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Just a car guy: A museum exhibit you won't want to miss if you're in New York Museum of the City of New York Cars, Culture, and the City symbiotic influencing
A museum exhibit you won't want to miss if you're in New York Museum of the City of New York Cars, Culture, and the City symbiotic influencing   http://www.mcny.org/ is the website to get more info on the other events they haveThis exhibit explores how New York City played a pivotal role in creating American car culture, and how the car has [...]
Just a car guy: Had you heard about the Peter Max collection of Corvettes?
Had you heard about the Peter Max collection of Corvettes?   above photos Tony Cenicola / nytimes.com Above photo David Allee / nymag.com36 vintage Corvettes in a parking garage in Brooklyn. One Corvette for each year they were made, starting with a pearl-white [...]
Just a car guy: NYPD detectives parking illegally, and getting towed
NYPD detectives parking illegally, and getting towed   Dozens of detectives say they have had their department cars towed — by their own department.On at least 35 occasions, have walked outside to find their cars hooked by a special [...]
Just a car guy: New York streetcars from decades ago, among the warehouses along the waterfront
New York streetcars from decades ago, among the warehouses along the waterfront   notice the 150 year old (or so) warehouses that were built to last, and with full hurrucane shutters... amazing. The streetcars still have the power lines above them, and with so many open windows [...]
Just a car guy: Czysz C1 990 MotoGP racebike. Innovation hasn't happened in motorcycles to this extant in, perhaps, decades
Czysz C1 990 MotoGP racebike. Innovation hasn't happened in motorcycles to this extant in, perhaps, decades   Image via: http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/oped/tradition-business-model-motoczysz/40-year-old American architect Michael Czysz from Portland, Oregon was an architectural designer by trade, a damn [...]
Just a car guy: Motor Trend Classic will be back in press About effing time
Motor Trend Classic will be back in press About effing time   http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/news/magazines-newspapers/e3i3bf2d3f4053dfeb2e0011e2788571a8d talks about it.I had a subscription to this and loved it, I still have my copies. They killed [...]
Just a car guy: Studebaker buildings in New York
Studebaker buildings in New York   Above once had a 2 story glass windowed showroom. It was designed in 1920, but was past its glory days in 1929 when the stockmarket imploded and they started selling used cars here. Now it's a low [...]
 
Just a car guy: Even the Romanovs drove ski clad and tank tracked cars
Even the Romanovs drove ski clad and tank tracked cars   Via: http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2010/02/26/the-guns-of-st-petersburg/ [...]
Just a car guy: The photography of Neil Rashba, Bonneville 2009
The photography of Neil Rashba, Bonneville 2009   Above: the Old Crow bellytanker: http://bellytank.blogspot.com/ Tha above 54 mainline might look familiar: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/07/in-el-mirage-return-lanes.html I've photographed it [...]
Just a car guy: Where is my flying platform? The damn things were perfected in 1956... what happened to them?
Where is my flying platform? The damn things were perfected in 1956... what happened to them?   Hey! It's got wheels, and therefore I'm not compromising my standards! Who knew I could stretch an "Anything cool with wheels" philosophy so far and wide? You'll notice the interesting tanker in the [...]
Just a car guy: A model T in skis and snow, 1924
A model T in skis and snow, 1924   It looks like a homecrafted wooden slat tank tracks on a double rear axle, but it's such low resolution I can't tell for sure. Via: http://www.owensvalleyhistory.com/el_camino_sierra/page76a.html [...]
Just a car guy: Harbor Springs, Michigan, circa 1906. Excursion logging train. The smallest train I can recall seeing
Harbor Springs, Michigan, circa 1906. Excursion logging train. The smallest train I can recall seeing   via: http://www.shorpy.com/node/7786 from finding it http://roughingitblog.tumblr.com/ [...]
Just a car guy: Bedford Avenue and Manhattan Avenue in New York, 1928 photo with a lot going on
Bedford Avenue and Manhattan Avenue in New York, 1928 photo with a lot going on   on the far right is a street sweepers push cart, at the far end of that building is the streetcar. On the left is a car with a grill I don't recognize at all! via: [...]
Just a car guy: Couzinet 70, photographed in 1932
Couzinet 70, photographed in 1932   I've never seen a desing like it.. looks cool! from http://community.livejournal.com/dieselpunk/269123.html via: http://my-ear-trumpet.tumblr.com/ [...]
Just a car guy: They didn't really build this car, did they? Doesn't this have to be an example of photo editting?
They didn't really build this car, did they? Doesn't this have to be an example of photo editting?   Priscilla said the car was indeed made (out of wood). Here is a link that describes its history. http://www.studebakerdriversclub.com/giant_car.aspfrom http://blog.modernmechanix.com/ via [...]
Just a car guy: I don't see how a propeller is going to push along a train
I don't see how a propeller is going to push along a train   1931 Schienenzeppelin Full write up at: http://phreddy.tumblr.com/post/408535916/schienenzeppelin-frame [...]
Just a car guy: Nest, Paticia Piccinini 2006
Nest, Paticia Piccinini 2006   Via: http://phreddy.tumblr.com/ [...]
 
Just a car guy: I've been interviewed, and a newspaper wrote a story about my blog
I've been interviewed, and a newspaper wrote a story about my blog   http://www.mininggazette.com/page/content.detail/id/509118.htmlIt's the newspaper from the nearest big city of the little town I grew up in, same county, and it's the only newpaper article I've been [...]
Just a car guy: Stupid people shouldn't breed, they let their kid play with alligators
Stupid people shouldn't breed, they let their kid play with alligators   via: http://phreddy.tumblr.com known as Eccentric Pianos [...]
Just a car guy: 1910 rollerskates and an advertisement for a Baker Electric
1910 rollerskates and an advertisement for a Baker Electric   Both from http://phreddy.tumblr.com/ viahttp://my-ear-trumpet.tumblr.com a steam punk site [...]
Just a car guy: Earthquake when ever and where ever you need one, just light up a top fueler on Nitro, they'll nail 3.9 on the richter scale
Earthquake when ever and where ever you need one, just light up a top fueler on Nitro, they'll nail 3.9 on the richter scale   As those watching took in the excitement of hearing and seeing a Top Fuel dragster in person, Dr. Doug Brittsan, of Brittsan CPT, measured the movement of the earth with a mobile seismograph. Once the [...]
Just a car guy: Did you hear about the idea from C.A.R.B. to make it illegal to have low air pressure in your tires?
Did you hear about the idea from C.A.R.B. to make it illegal to have low air pressure in your tires?   "California Air Resources Board and who have strong influence over Arnold and the Democrats in the Legislature. They want to make it a crime to have low air pressure in your tires. They use a [...]
Just a car guy: A new gallery of a Swedish junkyard
A new gallery of a Swedish junkyard   Here's the gallery: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lowtech/sets/72157602059398644/ and another is http://www.mth-fotografie.ch/fotoalbum/Autofriedhof%20Messerli%20Kaufdorf%202008/index.html via: [...]
Just a car guy: Rolling Bones on the Salt
Rolling Bones on the Salt   that is a pretty sight. Via: http://lowtechblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/once-more-rolling-bones-do-bonneville.html [...]
Just a car guy: Big grill, good looking
Big grill, good looking   Via: http://lowtechblog.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2009-02-02T00%3A47%3A00%2B01%3A00&max-results=15 that looks good.. . looks right. One of the Crazy Cruisers from Geneva Switzerland [...]
Just a car guy: around 20 new events added to the San Diego car calendar
around 20 new events added to the San Diego car calendar   http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/01/san-diego-car-show-calnedar-for-2010.html [...]