The Junkman

I'm sure you must cover your ears when they fire it up.

Unrelated (mostly) but what's a normal in-service life for a vehicle living off road in Alberta? I'm willing to bet its longer than a similar truck of 40 years ago but not as long as a pampered one in Southern California.

I would commit a crime for a Mangusta model. I'd just like some kits that already are in some warehouse in Italy. Ferrari 275GTB Ferrari 250SWB (the Italeri one not the ESCI) Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Competizione. Yes, I know it was released but how long ago? Lotus Cortina Let me add a vote for the Espada. And since Aoshima has an interest in supercars: a Saleen S7 (road and track).

Likely you're talking about a seller from Virginia who also sells under his wife's name. He has shamelessly ripped off Fred Cady for years, among others. I hate stuff like that.

I've had nothing but reusable grocery bags since they started charging 10 cents for the plastic ones (something like 8-10 years ago?). Governor Brylcreem did nothing that affected me with this pronouncement.

Yeeaahh, right. In my previous life the first fatal I ever went to, didn't have to investigate, was a early-mid '60s VW Bug that center punched a traffic light. Until then I didn't know that the connection of the steering wheel to the steering gear was a steel rod. It had nowhere to go except straight back. And we aren't talking about a 200mph Bug.

Saw one of these parked in the "hipster" area (Union St) of San Francisco on Saturday. Taking up a rare parking spot for a promotion-people had to line up just to SIT in it. May I present to you the Aptera solar powered car. No, it didn't move. Promotional photo Note their own photo shows no one looking at the car and its parked to take up 2 or 3 parking slots. Wonder who their target audience is. I've found breathless stories about this going back almost 15 years. Reminds me (aeronautical reference) of TIGHAR and the search for Amelia Earhart-"Give us just a few more bucks and we'll solve this for certain."

1961 or 62 Corvair pickup (I've no idea of the differences), blue with white accent paint. Looks to be in pretty good shape. Seen it in town but never seem to be able to get a picture.

While doing a periodic dive into the lesser traveled areas of the internet, I came across Google's library of the Life Magazine photo collections. Here's a selection of early 1950's show rods from the LA area. Wish they were in color but I'll take what I'm given. https://images.google.com/hosted/life/00ccda5658507099.html

https://imgur.com/gallery/david-attenborough-gets-q3zoule

Yeah, yeah a nice Chevy but the background-Bulk Barn!!! And a big one, too. Now THATS something they could/should export to the US without any hesitation.

Those bulging headlamps....Edsel redux. It would have killed the line.

In my previous life as a CHP officer I was called by a deputy sheriff to verify the identity of a car he'd never encountered before (my agency had a reputation of knowing the VIN locations on every vehicle back to the Hupmobile-aah, no.) I found he had stopped a 1968/69 Beaumont and was amazed that I was familiar with it. As I've said I'm married to a Canadian so it held no mystery to me.

All this Detroit iron talk is so much pish-posh. Now to the REAL star of the movie: Seen at the 2016 Peggy Sue Car Show in Petaluma, CA that along with San Rafael were the two main filming locations. And right next to that testament to Italian motorized transportation there was this: There also was Milner Duece Coupe and a 58 Impala but I was never able to determine if they were the original cars or reproductions.

That absolutely was Cotati. I was a police cadet/dispatcher for both the Cotati Police and Rohnert Park police from about 2 weeks after HS graduation until I went into the Air Force.

Then undoubtedly you'll pick the most interesting subjects, and then make the kits so difficult to build that there will be vast numbers of kits sitting in drawers and partly glued if not thrown against walls.

The whole Cunningham racing history is just fascinating. Paul Fisher had a Cunningham C-5R in his lineup which I was about to buy when it all went south for his business. (A lesson I have to keep re-learning especially with modeling: if you see it and want it-buy it, now. It may not be there for long.)

About the time I got out of high school, the police department in the neighboring town swung a deal with the area Mazda dealer. They would give the PD an RX-3 as a police car and the chief would speak glowingly about all things Mazda. Mazda would also get exposure and real world use. Recall this was the time of 440ci Dodge Polaras, 428ci Mercury Montereys, etc. For much of that reason the cops didn't drive the Mazda. The chief did. And if you know anything about Mazda rotary engines of that era you know that they had a notorious habit of backfiring out of all proportion to the size of the engine. Didn't do much for community relations.

Any word on conditions? Not that I have a spare $500 lying around or anything....

I've seen this question pop up more than once: What is this company and where do I get the product. Note I have NO connection with the owner, just own a number of pieces and they are of the finest quality. I found a current catalog and price listing on the hated F-Book. Take a very shallow dive and hit the link on this page. Has the current offerings and, just as important, the considerations of ordering. The usual: one man operation, extended wait times for production and shipping. https://www.facebook.com/groups/901280716708640/

Soooo, how many violation points must they accumulate before their "license" gets suspended? I admit I'm old but driverless cars are a big "nope" for me.

Ahh, Rivian. For those who just don't think a Cybertruck is ugly enough.

Now that's a pair to draw to.

DuckDuckGo search shows it at 7801 N Lamar Blvd, Unit E188, Austin. I've only been there once and that was over 15 years ago and I don't think it was at that address.

While not technically "on the road" it had to have been driven to our local emporium of cheap, plastic c**p.