a Flikr page of old bikes, Collect Velo

from the pre-1930s set at http://www.flickr.com/photos/collectvelo/  via http://t-s-k-b.tumblr.com

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in the swap meet area of the Goodguys Del Mar 2013 spring event, some cool old bikes, a trike, a Jeepster and a bitchin Comet

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A 1904 Curved Dash Oldsmobile is set to be driven coast to coast, California to Florida, by Rainey, to raise funds for Cancer research

Starting out on April 13th, Rainey will drive from Oceanside (Near San Diego) to Julian, 60 some miles East... and then http://joy-across-america.com/the-route/

You can read about the adventure at Hagerty http://www.hagerty.com/classic-car-articles-resources/Features/News/All-Articles/2013/04/01/Shattered-Dream-Rekindled?utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_medium=email&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=Hagerty%20Weekly%20News%2004-03-2013

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Funny Car Summer, documentary movie available from Netflix, follows Jim Dunn through the 1974 funny car races, and gives a good look at 1974

the car he raced was this rear engined Barracuda, one of only 2 rear engined funny cars racing in 1974

his ordinary job for 47 weeks a year was as a firefighter

the movie covers the drag strips in So Cal mostly, but also Oklahoma and Utah

and I've no idea why the races at El Mirage and Bonneville are in the movie, or even if they are from 1974

Carl and Veda Orr!

and no shit, they lit the back tire on fire to race bicycles with small chutes that were pulled in a parking lot race

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a group of Bucker Jungmanns was out for a group flight yesterday, I happened to be at the same place at the same time

    

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How to cram more gas into a race car... step one, innovation. Step two, dry ice 21 gallons of gas. Step 3, bring to the race track and cram into the Penske Camaro

that is a lot of frozen condensation on that drum

in the above you can see the can in the can, and below the drawing was found that gave dimensions

the above image image shows the car at the most recent Pebble Beach event, recreating the glory days of 1967 and the famous frozen gas trick

photos from http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=k0rdem8317u8nl330ji7usq3a7&topic=8309.15 and http://saacforum.com/index.php?topic=14660.75

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I just learned there is a Vintage Racecar magazine (and subscribed)

All of these are screen captures from the PDF of the free sample copy at http://vintageracecar.com/page/db/pics/1147396364_6255.f_page_pdf.pdf

http://vintageracecar.com/pages/thismonth.cgi

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The Motorcycle Cannonball / aka / White Knuckle, the new movie from Atomic Hot rods, who made that cool movie "Road to Bonneville" about Rolling Bones

http://www.atomichotrods.com/Atomic_Hot_Rods/DVDs.html

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The Zep Diner in Downtown Los Angeles, CA - 1931

found on http://dieselpunk.livejournal.com/494951.html

If this type of roadside diner with flair still existed, I'd go and try the food. 

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Hawaii Clipper 1930's photos from WJ, he has so many cool images... I'm trying to convince him to start a Tumblr or Blog

 Believe it or not.. I can tell you who that is and what she's doing. The photographer who got this shot was at a historic event, the commissioning of the Hawaii Clipper, and that is Patricia Kennedy pouring coconut water over the bow (awesomely appropriate) it was May 1936, and in Pearl Harbor.  http://hawaii.gov/hawaiiaviation/aviation-photos/1930-1939/pan-american-airways/hawaii-clipper/

 The plane took 10 hours to get from California to Hawaii

from the early 30s I guess, when passenger travel to Hawaii was only by slow ships, sailing ships, slow cruise liners, or these awesome Pan Am clippers

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Vintage motorcyle show this fall, in Sept, just West of Long Beach in Torrance

http://www.classiccycleevents.com/elcamino.html 

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Vintage Motorcycle show, 1/2 way between LA and San Fran... May 19th

http://www.classiccycleevents.com/hanford.html 

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