thanks Martin!
worlds most dangerous sport... pulled by Porsche's on a frozen lake.. on skis
Monday, September 30, 2013thanks Martin!
from a junkyard in 1952 to the Palos Verdes Concours of 2013, this 1929 Duesenburg has seen the luxury and the decline of fortune, and come back again
I learned about this car a couple years ago from a co-worker, and did not think they'd finish it... to see it at the Palos Verdes Concours was a big surprise!
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/06/48-years-of-family-determination-to.html
He purchased it when his Stutz steering locked up, and later when he saw a Kirchhoff, (former foreman for Murphy's coachbuilding company) convertible sedan he had one built for his Duesy.
It was sold in the mid 40's, went through several owners, and in 1951 threw a rod through the block and was sold to a junkyard in LA.
Gil Curtright was a car enthusiast who frequently looked through the neighborhood junkyards for car parts and had actually admired the Duesy at a 1946 hot rod show, and was friends with a guy who had taken a photo of the Duesy earlier that year at a car show, and may have tipped him off to the Duesy's whereabouts, but definitely helped him haul it from the junkyard and cost him 500 dollars.
It was one of 2 Duesenbergs pulled from the junkyard that day, the other was restored in a short time and was in the Elvis movie "Spin out" http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/05/from-movie-spinout-elvis-movie.html
from my gallery of the cool cars in the Elvis movie "Spinout"
1/2 scale Darth Vader Tie Fighter built by X1 props in Germany
found on http://www.obviouswinner.com/obvwin/2013/7/24/german-fanboys-build-amazing-half-scale-darth-vaders-tie-fig.html
because of my rule about things with wheels, this qualifies... there are wheels on the cart!
just used car parts, just those and an enormous amount of vision
Sunday, September 29, 2013
proof that making a bitchin looking combat mech from car parts is incredibly possible, and looks as good as the best Hollywood has made
Found on http://nerdapproved.com/misc-weirdness/an-incredible-12-foot-mech-built-from-old-truck-parts/ from their source at http://www.obviouswinner.com/obvwin/2013/7/30/dude-builds-insanely-awesome-mech-out-of-old-truck-parts.html
a really eager fan of Hobbits made a trailer for camping...
the process of building it: http://imgur.com/a/spiq4
found on http://nerdapproved.com/misc-weirdness/go-on-an-adventure-in-a-hobbit-hole-camping-trailer/#more-103561
I've been looking for this Bill Cosby bit about the Shelby AC Cobra that Carroll gave him on youtube before, never found it til now... Dan at Hemmings just posted it
Saturday, September 28, 2013
above is the one Carroll had the guys in the shop make for himself, and a lot of info just came out about it in an article on Hemmings last week.
"It was a car builder’s tribute to himself, so it must have been a helluva car, equivalent to, say, William Colt making a Colt revolver especially for himself.
Of note, CSX3015 wasn’t the only Twin Paxton Shelby built. While he still owned his car, after running into comedian Bill Cosby at a supermarket in Playa del Rey, California, near his condominium, Shelby chided Cosby for preferring Ferraris. Cosby reportedly retorted, “Well, you build a Cobra that will go 200 MPH and I’ll buy one.” So Shelby drove back to his factory at LAX airport and ordered another Super Snake built.
That car, CSX 3303, was only in Bill Cosby’s hands briefly. Reportedly, it scared him to death. He even recorded an album entitled “Bill Cosby at 200 MPH,” making light of the experience. http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2013/09/25/incredible-barn-finds-der-snakemeisters-own/ and it's really interesting to read the comments to that post in my opinion
Such as Carroll used to be a part of a bunch of rich car enthusiasts called the Conquistadores Visatores who would run top speed from the California Nevada border to Elko Nevada, and when on one run the superchargers broke, so Shelby abandoned the car (he had many more) and it would up being bought by a songwriter, Jimmy Webb who like many others, didn't pay the IRS what they wanted, hid the car, and it eventually wound up being found in a shop after 17 years, http://www.wurthitdesigns.com/cobrastory.htm getting bought by an Arizonian car restorer/collector/rare car seller who made it the talk of the internet by getting the Barrett Jackson machine pushing it's publicity in 2007 at the height of the car auction craze http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2007/01/carroll-shelbys-personal-cobra-sells.html
I posted about it when I first started this blog (and proves that there is cool stuff waayyy back in the archives if you ever look through them) http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2006/11/carroll-shelby-once-had-special-ac.html
of course, the question of what happened to Cosby's car...That car went to S and C Motors in San Francisco, who sold it to their customer, Tony Maxey who had a stuck throttle and plunged into lake Berryessa. The car was rebuilt by Brian Angliss in the U.K., a man who was Shelby’s nemesis through his founding of CP Autokraft, a company that made Cobra replicas. (Though one Cobra expert who, for a time had the wreck before it went to the UK, said, “When I had it, it wasn’t nothing but a stack of tubing.”)
In the U.K., the owner of the car at the time also found its original engine, which fortuitously had been sold to the builder of a hot rod in the U.K. He had to buy the hot rod to get the engine so that made the rebuild a little bit more genuine – new frame, old chassis i.d. plate, new body and old engine.
generally useless ideas about car windows that occurred to me
would computer privacy screens work on side windows, like window tint, but where you could see out pretty well?
Would photo reactive tint or glass be a good idea for car windows, especially the ones normally tinted... they would be clear at night and cloudy or foggy days, dark on sunny days
Just a couple thoughts
Would photo reactive tint or glass be a good idea for car windows, especially the ones normally tinted... they would be clear at night and cloudy or foggy days, dark on sunny days
Just a couple thoughts
the difference between "nice try, you're half way done" and "Nice Job!" is who else shows up to the car show that you get compared to
nearly the same car, steering wheel, and small gauge on the far left, tach in the same place... but having the detachable steering wheel and Pro Comp speedometer puts the lower photo in the awards race
it's easy to spot the asshole in the parking garage, they picked the largest vehicle, the smallest parking spot, and in the worst location. They deserve a "Biggest Douchebag" award
the front bumper is over the arrow in the lane... at the corner... half a door and all the fenders and bumper more into the lane than the Civic next to it. Is it a Long Beach parking garage thing?
the new pope bought a 1984 Renault... and the jokes about a pope and an old low quality car are numerous!
Leave it to the slapstick brothers, Tom and Ray, at Car Talk to have a field day with the news of Pope Francis’ recent present: a lovingly used 30 hp 1984 Renault 4.
As soon as the now-retired radio hosts heard the news, they went on Facebook and Twitter and let the witticisms and quips rip.
The Pope buys a 1984 Renault… Now there’s a man who believes in the power of prayer.
The pope can easily handle a flooded engine. Even if it’s of Biblical proportions.
He needs one of two bumper stickers. #1, God is my co-pilot. OR #2, My other car is the Pope Mobile.
It’s either burning oil, or you’ve just been replaced. “A little black smoke is fine, just watch out for the white smoke”.
If you see a lot of white smoke, it might mean it’s time to elect a new car. The black smoke means that a new car must still be chosen.
“Well, sir, it keeps overheating because the water in the radiator keeps turning to wine…”
all found on http://www.patheos.com/blogs/deaconsbench/2013/09/car-talk-about-the-popes-renault/
I just learned of Australian Hot Rodder .com... the online side of a magazine a lot like The Rodders Journal, high quality photos, clear articles, not mashed around advertising like most mags
Friday, September 27, 2013
they just finished issue 3, and you can buy the issues 1 and 2, so if you want to get started with a magaznie that is just beginning, and collect the whole set from the day they started... here's your best bet.
You can even preview the issues http://www.australianhotrodder.com.au/files/AHR-Issue01-Sneak-Peek.pdf
http://www.australianhotrodder.com.au/files/AHR-Issue02-Sneak-Peek.pdf
http://www.australianhotrodder.com.au/files/AHR-Issue03-Sneak-Peek.pdf
with stories and photos spanning the hot rod world from mild upgrades to 30's Fords, to dragsters, traditional Ts and prostreeters
http://www.australianhotrodder.com.au/
See what I mean?
photoshop can create some cool cars, or change obscure Bedford vans on the island of Malta into Batmobiles...
thanks to Steve for finding this version of one of my favorite vans
full story and original photo at http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/07/get-load-of-this-bedford.html
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