Photos and the occasional story about cars, trains, boats, and airplanes.
Gas Up!
Every year around Fathers Day the Hudson-Mohawk Chapter of the Pioneer Gas Engine Association has a meeting out in Gallupville, NY. Their location is in a truly lovely part of the state and is 30 to 45 minutes outside of Albany. “Back in the day” when farms had no, or …
Fabulous Custom at the Grand National Roadster Show
This is a photo that I snapped in January at the Grand National Roadster show of the Shangri-La, a fabulous custom car designed and owned by Rich Dore. There is an article in this month’s Rodder’s Journal and is mostly about the Aquarius, another brilliant custom, but this car is …
Aftershock!
Although this car did not win, my guess is that it would have been right up there. It is a 1937 Ford, if you can believe that, and it is named “Aftershock”. The level of craftsmanship on the AMBR cars is impressive. The paint, as you can imagine, was flawless. …
Mulholland Speedster Wins the AMBR!
Here’s a photo I took of Bruce Wanta’s AMBR (America’s Most Beautiful Roadster) winner last week at the Grand National Roadster Show. This is called the “Mulholland Speedster” and is a 1936 Packard. It was built by Troy Ladd and designed by Eric Black. I thought there was a good …
Indiana Jones and the Movie Prop
I had occasion to visit the Flight Path Learning Center and Museum at Los Angeles International Airport (http://flightpathmuseum.com/) recently. This was a return visit, I was last there a couple of years ago. One of the many things they had on display was this extremely interesting model of a Stinson …
Old Car? Yes, What A Set of Wheels!
Here’s a kicker from the past. I though somebody out there might like it. This is my second car, a 1968 Opel Rallye Kadette. I purchased this in the early ’70’s and drove it for a number of years. I made one cross-country trip in it, finally trading the car …
Flying in Vancouver: Peason Field
I had the opportunity to visit Pearson Field in Vancouver, WA recently and discovered a really neat little gem. There are really three components to this. Pearson Field & Air Museum is part of the National Park Service (details at https://www.nps.gov/fova/learn/historyculture/pearson.htm) within Fort Vancouver. Pearson Field, as an actual airport, …