John's dad John sent me some images from the World AgExpo in Tulare. You know some substitute engines for the car. This was by far my favorite. Why 1) it's big and yellow 2) They painted it after they put the belt on (classy and officially triple yellow). 3) a couple plants on the pallet (extra super classy).
I spent a little time searching the internet for more about the "Santa Baby" scooter that was featured in my previous video post. I couldn't find much except a couple flicker images. All I can say is the level of detail for something so awesomely horrifying, is brilliant.
So, Jalopnik recently did a gallery of 80 Auto-themed album covers and had some glaring omissions. And like any obsessive record nerd my first reaction was to look at my wall of album covers to see what they had missed. So here's my quick additions
El Trio Colombia "Invita a viajar" - really who doesn't think of this album when they're working on their car.
Hurst takes you to the '64 Nationals - A classic, so much better than the '63 or '65 Nationals and don't get me started about the '66 Nationals. AND it's got a dedication to a dedicated man on the back, the ""grand-daddy of drag racing"" (that's double quoted because they quoted it from someone) Dan "Big Daddy" Garlits.
SCRAMBLE, The Sounds of Motorcycles at Speed - Like everyone when I think dirtbikes I think New York and this album was recorded at the cross country motorcycle races at Andre's Farm in East Fishkill, New York. With tracks like "Honda 125" and "Zundapp 250" I don't know how Jalopnik missed this one. Unless there was some sort of 4 wheel bias.
Finally, one of my favorite albums of all times
I'd love to go with a movie paint job. Netflix just sent me LeMans, Grand Prix and Winning. The I come across more these awesome brown rainbow paint schemes. Actually these are more in the orange rainbow palete. The first two are Mazdas and the last is a sweet Mustang II that was decaying across from our Mazda at the storage lot (very surprisingly, it wasn't in the $500 range).
