automotive car: June 2011

1927 Franklin "Airman Series Sedan" looks great, has a terrific lamp inside

Thanks for the photos got to Angyl! Appreciate the photos and that look inside at the lamp, very cool! Not many people take photos of the interior interesting things about old cars. I like to see if there are unusual things inside, it's not often, but occasionally there are unique little things to en...

Steampunk Vehicles Tumblr just clued me in on double front ended inspection railcars

When it was not easy to turn them around, and they knew that the car would need to return to its original location, they had to build with two engines, so it doesn't overheat from driving backwards long distance.... as the radiator needs the airflow to keep the engine cool. I just learned this from Johnny at Steampunk vehicl...

blog.1aauto.com is giving Hooniverse competition on great stories and interesting rare stuff, like this red Delorean, and 76 Road Runner

In 1982, Delorean Cadillac in Cleveland Ohio had some Delorean’s on the lot that they were having trouble selling. Rather than giving them away at a loss or sitting on them forever, they decided they might sell if they were more colorful. The problem is painting stainless. So Delorean Cadillac had PPG come up with a paint that would adhere...

1922 B2 Petit Train

found on http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=1...

Tri-cars from 100 years ago were the less expensive option to early automobiles, cheap fun transportation

For a bigger photo of just one, (these were all small and just pieces of one large photo) see the 1906 Indianhttp://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/03/1906-indian-tricar-sometimes-victorian.h...

B-2 Hydraulic Bomb Lift, Mobile, 50,000 pound capacity... circa 1950

found on http://steampunkvehicles.tumblr.c...

Oddball locomotive from SteampunkVehicles tumblr

found on http://steampunkvehicles.tumblr.c...

1949 harvester ditcher tractor with ditching wheel attached

found on http://steampunkvehicles.tumblr....

a variety cool and unusual vehicles from steampunkvehicles.tumblr.com

Above, kids home made flivver. Think any kids try making their own cars anymore? Doubt it. Above, a MGM movie publicising sound train I haven't come across before http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/Sound%20Train Aero streamline tow truck... looks like a Count De Sakhnoffsky design, middle of the following post http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/09/extraordinary-designer-of-automotive.html...

Motor Cities National Heritage

The Gilmore Car Museum received a grant from MotorCities National Heritage Area for the Gilmore Garage Works Program. The Gilmore Garage Works program helps teens learn life lessons as they restore a classic car at the Gilmore Car Museum during an after-school program. If your school can not come to visit us here at the Gilmore Car Museum...

rail inspection cars found on Steampunkvehicles.tumblr.com

The above is from http://blog.hemmings.com/ above 1926 Chev Might be Dodge truck cabs, and both the above and below are from New Zealand Above a Nattrass Rail Tractor Above photo was in South America http://steampunkvehicles.tumblr.com/is a source for many cool and unusual cars, highly recommen...

Not happy, not even a little thrilled

found on http://acreeepywhitevan.tumblr.c...

Why?

from http://kingruiner.tumblr....

Street art performers that have set the bar too far to see any competition, Royal De Luxe and their Sultan's Elephant

photo found on http://acreeepywhitevan.tumblr.com/But they didn't stop there, then along came a spider!and...

Betty Grable, Lawrence Olivier, and Bob Hope riding bikes

http://ridesabike.tumblr.com/ has these and many many m...

William Powell and Myrna Loy, the terrific twosome that made the Thin Man movies incredible

http://ridesabike.tumblr.com has nothing but famous celebs riding bi...

How did he manage this? And do any young bmx types have a clue they bike in his 80 year old shadow?

Director of the "Our Gang/Little Rascals" and many other films at the Hal Roach studios and both directed and produced Three Stooges films, performed in vaudeville as a kid.Do you see the stantion tops that are making his trick even harder? That is just nuts. How he rides on the top of a pipe? Insane.found on http://michiganswampmonkey....