car auto show: Hollywood

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Friday, September 23, 2011

Doc and Marty went back in time, way way back... The DeLorean has been found

Monday, September 19, 2011

Movie cars headline Leake auction in mid November in Dallas

the 1930 Ford Hot Rod that was driven in the opening scenes of Harrison Ford’s epic return to Indiana Jones franchise, the 1973 Ford Torino and the 1963 Chevrolet custom fuel heist truck that in Fast & Furious 4, a 1999 Ford Crown Victoria that appeared in the movie Taxi with Queen Latifah, and a 1948 Hudson Commodore Sedan from the movie Driving Miss Daisy

The annual Leake Collector Car Show & Auction will be held November 18-20 in Dallas Market Hall. http://www.leakecar.com/

A new car show is looking for awesome cars to be on Speedchannel

the above is "Little Bubba" owned by Hot Rod Holly, and is on My Ride Rules, airtime Sept 20th, 530pm

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Our Gang / Little Rascals made this terrific taxi... donkey powered, a pusher really, with innovation in everything it does

the license plate is a 1917 New York

the below plate is a 1927 California plate

The driver heard a yell for a taxi, and he reaches up to activate the brake to slow down

below are the many different controls the driver has, you can see he pulls the choke (this was a real thing before advanced carbuerators, it allowed the carb to run better by adjusting the amount of air running through it "Choking" the air supply, creating a vacuum that made the fuel metereing circuit run richer )

and here you can see how the mule power is stopped... they close off the food that mule eats. No food, and the mule stops walking toward it. When the lid is lifted, the food is available, and the mule walks toward it, moving the taxi

the fuel level indicator was a float on the water supply of the mule.

Meanwhile in the engine bay, Farina (the black kid before Buckwheat) is making engine noise by rolling a cam against the "ingine" stick

Here you can see Farina in the engine bay... with a pump, starter, that ingine, and the radio

When they pulled the radio string, Farina started singing, saying he was Tony Wons... I happen to have a donzen books by Tony Wons... and was surprised to hear this. It places the movie from 1929 to 1943 I think, as that is the last year of Tony Wons' scrapbook I have. They are very good

After singing he played the kazoo

You can almost make out the paddle that smacked the mules butt, and made him walk faster. It's hinged at the top of the spare tire pile on his back, at the upper left corner of this photo