Quite cool and unusual photos from 21studs.tumblr

The above gave me so many laughs, I've never heard of anyone putting divorce signs on a car to make fun of the "Just married" signs that are common. I wonder what would be proper to drag behind the car... the newlyweds drag tin cans, what would divorced people drag? Lawyers maybe?
I just read an article on this Franklin, I think it was in Hemmings Classic
Well, from the start of Ford to the late 40's anyway

see more at http://21studs.tumblr.com

Finally a Tumblr made for guys who are turned on by women who ride motorcycles "themotolady.com"

You didn't think I was just going to post perfectly unreal beautiful women on cafe racers and sports bikes did you? You ought to know by know I'm going to pass on them and see about the woman on the Flying Merkel straight away.

A bit of everything motorcycle on http://themotolady.com/ and it's not strict on the women on bikes theme, but its about 90/10 women to men. Great site, enjoy

That scream you just heard? New Camaro owner or Camaro fanatic who saw what was done to this new Camaro, deliberately.

Found on http://alexandremachado.blogspot.com/2011/05/camaro-rat-rod.html

who found it on Jalopnik who had this article from Justin Hyde:

There are hot rods. There are rat rods. Then there's this: A new Camaro SS that's been speed-rusted and deglossed into junkyard condition while getting a 1,000-hp supercharged engine — and it only cost $150,000.
Long Island hot rodders Dave Sherer and Anthony Musilli often show off their well-restored rides during Hot Rod magazine's annual Power Tour. For this year tour with the 2010 Camaro's owner Bill Rombauts, Sherer said they wanted something no one would expect.

"Because no one else has the balls to do it," Sherer told Jalopnik. "Everyone else is making them clean."

The exterior took about a week of non-stop labor to transform from showcar state to Craigslist concours. Beyond just grinding off paint, the team rubbed salt on the open metal to speed rust, repainted and sanded some areas for better colors, and kicked dents into the trim for that put-away-wet look. The hood is slightly misaligned, the badges are off and the grille's broken.

http://jalopnik.com/5800415/the-brand+new-150000-camaro-rat+rod

Funniest name for a car club

S.M.O.K.E.R.S.

senile men obnoxiously konkocting early racing stories- they host a US Food and Gas Championship March meet the Sunday before the Famoso March Meet

radio talk show traffic reporter names

Lee Vrubr
Dyna Axydent
Juan Mylanuer
Eunice Versagoynt
Lisa Neucar
Ann Tenna
Phillip DeTank

Click and Clack car talk staff

Above from the Google books screen shots

Car Talk's Recently Hired Staff
British Hospitality Advisor Tina Crumpet
Customer Service Specialist Begonia Payne-Diaz
Sculling Coach Rose Dior

The below have been edited for humor, there are tons more after the link
Car Talk's Official Staff Credits
Accounts Payable Administrator Imelda Czechs
Accounts Payable Clerk, Moscow Office Dasha Chekhov
Accounts Receivable Supervisor from the Mumbai Office Vishnu Payup
Adopted Son from Sweden Bjorn A. Payne Diaz
Airline Seat Tester Wilma Butfit
Air-Quality Monitor Carmine Dioxide
Air Traffic Controller Ulanda U. Lucky
Airline Reservation Manager Will Price Randomly
Alignment Inspector Lou Segusi
Appeals Specialist Bud Uronner
Arbitration Expert Viola Fuss
Art Critic Phyllis Steen
Art Critic II Dot Snice
Asphalt Contractor Luciano Pavearoadi
Assertiveness Training Coach Lois Steem
Assistant Customer Care Representative Kurt Reply
Assistant Disciplinarian Joaquin D'Planque
Asst. Fleet Manager Lisa Carr
Assistant to the PR Specialist Lotta B. Essen
Audience Response Analyst Luke Warm
Auto-Body Expert James Bondo
Automotive Finishes Consultant Rusty Steele
Automotive Medical Researcher Dr. Denton Fender
Auto Seat Tester Fitz Matush
Bad Joke Interpreter Nadia Geddit
Bail Bond Provider Freida Gogh
Bail-Bondswoman Frieda Wander
Bolt Tightener Tilda Plierslip
Book Critic Odessa Paige Turner
Brake Adjuster Schlomo Quigley
Breathalyzer Administrator Eureka Garlic
British Doorman Isaiah Olchap
Broadway Reviewer Ike and Stan Musicals
Bunji Jumping Instructor Hugo First
Broadcast Philosopher Phillip Airtime
Cabinet Maker L. Ron Cupboard
Caffeine Addiction Counselor Bruno Moore
Car Talk Bouncer Euripedes Ibreakayourface
Car Talk Ice Rink Manager Sam Boney
Car Talk Opera Critic Barbara Seville
Chairman, Federal Lubrication Board Alan Greasepan
Chairman, Underemployment Study Group Art Majors
Chief Accountant Candace B. Rittenoff
Chief Cook and Bottle Washer Chef Boyar Ubusy
Chief Information Officer Otto Delupe
Chief Justice Harry Mental, aka Judge Mental
Chief Legal Counsel Hugh Louis Dewey of Dewey, Cheetham & Howe
Chief Negotiator Bernadette Bridge
Chief of Tire Technology Yessir Itsaflat
Child Care Provider A. Hugh Nokitov
Child Transportation Specialist Minnie Van Driver
Class Valedictorian Sidney Furst Rowe
Cleanliness Inspector Adolph Deflor

http://www.cartalk.com/content/about/credits/credits.html for about 200 hunderd more

What the hell do BMW's need headlight wipers for? Do big messy gutsy bugs aim for the lights?

last time I had 4 different designs compared
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/06/why-do-so-many-bmws-need-headlight.html

First Burma Shave signs I've come across

Give Hand Signals
To Those Behind
They Don't Know
What's On
Your Mind

the living room couch, and end tables, were cruising the sidelines at El Mirage... looking for burning man?

true double barreled racing, 110 gallons of Nitromethane. CH3NO2 (you ought to know I did say unprintable things in admiration)

makes my six pack of Whoop Ass whimper in shame and lack of self confidence http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2007/06/six-pack-of-whoop-ass.html

Nitro is 2.3 times as energetic as gasoline. Consider that a gallon of gas powers a 3000 pound car as much as 50 miles, and nitro would move would move that same car 115 miles. that means a cup would make it move about 15 miles. Try pushing a 3000 pound car that far, and you'll appreciate a cup of nitro

An ounce would move that car about a mile. At speed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitromethane

All we know is, he's called the Stig (the funny opening lines)

he is afraid of bells,
confused by stairs.
his voice can only be heard by cats,
he never blinks, but when he does, his eye lids are side to side blinkers
naturally faces magnetic north
all his legs are hydraulic,
he has two sets of knees,
and heart ticks like a watch
He is hinted at being a wild creature, spending his spare time catching fish with his tongue or foraging for wolves in the woods.
his face appears on high-value stamps in Sweden
his left nipple is the shape of the Nürburgring,
he invented the curtain,
his salary is paid by the BBC in strong pornography
he is illegal in 19 US states
he is afraid of ducks
his breath smells of magnesium
his tears are adhesive
if he caught fire he'd burn for a thousand days
he has a digital face
his crash helmet is based on Brittany Spears head
he has no understanding of clouds
his earwax tastes like Turkish delight
he isn't machine washable
his first name really is "the"
he sleeps upside down like a bat
if you tune your radio to 88.4, you can hear his thoughts
on really warm days he sheds his skin like a snake
he's allergic to the Dutch
if he could be bothered, he could decoded the DaVinci code in 43 seconds
his sweat can be used to polish precious metals
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stig

if you want to read a LOT more : http://www.topgearshow.com/page/The+Stig+Quotes

The 1960's Fiat Abarth 600, cooling problem, speed solution

The Abarth team was given the problem of making the Fiat 600 faster, but after putting the exhaust on it, they couldn't close the engine cover (is it a hod when the engine is behind the rear tires?) because the engine would overheat. So they propped open the engine cover.

So they tested it anyway, and learned that the car was 11 kph faster with the engine cover propped open (of course the maxed out engine helped too!)

Learned on Top Gear, episode 73

Great variety of fun stuff over at Tamerlane's Thoughts, not all car stuff though, lots of travels

the above Land Rover advertisement is brilliant, go see the world and get your passport stamped
Who know Sammy had a Delorean?
The source of the above XJ220 Jag's tail lights? the below Rover... huh

Wow, rare Jeep FC 170 and Civil Defense with the old license plates!

these two were photographed at the Sonoma Marin Concours
all this variety is from just the only http://karakullake.blogspot.com/

more great photos from Parkoffka.ru

The above looks like an electric wheelchair trying to pull a cop car

Yup, wind powered car




for more of these http://parkoffka.ru/

A bit of this and that for a moment

1925 Monotrace found on http://flickriver.com/photos/jk1971/tags/monotrace

Racing legends Donnie Allison, Sid Collins, Roger McCluskey, Ed McCulloch, Augie Pabst, Bruce Penhall and Ed Winfield will be enshrined into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America when the organization stages its annual induction celebration on August 23 and 24, 2011 in Detroit.

Ed Winfield was regarded as one of the all-time great mechanical minds motorsports has ever known. He was an expert in engine design and carburation and played a major role in the development of the famed Novi engine with his brother, Bud. He is generally recognized as the “Father of the Racing Cam Business,” making his first performance camshaft in 1914 at age 13 and is credited with creative cylinder head designs and other engine advancements.

A Winfield exotic camshaft was in Bulchowsky's Old Yeller

http://www.landspeedproductions.biz/ed-winfield-finally-gets-the-nod-byt-the-motorsports-hall-of-fame.html

There is a motorcycle museum in France, the Chateau de Bosc http://www.expeditionportal.com/vehicules/motorcycles/70-other/342-discovering-a-secret-motorcycle-museum-in-france.html

from http://www.anshobijlmakers.nl/Home/Home.html originally, found on http://basskick.tumblr.com/

humor found in Volkswagens, "Pidgin German" comedy labels someone invented years ago

Das Glimmerblinken for the light switch,
Der Drizzleflippen for wiper switch,
Die Warmercougher for choke,
Das Schmokegedunka for ashtray,
and Der Puttersparken for the ignition.
http://www.bugstories.com/viewtopic.php?t=5&sid=91ea60b6a46219a6a37b865d395fc7e6

I love this kind of humor! I first saw it in April at the Coronado car show (last photo of the set http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/04/cool-stuff-i-found-at-coronado-car-show.html ) in this car http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/04/1951-mercedes-170da-in-afrika-corps.html

or in German...
Das Glimmerblinken" (für Lichtschalter),
"Das Drizzleflippen" (für den Scheibenwischer)
, "Die Warmercougher" (für Starthilfezugknopf),
"Das Schmokegedunka" (Ascher)
oder "Der Puttersparken" (für Zündung)
http://wissen.spiegel.de/wissen/dokument/dokument.html?id=46272808&top=SPIEGEL

And I found some new ones that have been invented
1. Turn signals Winkenblinken
2. Windshield wipers Drizzleflippen
3. Ashtray Schmokendunken
4. Horn Ferroadhags
5. Trunk Bundledumpen
6. Spare tire Rollinknue
7. Glove compartment Ferheidenschitt
8. Rearview mirror Schpottinbaach
9. Fender Dentenruen
10. Chrome trim Doughferflashen
11. Engine compartment Rhorensump
12. Exhaust pipe Schtinkenhose
13. Window Glazzenhol
14. Speedometer Zeumklok
15. Gas gauge Neuzafuel
16. Radio Hollernbachs
17. Antenna Grabbentunz

found at http://www.writers-network.com/index.cgi?m=1&view=96588

Pirate love? or did some people miss a left turn at Albuquerque when looking for Burning Man?

Rubicks Cube. Clever vanity plate

musclecarblog.tumblr.com - more great photos

And there was no explanation or link to the source of the above... so I don't know if it's a photo shop or what.

It's a fake! Ludwyg220 used the comment and let us know that the real photo is at http://www.stockmopar.com/supersize-image.php?image=_images/wallpaper/charger-daytona-69_02.jpg&title=Mopar%20Wallpaper

Thanks Ludwyg220! The above is a really good photoshop job!
http://musclecarblog.tumblr.com/