Month: March 2009

Road Photo of the Day: Mad Dog, this could be you. (Vanishing Point, part 4)

This scene is in Montana, but I know that John “Mad Dog” Morrow’s E-type is almost done with its restoration and will soon be delivered from San Diego to Seattle. Not quite Denver to San Francisco, but a worthy road trip nonetheless. Lots of great roads to choose from.

Car Photo of the Day: Spring?

Jerome, my friend in New Zealand says “Summer now officially over here so it must be slowly edging its way back
over your way.” I haven’t seen much evidence of that fact yet. It even snowed here late last week. The Rains have returned, which means it is snowing like mad up in the mountains. This is a good thing as our snowpack is very low this year. The only sign that Spring is coming are longer days, but I’ll keep an eye out for others.

I found this photo while searching for “Road Photo of the Day” … it was taken on July 20th last year near Artist Point at the far end of SR 542. As you can see winter prefers to cling to this region for a while.

A look back in time, 104 years.

This is a movie, taken in 1905, and I found it via a mention on the Jag-Lovers.org E-type mailing list. I’m not a huge follower of brass-era cars, but this movie is fascinating in so many ways. First of all, it is a moving record of pre-1906 Earthquake/Fire that destroyed much of San Francisco. Second it shows that boys will be boys, no matter what the era! Additionally it allows us a glimpse back 100+ years to see that:

  • Most cars, and the horse-drawn vehicles, are Right Hand Drive, despite the drive-on-right convention
  • The variety of vehicles, and motive power is amazing! Horse-drawn carts, wagons, buggies, trolleys, etc. Cable cars. Steam, electric, and petroleum powered cars.
  • There seems to be no effort at traffic control. Given that just about everything is moving at a walking pace though, I can see the reasons why. Other than mass, all objects are equal.
  • As a result of the above, this could be Dehli, or Sao Paulo today!
  • Market Street hasn’t changed that much. 😉

Found via Archive.org.