Russian supply van

 The Russians are using straw covered vans to supply their troops. It is an effort to not only camouflage them but to also reduce their detection using heat seeking drones. It doesn't work.

Personalizing your Corvette

 

When you absolutely have to get up there

 

Quick load out

 

1954 Kaiser Special

It must have been around 1975 when I had a brief relationship with this Kaiser. I did not find it particularly special. A bit of Kaiser information is here.

Zebra mussel biker

 

Merry Christmas

 

2hp Hummer H1

 

Feliz Navidad

 

Ladies Day

 

Tip the tile guy, but fire the plumber

 

Christmas past

 

Wood lover

 

Home grown Beetle

 

Days gone by

 

Christmas spirit

 

Chicken limo

 

Short stuff

 

Squeeze play

 

Santa's Rocket Ship

I came across the Santa's Rocket Ship story on Facebook. The information there was as follows:

Santa's Rocket Ship was used for holiday promotion at malls, shopping center, and business districts in the Southern portions of the US. They were the result of a partnership between Lloyd Laster and Jack Moore. Laster was a businessman from Tyler, Texas and Moore was a circus owner from Oklahoma. They were in operation from the late 50's until the mid 70's. They were operated by circus workers who otherwise might have difficulty finding employment in the off season.

Additional efforts for more information took me to a Hemming's article from 2021 and while it made the Laster connection it also had much more. You can read the more in depth information here.

From Brazil

This is apparently based on a 1960 Chevrolet pickup. The company thought to be responsible for this conversion is Tropical Cabines and there is a bit of information here.

1949 Ford

 ... and yet, another ute

Road rat

 

1939 MG VA

 

Recovery truck for tight city maneuvers

 

1956 Ford Country Sedan wagon

I ran across several photos today while cleaning up my work space. I purchased this wagon in 1975 and drove it for a couple of years. It was completely original and had a V8 and an automatic transmission. The young man who bought it didn't have it long before he totaled it.

Long term parking

 

Little Person motorcycle

 

1959 Shamrock

These convertibles was built in Ireland for the US market. Only ten were produced.

 

1956 Packard Caribbean

 This is one of 256 Caribbeans made in 1956- the final year of production. It has 7544 miles on it. It is offered at $109,000. These cars were priced at $1200 more than a Cadillac Eldorado. The seat cushions snapped into place so you could occasionally turn them around for a different look. Read more about this Packard here.

1941 Ford Western Flyer

Brook Stevens designed the Western Flyer in 1937. There were 26 variations of the van produced. This particular one is believed to have been built either for the Campbell Baking Company or SC Johnson. In 2011 a hot rod builder, Howdy Ledbetter, got his hands on it. He stretched it 47", chopped 3" from the windows and then added a 1941 Ford cabover grille which he turned upside down.

See more at jalopnik.com

... another Ute- 1972 Holden

 

A different kind of stretch

Styling Garage produced a stretched Mercedes in 1985 called the SGS Royale. Not only was it stretched in length but also in width and height. They were a bit pricey (925,000 in today's dollars) so there wasn't a huge demand. The Sultan of Brunei liked them enough to purchase three of the SGS Royales. Wikicars has a bit more.

1848 Argson invalid carriage

The term invalid carriage persists in the UK while in the US they are referred to using a variety of terms. The ones in the UK are more road worthy vehicles and that is not common in the US.

When you can't decide if you want a car or a truck

 

Referred to as utes in Australia the car to truck conversion is a more common sight than in the US. Smyth Kit Cars hopes to change that.

2014-18 Jeep Cherokee

 

A whole lot of Lincoln

This 1958 Lincoln Continental was 230" long on a wheelbase of 131". Power was provided by a 430 cubic inch V8 producing 375 horsepower.

Transparent Pontiac

 

One of two or three Pontiacs built for the 1940 World's Fair.  After that it went to the Smithsonian until the end of WWII. Then it was passed around to several Pontiac dealers before being sold. Hemmings ran a story in 2011 about the car coming to a RM Auctions event.

RM Auctions apparently sent Hemmings a more detailed history on the car and that can be read at the bottom of the Hemmings article posted here.

Happy Thanksgiving

 

November 22, 1963 Dallas, Texas

 

1954 Hudson Hornet Special

 

Coffee break

 

The Little Car Company

Ben Hedley started The Little Car Company to build electric powered three quarter sized replicas of  classic autos. They are very high end vehicles costing almost $40,000. Read more here.

On the road

This photo was taken by a bicyclist who was touring Tasmania. He came across this rig. That rider was from Sri Lanka and spoke very little English so not much information was exchanged. Certainly not the equipment you would expect a world tourer to be riding.