Just A Car Guy
Cool things with wheels since 2006
Thursday, April 18, 2024
1962 Ford Galaxie 500 Saloon Racer built to production based FIA European Sedan Series of the early 1960’s, using a 1962 FIA Rule Book, built on spec to sell to someone that wanted a track day car they could drive to the local cruise or car show.. it sold for only 45k
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https://www.vinracer.com/galaxie-vr004 out of So Cal, and I think I featured one of their Falcons already.
The first cover of Four Wheeler Magazine had this photo, and it's so good, and has such and interesting story, they used it again on their 60th anniversary issue and dove into the story
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Aileen Maxwell was the photographer, and the location is Black Bear Pass overlooking Telluride Colorado. That trail has been around for off...
a Google Doodle made up of toy trains to honor Frank Hornby, the inventor of Hornby Model Railways, Meccano and Dinky Toys.
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https://www.siliconrepublic.com/gear/frank-hornbys-150th-birthday-marked-on-googles-uk-homepage https://carsite.co.za/frank-hornby-uk-invent...
looks like a page from a late 70s calendar
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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=4671359752912931&set=a.354692944579655
Thank you Frank D for clinking the tip jar!
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all car websites should have more stuff like this Buick
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https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1910364429415805&set=pcb.1510228559558061
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Ferdinand Ellerman, astronomer, with a cast iron frying pan and a grease gun!
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Ferdinand Ellerman standing in pit below an automobile, with grease gun in hand. (1915) Ellerman is wearing a hat, eyeglasses, a coat and gl...
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what the frickin heck is this? An Australian Steam Powered Whim! Only 4 ever made!
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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10226830441167109&set=pcb.1512100402704210 The steam Whim was designed to collect and deliver trees...
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if I had the financial ability, I'd go to all the car museums, and junkyards, and show you so dang much interesting stuff... like tires from companies that went out of business in the 40s due to union labor impasse
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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10161722133083735&set=pcb.1509471262967124 The Pharis Tire and Rubber Company was founded by the ...
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Found in trees dead is too common a fate for so many cars that no one had the funds to repair, when the mid 1970s had so many muscle cars dirt cheap during the OPEC oil crisis
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I wonder how many muscle cars only survived the drunk drivers, rust, etc etc because they were off the road for a engine or trans problem, a...
Bought by a circus animal trainer in '36, abandoned in France in 38, and flipped by so many investment people it's crazy, and still has yet to find a single Bugatti fanatic with a fortune to blow on a restoration. How did the Mullin museum never acquire it?
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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=833520022153372&set=pcb.833520268820014
"Mary", aged 25, from Burma, and "Kieri" aged 35, from Ceylon, helping to clear up the bombed sites in blitzed Hamburg, Germany, November 1945.
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strangely enough, I have a link tag for Elephants. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=828207652676470&set=a.637566108407293
Barnfind of the day is the previously unknown 7th 1937 Chrysler Imperial 2-door convertible rumble seat that collectors and registries were unaware of
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the car was stored away around 70 years ago. After all of these years, the car never even left home. It was just minutes from the town cen...
Frank Vandendoel with the Belle Fourche-Alazada Stage ran 1928-1930ish, and he made the news for being a victim of Sods Law, on a Monday
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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=812851027541717&set=a.546419567518199
quite a complex instrument panel design, and the strangest oil pressure gauge I've ever seen! Sizaire Freres 4RI
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Sizaire Freres was a French company made by two brothers and producing cars from 1920-29 https://www.facebook.com/groups/197491484165115/per...
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the craftsmanship and design of wood toy train sets impresses me, these are made by a maried couple, Lane and Emily in Washington!
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Made by a company named NW Alpine, of Washington this set sells for 175 on Etsy, from the manufacturer https://www.etsy.com/shop/NWAlpineWoo...
Who knew that Rivian made more than the truck? They also have this, the R3, an electric sport compact, and they'll need the extra sales, as demand and sales of electric vehicles didn't go the way the talking heads were hoorah-ing it. Demand is so low Ford, Rivian, and Tesla are laying off workers
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https://www.motortrend.com/news/2027-rivian-r3-r3x-first-look-compact-electric-off-road-suv-ev/ https://fordauthority.com/2024/04/former-for...
Thank you Robert C ! Thank you Dorald S ! Thank you Jeff J ! Thank you Robert L ! Thank you Casey M ! It's due to your combined tip cup donations that I'm posting today, and I hope you get a kick out of the things I add to the blog today!
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Wednesday, April 17, 2024
the P 47 Rae caught my attention for it's ASTONISHING billboard, and mission symbols, but then... I see it's pilot had the same name as my maternal grandfather, H Shook! (this post motivated by all the wonderful readers who boosted my spirits today and got me posting instead of glumly applying to jobs)
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He had a childhood dream of flying, and on his 21st birthday, he entered flight training for the Army Air Corp. He graduated just days after...
B 25 Sunday Punch, has quite to cool paintjob around the nose guns! And a cool story! (this post motivated by all the wonderful readers who boosted my spirits today and got me posting instead of glumly applying to jobs)
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/9529957@N06/5955799013 First used in 1915, the term “Sunday punch” is defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionar...
thank you Deborah, Paul and The Carmenator for tinklink-a-linklinkling my tip jar!
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thank you Matthew in Sydney for giving my tip jar a ka-chininging!
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