Ramona High School Auto Shop car show and open house

 I've never seen a Duster, Chevelle, and Nova lined up like this before, never seen that the tail section has nearly the same profile design

Pretty cool to have a Car Of The Year magazine on the dash of your car, that won the comparison for it's year.


Just above the magazine is a 3 outlet air duct mounted to the dash... very well done!

 Great upholstery

Snap On gives students half off? Wow... gotta find a student to bribe into purchasing for me if I ever get rich enough to afford Snap On tools at 50% of normal rates

Cruz Pendregon in 1965, photo from the back page of the Dec 2011 Car Craft

Drag racers know Cruz is in his own career as a remarkable drag racer... but for the rest of the readers who aren't drag racing followers, his dad Frank was also a drag racer of great fame. This photo was taken by Pat Brollier at Fontana in Nov '65

trucks look better in mud... and the kids thought that the tail gate needed a bit more

Speedfest in San Diego every last week of Sept... kids have a good time, and get their money's worth in the pits

Ford / AAA have student auto shop contests

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fordaaa-student-auto-skills-competition-crowns-nations-best-young-automotive-technicians-in-a-head-to-head-battle-of-skill-and-talent-96285968.html

Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills Competition Crowns Nation's Best Young Automotive Technicians in a Head-to-Head Battle of Skill and Talent


61st Annual Event Puts 50 State Championship Teams to the Test with a share of $11.5 Million in Scholarships on the Line


Each state is represented by a pair of students from the same high school and their instructor. A sample of feature stories from this year's field of state champions, include:

•Sydne Mikesell, 17, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, posted the nation's highest score during the state competition and will be one of two female competitors making a run at the National Title
•Daniel Sarzynski, 17, overcame brain cancer at the age of 7, and now the Baltimore resident has come full circle, partnering with 17-year old teammate Ernest Kuehne
•Ryan Hastings and Andrew Michaluk of Ann Arbor, Mich., hope to lean on home-field advantage and recent success – Hastings' brother, Zachary, finished second in the 2007 National Finals — to tip the scales in their favor.

The 2010 Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills began with 10,500 high school students and has been narrowed to 50 pairs of high school juniors and seniors representing their high schools and home states in a battle for the coveted title of best student auto tech team in the nation.

In addition to vying for a share of nearly $11.5 million in scholarships during the 2010 National Finals, the students also will compete for the opportunity to "job shadow" a Roush Fenway Racing NASCAR race team at its race shop and during a subsequent race weekend later this summer.

To prepare the next generation of automotive technicians, Ford and AAA have partnered to support automotive technology education in high schools across the country and encourage students to continue their education and pursue careers in the automotive service industry.

Kids and pedal cars, Red Bugs, and gas pumps

The above was identified as a Red Bug (but looks like a Briggs and Stratton Flyer or Smith Flyer to me) based on the shifter lever and fuel tank, and is realistically the same as several other brand buggys, powered by a Motor Wheel, and look like a lot of fun. The top photo is the same company cart, but earlier and with electric power. The batteries are in the box on the back, and that is why the kids are looking like they can't find where to put the fuel 

 The fuel company product in the tank is "Whoo Pep"

 from David's great vintage car photo blog http://theoldmotor.com/ where you can just look at the photos, or read about the history behind them too

Some cool, some unusual, a couple Hollywood stars even... all with motorcycles, bicycles, brass era cars too. Even a photo of Bonneville

Those wonderful 3 Stooges, the bike is a Crocker Scoutabout 1941

This is something I've never seen

Notice the old spelling of "Authorised"  and the Zephyr V12

Halfway from the original sidecars that were designed to be riden in, to the flat pads that are used for racing

The above pennyfarthing has that unusual design of the Star Safety http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/08/racer-a-zimmerman-and-his-star-safety.html , and is in clear contrast to the below common design

1930 Bohmerland 600

someone really wants that motorcycle in the country

The first big dog motorcycle?

1910, the first chopper? Probably

Canoe sidecar

A dual rear mount sidecar

Charles Lindbergh on an Excelsior

English tricar

How long do you suppose he had those stupid handlebars before someone laughed at him?

Fire truck... not the first I've posted, but the better of the two

Betty

all from http://bikerflorida.com/forum/index.php/topic,396.475.html