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**Jive-Bomber** · 11-13-2009, 08:27 AM

My buddy shot these pics through the glass of the closed Contra Costa Historical Society in Martinez, Ca. back in the Spring of '08. The exhibit was called "Mechanical Mysteries, a series of doo-dads, whatchamacallits and thingamabobs" created by loc...

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**scootermcrad** · 11-13-2009, 08:34 AM

WOW!!!!! Totally awesome!!!!

31whitey · 11-13-2009, 08:43 AM

I must have taken out hundreds with my harley pipe cannon when I was young....

**SUHRsc** · 11-13-2009, 08:46 AM

Cool!!

backyardbeliever · 11-13-2009, 10:04 AM

Is this the same bob shultz that owns like a third of jack london square and has a warehouse half full of pre-war high end auto makes? If it is i had no idea he did art ! ...It would make sense he is quite eccentric . Great guy..... he was after my coe for a while

temper_mental · 11-13-2009, 10:07 AM

Very cool stuff. I wonder if any of it really worked?

OLIVER BROS GARAGE · 11-13-2009, 10:13 AM

Very cool stuff!

derelict · 11-13-2009, 10:26 AM

I believe this is some of his earlier work. His studio was in Port Costa during the 70's. Just west of Marinez...

greazhonkey · 11-13-2009, 10:31 AM

Very interesting art, kind of a surreal feel to it.

justanotherguy · 11-13-2009, 10:59 AM

The Teutonic Toy... HA! good one!

Derelict... that photo you have is work by Clayton Bailey, a Port Costa artist still very active, and a former Studebaker fanatic. He owned 13 at one time, most of them bullet-nosed.

49ratfink · 11-13-2009, 11:25 AM

I got a 40's vacuum cleaner sitting around the shop. maybe I'll put some wheels and a seat on it and some other old junk I got sitting around here.

that's some cool looking stuff. it's cool how they look like they have some sort of purpose but are really just random junk bolted together.

crashbox · 11-13-2009, 12:11 PM

I love that sort of stuff. People who can take whatever article and make something completely different just blow me away. Great stuff.
Tom

**paperdog** · 11-13-2009, 03:14 PM

hmmm
don't you guys have bits and pieces of stuff like that piled up? ..
i sure do
i thought every one did ..
how else can ya build stuff unless the pile is ready to give back..

funny what a fertile imagination and a scrap heap can do...

CaseyK · 11-13-2009, 03:35 PM

reminds me alot of this guys stuff! Killer indeed!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lockwasher/

derelict · 11-13-2009, 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by justanotherguy

The Teutonic Toy... HA! good one!

Derelict... that photo you have is work by Clayton Bailey, a Port Costa artist still very active, and a former Studebaker fanatic. He owned 13 at one time, most of them bullet-nosed.

Thanks, I new I was in the neighborhood...

captainjunk#2 · 11-13-2009, 04:01 PM

ha cool stuff the wheels on that first object came off an old stryker hospital stretcher , i junked a couple out and have the same wheels on my stick welder cart ,

jasone · 11-13-2009, 04:05 PM

cool.

Dowies · 11-13-2009, 04:44 PM

I like the way this guy thinks. I thought I was the only guy building crazy stuff in my garage out of old junk.

Retro Jim · 11-13-2009, 05:47 PM

Now that is really kool !

RetroJim

RDO_23 · 11-13-2009, 05:50 PM

show me some pics of that old Harley you are welding next to?

11-13-2009, 08:27 AM	#1
Jive-Bomber Alliance Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Moraga, Ca Posts: 2,419	Mechanical Mysteries in Martinez My buddy shot these pics through the glass of the closed Contra Costa Historical Society in Martinez, Ca. back in the Spring of '08. The exhibit was called "Mechanical Mysteries, a series of doo-dads, whatchamacallits and thingamabobs" created by loc... To read the rest of this blog entry from The Jalopy Journal, click here.

11-13-2009, 08:43 AM	#3
31whitey Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Missoula, Montana Posts: 2,213	Re: Mechanical Mysteries in Martinez I must have taken out hundreds with my harley pipe cannon when I was young....

11-13-2009, 08:46 AM	#4
SUHRsc Alliance Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Grantville, PA Posts: 4,921	Re: Mechanical Mysteries in Martinez Cool!! __________________ www.zachsuhr.com

11-13-2009, 10:04 AM	#5
backyardbeliever Grenade Inspector Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Petaluma, nor cal Posts: 264	Re: Mechanical Mysteries in Martinez Is this the same bob shultz that owns like a third of jack london square and has a warehouse half full of pre-war high end auto makes? If it is i had no idea he did art ! ...It would make sense he is quite eccentric . Great guy..... he was after my coe for a while

11-13-2009, 10:07 AM	#6
temper_mental Old School HAMBer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 2,707	Re: Mechanical Mysteries in Martinez Very cool stuff. I wonder if any of it really worked? __________________ RIP SGT Tim SANCHEZ 3/5/74 3/14/07 Thaw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n43G4K_lOxA TX mile 151

11-13-2009, 08:34 AM	#2
scootermcrad Alliance Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Charlotte/Concord, NC Posts: 12,914	Re: Mechanical Mysteries in Martinez WOW!!!!! Totally awesome!!!! __________________ Like early Hemis? Click the banner below... My blog: scootermcrad.blogspot.com

11-13-2009, 10:13 AM	#7
OLIVER BROS GARAGE Old School HAMBer Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Des Moines, Iowa Posts: 7,182	Re: Mechanical Mysteries in Martinez Very cool stuff! __________________ www.VintageTorqueFest.com Vintage Torque Fest May 4-5, 2013

11-13-2009, 10:26 AM	#8
derelict Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: modesto CA, USA Posts: 489	Re: Mechanical Mysteries in Martinez I believe this is some of his earlier work. His studio was in Port Costa during the 70's. Just west of Marinez...

11-13-2009, 10:31 AM	#9
greazhonkey Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Visalia, CA Posts: 899	Re: Mechanical Mysteries in Martinez Very interesting art, kind of a surreal feel to it.

11-13-2009, 10:59 AM	#10
justanotherguy Grenade Inspector Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: central left coast Posts: 173	Re: Mechanical Mysteries in Martinez The Teutonic Toy... HA! good one! Derelict... that photo you have is work by Clayton Bailey, a Port Costa artist still very active, and a former Studebaker fanatic. He owned 13 at one time, most of them bullet-nosed.

11-13-2009, 11:25 AM	#11
49ratfink Old School HAMBer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: S.F. bay area, California Posts: 13,157	Re: Mechanical Mysteries in Martinez I got a 40's vacuum cleaner sitting around the shop. maybe I'll put some wheels and a seat on it and some other old junk I got sitting around here. that's some cool looking stuff. it's cool how they look like they have some sort of purpose but are really just random junk bolted together.

11-13-2009, 12:11 PM	#12
crashbox Grenade Inspector Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Sonoma co, Cal Posts: 130	Re: Mechanical Mysteries in Martinez I love that sort of stuff. People who can take whatever article and make something completely different just blow me away. Great stuff. Tom

11-13-2009, 03:14 PM	#13
paperdog Alliance Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: MINN. JUST NORTH OF TWIN CITIES Posts: 4,909	Re: Mechanical Mysteries in Martinez hmmm don't you guys have bits and pieces of stuff like that piled up? .. i sure do i thought every one did .. how else can ya build stuff unless the pile is ready to give back.. funny what a fertile imagination and a scrap heap can do... __________________ Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.....

11-13-2009, 03:35 PM	#14
CaseyK Grenade Inspector Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: hartland, WI Posts: 391	Re: Mechanical Mysteries in Martinez reminds me alot of this guys stuff! Killer indeed! http://www.flickr.com/photos/lockwasher/ __________________ Cheater Car Club, Milwaukee

11-13-2009, 04:01 PM	#16
captainjunk#2 Old School HAMBer Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: massachusetts Posts: 3,764	Re: Mechanical Mysteries in Martinez ha cool stuff the wheels on that first object came off an old stryker hospital stretcher , i junked a couple out and have the same wheels on my stick welder cart ,

11-13-2009, 04:05 PM	#17
jasone Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: SGV, Califas Posts: 432	Re: Mechanical Mysteries in Martinez cool. __________________ Road Devils C.C.

11-13-2009, 04:44 PM	#18
Dowies Newbie Join Date: May 2007 Location: Vernon Wisconsin Posts: 94	Re: Mechanical Mysteries in Martinez I like the way this guy thinks. I thought I was the only guy building crazy stuff in my garage out of old junk. __________________ "Be careful not to catch the PBR flu." Last edited by Dowies; 11-14-2009 at 08:14 AM.

11-13-2009, 05:47 PM	#19
Retro Jim Old School HAMBer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Abbottstown , PA Posts: 3,878	Re: Mechanical Mysteries in Martinez Now that is really kool ! RetroJim __________________ J & S Kustom Engines

11-13-2009, 05:50 PM	#20
RDO_23 Newbie Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Chicago's western burbs Posts: 89	Re: Mechanical Mysteries in Martinez show me some pics of that old Harley you are welding next to?

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