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Selasa, 01 Januari 2013

The Land Speed Record vehicles. The variety of design and sophistication

1905 Napier

104.65mph that record was bested a few minutes later by the $50,000 twin engined Mercedes, of H.B. Bowden

http://www.rodauthority.com/news/january-31st-marks-the-anniversary-of-the-first-car-to-break-100-mph/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=january-31st-marks-the-anniversary-of-the-first-car-to-break-100-mph

the above is looking at it from back to front

most images from
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2012/07/land-speed-record-vehicles-part-one.html and
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2012/07/land-speed-record-vehicles-part-2-jet.html

Jumat, 16 November 2012

the 1958 Gran Prix of Cuba color photos

there is a very unusual car in gold color above... anyone know what it is?

Wow, in the above photo are a lot of cool things, firetrucks, fuel tankers, a pre 1958 Shell Station, a ww2 jeep, racing t bird, lots of great old cars and trucks, and a great trailer

images from http://www.cubagreenscreen.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=14818 thanks to Kurtis Grant who tipped me to them

More coverage with an entirely different gallery of images at
http://www.velocetoday.com/the-cuban-grand-prix-1957-part-2-of-3/#more-45991

Sabtu, 10 November 2012

Pinstripers, artists, Kustom Kulture icons, and cool cars. Sound like a movie you want to see? Here's the teaser/trailer/preview

Dirk "the Pixeleye" Behlau and Jesper Bram (Danish pinstriper and artist) spent a year going from California through Europe in search of the coolest Kustom Kulture people and events on the planet. Picking the brains of living legends, up and coming artists and builders within the culture. The guys sought out some of the hottest Kustom Kulture spots and get some of the worlds best car and motorcycle builders, tattoo artists, pinstripers, custom painters and pin-up models to share their tricks and experience.

Artists in the movie are:
Dirty Donny, Frank Kozik, Dan Collins, Robert Kruse, The Pizz, Coop, Kutty Noteboom, Cole Foster, Von Franco, Bob Spina, Arie Van Schyndel, and Doug Dorr in America.

Across the Atlantic
Big Pete (Fin), MAZE (Ger), Pekka Wizzz (Fin), Tifa DeLeone (Swe), Nefarious (UK), Blaster (ITA), Empire 32 (Fra), Von Sven (Swe), Jackhammer Speedshop (UK), Baron’s Speedshop (UK) Vince Ray (UK) Yak El Droubie (UK) Jussi Alasalmi (Fin) Tin (Fin) Michael Perrech (Ger)

And music by
The Dynotones, Vince Ray and The Boneshakers, The Go Getters, The Bonnevilles, and Orchid

http://www.flakeandflames.com/

Rabu, 01 Agustus 2012

Some famous great hot rodders passed away this summer

I could have posted another photo of him on the Chevy V8 powered motorcycle, Black Widow, but this Allison aircraft engine powered tractor "Double Ugly" is a new one to me

EJ Potter, The Michigan Madman, found a rare Allison dual-V12 24-cyl bomber engine and made a tractor pull tractor called “Double Ugly”

EJ Potter, the Michigan Madman http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/12/ej-potter-michigan-madman-tried-unreal.html

He took a Harley Davidson frame and put a small-block chevy engine in it, sideways. This engine had Hilborn injectors and burned Nitro, and was producing about 500 Hp. It was started by having a couple guys hang on from the side, and it was pushed with a truck. When the engine fired, the assistants lifted the rear of the bike (these must have been some strong guys!) and put it up on a wooden stand that kept the rear tire, a 10” wide racing slick, off the ground. When the christmas tree said go, E. J. would rev the engine to 6000 RPM and the assistants would push him off the stand! It did a wheelie about half-way down the strip, and did about 160 MPH in the quarter mile. E. J. tried to find a small, light clutch for the thing, but he never found anything that would work. He tried helicopter clutches, but even they didn’t quite do it. The rear wheel was coupled to the engine with a huge multi-width roller chain. Well, one day he reached the end of the strip and closed the throttle, and nothing happened - the throttle was stuck! He cut off the magneto, but a very hot engine (no radiator, just the thermal mass of the water in the block) burning nitro at wide open throttle doesn’t need much ignition! It kept right on running. He hit the brakes (dual caliper aircraft brakes) and that slowed him to about 150 MPH, but he could feet the handle retreating under his grip. There was no fuel cutoff! As he was approaching a line of trees at the end of the strip, he took the only action he could think of, he jumped off! He slid on his rear until it burned through his chaps into his skin, and then did some somersaults. Amazingly, he ended up being able to walk after all this, and followed the new gap into the forest to see what became of his machine. All he could find was an engine block! Nothing else recognizable.”

photo from http://www.bangshift.com/forum/showthread.php/25969-Mad-Man-Video-EJ-Potter-Runs-the-Widow-Maker-V8-Bike-in-the-1990s!

video from http://bangshift.com/blog/mad-man-video-ej-potter-runs-the-widow-maker-v8-bikes-in-the-1990s.html

Carroll Shelby http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2006/12/meanest-cobra-ever-made-ever-carrols.html

Big Willie Robinson http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/Big%20Willie

Jim Nelson (Dragmasters) http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search?q=dragmaster