there's till time to get to the county fair, and I checked out the photography and woodworking sections, here's the automotive pieces

the theme this year was "Outer Space"

and someone inventive made this Enterprise from car parts and a 50's Electrolux

Coolest pennyfarthing ever! Steam punk to boot, and looks like the first Japanese motorcycle cop

Found on http://cyclemaster.wordpress.com/

racer A. A. Zimmerman and his Star safety highwheel in the 1890's

found on http://fuckyeahvictorians.tumblr.com/  via http://tuesday-johnson.tumblr.com/

Looks like the big and little wheels are opposite the normal configuration and I just learned why from http://tuesday-johnson.tumblr.com/ 

that also had this photo and the caption:

 George Pressey invented the Star Safety in 1880. In an attempt to make a safer bicycle he altered the ordinary’s configuration so that the small wheel was now in the front handling the steering, while the rider sat above the rear drive wheel. This helped to combat the tendency of the ordinary to pitch the rider forward when encountering an obstacle.”

A variety of unsual vehicles from hippo pulling carts to tanks running Pike's Peak and nuns in bumper cars via formicarus.tumblr

 Milk and butter delivery

All found on http://formicarus.tumblr.com/

More great old ads from the "Centuries of Advise and Advertisements" Tumblr

if you've enjoyed old cars, old ads, steampunk, magazine clippings and old catalogs, this is the cool tumblr you'll enjoy! http://questionableadvice.tumblr.com/

A variety of interesting car stuff, on tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com

Imagine, how crude a car has to be to think that 2 hundred miles is an incredible achievement

Air pump, relevant tools permanently attached, and a rack to hang the bike while working on it. Installed on campus at the University of Virginia.

 A 1920's photo of a sign pointing the way to the Lincoln Highway

 Reason that big wheel is called a Penny Farthing

And the pain in the butt that a rental car can be.
these and more mixed in with an ecclectic and informative collection http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/

extremely great photos from 21 studs tumblr part 1

pre 1940's gas station, just an awesome photo, and a rare early color one
Only advertising big wheel I've ever seen, great idea!
Unusual Superbird with a 1970's funly paint job


3 ads in one dealership... Rambler, Jackson, and India, I like that slogan "No sand too deep, no hill too steep"

What are they doing with this elephant? Trying to break the car?
Rockwell was such a talented artist and pretty good at humor too


Clint Eastwood

Katherine Hepburn?

Petty on the left, Yarborough on the righ if I recall correctly, in the Woods Brothers Mercury
Jimi Hendrix

Why did Ford have more ugly Falcon models than good looking Mustangs?http://21studs.tumblr.com/ is where all of these came from