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1929 Detroit Electric Headed Out and 1953 GMC Gas Monkey Garage Build

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I’ll say it again, it’s not part of my daily routine (Although I which it was!!!) that I get to deal with some rare cars.   By day I’m the Director of Information Technology for a retail company with stores throughout Arizona  at home I’m a Corvette and Mustang (check out #ProjectSportsRoof) loving car guy.  But today the two intersected and that equaled a cool day.

If you look back at my post entitled Driving a 1929 Detroit Electric Model 97 http://wp.me/p2YxYx-4Qp you’ll get a good look at the Detroit Electric. Today it is headed back to its owner and the owner of our company.

We pushed the Detroit out of the building and into the sun light again – most likely will be its last bit of Arizona UV rays.  This beauty is on its way to Hood River, OR where the owner is loaning it to a transportation museum. The guys in this video, Tom, David, Lynn have worked and lived with this rare mode of transportation for over 10 years. It will be missed.

As if that’s not enough for one post, there’s more to this ‘most excellent day’ (to steal a phrase from Bill and Ted).

It’s tough to pick a transport company to move your special vehicle across country. I have used my share, transporting a Mustang, a Torino, a VW bug and a motorcycle via different carriers and it’s a big deal. The company selected for this rare car was FSI Transport Service and the care the driver showed was very reassuring that this 1929 electric car was in good hands. FSI is operated by Frank and Laura Martinez, out of El Paso, Tx.  Their rig was perfect for the job – being that the Detroit is a bit taller than the average car.

Often the car you are shipping travels with several other cars that are headed the same way. But this time there was only one travel mate for this trip. It just happened to be a beautiful 1953 GMC Custom pickup, according to the driver it build by the folks at Gas Monkey Garage and headed home to the owner.

That’s a beautiful truck and a worthy travel mate for the old electric car.

 

Thanks for reading

Tim

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The world’s fastest electric car? – BBC Top Gear

Remember the Detroit Electric SP:01? Announced in 2013, it followed a well-thumbed recipe and promised to be an esoteric entrant in the eco-friendly sports car class. SP:01 Well, it’s back and in production form ahead of official sales in 2015. And it’s a bit different to before, adopting a new fastback …

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1973 Ford Ranchero For Sale

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I don’t often post up cars on Craig’s list or elsewhere, but I happened to run to the owner filling up the Ranchero at the Shell station down the street.

The pics in this post are from the Craig’s list ad, but I can tell you body is in great shape and straight.   The wheels are awesome looking.  The engine sounds strong and the interior is in great shape.

Take a look at these pics and it looks even better in person.

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Has the 400 in it…very cool (only a 2bbl carb….needs 4bbl – easy)   Will need a transmission – easy to find a used one.

Wheels are great looking.  Engine was pretty clean.  Interior was great condition.   Sounded awesome!!!

Body was in great shape.  Originally delivered to DSO 74 (Seattle), so it’s a west coast car.

Check it out here:
http://tucson.craigslist.org/cto/5368828992.html

Thanks for reading.

Tim

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MCACN: 1952 Chevrolet 3600 Pickup Truck

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MCACN: 1952 Chevrolet 3600 Pickup Truck.

 

This 1952 Chevrolet 3600 pickup truck was found in a North Dakota farmfield.

To seem more follow the link above to Classic Recollections.

I love the painted dash on this 52 pickup.

 

Thanks for reading.

Tim

Trucks, Trucks and Trucks

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One of our favorite things to do is to road trip and one of my favorite things when we road trip is to take picture of any all interesting cars.

While traveling in northern Arizona we ran across this unique display of old trucks, just outside the Dewey-Humboldt.

Enjoy the pics.

There were a lot of trucks lining this ridge.

Thanks for reading.

Tim

 

Vintage trucks pass through

VINTAGE TRUCKS: Pictured (from left) are Pat Morris, Pat Vassalo and Andrew McKenzie with some of the machines which are set to be displayed at Lancefield this weekend. Tweet. Facebook. of. ╳ …

 

27th Annual Chevy Showdown, Tucson, AZ Part 3 – The Trucks

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Next up…The trucks.

There were some beautiful and well done trucks at this show. Check them out!!

This pick-up was off in a corner of the lot...

There was a window crank between the two front windows for opening them up.

More coming up.

Thanks for reading.

Tim

ParkingLot Spotlight 1951 GMC 9/24/2011

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So you are out at the mall or grabbing some groceries at the store and you are headed back to your car in the parking lot and you catch something out of the corner of your eye.  It’s out of the ordinary, it really shouldn’t be there, especially parked between that 1998 Honda with almost no paint and the huge Cummings Diesel pick up with a bench car seat bungy corded to the tie downs in the bed, but there it is, glowing and out-of-place.

That is what these segments will be about.  Sometime there will be comments from the owner and sometimes I won’t have a chance to chat with them.  There is a fine line between loving cars and stalking. (Standing around while your milk getting warm and your ice cream is leaking out of the hole in the plastic bag, waiting for the owner is on the line.  Hey..it only happened once!!!…Come on now!!!..You’ve done it!!!)

Up this time is a GMC Panel van from about 1951.  Found this one at  a local Fry’s grocery store parking lot.  I got a chance to take a few pics and didn’t get to meet the owner.

Here are some pics.

Looks in pretty good shape

 

 

Huge grill opening

 

In the above pic you can see that the air conditioning is on. (OK..is just a vent but it is pretty cool.)

Needs a little chrome work.

 

These are not small vehicles

 

Those doors open up pretty wide and that bumper is HEAVY DUTY.

Quick peak inside

 

What are you finding in a parking lot?

Drop a note.

Thanks for reading.

Tim