4 wheel buckboard with a Smith Motor Wheel, and the engineering drawing of the motor wheel

pretty damn cool

An Olds with history

Anyone recognize this carb? The air intake is on the far side

not just a big can of beer for a radiator catch can, but also to cap off the oil fill tube... cool!

if anyone can tell me what is the make of these carbs, I'll appreciate the education. I see the air gets into the carb on the sides... that flips me out. email direct to jbohjkl@yahoo.com or just add a note to the comments of this post... thanks!

this is the first time I've seen wrenches in the ashtray... I love it. It just visually hits you with truth. This machine was wrenched on, frequently, and the mechanic wasn't wasting time finding the damn wrench, he kept them on hand.

Lars-Erik Fisk, artist with a vision of what things would be like if they were round, one of my favorite posts revisited and upgraded

the barn ball

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2007/02/vw-bus-ball-lars-erik-fisk-sculptor.html

so far all mentions of this VW Bus Ball are just copying the photos from http://oblique.csail.mit.edu/Album/Shellenbarger/Shellenbarger_Summer_2001/Volkswagen2.jpg.html but without giving credit to the photographer, nice guy named Thouis, who told me I can use his photos, and only requested that I "Mark them as creative commons licensed, and please attribute Lars-Erik Fisk as the sculptor"

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2007/05/remember-vw-bus-ball-ny-times-has-2.html

1949 Moto Major 350

Torinese engineer (or is it Turin) Salvatore Majorca created the revolutionary Moto Major straight after WWII. Apparently it was an engineering rather than styling exercise. The style is unmistakably good looking... but what you do not see is the engineering feat that is the suspension between the rim and the hub.

Single running prototype, made in 1948-49

http://www.bikeexif.com/1949-moto-major-350

Thanks to Nik ( http://carrosantigos.wordpress.com/ ) he finds the coolest stuff!

It is also posted here: http://pour15minutesdamour.blogspot.com/2010/05/cheval-de-fer_31.html

Reminds me of http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/02/1937-bmw-r-7-when-design-was-bit-of.html