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Minggu, 13 November 2011

a '59 Jag that he paid 900 for, but wants to make 200 mph with. He ran it at Maxton, and got 195, but will try again

 9.89 at 137 mph in the quarter-mile,
At the '11 ECTA meet at Maxton, Kris ran 195 mph naturally aspirated, and 195 in AA/Fuel Super Street, he ended up winning HOT ROD jackets for earning the highest speeds in both the Real Street and Super Street classes, something that had never been done before.
 http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicles/hrdp_1111_1959_jaguar_i_will_run_200/

Sabtu, 17 September 2011

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/

Senin, 29 Agustus 2011

Recent barnfinds recently located, a Briggs Cunningham C3 and the Ak Miller "Caballo II"

Tom Cotter found a 1952 Cunningham, the 1952 Vignale bodied 2nd prototype of Cunninghams 25 C3s in Greenville South Carolina

Tom Shaughnessy found the Caballo II:  the 1957 Kurtis 500X "El Caballo II", built with a 354 Hemi power, a Frank Kurtis-built chassis, and an aluminum body.

Above image is the Caballo II during the Mille Miglia, found on the H.A.M.B. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=160931

Sabtu, 30 Juli 2011

Von Dutch work you may not have seen

 According to the book "Von Dutch: The Art, The Myth, The Legend" the first airbrushed "monster" shirts were done by Von Dutch, and I've posted earlier that a lot of others got into that business, Ed Roth, Jeffries, and Mouse were selling them http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/monster%20shirts




 This is the dash of the Hirohota Merc





this is a very sought after piece of racing car history. No one knows where it is, but everyone knows that is was on the front of the Chavaliers club race car

 I like the louvered fenders with flames, it's very unique, and I doubt anyone ever copied it
 This was the first I'd learned that Reventon had Vond Dutch pinstripe and number the scarabs
 The above Corvette was the daily drive of Eric Rickman, best known of all the Hot Rod photographers
 I'm sure this van has to have went to a junkyard long ago, but if it ever turns up it will be a treasure of Von Dutch's work... hell, what an eyeball on the nose!
and Von Dutch's Kenford, and the adjustment levers are just damn terrific. Not shown is "Le Dump Tube" that Von Dutch put into through the floor so he could get rid of beer cans before cops found them in his truck...


He didn't think a door handle was cool, because anyoen could use it to get in... so he made his own wrench to open the door from the outside. This is a cool custom idea.



 Stan Betz was a louver puncher and body man, and possibly Von Dutch's best friend, and beneficiary of a ton of free work, and knives and guns
 the above flame jopb is comical and ingenious, the yellow flame telling the sperm following him to turn back, it's a blow job. Yup, right on Stans business truck fender. Von Dutch was in such high demand for so much of his life that it made him bitter, obnoxious, and he offended many people just to get breathing room, the rest he bacame a hermit to get away from.