Multiple motor madness from the 60's surfaces on the Mboxcommunity.com forum as one member uploads cards he's held onto for about 40 years

Above, the Odd Couple slingshot, the front engine is a Chev, and the rear is the 3rd hemi to hang in the back of the AA/gas dragster. The Chev never broke in the 2 years that 3 hemis ate dirt

I see two engines in the back, and I don't remember seeing a double engined wheelstander before. Photo was at OCIR. I think that the drivers side door says M/T chassis. Huh?

photos thanks to Damien from Australia and the http://onfourwheels.blogspot.com/ blog and found the photos on http://www.mboxcommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?108903-Dragster-Scans 

Detail photos of Rafik's bike, the RK "S"

Rafik has a new website design as well, and it's damn sweet to navigate and look through. http://wp.rkconcepts.com/

the EPA bought a Superbird, and it sold at govt auction years later for only $500

the short story is that the EPA wanted to test the exhaust of aircraft, and the brake dust from them too, so they needed a car with a high speed ability that could keep up. A 200 mph car that was affordable? Superbird of course. They added measuring equipment in the trunk, and a aircraft to car radio above the ashtray, and only used it for 10,000 miles and less than 9 years before it went to auction.

full story at http://reaganiterepublicanresistance.blogspot.com/2012/07/only-cool-thing-epa-ever-did.html

thanks Jay!

Wild vehicles, from an email gallery that Randy sent me

the forklift master! Daniel Xanthupulo

Found on http://vizlepcso.blogspot.hu

finally a video of the monster truck semi!

about a year or so back I found a couple photos of it. Haven't seen anything about it since

I haven't posted semi truck drag racing in a while

this second one is over at minute 1:00






for the last post I did, http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/04/drag-racing-semis-and-look-at-torque.html

few prototypes and concept cars are coming up in emails that I haven't seen before, but Randy found one with some previously that I had never seen

coincidentally this 1948 Cadillac Series 62 by Soutchik was just the car in a 2012 calendar that a coworker has... and I was going to look it up. Now I don't need to!

this car was in the Imperial Casino car collection/ museum http://vizlepcso.blogspot.hu/2008/07/auto-collections-tizenhatodik-rsz.html

 1953 Cadillac by Ghia... the Rita Hayworth car
it has an interesting history http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/03/1953-cadillac-series-62-rebodied-by.html and the color in daylight is closer to purple.

1955 Lincoln Indianapolis

1956 Oldsmobile Golden Rocket had an interesting design for a steering wheel. the spokes are at one side. Looks like maybe the speedometer was in the center of the steering wheel too... imagine how far that steering wheel would roll up toward the roof

1957 Chrysler Diablo by Ghia

A thing others won't understand, like the 1970's van craze, extended front fork choppers of the late 60's, and other trends that come and go... this is Bosozoku. In Japan

The hoods are flatter than usual, overhang the grill most of the time, running boards added, fenders and quarterpanels are widened and flattened, and the exhaust gets extravagant pipes... really tall ones. I'm happy to see something new emerge, it brings a new interesting thing to look at. Nothing wrong with that

A couple of articles with more images http://logiccsu.wordpress.com/2012/08/25/a-guide-to-japanese-car-culture-bosozoku/

http://www.driftkulture.com/?p=2383

like the vehicles in the movie "Planet 51" these amusement park ride / carnival ride cars are round, and cool (from the Pink Panther movie)

Some photos remind me of others.... the NYPD airplane at Bennett Field reminded me of the SDFD Aerial Truck

Top photo from http://www.scoutingny.com/ I'm pretty sure

maybe you see why. The bottom photo is from the Clairemont Fire Department wall of interesting photos http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/09/betcha-never-heard-of-aerial-truck.html and you can see that it's an "Aerial Truck" and I didn't make that up... and that has been posted for over a year and I've never had a comment about the term Aerial Truck yet. I still think it's pretty odd. 

most unusual Chrysler 300 made to look like a Rolls Royce, remade for rap star cruising

 I do like the engraved B pillars and sideview mirror though