Unusual option, a sleeper trunk.. I found a 68 Bonneville, and Dan at Hemmings came across a AMC Hornet

 above from a 2007 gallery I posted http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2007/07/68-ponitac-fastback-is-rare-one-with.html

and this Hornet is from Dan at Hemmings Blog, http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2012/07/26/from-the-hemmings-nation-flickr-pool-the-hornet-hutchback/comment-page-1/#comment-4936631 and it is showing a Group 15 option, the 1973 Hornet Hutch Mini Camper Kit

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two cars I just learned of, the Pontiac Mera, and the Bricklin / Subaru yacht

 In 1988 some Pontiac dealership was making these Ferrari look alikes to cash in on the Magnum PI 308 craze. Not that Pontiac was sponsoring this, but the Fiero was the base model, and some dealerships are set up to make car mods, like conversion vans, stretch vans, etc

And Malcolm Bricklin who tried a lot of things, but I don't recall him getting much success, looked at the Fiat Jolly and thought he could get some business by making these "Yacht" cars from the 1970 Subaru (he was big deal in Subaru America dealerships or importing)

both found on http://www.barnfinds.com

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Cool vehicles at the Automobile Driving museum, in El Segundo, on the west coast, just south of LAX

 Above, an Auburn Speedster

 I love before and afters

 above is a Studebaker with unusual oval headlights

 good way to liven up a gate

for another perspective, see Just a Car Gal's gallery: http://justacargal-s.blogspot.com/2011/05/automotive-driving-museum.html

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Bill loaned me a couple videos... of the 1st Daytona 500, and the 1961 Indy 500, here are some things I found interesting

 here's the coverage that showed how hard ot was for fans to watch the Daytona race when it was on sand

 not very fun

 the #59 was a T Bird, and that is why I enjoy old Nascar, the cars were identifiable as something you could buy at a dealership or used car lot, and take racing yourself

 Helicopters over the corners

 Smokey Yunicks team was in the pits crewing on Firebalkl Roberts' Pontiac

 And these windscreen / airfoils are something I've not seen or noticed before

and in this old film, he wasn't called Richard Petty, he was call Dick Petty. More interesting than that is the nickname painted on the door, "Squirrel Jr". Richard was 22 years old

 He was in the pit row watching other cars race because he'd damaged the engine trying to keep up with the  sedans... they had a 10 mph advantage over his convertible

In the Darlington / Southern 500 he drove this Plymouth

 Dual shocks, and 9 plus leave springs

 above is a kids pedal car from the pre race parade, and it's telling t-birds to get out of it's way

and fueling was very dangerous, on the left of the screen are TWO guys with 50 pound CO2 extinguishers while the guys on the right are holding the fuel nozzle on the gas tank

 and at Indy, helmets were not boring, they had flying eyeballs, or sponsor stickers, or Dean Jeffries pinstriping

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