Friday, February 19, 2010

Keep all arms and legs inside the vehicle while in motion... and don't get out of it while it slides away



skip the first 12 seconds, nothing there to see, but the rest is hilarious!

Via: http://friendship-classics.tumblr.com/page/26

Snowblower train in slow motion gettting through 10 foot high drifts

image from http://www.savetheenzos.com/post/342087498/snowblower-train-corvette-forum via http://friendship-classics.tumblr.com/page/15

For something to see happening skip to the one minute mark, for a close up of the blower, skip to the 5 minute mark, for it ot get moving and make progress skip to the 8 minute mark


Burt's trailer... simple and effective


The two above images are from http://badassmofos.wordpress.com/2009/05/10/herbert-james-munro/ which has a really well written biography of Burt, and a couple of good photos too.



Read about how a New Zealander accidentally found Burt's trailer on ebay http://www.indianmotorbikes.com/features/munro/trailer/index.htm

".... 1975, the last time Burt ever went to America. They also informed me that they were the last owners of the American Indian Motorcycle Company in Monrovia, California. The American Indian Motorcycle Company was Burt’s home base when he went to America. He would store his bike streamliner and trailer there. Each year he would bring back his latest engine and mount it into the frame then put the streamliner on to his faithful trailer and way he would go off to Bonneville.He did this from 1962 until 1971 and every year he used the same Trailer, Indian Scout Frame and Streamliner.
Burt had sold the Indian Scout, Streamliner and Trailer to a local American gentleman on his last trip to America in 1975. The buyer said he did not want the trailer and it has been stored under another larger trailer for the last thirty years. The trailer was built by Burt Munro himself out of an old Indian sidecar on a farm in Invercargill it still has the original New Zealand number plate attached. "
For all the coverage of Burt Munro you'll ever find in one place: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/Burt%20Munro 'cause Burt was one of a kind, innovative, inspirational, hot rodder, designer, inventive, motorcycle racer, tenacious and from all I've read, one of the best blokes you'd ever meet.
Here's to you Burt! and to Sir Anthony Hopkins for doing him justice in the movie.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Donald Duck was a hot rodder!


Borrowed entirely from http://lowtechblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/donald-was-hot-rodder.html and Lowtech is heavy with roadsters and pre-1960's oldschool hot rods

For eyecandy and christmas wishlist material, spend a little time on Two Seats or Less

1970 Muira S
CSX 2557
1934 Ford, mostly original
Shelby GT350H
hasn't been out of strorage since 1971
Replica Grand Sport Corvette
Stored since 1981, supposedly only 57k orig miles, 396 SS/RS
http://twoseatsorless.com/ for a great time waster at work!

Ed Roth tribute myspace page... worth a look


Micro museum

An Isetta truck... huh, that's pretty cool!
Peel P50
and the Silver are just 3 of the standouts... for a whole gallery of about 2 dozen see: http://autozine.com.br/classicos/os-divertidos-micro-carros-do-pos-guerra

If you have ever had to spend as much time as I have at cutting and splitting wood, you'll appreciate this accessory to a Bobcat

I like the way these guys advertise

This is an online magazine, you flip the pages http://www.deadendmagazine.com/home.html

Check out their website "Motorized, Fuel injected eyekandy for a greased up mind" : http://motorizedmagazine.blogspot.com/

Another Turbonique application of crazy... the Boss Cat snowmobile, why did it need 1000 hp? Land speed record of course


Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Welcome to LaJolla Independent BMW service


the above and the other cars in the showroom are a private collection and not for sale























It's a 1951.. .yeah, I had to ask.



With this spare parts collection for restoration, I think if they need it they will have one on hand to use for those hard to get parts



http://www.bimmerdoc.com/
and for some really informative and good read, go through their blog, it's amazingly interesting... and I'm not a BMW guy... unless it's an Isetta of course. http://sandiegobmw.wordpress.com/