Conglomeration

 

Chariot racing

 

Cowboy in his custom convertible

 

Explaining Ohio's weather

 

Plain and simple: Bad Luck

 

Rough and ready

 

1938 Fiat 500 Testa Siata

Meat wagon

 Recent discharge of 10 tons of offal from a truck in the Netherlands. A panic stop due to a traffic backup resulted in the load "shifting".

Sometimes chains don't work

 

911 street rod

 

The Beast

 While it looks like a photoshop creation it is in fact a one off 27 liter V12 monster. It sports an Mk35 Rolls Royce Merlin engine that was used in the iconic Spitfire fighter planes. The supercharger was removed for this application which cuts the horsepower to 750 (down from 1500). It runs12 second quarter miles and has a top speed of 183 mph.

Read more about the Beast here.

1965 NSU Autonova GT Concept

 

Bosnian architecture

 

VW T2 Kombi

 

Apparently these were altered to serve as a speed detection vehicle.

Hyundai Beetle marriage

 

Off grid gate control

 

Beware the Ides of March, Caesar!

 

1975 Dodge Woodsman

 

Datsun Fairlady

 Datsun produced 500 of the SPL212 in 1960 for export to the American market

New Fords arriving at the dealership 1945

 

1970 Cadillac NART Zagato

Looking somewhat like an Oldsmobile Tornado the Zagato was a concept car that never gained much traction at GM. Read more about it here.

Free diving

 

1961 Ford Econoline

 

The Dukes of Maranello

It was a spectacular finish. It is apparent to me that the blue Ferrari won in what was a close contest.

Crew cab

 

Citroen family racer

 

Rugged Jeep guts

 

Transformed Firebird

 

Elegant wrecker

 

The Art of Being throwback Thursday 7/2/2014

 

A work in progress