this is just abominable

When, how, why did this ever seem to be a good idea? Had to be crack cocaine involved in this decision

Pirelli ads are witty, and almost always better than all the rest of the tire companies

found on http://www.autoblog.com/

Rhinos, they'll knock your car out even if it kills them

from http://loxleelovesengines.tumblr.com/

hood ornaments

from http://www.amerikaanseautopagina.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=69190

Probably the coolest damn tank I've seen

from http://zelastchancegaragedu78.blogspot.com/

innovative use of wrenchs

from http://zelastchancegaragedu78.blogspot.com/

What a day, so far I've posted fire trucks, motorcycles, a movie about cabs, train wreck photos, locomotives, and a dragster

Top that Jalopnik.

Daihatsu van camoflaged to be cool looking, that is genius

from http://bzisettas.blogspot.com/

Von Dutches Waffen und munition fabriken werke

Can't recall the source

I don't come across funny photos very often... here are some good ones

photos from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=927

Reasons horses towed cars... cars got stuck easy, horses pulled them out... but did you know Nantucket outlawed cars from 1900 to 1918?

above image from http://steampunkvehicles.tumblr.com/

This is an interesting example of another reason on Wikipedia: "Clinton Folger's "Horsemobile" delivering mail, on South Beach Street, at Hayden's Hot Sea Bathhouse entrance.

For nearly twenty years, from 1900 to 1918, Nantucket was the only place in the nation that successfully fought encroachment of the automobile within its limits. Opposing politicians on the mainland and large property owners, mostly non-residents, Nantucketers kept the island free of the "gasoline buggy" until the final vote of the town on May 15, 1918. By the narrow margin of forty - 326 to 286 - the automobile was allowed entry.

Clinton Folger was the mail carrier for Nantucket. Because cars were forbidden by the town, he towed his car to the state highway for driving to Siasconset: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Horse_drawn_US_Mail_car.jpg

But why do the next two cars appear to have been changed to make a seat for the horse driver where the radiator should be?

Brilliant and wise reader angyl_roper (if your email was available on your profile or any of your 3 blogs, I'd email to thank you!) used the comment feature to tell me that: "During the Depression, Ford sold a conversion kit so that you could use a horse to pull your car since fuel was too expensive. I believe this was for the Model A primarily, but also for the Model T. (so why work your horse so hard, instead of just riding the horse and leaving the car at home?)

However, I'll also note that the top two pictures are snowy and it could just be that hitching up horses (and a sled, in the second one) was an easier way to get your car where you needed it than driving it there.

from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=920

Cedar Knoll Farms commented:
Angyl Roper is right - during the Depression, fuel prices became so hard to keep up with that many people, particularly those in the deep south, were forced to "modify" their cars and trucks, sometimes completely cutting out the front end of the vehicle, and hooking horses and mules to them. These became known as "Hoover Carts", after the president who was blamed for the economic downfall.

Elephants, suddenly they are getting stuffed into cars, and pulled out. How? Why?

from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=920

Idiot who drove around the police barrier because he thought his Porsche could make it regardless of the flood level river running over the road

The next moron at least didn't risk a Porsche at the next road crossing the valley, same result though

The San Diego River floods over these 2 roads, and one more I didn't bother photographing, every year when the rain storm hits for more than one day. This happens a couple times minimum every rainy season. No one is shocked that the police put up these ribbon barriers and try in this minimulist way to keep people from trying to drive across the river.

PMC head honcho was taking photos near Fashion Valley Mall: http://piratemonkeycult.wordpress.com/2010/12/22/rain-pics/

if you've never seen an Isetta pulling a trailer, you aren't alone, they probably never have, but if they could they'd pull Airstreams, right?

I hope that made you laugh... I'd love to have an Isetta, and an Airstream, and put that little bimmer on nitro and pull that Airstream

from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=738

Kids three wheelers, the start of a lifetime of enjoying cool stuff with wheels

And check out that 64 vette behind the kid!

photos from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=733

A big bug screen

photos via: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=733

Holiday warning about driving

Thought it would be better to get this out before the Holidays...

Please, take care of yourself. A recent joint study conducted by the Department of Health and the Department of Motor Vehicles indicates that 23% of traffic accidents are alcohol related.

This means that the remaining 77% are caused by assholes who drink bottled water, Starbucks, soda, juice, energy drinks and shit like that. Therefore, beware of those who do not drink alcohol. They cause three times as many accidents.

This message is sent to you by my buddy Mike who is a drinker and worries about your safety.

Happy Holidays!

Rusty Chevrolet by the Yoopers... getting you in the Christmas mood with car stuff!

Skip the first 45 saeconds, they are trying to relate how hard it is to find and dig your car out of the blizzard snow



If you are from the deep snow North like me (yooper) you can relate, and if you enjoy the easy going humor of this bunch of snow bound, beer drinking, deer hunters, here's another song "My Car Won't Go" but the band never made a video for it, this one was added to the song by someone who felt the pain of lots of snow and no way to get traction

I hope the car was parked and empty when it was stepped on by this big truck

From Caradisiac http://www.forum-auto.com/automobiles-mythiques-exception/section5/sujet225087-3780.htm

What the hell? Another elephant! In a 1914 Model T

Why am I seeing elephants in car photos so much lately?

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTn1fMMgdFg6uIa-riWALCubTmMoCx-IfpYShOeAxkFFRZGGpmFOIDyQLPX_DkcDapuY4Z91tU_6EC8_BMbOWuvU_pUdwzcaUwww94CuATvXqa5Unc2l6GcuC_zyaTNuAJWhvVcooPqAU/s1600/tumblr_lbsfheyvx21qc5jwso1_1280.bmp and of course the stop light elephant http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/06/ever-wonder-what-to-do-with-elephant.html

Photo from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=270