Fonzie's bike was up for auction by Bud Elkins, 1949 Triumph Trophy TR5... so was James Garner's Baja Olds 442

The motorcycle that helped make Arthur Fonzarelli an icon of cool was up for auction. (didn't sell)

The 1949 Triumph Trophy TR5 was featured on the beloved sitcom “Happy Days.” Even without the Fonz connection, the bike would have a famous pedigree since it was owned by stuntman, racer and Triumph dealer Bud Ekins — a guy even cooler than Fonzie himself. He’s best known for dyeing his hair blonde and performing the stunts that studios wouldn’t allow his friend Steve McQueen to do, including the fence jump at the end of The Great Escape and some of the driving in Bullit

When Happy Days needed an authentic bike for Fonzie, Ekins obliged by removing the bike’s front fender, spray-painting the gas tank silver and replacing the handlebars.

Henry Winkler, who played the Fonz, couldn’t ride a motorcycle. Winkler told Emmy TV Legends that he rammed the bike into a sound truck the first time he tried to ride it. From that day on, the crew pulled him and the motorcycle on a board.

The bike is in need of a lot of repairs. The speedometer is broken, it's rusted and hasn’t run since the 1970s, according to the New York Times. Despite the bike’s condition, it was expected to fetch between $60,000 and $80,000.

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/10/ayy-fonzies-bike-is-for-sale/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/fonzies-happy-days-motorcycle-up-for-sale-photo/2011/10/11/gIQAWOiFcL_blog.html



also up for auction are James Garner's former Oldsmobile Racer (didn't sell) , Fast and the Furious '94 Toyota Supra(sold for $21,000), and Tom Cruise's futuristic Lexus (sold at $101,000) from the "Minority Report", though the winning bidder can't actually take it on the road. http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/car_tips&id=8429328

some photos from http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/WService=wslive_pub/pubweb/publicSite.r

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

That awkward moment when you crash a $12 million Ferrari... and a couple other cool photos from Asaucerfulofwheels.tumblr.com

That awkward moment when you crash a $12 million Ferrari, http://asaucerfulofwheels.tumblr.com/post/11862140196/david-love-ferrari-250-tr-monterey-historics-2009 tp see it in slow mo

David Love/Ferrari 250TR/Monterey Historics/2009

Timo Mäkinen Mini Cooper S RAC Rally 1967. http://rcma.free.fr/escort/victoires.htm
Hitchcock in a big cart... never would have thought I'd ever see that!

1934 Mercedes-Benz 500K Streamline Roadsterm, built for a King of Iraq, Erdmann & Rossi coachbuilders
all found on http://asaucerfulofwheels.tumblr.com/

1965 Chevelle Malibu SS, only 201 made... out of 70,000 Chevelles that year

Only one was covertible, built for Dan Blocker, because he played a rancher on the tv show Bonanza, and his cowboy hat was huge... and he wanted to drive in parades in character with that huge hat, and Chevrolet was a big sponser of the show.

When Chevrolet released the Chevelle Malibu SS in the summer of 1965 it produced only 201 of them out of a total of 70,000 Chevelles of various models. This muscle car had all the ingredients to be a hit; stunning good looks, power, and a very limited number. And it was a major hit. Chevrolets sponsorship of the hit tv show Bonanza helped push the brand with one of the stars, big Dan Blocker, who played Hoss, being an enthusiast of the Chevelle Malibu SS. Most of the car magazines ran some sort of article on the 65 Malibu SS that year and they pretty much waxed lyrical about this special sports car.

Thanks to this heavy promotion of the 65 Chevelle Malibu and the fact that only 201 of them were made meant that it was a runaway seller. Many Chevrolet dealerships never got to see one of these babies let along get the opportunity to sell one. Those that did get one on the car-yard had no trouble selling it.

Looking at the 65 Chevelle Malibu SS today, it is one of the most sought after classic muscle cars around. There are only around 60 to 70 of them left in good to pristine condition, so if you happen to come across one of these in a car graveyard then it is well worth the effort to bring it back to life.
info in italics from http://bruizer.hubpages.com/hub/The-1965-Chevelle-Malibu-SS

Ernest Hemingway's Rolls Royce

photo and info from http://www.ridelust.com/ernest-hemingways-beautiful-green-phantom/

In the 1930s, after A Farewell to Arms made him financially independent, Ernest Hemingway toured the United States in his green 1929 Rolls Royce Phantom II Short Coupled Saloon. His Phantom II was specially equipped with a mini bar and compartments for golf and hunting equipment

I was curious what he had driven, because in 1959 Buick gave him a nearly new car. He was driven from Florida to his home in Ketchum Idaho, through Louisianna, Texas, and New Mexico

When auctioned, they write the cars up incredibly... http://www.rmauctions.com/FeatureCars.cfm?SaleCode=LF11&CarID=r128#

Frank Zappa posing or driving a dozer... can't tell which, but it's a good set up

Found on http://gibsart.tumblr.com/
from http://thepaintedveil.tumblr.com/

Jay Leno has a car collection in his Bog Dog Garage, and they have a racing team, and it gets hauled around by a 1961 Flxible bus... that's classic!

pretty cool...

Have you looked at Jim And Chester's Garage Tumblr lately? Wow, it's a lot better! I haven't looked in over a year (been kinda busy you'll probably agree)

 What a photo, Motion perfrmance, Shelby Dragonsnake, and Sun tuneup

 I don't think I ever posted about the Police edition of the Javelin 401 that Alabama put to use for a while.

 Walt and Art Arfons, land speed icons

 Randy Walls, San Diego local who brings his Nova Flopper to the local cruises

 Amazing dealership photo... Boss 429, Cobra Torino, Boss 302

 field find 61

 1964 Worlds Fair Ford display of the Comet

 James Garner racing team Lola's

 Dick Smothers and Linda Vaughn

 '64 Competition Vette

 Astra bodied blown modified

 Dan Blocker's Vinegaroon special

 Motorama specials getting offloaded

 1955 photo of a Packard and it's loaded trailer of hydroplanes.. that is a rare sight

 Pinin Farina bodied Nash Palm Beach

 Above is a rare car, the Scaglietti Corvette... Italian design beauty, cheap and easy to find Chevy parts

these are just a sample of the cool images at http://prova275.tumblr.com/

Wonder woman doesn't need help changing tires

found on http://are2.tumblr.com/

best caption I've read in a long time, "She's a good girl, crazy 'bout Elvis"

Ann Margaret, if you aren't familiar with who she is, once a long time ago, she dated Elvis, had a Vegas act, and more recently, was the love interest in the movie "Grumpy Old Men" with Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon.. Trivia, she had a billboard top ten song at age 20, it reached #4, she was discovered by George Burns, starred with Elvis at age 23, invented the phrase "Sex Kitten" and was nominated for an Oscar at age 30 after starring opposite Jack Nicholson, Steve McQueen, and got her 2nd Oscar nom after starring with John Wayne and Anthony Hopkins, and was in the Who's rock opera "Tommy" and toured with the USO through Vietnam. Hellava career.

Audrey Hepburn riding a bike, beauty and grace in motion

Found among the great variety of pop culture photos at http://are2.tumblr.com/

What did Joe Namath do with the Charger R/T he was given as MVP for winning the Super Bowl?

According to some, it was a bronze with black stripe, according to another the centerfold of the "Post" had the photo of Joe recieving a B5 blue with white vinyl top.

cool images from pour15minutesdamour.blogspot

 I did not photo shop this, I think it's an original print

 Wow, Kevin Bacon before stardom was a model for roller skates... who woulda guessed?

 Huh, the famous car record player, but in a right hand drive car, first time I've seen that!

 The Pan Am Strato Clipper

 Not the Messerschmitt, it's the Heinkel Kabine

 paintings by Samuel Michlap

all from the wide variety of intesting things found on http://pour15minutesdamour.blogspot.com/