of the pure-electric 1-Series ActiveE, the Geneva Motor Show will also see the launch of BMW's new Performance Power Kit for the firm's 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder diesel engine found on numerous models including the 1-,3- andauto2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/10770205499587109808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644328458856805671.post-85532469492600860232011-02-12T20:15:00.000-08:002011-02-14T13:48:33.119-08:00Mitsubishi Flexis Concept var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true}; The current generation Mitsubishi Grandis is a good representation of the Japanese automaker as a whole. Plastic-y interiors, underdone ride and handling and anodyne looks combine to make the Grandis a poor substitute for the vastly superior and better selling Toyota Tarago [Australia]. With its South Korean competition having long ago auto2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/10770205499587109808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644328458856805671.post-24261457041745427812011-02-12T20:08:00.000-08:002011-02-14T13:48:33.122-08:00Possibly the only tucker to race is NASCAR it's all written up, from Dan at Hemmings http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2008/12/24/seeing-really-is-believing-a-tucker-did-indeed-race-in-nascar-and-we-found-the-photo-to-prove-it/auto2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/10770205499587109808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644328458856805671.post-220186764452339552011-02-12T20:02:00.000-08:002011-02-14T13:48:33.125-08:00A tribute page to Eddie Hill on Flikr See it here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tom-margie/sets/72157603893624297auto2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/10770205499587109808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644328458856805671.post-5786832921837456562011-02-12T17:24:00.000-08:002011-02-14T13:48:33.132-08:00Duece of Spades movie review It's a good movie, and incredible that it's the first for the (writer, director, producer, set director, music, editor) do it all - Faith Granger I'd give it a 2 stars out of 4, editing and storyline could have been improved and cut down a bit. Remember, it's a good movie, and I'm not a professional movie critic, I do this for free. The sets, costumes, cars, realistic dialog, and humor are auto2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/10770205499587109808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644328458856805671.post-88379320676187945082011-02-12T16:47:00.000-08:002011-02-14T13:48:33.134-08:00If other movies had Pixar "Cars" on their poster advertisements from http://eng.hebus.com/wallpapers/cartoons/wallpapers/cartoons/wallpapers/cartoons/cat3-page1.html via http://fireballtim.com/blog/2010/12/08/serious-movie-car-coolness auto2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/10770205499587109808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644328458856805671.post-64416779516260009492011-02-12T15:39:00.000-08:002011-02-14T13:48:33.137-08:00Evolution of the Batmobile, all 70 years of itThis, you have to click on for full sizefound on http://fireballtim.com/blogauto2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/10770205499587109808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644328458856805671.post-51905077356055313702011-02-12T13:59:00.000-08:002011-02-14T13:48:33.140-08:00Segway is now obsolete, the Honda U3-X The U3X is an electronic unicycle manufactured and distributed by Honda. Currently only available in Asia, the U3X would retail in North America at about $660. The U3X is said to be a technology breakthrough and the world's first driving system capable of 360 degree movement.a compact experimental device to provide free movement in all directions just like human walking - forward, backward, auto2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/10770205499587109808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644328458856805671.post-42764673659382561682011-02-12T12:08:00.000-08:002011-02-14T13:48:33.146-08:00alfa romeo 159 var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true}; Alfa Romeo 159, the compact executive car from the Italian Manufacturer has never looked sportier than in its latest embodiment, courtesy Novitec Tuners. For it sure has some snarl with the Mitsubishi Lancer is another anecdote, let us just acclaim the work Novitec has put in. The choice was a little surprising for maximum of them with their auto2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/10770205499587109808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644328458856805671.post-37640529640114079172011-02-12T11:57:00.001-08:002011-02-14T13:48:33.150-08:00New 2010 Alfa Romeo 2uettottanta Conceptvar addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true}; Read more In Carsauto2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/10770205499587109808noreply@blogger.com