Thursday, June 28, 2012

1920 Mercer Raceabout ( Not many Mercers at car shows... glad to find one!)






 as unusual as the speedometer is, the shifter below with it's shift pattern on the bell... that is something I've never seen another like



 two spares... because when these 20's cars were on the roads, they had to share the roads with horses that were always dropping horse shoe nails




Beautiful restored early Indian







The beautiful Ferrari's that were at the Dana Point Concours








 The guy with the hat on is Drew, he runs Russo and Steel auctions... nice guy. Races a trans am race car at Speedfest every year

1935 Mercedes Benz 130 Cabrio limo






 Cigar lighter in a car? Huh, I've never seen one before



 Looks almost like a front hood, but it's a rear engined car, so it's not the trunk, but it's in that area behind the rear tires. The two bumps seem similar to headlight bumps


Wednesday, June 27, 2012

the right way to sell drinks at a car show... Rastarita, the Mobile Margarita Truck vintage delivery van. From Rasta Taco, a mobile gourmet taco cart catering company


I like this style of catering/drinks vans... it's got class to be relevant at a car show, design enough to have Americana proudly but subtly in front of you... and it's not slathered is bad vinyl wrap or garish colors.

Well done Rastarita! My compliments
http://rastataco.wordpress.com/ for more from this company and https://plus.google.com/photos/109390585637023262355/albums/5758162868464465889/5758165657788781586?banner=pwa for photos of the Rastarita van in action at the Dana Point and the following photo is from their link


Electric motorcycle may be it's designation to the DMV... but I know a fast car when I see it


read about it here http://green.autoblog.com/2011/04/26/t3-motion-r3-three-wheelers-video/

but in short, with only one rim in back, even though it has twin motorcycle tires on it... nice trick - that, it is classified in the decades old loophole, as a motorcycle, and this allows it to not have to be crash tested. Not be registered as a car, and since it's electric, it doesn't have to get smogged here in California.

It's about 30thou, give or take 5thou, and the company is going to have a difficult time finding a lot of buyers is my guess... a lot of competition for 90 miles, at 30 thou, in the electric car realm... and then add all the motorcycles, mini cars, etc etc that get superb gas mileage... hmmmm






Why is it at the Dana Point Concours? It's a new vehicle... shouldn't qualify... unless you can pay your way in . huh, can you pay to showcase / advertise a new car at a concours? Well, I guess if that is what it takes to have an event on a nice golf course, on the shore of the Pacific, in southern California...