automotive: October 2009

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Comparison between 60's compacts, and '08 compacts

Beware of cops hiding around corners... don't roll through this stop sign at the Southbound 805 exit at Adams Ave

Hard to see the cop car in front of the Ford truck, isn't it... but he is nice enough to walk out and wave over people who roll through thte stop sign, and give them a 300 dollar ticket for not coming to a full stop

Not easy to see him, and he parked liked that very deliberately. Well done officer

Here he is writing a ticket for the silver SUV in front

Here comes back up just rolling past on the way to 7-11 for coffee..., it's 100 feet up the road from the ticket writer, see the second photo

Here's a new way to do self guided tours of a few cities... San Diego, San Fran, Miami, Barcelona, and Lisbon

A bit pricey to me, 1st hour $49, 2nd hour $39, Each additional hour $29

But a pretty cool way to zip around the city and enjoy the perfect San Diego weather, a Time Magazine "Invention of the Year", and the typical GPS guided tour is an hour and a half: http://www.gocartours.com/sandiego/sandiego-tours-downtown.html

Great use of old car parts

Good license plate

Nissan Pao, right hand drive, and very cute for a newer car

try a 70 mpg at 40mph! 1000cc motor, 51 Hp. http://clunkbucket.com/nissan-pao-in-socal/ for a article and gallery

Closely realted to another cute little Nissan, the Figaro: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/03/nissan-figaro-cute-little-thing-rare.html

2001 Peugeot 206 CC

Specifications

Engine Type 2.0 Liter Turbocharged Inline-4
Displacement cu in (cc) 1997 cc / 121.9 cu in
Power bhp (kW) at RPM 138.00 HP (101.6 KW)
Torque lb-ft (Nm) at RPM 150.00 Ft-Lbs (203.4 NM) @ 1900.00 RPM
Redline at RPM n.a.
Brakes Vented Discs
Tires 175/65 14
Length 151.001 in | 3835.4 mm.
Weight 2310 lbs | 1047.8 kg
Acceleration 0-62 mphs n.a.
Top Speed mph (km/h) 180 km/h | 111.9 mph
Fuel economy EPA (1/100) n.a.
Base Price n.a.

Peugeot WRC

2000 Peugeot 607 Feline

Specifications
Engine Type 2.9 L V6
Displacement cu in (cc) 2946.00 cc | 179.8 cu in. | 2.9 L.
Power bhp (kW) at RPM 210.00 BHP (154.6 KW) @ 6000.00 RPM
Torque lb-ft (Nm) at RPM 285.00 NM (210.1 Ft-Lbs) @ 3750.00 RPM
Redline at RPM n.a.
Brakes Carbon Brembro Vented Discs
Tires n.a.
Length 160.001 in | 4064 mm.
Weight 1900 lbs | 861.8 kg
Acceleration 0-62 mphs 5.90 seconds.
Top Speed mph (km/h) 250 km/h | 155.4 mph
Fuel economy EPA (1/100) n.a.
Base Price n.a.

Peugeot Rally Car

Peugeot Hearts Concept Car

Friday, October 30, 2009

Wow, how the Atomic Punk was built.. Find the trunk of a Savoy, make a bubble, section a bumper..!

Via: http://scootermcrad.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.html

You've got to get over to Scooter's and enjoy it!

Scooter McRad's blog, you've got to look it over, besides posting great stuff, he's almost finished with a hemi powered rat rod

http://scootermcrad.blogspot.com/2009/06/model-progress.html for a post on his hot rod

take a look through http://scootermcrad.blogspot.com

Great car photography

Above is a slightly different angle from the same photographer and via: http://fuckyeahcarculture.tumblr.com

http://www.automotive-photography.net/index.php

Found via http://scootermcrad.blogspot.com/

Get ready before the snow falls, make a snow motor from an old tractor or Model T

above: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=229248&showall=1

One of these is at the Heidrick Agriculture Museum and History Center / 1962 Hays Lane / Woodland, California 95776

Images from http://www.personal.psu.edu/jtr16/trips.htm

Watch the video if this in deep snow, and staying on top like it can levitate or something

http://scootermcrad.blogspot.com/2009/10/crazy-friday-snow-vehicle.html This is incredible!

John A McCurdy, Silver Dart, 1909, Nova Scotia

Imagine that you are in 1909, and taking this out for its maiden voyage... hoping all the nuts and bolts are tight, and that nothing was forgotten in the final assembly.

It was flown off the ice of Baddeck Bay Nova Scotia, on 23 February 1909, making it the first controlled powered flight in Canada.

The aircraft was piloted by one of its designers, John McCurdy, and built by the Aerial Experiment Association, formed under the guidance of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell.

The Peter Mullin auto museum, not open yet, but soon

Celebrating the art deco movement, the French Curves Collection exemplifies the zenith of the French automobile, including beautifully styled and amazingly engineered French-built cars covering several decades: Bugattis, Delages, Delahayes, Hispano Suizas, Talbot-Lagos and Voisins, many have won awards at concours d'elegance, and a number of the race cars have been past winners of historic races, such as the Grand Prix de Pau and Le Mans.

1421 Emerson Avenue

Oxnard, CA 93033

Previously the Otis Chandler museum, The museum is reopening as the Vintage Museum of Transportation, displaying the Peter Mullin Collection, including 12 Bugattis from the former Schlumpf collection ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandler_Vintage_Museum_of_Transportation_and_Wildlife

For dates and hours: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/02/mullins-museum-info-its-not-open-often.html

Great tribute website to recommend

This is the rare XK-SS Jaguar that (I didn't know) Von Dutch made a glove box door for, because the open box was always spilling it's contents, and Steve was fed up with that

http://irishrichhomage.blogspot.com/ is a bike builders other website about the influential people from his formative years... like Von Dutch, Ed Roth, Steve McQueen, Robert Williams, and others that all are very interesting write ups, even when I didn't know of the people he's talking about.