And now for something completely different

double enders aren't unheard of, but using a nose for an engine cover, that's new

Found on https://www.facebook.com/CaravanTurkey

Tron bikes at Bikeweek Daytona

Found on http://speedsociety.com/the-tron-bike-is-the-most-futuristic-bike-at-bike-week-in-daytona/

Saviem S53 . Ex-Toulouse School Bus

Found on https://www.facebook.com/CaravanTurkey?fref=nf

the Brodie take off and landing system for Navy LST ships during WW2

Skip to the 7 minute mark for the take off, and hang around for about a minute for the landing by skyhook arresting wire

These L 4 and L 5 planes were artillery spotter planes

But have you seen a yarding donkey?

Photo by Clark Kinsey, 1930.

Found on http://www.rustygrapple.com/Machinery.html

1968 AMX Pirahna

25 thousand miles and stored for the last 33 years. The seller has a buy it now price that no one is interested in at $38,000

Created by an AMC dealer in Denver, who took GoPak AMX’s and added scoops on the roof, rear sides, added some other performance components, and named the result a Von Piranha. 

Found on http://barnfinds.com/fierce-fish-1968-amx-piranha/#c9XrswZLriB32vWx.99
and on Ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/251890602465?rmvSB=true

Ever heard of the flat tire belt?

Found in a Scion tC

Mini drome racing?

skip the first minute of wasted time

Atomic Yardmaster by Mark Moriarty

All photos from http://zelastchancegaragedu78.blogspot.com/2012/04/kustom-lawn-mover.html via Jim who told me about it

I think this is the biggest air dam I've seen anyone put on a car

So I went to the track, and found these exhaust mods I've never seen before. What the hell?

Ok... why? The top and bottom cars use hardware store ducting.... for the easy redirection of the exhaust... but why?

The general consensus is that the exhaust noise is directed away from the sound monitoring device on the track so that the cars that are too loud to race squeak by without getting tossed out of competition for exceeding the dB limit.

Jack confirms it's to cheat the noise limit of 93dB, he was there this weekend

Thanks to all of you that commented!

Rambler with a racing stripe?

Very few cars ever had racing stripes offset to one side... and since there are so few Rambler American cars left, I've never seen one in person with the stripe

Found on https://www.facebook.com/HistoricVehicleAssociation

ostrich racing carts and around the farm ostrich wagons

Full gallery about an LA ostrich farm in 1900 at 

movie references found on a Jeep and a truck

That's a first...

Can you believe I just learned of special edition Mustangs I've previously never heard of? "Miilionth Anniversary Gold", and the "Gold Nugget Special"

About 50 were made in 1966, maybe 5 still exist. They were not much more than a hard top with a 289, pony interior, and special gold paint.

This car was in two magazines: The June 2009 issue of Cars and Parts, and the July 2009 issue of Mustang Monthly. The original owner says this car was the first unit produced, and that it had been on promotional display as Metke Ford in Bellevue Washington. 'Treasure Chest' keys were mailed to area residents - inside the dealership's chest were keys to the Gold Mustang.

The owner's father-in-law stopped by the Ford place while his wife went shopping for a dress: the car was his. The whole story was told in the Seattle Times and Seattle Post Intelligencer. It has been in storage since 1985 by the original owner, then sold in 1994

Found on http://mustangattitude.com/cgi-bin/picsearch.cgi?modl=All&year=1966&cond=All&excl=anniversary+gold&incl=All&roof=All&rfcl=All&ownr=All&emai=All&loca=All&vinn=All&post=All&sett=All&show=All&smod=anniversary&comm=&page=1

1968 Seattle area special. Black vinyl top and black hood scoop decals. 525 made. http://mustangattitude.com/cgi-bin/showcar.cgi?pic=/1968/1968_00164_01

there were some more that I've never heard of before, but you might not be interested in them, they were really nothing but special paint colors;
Black Hills Gold was a special color for the January 1968, Color of the Month promotion rumored to be in the Denver area only with cars special ordered from the San Jose factory. Although we have identified other Black Hills Gold and other Color of the Month Mustangs built at other factories and sent across the nation. The Color of the Month was a promotion for the first four months of 1968, where special colors were connected to main holidays for special sales: Black Hills Gold paint for the New Year celebration in January, Passionate Pink for Valentine's day in February, Emerald Green for St. Patrick's day in March, and Eastertime Coral for Easter in April.

 Spanish Gold was one of 13 special order colors available for the west coast Rainbow of Colors promotion running from 1968 through 1969. This promotion offered new Mustang owners optional upgrades and special colors such as
Madagascar Orange,
Whipped Cream,
Spanish Gold,
Dandelion Yellow,
Hot Pink,
Caribbean Coral,
Forest Green,
Sierra Blue, and Moss Green.

All Rainbow of Colors promotional Mustangs were built in San Jose (VIN starting with 8R or 9R) and ordered in the Los Angeles (DSO 71) or San Jose (DSO 72) area.

http://mustangattitude.com/mustang/68rainbowofcolors.shtml

early taxi, just a year or two after letting the horse off the hook of pulling it around

How about that crazy steering?

Found on https://www.toovia.com/posts/2014/sep/10/0.13503.458568042255613962

1906 San Francisco dog catcher

Found on https://www.facebook.com/isabelle.bracquemond.7?fref=nf

rail inspectors were outfitted with Chevys, Fords, etc... the company President, though, he went full force and got a Caddy limo

New Haven Railroads lines managing director, Pat McGinnis.

Notice the vanity plates with his initials... he mush have been ridiculously wealthy

Found on https://www.facebook.com/HeritageRailway and photos from https://www.flickr.com/photos/that_chrysler_guy/4925148772/in/photostream/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York,_New_Haven_and_Hartford_Railroad

The New Haven Railroad operated in New England from 1872 to 1968, dominating the region's rail traffic for the first half of the 20th century. By 1912, the New Haven practically monopolized traffic in a wide swath from Boston to New York City.

 The line went bankrupt in 1935, was reorganized and reduced in scope, went bankrupt again in 1961, and in 1969 was merged into the Penn Central system, which itself went bankrupt.

 A reorganization was completed on September 18, 1947. Frederic C. Dumaine, Sr. and others, including Patrick B. McGinnis (1904-1973), gained control in 1948.

Frederic C. Dumaine, Jr. took over after his father's death in 1951 and immediately set about restoring the condition of the railroad and the morale of the employees. In 1953, control passed from the preferred stockholders to the common stockholders.

A proxy fight then ensued between McGinnis and incumbent president Dumaine; McGinnis emerged as the victor and sought to maximize revenue for shareholders.

To do this, he deferred maintenance and ordered experimental lightweight trains for Boston-New York service. Another McGinnis contribution was the imposition of parking charges at stations.

Hurricanes in 1955 washed out a number of important lines. Upon McGinnis' departure for the B&M in 1956, auditors found the NH earnings for 1955 were less than half of what McGinnis had claimed.

 McGinnis' financial dealings ultimately culminated in a prison sentence for receiving kickbacks on the sale of B&M's streamlined passenger cars, ending his career in railroading.

City of Portland fireman is ceremonially handed a salmon in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge

Found on https://www.facebook.com/pages/Railroads-Pleasures/290116334470566?fref=photo

McKeen motor car photo poster sized photo on the wall in O's restaurant

LaJolla and Pacific Beach are smaller communities just North of San Diego on the coast, below that it says "Ramona's Home" and this refers to "Old Town" San Diego, the first settlement of Spanish in California. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramona