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Curb Weight – Save the Drive-In’s

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Any one out there remember Drive-Ins?  I sure do. We went to more drive-in movies when I was a kid than we did theater movies.  I remember the back of our Chevy wagon and one of my favorite sounds was the sound of cars driving slowly over gravel.  It was great to stretch out in back with the seats folded down and watch the movie.  (I can even remember the list of the movies I saw back then.)

Drive-Ins

But as we all know – Drive-Ins are fading into the past, sadly.  However, there is an effort to save them.  I read the magazine AutoWeek ….I love this publication, and they had a piece that mentioned Project Drive-Ins.  Apparently, Honda is working on funding to replace the old film projectors with digital projection.

Check out the video and pass it on!!!!

Thanks for reading.

Tim

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Drive-ins still surviving

It’s a fun fact that might be hard to believe, but our region has the highest concentration of drive-in theaters of anywhere else in the country. Pennsylvania has the most theaters, followed closely by Ohio and New York. “Around here the drive-in was a …
Save The Drive-Ins By Voting

“I think it would be sad for our community because there is not a lot around in this small town,” said Jodi Tilo, Wants drive-ins open. “It would be very sad because I think it’s a great experience to come and watch movies. It brings back a lot of …
Honda wants to save America’s endangered drive-ins – CNBC.com

The Japanese car company has launched Project Drive-In, an effort to rescue at least some of the remaining theaters in the United States.

 

 

Curb Weight – Packard Wins – 09-02-13

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Curb Weight is frequent blathering of car stuff – current and maybe some old stuff.  I hope you enjoy it.

If you are a car show buff and painful attention of fender/door gaps is what you are into then you’ll be glad to hear that  a Packard 1106 Twelve won the Pebble Beach Concours car show.

The 1934 Packard started life as a Taxi in Puerto Rico.  That is a long road to winning a Concours event.

The winner.

The winner.

Other winners were:

1934 Hispano-Suiza J12 Vanvooren – what?

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Best in Show

Best in Show

1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Va den Plas

Great looking car. Huge headlights

Great looking car. Huge headlights

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last but not least a 1932 Lincoln KB

These are beautiful cars. This isn't the car that won, just an exsample

These are beautiful cars. This isn’t the car that won, just an example

 

Thanks for reading.

Tim

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Ruxton has been announced as a Featured Marque for the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Stay tuned for more info!
2013 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance – Autoblog

The culmination of the 2013 Monterey car week took place yesterday at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.
Pebble Beach Concours: 1934 Packard Wins Best of Show …

Winner of Best of Show honors at the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d’Élégance was a 1934 Packard with Dietrich bodywork.

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!!!!

Thanks for reading.

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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 …
Shelby Daytona

The Shelby Daytona Coupe (also referred to as the Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe) was a coupé based loosely on the AC Cobra roadster chassis …
Carroll Shelby

The purchase included the Series 1 model, but not the rights to produce the “Continuation Series” Shelby Cobras In 2004, after a …
Brock Coupe

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

For the folks at Barrett-Jackson, Reno is a market filled with passionate automotive fans, and for show attendees, Reno is a new venue that allows many of them to attend a Barrett-Jackson auction for the very first time. SPEED …
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.