Speedfest starts tomorrow at North Island Naval Air Station, more racecars, more airplane and helicopter displays, and the "Military Pit Crew Challenge"

 A big variety of factory race cars, NASCAR racecars, entreprenuerial racers, and drifters too

 

 Race cars that haven't been here before were found in the Pits

 and MINI's! About 8 Mini's are going tobe racing in the under 2 liter class (last year there may have been one)

 Wander all over the pits, you will stumble across all kinds of cool things (I found the STIG)

 New aircraft displays!

 the Military Pit Crew Challenge has teams from the Navy and the Marine Corps racing the each other to turn in the fastest time to change the tires and fuel a car... it's for bragging rights, and might become a coast to coast challenge.. totally safe, using water into tanks with pcv dump tubes instead of gas... then reusing the water for the next team. (safe, clean, reuseable)

 

So head over to Coronado Island if you are in San Diego, bothe Saturday and Sunday, and have a great time. Test drive Corvettes or Camaros, see the great big car show behind the grand stands, watch the races, check out the repairs and maintenance in the pits, and spot celebs.... Jay Leno's Big Dog Garage has at least one car racing, I've seen Carroll Shelby here in the past, Adam Corolla races every year... never know what you'll find at the race track

Dirty ol men need love too... it's what the rear spoiler has written, but is that why she's hanging around the race car?

found on http://flaviendachet.blogspot.com/

interesting variety of cars, blimps, trains, race cars and motorwheels found on The Old Motor.com

 929 Packard and the Graf Zeppelin. For an amazing color gallery of the inside of the Hindenburg: http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2011/04/inside-the-hindenburg-in-colour/

This an unusual front door bus with a ladder in the back so people could ride on top, This is a steam powered bus built in Hoquiam, Gray's Harbor County, Washington in 1902.  It was in passenger service between Aberdeen and Hoquaim for just eleven days when it slipped off the road and into a creek, breaking a passenger's neck in the process.  The lawsuit drove the company out of business (Steve found this out with magic!)

 1905 Matheson

 1908 Corbin

 1919 series 9b franklin with 4 piece wedge windshield

 1920's  Locomobile model 48 with Farnum and Nelson coachwork

 Naptha fuel in 1927

 1938 REO delivery van

 American Underslung

 I didn't make a note about this photo, but probably the wrok of Stephan Marjoram

Above and below show just what a lack of border security there was between San Diego and Ti Juana... passing over was not even noticeable. Now, it's normally an hour or 2 of sitting in traffic, at least, to get into the US.

  

 Only 1915 Indian registration I've ever seen

 chain drive AC Mack tow truck delivering to the junkyard

 Columbia Electric Vehicle with 2 coachmen riding on the back

 Keeping the car high and dry during a flood

 1922 Frontenac Indy race car and Duray the driver.. I like the grill design

A 1913-14 GMC Electric

 interesting double globe gas pumps

 wow, that is a fancy art deco garage facade

 the private collection of the Indian Govenor of Rampur

 The Hassler shock absorber salesman pointing out options and upgrades this car has, like the solid disc rims, the upgraded Hassler shocks, the sunscreen, and front bumper

 look at the crazy hat and headscarf the woman in the back of the car is wearing

 Wow. Impressive task they have ahead of them

 homemade early RV

Above is a famous firepump from 1889, the one called Jumbo, Hartford Ct

 Board lumbar roads, because they couldn't get around when the tundra thawed I suppose.

 Interesting tires on this chain drive Knox firetruck

 Above and below are Matheson autos

 Mercers

 Mitchell proving how reliable it was

 Locomobile Model 48 with coachbuilt body by Farnham and Belson

 A Frazer Nash photographed by Stephen Marjoram

 a painting of Oregon across the broad back

 REO Speedwagons and Duesenburg Indy racecars

 Smith Motorwheel

 Unusual locomotive design used in the train yard as a switcher

 the last Miller racecar was one of 2 4 wheel drive, here it is racing up Pikes Peak

A tour bus by White in Yosemite

all found among the 156 pages of great history, photography, and information on http://theoldmotor.com/