wheelbarrow bench, cool idea

thanks Randy!

metal engraving is catching on to emphasis the chrome stuff on cars and trucks, similar to the lowrider I posted last year with the engraved suspension

last years post http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/11/majestics-cc-of-compton-have-done.html

Sinister Industries, make of saddle bags for motorcycles, winner of "The Chopper Challenge" on CMT, had crowds looking at this bike by John Shope

 Everyone looking at this bike had the same question... what size is that front tire? 140-40/30. 30 inch rim, 40 ratio sidewall

 the look of the fairing reminds me of the space monster in "Predator"

http://www.ssinisterchoppers.com/media.asp

One of 2, 1971 Charger R/T was a Charlotte Motor Speedway pace car

This 1971 white Dodge Charger 440 4-barrel is heavily laden with options--sunroof (only 33 Charger R/Ts were equipped with sunroofs that year and only three of those were white), 727, power windows, buckets, console, hideaway headlights and, get this--headlight washers. The car was ordered with 14-inch steelies, Goodyear Polyglas G70-14s and no wheel covers (as per the build sheet). Oddly enough, first owner did not opt for air conditioning. To the second owner, Steve, who bought at age 17 in 1971, this Charger was just a car and it became a daily driver.

When looking into a restoration, Steve was told that the Charger was a piece of Mopar history and essentially an unmolested survivor. Steve learned that this was one of two identical '71 Chargers purchased by the owner of Charlotte Motor Speedway, Richard Howard, to promote national NASCAR cup races. Howard bought the cars in February ‘71, lettered them and he and some of his employees drove them thither and yon as rolling billboards to promote the races. The World 600 ran on May 30th (the National 500 ran on October 10th) with Bobby Allison taking the checkered, followed by Donnie Allison, Pete Hamilton, Richard Petty, Fred Lorenzen and Buddy Baker in that order.

Tim Wellborn, noted collector of 1971 Hemi and 6-pack Chargers, among other cars, plus a ton of memorabilia, saved the day. He had an original program for the 1971 World 600 race, plus a sales brochure with several color photo of the pace car lettered.

Steve will be showing this amazing Charger at Mopar events including the Charger reunion at Tim Wellborne’s Musclecar Museum in Alexander City, AL this October. The car should be quite a hit!
http://wellbornmusclecarmuseum.com/index.php/2011/10/05/one-of-the-many-star-cars-expected-at-the-anniversary-event/

Unusual belly tanker found by Mike Wolfe (American Pickers tv show)

found on http://blog.cokertire.com/general-post/more-from-davenport/
powered by an Indian 4 cylinder motor. Rear end is a motorcycle three wheeler

Reliant Scimitar found on the I5 hauling a small kayak. Right hand drive

Great headlight trim rings

Found these on a bomb (early 30's car made into a lowrider)

The 1969 Limited Edition 600 Mustang, this is one of 10 of it's model name and paint code combo

Some copper trim on this buick makes it stand out in the car show... very impressive interior even eclipses the exterior

 wow. That is really damn nice

that is one really long trunk!

This guy started with a cab, and built a hot rod with a cool interior set up that caught my attention.. but he did it from a wheelchair. So don't make excuses, make a hot rod

 this ammo box is a great way to start for a switch panel! Cool idea!

starting with just the cab if I recall the story right.

Smallest electric car... was advertised as being able to fit in your doghouse

from the back page of the Sept 2011 Popular Science magazine

Learning something new all the time... Plymouth made an SUV.. 1974 to 1981

http://www.mclellansautomotive.com/literature/items/plymouth/b28438-plymouth-1974-brochure.php

this is one of those odd examples of a car company that never made trucks (in America anyway)... like Mercury or Pontiac doing the unthinkable.

Trains do burnouts too, destructively but not intentionally

read about it at http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2011/07/railroad-train-does-burnout-of-tracks.html but in short, some trains have several engines, and this time, only the manned engine turned on the brakes, the rest kept spinning the tires up to and after the brakes throughout the rest of the entire train brought it and kept it at a stop

Video of a 1924 Helica (propeller driven car) in action

found on Autoblog Hungary http://www.autoblog.hu/videok/video_egy_propelleres_auto_1924bol.html

The above car is a 1922 Helica.. might be the same or not... anyway, a good look at a Helica in color

prototype lunar rover... the MTA

This is Frenc Pavlics (the mobility genius) driving the MTA over our “Lunarium” rock field outside of the engineering building. It is controlled with a joystick controller on the right side. The GM Research Labs at the Tech Center donated the same type controller used on the Firebird III. found on http://deansgarage.com/2011/moonmen/#more-4737 

Bruce McCall's Zany Afternoons collection of crazy cars you've never heard of

McCall’s 1982 book, Zany Afternoons, presents a collection of brief articles about an imaginary society from the 1920s to the 1950s, often populated by uber-wealthy and spoiled sophisticates who enjoyed such diversions as autogiro jousts, wing dining, zeppelin shoots, and tank polo

from http://deansgarage.com/2011/1932-kranzler-sturm-roadster/

to buy a copy of this book, http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0394735048/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used