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Vintage Hood Ornaments

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I love hood ornaments.  The big heavy chrome or chrome on pot-metal ones, that let you know that the car behind it was something special.

Now days if your car is lucky to have one,  your hood ornament will be a cheap chrome coated plastic with a flexible base.   But I’m betting, if you walk around to the front of your car and look at it straight on, you will fine a 2D plastic logo belonging fixed as part of your grille.

But the older ones helped identify the car and gave you an indication of what the engineers had as an inspiration for the building rest of the car.

I have a few.  Started  as a photo project my son started.  Check them out, I have them for no other reason than I liked them.

Check them out.

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I don’t have a favorite, well maybe the Chevy ornaments.

Got a couple laying around on or off a car?  Drop me a note.

Thanks for reading.

Tim

 

 

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Addictions – The Classic Hood Ornament — D’Scoop

Addictions – The Classic Hood Ornament. March 8, 2013. I will admit to having many many addictions. Sadly, for most of them, there are absolutely no cures for my sort of addictions. Take toilets, for example. It’s a passion of mine to find the …

Read This: Three Chevrolets stolen from Monterey auctions

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Three Chevrolets stolen from Monterey auctions | Hemmings Daily.

Maybe we can find this cars before they’re chopped up.

Beware of where your parts come from.

These are the cars:

 

1957-Chevrolet-Bel-Air

1957-Chevrolet-Bel-Air

1961-Chevrolet-Impala

1961-Chevrolet-Impala

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61-Impala-SS

 

 

 

 

 

Russian motorcycle gets wood-power conversion – Autoblog

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This Ural has had a rudimentary wood-gas generator fitted, while an a number of other low-tech, scrounged items make up the rest of the side-car-mounted system. According to The Knee Slider, the top speed of the bike is a mere 80 kilometers per hour (about 50 miles per hour), while the fuel it runs on is quite bulky. Still, if you run low, just pack an axe and hope you run out of gas somewhere that’s wooded.

via Russian motorcycle gets wood-power conversion – Autoblog

Russian wood fueled motorcycle.

Russian wood fueled motorcycle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Talk about alternative fuel!!!!

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New Monza Concept is Opel’s Idea of a Coupe with Wings for Doors – Carscoops

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New Monza Concept is Opel’s Idea of a Coupe with Wings for Doors – Carscoops.

 

My first experience with an Opel was  in 1984 when I met my wife Jill. We were in Germany and she was driving a yellow Opel Manta.  They’ve come a long way since then and I like the look of this car!!!

Monza Coupe

Monza Coupe

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading.

Tim

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Opel Monza Concept: Renversement dialectique à Francfort – http://t.co/rlrrR5KtLL http://t.co/ZmthArDIWC
The Opel Monza Concept Makes Europe Worth Saving

This is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that’s actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn’t your time more …

 

1965 Chevelle Vintage Race Car For Sale

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1965 Chevelle Vintage Race Car For Sale.

have a 1965 Chevelle Vintage Race Car. It has a 358 cu inch motor, new clutch, new 600 gear in a floater rear end, new Biulstein shocks, and new harnesses. It comes with power steering and a 3 speed transmission. It is race ready minus the lead. I am asking $6000.00 or best offer. Call 803-730-5844

 

Chevelle For Sale

Chevelle For Sale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice looking racer.

Tim

Unrestored Shelby Cobra 260 sells for $2.07 million | Hemmings Daily

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Unrestored Shelby Cobra 260 sells for $2.07 million | Hemmings Daily.

 

That is just a LOT of dough, I know it’s a Shelby and unrestored but that seems a bit high too me.

Let me know what you think, is it worth over 2 million dollars?

1962 260 survivor

1962 260 survivor

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading.

Tim

 

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AC Cobra

The AC Cobra, sold as the Ford/Shelby AC Cobra in the United States and often known colloquially as the Shelby Cobra in that country, is an …
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The Shelby Daytona Coupe (also referred to as the Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe) was a coupé based loosely on the AC Cobra roadster chassis …
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The purchase included the Series 1 model, but not the rights to produce the “Continuation Series” Shelby Cobras In 2004, after a …
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The Brock Coupe (also known as Superformance Coupe or Superformance Shelby Daytona … title 1964 Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe Tribute Car: …

 

Cadillac Elmiraj Concept Debuts With 500 Horsepower TT V8

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I’ve never been a “caddy” guy.  Well that’s not true.  I’d would drive a 60’s or less Caddy.  But I haven’t seen anything I’d take over  a Corvette since then.

But what do you think?  Here is the video:

http://youtu.be/Ec4SsKL3byI

cadillac concept elmiraj

Thanks for reading.

Tim

Barrett Jackson Auction – The hammer price on 390 V-8 ’62 Ford

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Barrett Jackson Auction is on Speed Channel this weekend!!!!

1962 Ford 'vert

1962 Ford ragtop

The hammer price on this resale red 390 V-8 ’62 Ford is $23,500

via The hammer price on this resale red 390 V-8 ’62 Ford is … on Twitpic.

Survivor!!

Survivor!!

A 74-year-old survivor, this 1940 Oldsmobile sedan gets hammered sold at $29,000

Thanks for reading….NOW GO FIND THE SPEED CHANNEL!!!!

Tim

AUTOS: Barrett-Jackson, Hot August Nights A Great Combination

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AUTOS: Barrett-Jackson Speeding Into The Future With FOX

SPEED executive producer Rick Miner, who heads the massive effort to televise every Barrett-Jackson auction, said the same intensity will be dedicated to the coverage under FOX Sports as it has been with SPEED.

Curb Weight – Corvettes and Corvairs

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This is my latest segment.  It will be a frequent blathering of car stuff – current and maybe some old stuff.  I hope you enjoy it.

I’ve visited the Bowling Green assembly plant a few times and it never grows old.  The last time I was there they were expanding the plant to include Chevy Volt production and (not releasable at that time) and this as well:

The new Corvette Stingray will be built at GM’s Bowling Green, Ky., assembly plant, which underwent a $131-million upgrade, including approximately $52 million for a new body shop to manufacture the aluminum frame in-house for the first time.

Check out my post from one of my visits Bowling Green Corvette Assembly Plant Tour…AWESOME!!

OOOHHH....I'd work there!!!

OOOHHH….I’d work there!!!

I did a post from a car show down on the border and covered a corvair with a Ralph Nader for President bumper sticker which was a hoot. (See it here Corvair – The Last Car .) But one Corvair I haven’t seen in years at a car show  or anywhere is the  Lakewood.

1962 Lakewood

1962 Lakewood

There’s a good reason for this.  These  Corvair station wagons were only made in 1961 and 1962.  Only 33,271 wagons were produced in those two years.  A subset of those were the Monza of 1962.  Only 2567 of those wagons were produced.

A there were a couple of engine the 80 horse power Turbo Air and a 98 horse powered Super Turbo Charge.

That makes me think I need to do post on just Corvairs.

Thanks for reading.

Tim

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1954 Corvette dream cars – Corvette Corvair fastback, Corvette Nomad wagon and Corvette convertible coupe http://t.co/OrJk5A2sX1

 

 

 

 

BMW introduces the i3 electric car with optional range-extending engine

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BMW introduces the i3 electric car with optional range-extending engine.

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What is that noise?  The sound of the electric motor?  No it’s me yawning!!!   I’m getting bored with electric cars that look like bubble.   This BWM looks like a mini-cooper, cross over, mini van thing.

However I do like the interior!!  Take a look.

The i3 interior uses a variety of sustainable materials, including the eucalyptus wood on ...

Not bad looking!!!

But it’s no Tesla!!!!!

Thanks for reading

Tim