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  South Side Performance At Automania

  06.27.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  It’s been a busy week for me since the Automania show last Wednesday, but there were a few things of interest there that I wanted to share (Ian & I went to the show, and between the two of us, snapped over 300 photos; some are worth seeing, some not so much, but if you’re […]

• Cars!, Family, Fun!

  Automania 2008 Is On For Tonight!

  06.18.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Yes! The Night of the Hot Rods has finally arrived!
  Automania is tonight, June 18, 2008. The weather forecast looks excellent, so you can bet that I’ll be there, dragging the boys around (or maybe the other way round) snapping pictures of everything they’re not interested in. They’ll likely be gawking at the shiny Ferraris, […]

• Cars!

  2009 Dodge Purple People Eater

  03.20.08 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  Dodge has officially revealed the 2009 Challenger, and dang is it hot. The only thing it’s missing is that lovely Mopar purple paint job that reminds me so much of the Mopar musclecars from the ’60’s.
  To remedy that, we now have Photoshop and the Replace Color… function.

  Now idn’t dat purty? I likes it.

• Cars!, Fun!, Gadgets

  Wilcraft Ice Fishing Machine

  02.18.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I saw an ad for this thing on tv tonight; the Wilcraft ice fishing rig. “Because trucks don’t float.”

  The ad aired during the Kent Hrbek Outdoors Show, and made me laugh out loud. I mean, a purpose-built $10,000 buggy made for rapid deployment for… ice fishermen?
  Roll this bad boy off your trailer, drive out […]

• Cars!, Old Things

  Citroen 2CV Rat Rod

  02.16.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Now this. Is. Cool.

  Not what you’d expect in a rat rod at all, but what would kinda naturally flow from what began as a front-drive rattletrap of a car. The Citroen 2CV is pretty rare here in the US, but they’re common as houseflies in Europe, so it makes sense that people mod them […]

• Cars!

  Makela Auto Tuning

  01.28.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  When I grow up, I want to work at MAT (Makela Auto Tuning). Yes, I’ll move to Finland. Yes, I’ll learn the language. Yes, I’ll put up with the long winter nights. Just for the chance to work on some of the great projects they showcase on their site.

  Take for instance the 1929 Model […]

• Cars!, Fun!, Old Things

  Metropolitan Minnesota

  01.20.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Here’s a funny photo I found on eBay… It was on an auction for a 1959 Nash Metropolitan, in Minnesota. Dairy country, no doubt!
  I’ve been looking half-heartedly for a project car; kinda thinking ahead to Ian getting his license in a year or so. It’d be fun to pick up something that needs a little […]

• Cars!

  A Big Red Truck

  12.20.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  I want this truck soooo bad. I don’t need it. I can’t justify the cost, bargain though it is (the FOR SALE sign lists the price at $6,500). I have nowhere to park it. But I really really like it and would love to own it. Is that wrong?
  It’s just a great looking truck. 1972 […]

• Cars!, Fun!

  The Fletcher Aviator

  12.10.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  I bumped into this in the classified ads at CarsOnline.com; very, very cool.

  Asking price is $55,000, but I found another version of the ad where he’s asking $70k, so I’m thinking the price is pretty negotiable. Probably not negotiable to where I’d be able to afford it, but…

  Here are the specs for the thing […]

• Cars!, Cool Technology

  The Singing Highway

  11.30.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Here’s something interesting; grooves cut in the pavement on a dangerous highway make the tires “sing”, and help keep drivers alert. It’s called The Singing Highway in South Korea. Very cool!
  I’ve thought of something like this; there are stretches of road around here that have grooves cut in them to channel water off the pavement, […]

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