Sunday, August 19, 2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
road signs in a storm... get bouncy
Would you wait til it stopped bouncing before going under it? I would. Metal fatigue you know.
a rat rod on a train theme
the hood was made from a semi fuel tank, the grill looks like a semi truck's rim... on the pickup bed are railroad spike pullers, held to the top of the bed sides with railroad spikes, and the hood ornament is a spittoon
Found on http://steampunkvehicles.tumblr.com/
The Krishna Motor Garage, possibly the oldest repair and restoration shop in New Delhi, in business since 1938
Read a good article about it and antique cars in New Delhi .http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Restoring-lost-glory-of-vintage-cars/Article1-912222.aspx
Some antique cars in New Delhi are walled in by new construction, and remain in old garages where they last ran before some part broke that couldn't be replaced.
Some antique cars in New Delhi are walled in by new construction, and remain in old garages where they last ran before some part broke that couldn't be replaced.
known as the "Minny Sota Ferrari" and emailed around all summer, I just got it in my email, it's a great use of a lot of farm equipment tools and tractor stuff
Thursday, August 16, 2012
when huge loaders get broken and stuck
some unusual tanks from WW1 and WW2 from Dark Roasted Blend
6 Ways to Keep Your Car From Being Stolen
"Guarding against stealing your car can be as easy as installing an alarm or avoiding the top cities for auto theft. There are lots of ways to prevent your car from being stolen, and from the creative to the mundane, we’ve got six of them."
read them at http://www.carinsurance.org/2012/08/6-ways-to-keep-your-car-from-being-stolen/
read them at http://www.carinsurance.org/2012/08/6-ways-to-keep-your-car-from-being-stolen/
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Walt Disney had plans to bring Disneylandia by railcar through America, it cost too much, so he made DisneyLand instead
This is just one reason Disneyland has trains,
"... several specific elements of the event that stayed in Walt's mind. A section of the fair was devoted to "Horse Drawn and Man Drawn Equipment (all originals) 1890-1910 Period," which, for instance, included vehicles such as a horse-drawn fire engine, a steam calliope, and a popcorn wagon -- all future elements of Disneyland.
In Gold Gulch, "Frontier Town of Gold Rush Days," old-timers and gunslingers trod wooden sidewalks past authentic shops and exhibits of the old frontier. There was an "Old New Orleans" exhibit with a French Quarter street and flagstone courtyard, a free nightly fireworks display following the last daily performance of the "Wheels-a-Rolling" rail pageant spectacular, an "Old Faithful Geyser" spouting on schedule, and even an authentic Indian village -- all like those at early Disneyland.
As part of their trip, Walt and Ward also visited Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan, where dozens of historical buildings had been moved to the property from their original sites and arranged in a "village" setting -- another potent influence on the concept of Disneyland."
"...the foregoing creative stimulants resulted in perhaps the most peculiar and least-known concept for a Disney public space: "Disneylandia," a national traveling show contained in railroad cars, with each car carrying animated miniature scenes and tableaux. Among these scenes, in addition to Granny's Cabin, were (most famously) a dancing vaudeville performer and a barbershop quartet.
The cost and logistics of "Disneylandia" proved prohibitive, and all of the foregoing ideas began to coalesce into a larger amusement park plan.
Walt finally ordered two studies from the Stanford Research Institute, one to determine whether the enterprise made business sense, another to determine the most feasible location. SRI recommended 150 acres of grove land in Anaheim, California, and an investment of eleven million."
http://disney.go.com/disneyinsider/wonderful-world-of-walt/disneyland?cmp=EMC|ins|WWoW|DisneyInsider|MoreInsider|Pos2|081412|72x60|Walt|bestGuestE| for the full story
Monday, August 13, 2012
Where are the Fiat 500's going to be made?
the 2012 500 was made in Mexico, the 2013 500L is made in Serbia. Instability? Best they can do for now? Or just a different model made at a different facility? I don't know. I think it's odd though.
Carroll Shelby said this about the evolution of racing from the Cobra to the Shelby GT 500's and the end of Ford racing
"When you get tied up with any big company, it has the tendency to change your perspective.
Getting involved with Ford was kinda like asking a big gorilla to dance. You start off leading, but before very long, you're being swung all over the floor, and pretty soon you lose sight of the fact that all you wanted to do in the first place was dance.
The Cobra led to the Mustang GT350, and that led to the GT40, and before and before I knew it, our goals had changed.
Ford didn't want us to race the Cobra because they were afraid it would beat their GT40.
By the end of the 1960's we weren't building Cobras at all, we weren't racing GT40s anymore, and our biggest competitor was in the Mustang business was Ford itself.
You didn't have to be Einstein to know it was time to pack it in."
Carroll Shelby, in his own words, interviewed by Gary Witzenburg
Getting involved with Ford was kinda like asking a big gorilla to dance. You start off leading, but before very long, you're being swung all over the floor, and pretty soon you lose sight of the fact that all you wanted to do in the first place was dance.
The Cobra led to the Mustang GT350, and that led to the GT40, and before and before I knew it, our goals had changed.
Ford didn't want us to race the Cobra because they were afraid it would beat their GT40.
By the end of the 1960's we weren't building Cobras at all, we weren't racing GT40s anymore, and our biggest competitor was in the Mustang business was Ford itself.
You didn't have to be Einstein to know it was time to pack it in."
Carroll Shelby, in his own words, interviewed by Gary Witzenburg
43 years since his car was stolen, and he kept looking, and finally found it
Bob Russell never gave up hope that his stolen 1967 Austin-Healey would be found one day.
He was a graduate student at Temple University in 1970 when he parked the English roadster at an apartment complex after a date with his future wife.
When he went to the lot the next morning, the car was gone. Because he was a cash-strapped student, it was a double whammy: He had liability coverage, but no theft insurance.
For more than four decades, Russell searched for the cream-colored convertible. This year, against all odds, he found it. And with the help of the Philadelphia Police Department, he has his Austin-Healey back.
Russell was scouring eBay, the Internet sales website, when he spotted his hot car listed for auction by a Los Angeles auto dealer.
The listed VIN matched his beloved Austin. Russell, now living near Dallas, still possessed the title and set of keys.
The rest of the story at http://articles.philly.com/2012-07-12/news/32633503_1_austin-healey-hot-car-new-theft
Highway signs increasing visibilty 20% by changing their font slightly
increasing the size of the letters a little makes them easier to read from farther away, learned about it in Autoweek, August 6 2012 issue
the story of Niki Lauda in 1976 is coming to the big screen, Ron Howard directing
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1979320/
A biography of Formula 1 champion driver Niki Lauda and the 1976 crash that almost claimed his life.
the formula one season, and the rivalry between Lauda and Hunt
to be released Sept 13, 2013
A biography of Formula 1 champion driver Niki Lauda and the 1976 crash that almost claimed his life.
the formula one season, and the rivalry between Lauda and Hunt
to be released Sept 13, 2013
