The Menehune
Both George Jetson and I want one of these cars, badly.
Cars
1950 GM Futurliner
Only 12 of these magnificent busses were built in 1950, GM used the Futurliner in the “Parade of Progress” exhibit which toured the country extensively. Not many of them are left and in 2006 a restored Futurliner was sold at auction for $4,000,000 USD.
General Lee Airways
If you grew up in the 70s or 80s the General Lee was far more important to you than girls, money or food. The orange Dodge Charger with its doors welded shut was the stuff of legend,
Sandusky Speedway Supermodified Stock Car Racing – 1959
We’ve got both part 1 and part 2 here, these films feature the 1959 Sandusky Speedway Supermodified Stock Car qualifying and race with original commentary. It’s a shame they don’t still race like this really, the drivers are all blue-collar workers…
1961 E-Type Series 1 3.8 Lightweight
The E-Type Lightweight is a performance modified E-Type from 1961 that features aluminium bodywork to keep weight as low as possible, a close ratio gearbox, Weber carburettors, race tuned suspension and a slew of other upgrades.
1934 Packard Super 8 – With A Blonde
This is one of those photographs that seems to capture the essence of an age.
’69 Chrysler Newport
The ’69 Chrysler Newport has always been a favourite of mine amongst American muscle cars, it came with either a standard 383 cubic inch V8 or the optional 440 cubic inch V8 and had one of the coolest sets of flip-into-the-grill-headlights ever seen on a production car.
Erik Carlsson aka “Carlsson på taket”
“Carlsson på taket” is Swedish for “Carlsson on the roof”, Erik was so famous for flipping his Saab rally cars that the moniker became permanent in his home country.
Bugatti Royale
The Bugatti Royale was designed and built by Ettore Bugatti with the sole purpose of being sold exclusively to royalty, unfortunately it was produced at the time of the onset of The Great Depression and as a result only 6 of the planned 25 cars were made, none of which were sold to royals.
HBTV: Depth of Speed – Pangea Speed
Depth of Speed is a 10 episode web-series that focusses on small-scale motorcycle and car builders across the USA, it’s been produced in conjunction with HypeBeast. This is episode 1 and it features the team from the Pangea Speed garage in Salt Lake City, Utah. The film itself is a well put together 5 minute sojourn into the lives of some very cool and very talented people.
eBay Find: 1940 Ford Circle Track Race Car
This 1940 Ford circle track racer is currently listed out of Brick, New Jersey with a buy-it-now price of $6,900. Originally built in 1950…
E-Type Production Line
Great photograph of a couple of British ladies giving a 1963 Jaguar E-Type a quick clean. I bet they’d make a great cup of tea.