Wednesday, 2 May 2012
Saturday, 28 April 2012
waste 180 thousand dollars, pay for a 4 door 6 cylinder automatic to be masterly crafted into a 2 door Hemi dragster, then try to sell it because you are crazy. All true
It's not restored, it would still be a 4 door, 6 cyl, automatic. This guy is not easy to talk to, because for the last 5 or 6 years I've seen him at car shows he is constantly angry about how the world is against him. Well, he's rich enough to waste money like this, but not smart enough to get an ASE certified, or BAR (Bureau of Automotive Repair) licensed car crafter to do it his way. It's a stunning example of big money, big troubles
Nos or reproduction parts were not used where original could be repaired or reconditioned to like new. The car is incredible really. But who else but this guy who wanted a car exactly like this but didn't want to buy one, would blow 175-180 thou for it?
Friday, 2 December 2011
Scamming sleezebag alert, counterfeit art being sold at car shows... help out my friends in the hot rod art scene, don't buy from anyone but the real artists.. not Joe Werner. He's selling copies from low-res bad quality images
Joe Werner, sleeze bag at the Essen Motor Show this weekend in Germany. Deny him your support, keep your cash from someone stabbing a hot rodder in the back.
Want good art? From good artists? Hell yes you do, you want pinstriping from a pinstiper, not a roll on pizza cutter. You want lettering and race car numbers from a artist, a letterer, a sign painter. Not a decal you print at home.
Why? Pride. Proud that you are a hot rodder, an amatuer race car driver, a drag racer... a guy who is living his life with a real passion for the best you can achieve, the best speed, the best lap, the best car, the best parts.
Just like BOMONSTER, who wants just his best work getting into your garage, your bumper, your tool box... not a cheap imitation.
If I was going to ESSEN this weekend, I'd bring a bottle of tempura paint, and spalsh it all over his display. Then hold up a sign, that reads "FAKES SOLD HERE"... cause I'm that kind of guy. I got your back.
Monday, 28 November 2011
The foot resting on this Shelby Cobra Mustang convertible trunk spolier should be chopped off as a warning to others.
Dan, in Norway, is a far better PhotoChopper than I am, so he took her legs off!
Thanks Dan!
Monday, 21 November 2011
Even cars come with warning labels. What a stupid warning... it doens't mention the explosive force of a 1/2 tank of gas, or the battery having so much electrical power it can explode if shorted directly across the terminals
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
'Cuda rolls in a high speed DUI down Ashley Street in Ramona (near San Diego).. .neighborghood idiots request the speed limit lowered (no logical cause or effect but lots of kneejerk reactions)
So what my complaint is, simply... idiots are everywhere, and so are drunk drivers. Neither drunks nor idiots look at the speed limit, and if the residents who want the 45 mph reduced to a 35 mph think that will prevent another DUI, they prove themselves morons.
Harold... the inside scoop from Mike is that he had a awesome 440 six pack 1970 Challenger back in the 70's and after finally getting it near perfect, he wrecked it. This isn't Harold's first wreck of a fine Mopar. Why don't reporters get to the driving history of DUI drivers? It's obviously relevant. Read more...
Sunday, 6 November 2011
"what an idjit maroon" I think Bugs Bunny would call this driver, drove 1/2 way into a sand trap at Pebble Beach Concours
Saturday, 8 October 2011
Friday, 23 September 2011
Thursday, 15 September 2011
The first time I've seen yellow brake lights... stupid people are out there sharing the road with us... look out!
Sunday, 11 September 2011
Parking where you don't fit in
Saturday, 10 September 2011
Women, and the automotive world... specifically the Islamic/Muslim country of Saudi Arabia, which outlawed women drivers (male chauvinism, no religious text from their holy book, or decree from Muhammad spoke of cars, nor of women drivers)
Chauvanism and religion have no logic, nor intelligent answer to a question that asks for facts.
This year of the Arab Spring of revolution the women in Suadi Arabia are protesting the nonsense and risking persecution, prosecution, harassment, and jail time with unreported indignities.
Show some support to those women... they are someone's sister, someone's mom. They don't deserve this crap simply because they were born in a country run by assholes.
To give them encouragement and support, let them know on Facebook and Twitter, or tell the US State Dept to keep hounding the Suadi Govt. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/21/hillary-clinton-saudi-female-drivers
Saudi woman aren't alone in dealing with dumb ass men keeping them from equal rights, General Motors in 1957 hired 9 women to be designers, and paid them less than the men. Indianapolis Motor Speedway didn't give women access to the pits til 1971
I just got motivated to write about this from the new issue of Automobile Magazine, Oct 2011
Friday, 9 September 2011
US government owned car companies (GM for example) used taxpayer dollars to lobby against government regulations for higher fuel economy standards
The politicians finally had the control of the car company, and didn't force the issue when they had the chance. What a bunch of corruption.
Lessons learned from yesterdays total blackout of San Diego county... from Orange County to Rosarita Baja California (Mexico) the power plants were tripped offline
It took 9 hours to get power back. http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/data-drive/article_dc4aabe6-db5b-11e0-97ba-001cc4c03286.html
No gas stations were able to operate. No grocery stores, no businesses. Of course, that is their fault for not having a backup generator to keep the pumps, fridges, and cash registers operating. Stupidity is contagious among busniesses it seems. Costly too, because if any had power backup, they would have been the only source of gas or food around.
No ATMs, no fast food restaurants, no air conditioning, no trolleys (public transportation in San Diego) and all the elevators are designed by nimrods who don't mind that on loss of electricity, the elevators trap all people riding.
Roadside assistance was called by a Marine, and they told him that they weren't going to show up, cause they are not going to waste gas. True story, he called the local radio station to spread the word.
Stop light intersections, they aren't as high a priority to get power to as the carpool lane monitoring equipment.
Traffic cops, never at the right intersections, but any intersection they are directing traffic at, moves faster than all the rest of the powerless intersections that all lanes have to stop at, car by car.
The wastewater treatment plants don't work without electricity, neither does the water dept. About 2 million gallons of sewage spilled into the ocean.
Most dispatched fleets switched to laptops and Nextels... neither worked with no power to the repeaters, cell phone towers, etc etc. This includes tow trucks, ambulances, taxis etc etc
The airport (San Diego International) doesn't have generator backup, and all that post 9-11 security is useless without electricity, so no planes were loading and leaving, no-one got scanned, no luggage was searched, the whole airport shut down. The port authority - the airport manager is also an idiot... across the street from the airport is Solar Turbines.. and guess what they make? Big ass tubine generators from 1 to 22 MegaWatts each http://mysolar.cat.com/cda/files/100588/7/dssolar.pdf ... and they have some in use, ready to deliver, and others ready to test. Bet you the Mayor or Govenor could make a couple calls and get a bit of cooperation to happen and have those megaWatts doing some good in this blackout
My advice to lessen the problems of being without power...
leave your fridge closed... it can keep things cold for hours without power
It's a good idea to have an extra gasoline... about enough to fill your car twice. ( You'll need a small tank, a 50 gallon barrel ought to do)
Flashlights and batteries are way better than candles.
a small inverter and an extension cord with a surge protector - really good at making 120 ac from car batteries to keep your cell phone charged, or house lights that plug into the walls lit. It gets really, really dark after the sun goes down... but even better would be a small RV generator, and Honda makes a really quite line of generators (again, some gas is good to have stored safely in your garage or storage unit... or siphon some from your car to keep your generator going)
Saturday, 3 September 2011
the Beau James, 1975 GMC truck. What idiot thought that was a good name to increase sales? Could have been the ad guy competing against the "Gentleman Jim"
Thursday, 1 September 2011
Chrysler owes GM a big favor
GM could have bought Fiat a couple years ago, but changed their mind, and had to pay 2 billion for some reason because they backed out in 2005.
That gave Fiat the cache it needed to buy Chrysler and keep it afloat.
Monday, 29 August 2011
"Not in the Bike Lane" another Public Service announcement from Casey
Saturday, 16 July 2011
ever forget something? On your car? It's bad, but when a cop puts a semiauto ar15 on the trunk, and another doesn't bother with the required vehicle inspection, and drives out into public... it's worse
According to two sources with knowledge of the incident, it began when one officer was inside the secure parking garage at the West Precinct and unloaded his equipment from a police cruiser. The officer placed the rifle on the trunk of a nearby patrol car, forgot about the rifle and walked off.
Another officer then went into the garage and drove away in the patrol vehicle without realizing the rifle was on the trunk lid, the sources said. (it's procedural requirement to do a walk around pre operation, make sure the lights and siren work)
The patrol car was parked a few blocks away from the West Precinct in front of the Roosevelt Hotel on Seventh Avenue around 9 p.m. Monday when at least two people spotted the rifle on the unattended vehicle.
A man who identified himself as Nick Gonzales confirmed he snapped a photo (this photo above) of the unsecured weapon.
Police said he then flagged down a couple of nearby bicycle officers. Read more...
Tuesday, 7 June 2011
Ford dumped toxic sludge in Ringwood New Jersey, into mines and the watershed, never cleaned it up
In the late 1960s, Ford used the Ringwood site as a dumping ground for paint sludge and industrial waste generated by a manufacturing plant it operated at the time in Mahwah. During that period, the factory produced millions of gallons of paint sludge.
Four times the federal Environmental Protection Agency ordered a cleanup, and four times the community was told their land was clean. Each time, residents found paint sludge — gooey waste that weathered into gray slabs — in parkland, in their hunting grounds or in yards.
Ford has removed nearly five times the amount of pollution it hauled out in previous cleanups of its old dumpsite. But despite government assurances that the work will finally be done right, Ford may once again be allowed to leave contamination in an area that serves as the watershed for 2.5 million North Jersey residents.
In one place in particular, the abandoned iron mines that honeycomb the area, it appears that the government may allow contamination to remain without ever determining the extent of the paint sludge that was dumped there.
In the last six years, Ford contractors removed more than 47,000 tons of paint sludge and tainted soil.
Realize that 47 thousand tons is not the total they dumped into the area, illegally, immorally, and obscenely... it's just how much they've been forced to clean up in the last 6 years. A lot remains in the abandoned iron mines Ford used to dump the millions of gallons mentioned in the article. A million gallons weighs 8 million pounds, is 4000 tons. Check all the math to see that 47k tons is 94 million gallons.
94 million gallons has been removed, and they aren't finished. The area is a cancer causing mess due to Ford dumping paint sludge into a residential area, not a hazardous material toxic treatment facility.
information found on http://www.northjersey.com/recap/121210ringwoodrevisited.html from an article at http://lostinjersey.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/ford-payouts-dont-make-up-for-the-damage-they-inflicted/
and Lost in New Jersey was found from a favorite non automotive blog I'm addicted to reading http://www.scoutingny.com
Tuesday, 10 May 2011
Demonstrating that some people can't even park into a ordinary parking spot, the simple spot, not a parallel parking situation
What do you think was their malfunction? Abject stupidity? Loss of their bifocal glasses? Read more...









