Friday, January 28, 2011

Kirk Douglas goofing off for the camera in a wheelbarrow

It's cool to finally post a photo of Kirk Douglas, I've enjoyed his movies, and he's the type of celeb movie star that I'd catagorize as "cool". In 20,000 leagues he even sang, and that song is part of the Disney songs catalog... not the guy you'd expect to find int he Disney song catalog huh?

found on http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=1020

Great photo of a neglected passenger car from the Pennsylvania line

Found on http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=1041

Just hanging out in backyards and fields

Above 1928 Fiat

The rare and one of a kind Corvettes

1957 Vette

Barney Oldfield and the Golden Submarine, August 1917


Found on http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=3

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Beautiful advertising from 1909 and 1928, from Moment D' Inspiration










See galleries of far more of this small sample at the very cool blog http://momentdinspiration.blogspot.com/2010/11/old-american-cars.html

"Cars for sale" by Chenoweth

found on http://momentdinspiration.blogspot.com/

There are 2 blogs that ripoff everything I post

Anyone have advice on how tho shut these bastards down?

Before I could even get to work on contacting Blog, that ripoff is already gone! I think your advice and action on my behalf must have done the trick!

Thanks! (why didn't I think of that forehead smack has just been performed!)

art deco sketch art of Michael Kaluta, from the artwork book of the movie "Metropolis", the incredible 1927 silent film


I didn't want to watch the silent film, not once I learned that a anime version with English vocals was made. It's a magnificent epic story that varies a lot from the original, and I recommend it highly. The original was written about on Wikipedia, and seems to be a very difficult story to follow, and that must be why it was editted differently by anyone who could, resulting in every known copy that existed from the 1930's to the 1990's having about 30 minutes cut from it to make the story cohesive. Watch the anime version for enjoyment, or the original if you're a film afficianado. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293416/

these two prints are from http://momentdinspiration.blogspot.com/2011/01/metropolis-book.html

Best monster truck wheelie I've ever seen



found on http://www.monstertrucks.com.au/

Home made tank-tracked off roader



Found on http://automotives.tumblr.com
Originally from http://www.monstertrucks.com.au/

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Speed limit sign for a windscreen... pretty good idea for a scrap bike

from the movie The Book of Eli

Big Daddy Don Garlits Swamp Rat special edition 1995 Dodge Truck, only 150 made, only 15 on the west coast, here's the best of them, only 36k miles






This is number 128 of 150, they were mostly ordinary trucks that went to Mark 3 that put in upgraded interior, and the decals. All of the Garlits specials got the swamp rat waving the flag on the quarter panel, but few or no others got the flames on the front fenders. They came with the 360 Magnum, and a 4 barrel. 220 Hp, Mike wanted more, and upgraded with headers, and nitrous.
This is number 128 of the 150, and yup, it's for sale, because Mike is getting a Cadillac truck with the Corvette engine.
This is the 3rd I've found in San Diego, the others didn't have the flames of course. http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/07/swamp-rat-edition-of-dodge-ram-well.html

1920's Cigarette card series on motorcycles gallery at Moment D' Inspiration




see the whole gallery at http://momentdinspiration.blogspot.com/2010/09/image-cards-cigarettes.html