Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Nope. I don't need to drive anywhere bad enough to try this makeshift bridge thing
Posted by Speed Society on Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Careful with your volume, some guy yells at the other idiots
Update on the NYPD asshole
Police Commissioner William Bratton on Wednesday said the detective was placed on modified assignment pending an investigation. Bratton, who called the officer’s behavior “unacceptable and discourteous,” said the detective was on duty at the time.
“There’s just no place for any public servant to use discriminatory or negative language,” he said. “Obviously, our police play a particularly sensitive role and need to show respect for all people.”
The findings will be presented to the board, which will make an official determination on whether misconduct was committed, Sachs said. The board will either refer the decision to the NYPD with a disciplinary recommendation, or decide to bring up the officer with administrative charges, with the decision presented to the police commissioner. CNN’s Carolyn Sung contributed to this report.
http://fox5sandiego.com/2015/04/01/video-shows-nypd-officer-berating-uber-driver/
Rod Riguez
New photos because this impressive hot rod deserves better photos than the ones I took 4 years ago
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/05/rodriguez-example-of-japanese-hot.html
Update on bicycles stolen from Naval Station San Diego Medical Center
the adaptive bikes are much more than just recreational. They’re therapeutic for many veterans struggling with injuries.
Sandi Lehmkuhler of the Warrior Foundation/Freedom Station says, the theft was heartbreaking. “I don't know how to express this without being really cruel, this is like stealing one of our guy's wheelchairs or their crutches."
“We saw the story on the news and of course it made us angry and sad, and the story ended,” says Joe Getty "...we care about our vets in this country so Americans immediately chipped in and bought them new bikes. And they hardly missed a ride. So that's what we tried to do. I guess the audience felt the same way because we raised the money to replace the bikes (and more) in less than an hour. I'm proud of the KFMB and Armstrong and Getty audience. They did a really good thing today.”
San Diego listeners of the AM760 radio show donated 25 thousand dollars
http://www.sandiegojack.com/story/28698655/san-diegans-raise-25000-to-replace-stolen-bikes
Curt Schilling offered a reward to anyone that finds and returns the bikes “two tickets and two seats to ANY game in the country for whoever makes this happen… with travel paid.”
http://fox5sandiego.com/2015/04/01/curt-schilling-offers-reward-to-find-wounded-veterans-stolen-bicycles/
How many of the guys on top of this van knew they had seconds to prepare for the van to tip over
عندما يكون السائق بهذا الغباء تكون هذه هي النتيجه للاسف
Posted by Ramallah City | مدينة رام الله on Tuesday, February 24, 2015
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=763210277086748
Bangshift just did an article on the greatest cheating methods in racing
Some that impressed me,
Wimpy springs that would put the car on the bumpstops for the race and change the cars rake affecting the air dams position relative to the air flow over the car
someone in the stangs with a garage door opener remote that activated a mobile weight in the car that would move from one side to the other to increase traction in the inside of the turns
Smashing the race vehicle into the wall to make it narrower
Filling in a radio with lead to get the car up to weight
filling the frame with Mercury and having a transfer system so the car was level weight during tech, but all left bias during the race
James wrote in with a very vague "How bout the ole’ “nitrous system in the hood” trick. Leave the entire system mounted to the inside of the hood and use the hood pins to supply power and ground. Or a certain big name NASCAR team using seven cylinders of an eight cylinder engine on the restrictor plate tracks. They’d use the “unused” cylinder as an airpump to supply air to the remaining seven cylinders."
Tim Richmond’s team using a helmet filled with lead to go through tech and “forgetting it” in the hauler just before a race when a crew member would run back to get a real, lighter one was pretty clever.
Mopar super stock teams in the sixties would weigh the car with water filled tires and change tires before and after the race.
One NHRA drag racer was caught red handed with a small bottle of Nitrous Oxide http://www.caranddriver.com/features/blowup-feature in 1997
http://bangshift.com/general-news/bangshift-question-of-the-day/question-of-the-day-whats-the-strangest-way-to-cheat-in-a-race-that-youve-ever-heard-of/#comment-115475
Wimpy springs that would put the car on the bumpstops for the race and change the cars rake affecting the air dams position relative to the air flow over the car
someone in the stangs with a garage door opener remote that activated a mobile weight in the car that would move from one side to the other to increase traction in the inside of the turns
Smashing the race vehicle into the wall to make it narrower
Filling in a radio with lead to get the car up to weight
filling the frame with Mercury and having a transfer system so the car was level weight during tech, but all left bias during the race
James wrote in with a very vague "How bout the ole’ “nitrous system in the hood” trick. Leave the entire system mounted to the inside of the hood and use the hood pins to supply power and ground. Or a certain big name NASCAR team using seven cylinders of an eight cylinder engine on the restrictor plate tracks. They’d use the “unused” cylinder as an airpump to supply air to the remaining seven cylinders."
Tim Richmond’s team using a helmet filled with lead to go through tech and “forgetting it” in the hauler just before a race when a crew member would run back to get a real, lighter one was pretty clever.
Mopar super stock teams in the sixties would weigh the car with water filled tires and change tires before and after the race.
One NHRA drag racer was caught red handed with a small bottle of Nitrous Oxide http://www.caranddriver.com/features/blowup-feature in 1997
http://bangshift.com/general-news/bangshift-question-of-the-day/question-of-the-day-whats-the-strangest-way-to-cheat-in-a-race-that-youve-ever-heard-of/#comment-115475
1971 Challenger
there were only 250 with a 440 6 pack, no 440 4 barrels were installed in 1971 Challengers
Challenger Deputy was the base model, and came with engines from the 198 to the 383
The low priced Challenger Deputy (Option Code A93) was a mid-year introduction (March 1970) and continued until the end of 1971 model production.
This version of the Challenger was unique in several ways.
The car was similar to the base Challenger hardtop with the following exceptions ;
The rear quarter windows were fixed in place by leaving out the regulator and bolting the track.
The rear window winder was deleted and the hole plugged with a chrome button.
The standard engine was the 198 6 cyl. with the 225, 318 and 383 (2v and 4v) optional.
The seats were the cheaper standard Plymouth Barracuda seats in black or white only.
The steering wheel is coachman grain like the Barracuda.
Things like dual horns, cigar lighter and night/day rear mirror were optional.
There are only six Deputys known to have been built with the 383 4bbl engine.
Three with automatics and three with 4-speeds
http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?PHPSESSID=2a80dff8f346cedac1f470c0fa864e74&topic=48961.15
Challenger Deputy was the base model, and came with engines from the 198 to the 383
The low priced Challenger Deputy (Option Code A93) was a mid-year introduction (March 1970) and continued until the end of 1971 model production.
This version of the Challenger was unique in several ways.
The car was similar to the base Challenger hardtop with the following exceptions ;
The rear quarter windows were fixed in place by leaving out the regulator and bolting the track.
The rear window winder was deleted and the hole plugged with a chrome button.
The standard engine was the 198 6 cyl. with the 225, 318 and 383 (2v and 4v) optional.
The seats were the cheaper standard Plymouth Barracuda seats in black or white only.
The steering wheel is coachman grain like the Barracuda.
Things like dual horns, cigar lighter and night/day rear mirror were optional.
There are only six Deputys known to have been built with the 383 4bbl engine.
Three with automatics and three with 4-speeds
http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?PHPSESSID=2a80dff8f346cedac1f470c0fa864e74&topic=48961.15
Speed and big damn engines... the focus of the Hydroplane and Raceboats Museum
From the days of $300 Allison engines, river races, and buddies who could field a competitive enterprise for weekend fun without going broke
You can check out the post at http://www.ewillys.com/2015/04/01/hyrdroplane-and-raceboat-museum/#more-201484 or if you want to dive into more about the boats, see http://www.lesliefield.com/default_frame.htm and click on the upper left link twice to get to the individual boats.
Or watch the movie "Madison" which was really good and starred Jim Caviezel and Bruce Dern. Story of a Indiana town that owned a hydroplane, and once was a significant part of Hydroplane racing history. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206113/
NYPD. Do they have a hiring policy that you have to be an unprofessional asshole? This jackass power tripped when he was at fault for parking without using his turn signal to let the traffic behind him know his intentions
For those of you that back the blue regardless, swell. Me? I believe cops are just assholes that sought out the best possible job for their pathological bully tendencies. Once in, they are immune from public criticism and ignorant of professional behavior.
Update April 1st 2015: (CNN) — A New York police detective assigned to the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force with top-secret security clearance has been placed on modified assignment, and faces suspension, reassignment or loss of his clearance after an incident with an Uber driver Monday that was captured on video, officials said.
Police Commissioner William Bratton on Wednesday said the detective was placed on modified assignment pending an investigation.
Bratton, who called the officer’s behavior “unacceptable and discourteous,” said the detective was on duty at the time.
“There’s just no place for any public servant to use discriminatory or negative language,” he said. “Obviously, our police play a particularly sensitive role and need to show respect for all people.”
The findings will be presented to the board, which will make an official determination on whether misconduct was committed, Sachs said. The board will either refer the decision to the NYPD with a disciplinary recommendation, or decide to bring up the officer with administrative charges, with the decision presented to the police commissioner.
CNN’s Carolyn Sung contributed to this report.
Except for Maine State Trooper Stephan Murray. The only great cop I've ever admired for his professionalism
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2014/10/reminder-of-how-cops-can-act.html
Betty Grable & Lucille Ball - 1930's
In 1962 Ball became the first woman to run a major television studio, Desilu, which produced many successful and popular television series such as Mission: Impossible and Star Trek.
Photo from https://www.facebook.com/pages/Time-Travelers-come-travel-back-in-time/284477301577152?fref=nf
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
best damn car story you'll read for a while, the GTO Judge that Brad's brother in law had, and Brad has been infatuated with, for about 40 years
Russ bought the GTO, a Judge with a RA-III 400 and a four-speed transmission, brand new and put on 72 thousand miles until the clutch blew. Into the barn it went, and Russ visited it every year when he spent the summer helping out with the wheat harvest. Haven't we all been crazy over a car, and just went to look at it? Just staring and hoping.
20 years went by as mice and cats took over the interior.
Brad tried to buy, offered to restore it, and his brother in law steadfastly refused to let him do anything with it.
Brad didn't give up, but it was clear his brother in law couldn't bear to part with the Ram Air III Judge. Then, their family connection, his sister died.
You'd figure that would be the end of Brad's tenuous thread to the goat, but it was his sister's dying wish that her husband give up the car to her brother who has been patient and passionate about it for 20 years while it deteriorated.
So Russ finally gave up. But Brad wouldn't take the car. He would only buy it, restore it, leave it with Russ for the summer, and then - take over care of it after Russ had a full summer of car shows and cruises that he's been wanting to do for 2 decades while his goat slumbered in the barn.
Ain't that the coolest? I wanna buy both of them a beer.
http://www.hotrod.com/cars/featured/1503-1970-pontiac-gto-judge-rare-find/
Cedar River trestle, 203 feet high, 843 feet long, photography of lumberjack and logging photographer Darius Kinsey
Found on http://www.highestbridges.com/wiki/index.php?title=File:CedarRiverTrestle3.jpg&limit=500
And it seems they were made like this:
Found on http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/50948934
Logging bridge and logging truck, good photo
Check out the rims on that rig... 3 to 4 feet in diameter judging by the size of the passenger.
Found on http://westforestlands.com/ while looking for photography of Darius Kinsey, noted logging and lumberjack photographer
16 bikes stolen from combat wounded in San Diego
16 custom-made bikes were stolen last Tuesday from a storage unit at the Naval Medical Center San Diego.
They belonged to the Vets2Trails therapeutic mountain biking program that supports the PTSD program at Naval Medical Center San Diego
Anyone with information should contact Jamie Rihn at 910-382-2003 or by emailing jamier@ride2recovery.com
News from http://fox5sandiego.com/2015/03/31/16-custom-bicycles-stolen-from-wounded-veterans/
They belonged to the Vets2Trails therapeutic mountain biking program that supports the PTSD program at Naval Medical Center San Diego
Anyone with information should contact Jamie Rihn at 910-382-2003 or by emailing jamier@ride2recovery.com
News from http://fox5sandiego.com/2015/03/31/16-custom-bicycles-stolen-from-wounded-veterans/
Update April 1st
http://www.sandiegojack.com/story/28698655/san-diegans-raise-25000-to-replace-stolen-bikes
San Diegans donate 25 thousand dollars on the AM760 radio show Armstrong and Getty
http://fox5sandiego.com/2015/04/01/curt-schilling-offers-reward-to-find-wounded-veterans-stolen-bicycles/
Curt Schilling offers reward of “two tickets and two seats to ANY game in the country for whoever makes this happen… with travel paid.” to anyone that finds and returns the bikes
Lots of kerfluffle about Top Gear, but why hasn't Jeremy Clarkson been interviewed? Or May, or Hammonds?
The UK newspaper the Telegraph reports that Richard and James did not sign to renew their contract with BBC2 for Top Gear, and so they are free agents. Jeremy is fired.
So why hasn't anyone gotten any statement from Jeremy in weeks?
His monthly column ran in this past months Top Gear magazine, but I can't find an online version of it, and it was written long before he punched johnny-never-heard-of-you.
Oddly, all 3 are contracted to do Top Gear Live events with a the BBC Worldwide and Brand Events consortium called Sub Zero.
The problem is that since Top Gear has fired Jeremy, the events can't be branded and marketing the Top Gear show, but have already sold out 4 shows this weekend in Norway.
Top Gear Live has a string of international events lined up this year, with the next under threat potentially Sydney in April and Johannesburg in June. The UK stops on the tour – Belfast in May, Sheffield in June and London’s O2 in November – have been guaranteed by UK promoter Live Nation.
Top Gear Live makes more than £11m in revenues annually and this year’s global tour is understood to have sold more than 100,000 tickets.
Newsflash:
The worldwide tour, previously known as Top Gear Live and fronted by Clarkson alongside co-presenters Richard Hammond and James May, will be renamed Clarkson, Hammond and May Live. The shows have been stripped of Top Gear and BBC branding.
http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/mar/31/top-gear-tour-featuring-jeremy-clarkson-to-go-ahead-without-shows-branding
So why hasn't anyone gotten any statement from Jeremy in weeks?
His monthly column ran in this past months Top Gear magazine, but I can't find an online version of it, and it was written long before he punched johnny-never-heard-of-you.
Oddly, all 3 are contracted to do Top Gear Live events with a the BBC Worldwide and Brand Events consortium called Sub Zero.
The problem is that since Top Gear has fired Jeremy, the events can't be branded and marketing the Top Gear show, but have already sold out 4 shows this weekend in Norway.
Top Gear Live has a string of international events lined up this year, with the next under threat potentially Sydney in April and Johannesburg in June. The UK stops on the tour – Belfast in May, Sheffield in June and London’s O2 in November – have been guaranteed by UK promoter Live Nation.
Top Gear Live makes more than £11m in revenues annually and this year’s global tour is understood to have sold more than 100,000 tickets.
Newsflash:
The worldwide tour, previously known as Top Gear Live and fronted by Clarkson alongside co-presenters Richard Hammond and James May, will be renamed Clarkson, Hammond and May Live. The shows have been stripped of Top Gear and BBC branding.
http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/mar/31/top-gear-tour-featuring-jeremy-clarkson-to-go-ahead-without-shows-branding
1931 dealership showroom, tile floor, wood paneled columns, vaulted ceilings...
Contrast that with todays dealerships... plastic and cheap furniture everywhere, lots of glass, no class
Photo from https://www.facebook.com/anibal134?fref=photo
Wow... this is a first! "Nose Art" on a WW2 Jeep!
I've never seen that before!
The canvas flap that protects the passenger from mud and muck that flies up from front tire splashes, is something I don't remember seeing before also, but anyway, this photo was colored in, and the artist can't figure out the word under the pin up art. Any ideas?
Found on http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/70897.html/3
A very tired train taking a nap
A stationary train thrown down by the San Francisco earthquake at Point Reyes Station, west Marin County, California, April 18, 1906
Found on http://historicaltimes.tumblr.com/post/115111318154/a-stationary-train-thrown-down-by-the-san
The Beast, back at Goodwood. Be there June 25th -28th for the whole experience
All credit has to go to Stephan Marjorham for this video... no one else went all in to share with us the amazing restoration and revivification of the Beast of Turin
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stefan-MarjoramArt-Photography/256570401042658?fref=nf
Monday, March 30, 2015
A Parnelli Jones edition Mustang
And this one was used, about 70 thousand miles on the odo... I was surprised to find it wasn't a garage queen held for investment
Henri Labourdette bodied Mercedes
those seats look very comfy
above is a spare tire lock... that is high class
and the trunk is exceptional.
Jeep vs tow truck, Chicago... you already know who wins, you only wonder how
the info with the video says the Jeep was getting towed out of Walgreens at Clark and Ontario,
However, the driver did not appear to hear the man, who then started the Jeep and managed to pull free of the tow truck and drive away from the scene.
Workers with Protective Towing, the company identified on the side of the truck, declined to comment on whether the driver knew there was someone inside the Jeep and whether the vehicle was properly secured before managing to get free.
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2015/03/31/Jeeps-tow-truck-escape-caught-on-camera-in-Chicago/1031427806038/
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