Mr. Norm's Super Charger, and why it's a Barracuda

After the 1968 season the race car needed a rebuild due to the fire at the US 30 dragstrip, so another mini charger was built on a Logghe ch...

A couple more car related Calvin comic strips

Eric Thorsen Custom Interior in the Pure Vision built Camaro of Ron Lallo

I saw this in person at the Grand National this year, but the lighting made decent photos impossible  http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2014/0...

Road repair vs taxes

the cost of repairing roads has increased with inflation, is paid for by taxes on gasoline, and though there are more cars on the road, they...

George Hill and 22 year old Bill Davis built a streamliner in their backyard, in 1952, got the local chamber of commerce to sponsor it to Bonneville

it ran 230mph in 1952... set a record at 199.00 in B STR (two way run) and was built of hot rod ingenuity and Model A suspension, with a ...

has me wondering what the hell is a trailer this shape, and this size, for?

Found on  http://vectorville.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2013-09-15T05:05:00-07:00&max-results=7&start=308&by-date=false

Citroens can do about anything, even fly around corners

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I can't think of a caption ridiculous enough for this situation

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Very cool, the Scat Pack light up display sign on the inside of the race car hauler

I found the above in the Steve Juliano collection:   http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/11/steven-juliano-collection-im-betting.html it is...

this, is a first

Found on  http://whothefuckismisterfreedoom.blogspot.com/  nsfw

A rolling car gathers no moss...

All found on  http://vectorville.blogspot.com/

the Bike Angel of Burbank, Elaine Pease

Elaine Pease, a Building Division inspector for the city of Burbank, started a small project in 2008 to restore used bicycles and answer the...

owner customized shifters are frequently interesting and innovative

Found on  http://whothefuckismisterfreedoom.blogspot.com/ NSFW

Why isn't this sign in every shopping mall and grocery store parking lot?

Great license plates

what is the oldest continually used road/bridge in the world? This one was built by ancient Romans

Pont Julien  http://vectorville.blogspot.com/2013/09/pont-julien.html  is about 2100 years old and was used until 2005. The Roman empire was...

left running in the parking lot... even has a handicapped plate, but no one is going to try stealing it, it's dog protected

Does anyone have the email addresses for Holley performance products management?

I want to email the following people, and at worst, I'll get their emails at SEMA Bill Tichenor, Director of Marketing, Holley Performan...

Do you know why the Wright Bros. beat out all the competition in the race to taking the first flight? Action.

Robert Greene explains in Mastery that the Wright Bros. had a tight budget and were forced to make small, cheap tweaks to each model. They w...

and this is how you show your apprecaition for moose knuckle in New Hampshire

Found on  https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Bacon-Avenger/451744994877761

one of the best jobs in the world, a car company "Product Excellence" position... just having fun and trying to improve the cars

"A position opened up at Mazda for something called “Product Excellence,” a sort of Ministry of Fun. It was perfect. So for the last 10...

this is how you demonstrate an off road vehicles capabilities

Mazda Miata is now celebrating 25 years of production

http://www.autoweek.com/article/20140210/CARNEWS/140219997 the 25th anniversary special will have 100 models made, and the engines are going...

this is what is called, a truck stop!

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brilliant cop I came across this morning... he's not chasing violators, he's just letting them come to him

The cop just waited in the middle on the jammed up on ramp, and every stupid person with a cell phone to their ear, or their seat belt off w...

Packard's Torsion Level suspension... motorized torsion bar leveling

Even more impressive was 1955 engineering. Leading the list of features was Torsion-Level suspension, an interlinked torsion-bar arrangement...

Richard Petty and his 1971 Dodge hauler

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it's not surprising to see a Doc Hudson imitator at a car show.. and this one was well done at the LaJolla Concours

funny... reminder, don't piss off truckers

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cool rig! Called "Danger" by the creators at AA Stainless in Miami-Opa Locka Fla

I say thanks to Mark for sending me the link to the 2nd and 3rd photos, and the info as to who made it http://aastainless.com/?wpsc_product_...

Inspired by the "High Line" garden park in New York, a landscape gardener wants to adapt an abandoned track in Philadelphia

Found on  http://gentlemint.com/ the High Line that inspired him: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/08/new-yorks-elavated-railway-built-i...

good t shirt idea

Found on  https://www.facebook.com/mechanicnation via  http://teespring.com/playwithblocks

Westbound on the Eastbound shoulder of I 40 in Arkansas, near the Lonoke exit

Post by Russ Undawg Howard . Found on  https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=713514415337644&fref=nf

I just came across a hilarious Facebook page with mechanic humor, I'm shocked I haven't seen more like this

in the above, someone used a ground wire brass split bolt to connect the positive to another cable... and that brass fitting is going to sho...

for vehicle cold weather testing, take it to the UP

there is probably no better place to get that experience than the Michigan Tech Keweenaw Research Center (KRC), a research institute where a...

It's a mad mad mad mad world, a German "artiste" bougt 50 cars made in 1950, put them around his property to watch them decay

Full gallery at, and these photos from   http://www.alamy.com/search/Imageresults.aspx?st=21&simid=4051504&qt=E03P4F Learned about t...