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Great going Jeff, congratulations on your Bonneville run; BNI , XO/GCC class world record 130.888 mph! Sean and I would love to stop by the...
Capstone Microturbines has them today.............. www.capstoneturbine.com
Cool! Hope some young guy or gal gives me a ride in a cool vintage car if I reach ninety!
Thanks! I will try to post some of the relevant ads and any other article that is cool!
Back in the spring of 1986, my ex-wife's grandmother died. After the funeral, we went to the family home in Buffalo where the ex opened a hall...
This car is a driver......it was shown last weekend at the Villa d'Este Concorso d'Eleganza in Italy:...
Here's another old one from October of 1981. [IMG] October, 1981 AD Markers and Prismacolor colored pencils on 18 x 24 Clearprint vellum.
I believe it. Here's another story: Vince Kaptur worked at GM Design in Engineering and Design Development. He told the story of working on...
I am thinking the same thing. How many scotches, bourbons, and whiskeys were drunk on that sofa with William Mitchell, and other key GM players...
Ya know, you're right! Guess she caught him with 'nother woman!
Here's another old one from around 1981, a couple Mamboing around the T-Bird. Maybe not quite HAMB friendly, but at least it's old!...
Doesn't an F1 Cosworth V-8 have a flat crank, making it basically two four cylinders engines connected together? If so, this would explain some...
Another old rendering from 1981. Transparency transferred to disc, hence the slightly washed out appearance, especially where the convertible top...
Another old rendering from October 1981: [IMG] Transparency transferred to disc; AD markers, Nupastel pastels, Prismacolor, Verithin colored...
I haven't posted anything in a while; the weeks just are flying by, so dug out some old transparencies of old car renderings that I drew 28 years...
The big problem is that people don't read the listings. They look at the photos then buy! A year ago or so, I listed a twin-turbo set-up for a...
As I understood the story, Bill Mitchell was in London in 1959 for the annual Motor Show. He came out of his hotel in the evening to see the...
Back in 1975, when I was living in Los Angeles, late, late one night, I just got on the Hollywood Freeway from the the Four-Level, when all of a...
A couple of months ago I stopped by AutoZone for some points and a couple of other things, as it was more convenient rather than driving through a...
I've mentioned this before: I was briefly a car designer (Stylist) till the recession of 1980/'81 killed that. Went back to...
You'll have better luck if you are a Certified Bra Fitter!
The New York Times today picked Two Lane Blacktop as a critics' movie pick. Review by A. O. Scott....
Hot off the drawing board.................. A couple of weeks ago I showed a bunch of quick 8-1/2 x 11 inch pencil sketches that I had done on...
Very rakish looking with the new top! What is the blue car in the foreground?
Yes, this all is pretty funny! So there are something like 1,507 lurkers out there viewing this thread. How many of them asked themself:...
Several years ago, Lexus I believe, had an ad asking where were all of the futuristic cars designed and promised to us in the Fifties and the...
Early Jaguar V-12s are the desirable Heron head. Rick has the later HSE version which was tuned for emissions and "fuel economy". HSE V-12s...
GM Turbo 400s on Jaguar V-12 had a unique bolt pattern. It would be better to to buy an adapter from John's and install a newer GM trans. I...
Automobile accidents are the number 1 cause of teenage deaths in the United States. Teenage accidents, particularly with boys go up when there...
O.K., here are my contributions for the week. I had originally planned on a customized '50 Buick but then ended up drawing these. Both of these...
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