This unusual traffic jam occurred at the St. Mary’s entrance to Glacier National Park on the 2007 GTTSR.
Where else would you see a four vintage Jaguars and a Teepee in the same spot?
Car Photo of the Day: Sort of a Gremlin
Seen at the Tulip Rallye a few years back… might as well be a Gremlin. I’m sure it has its share of Gremlins! 😉
BTW, on an administrivia note, I’m clearing out a bunch of “subscribers” to the website today. These are mostly accounts with gibberish-names and gmail or .ru email addresses. I strongly suspect that they are just auto-created by spamming scripts and have no real business here. If I accidentally delete your account, apologies in advance. Next time put a real name in there so it at least appears that a human did the input! If you need to reach me I’m not that hard to find via email or AIM.
Car Photo of the Day. A Gremlin??
Yes, a Gremlin. I stumbled upon this one, in remarkable shape actually (who would restore a Gremlin?) at a car show in Everett, WA a couple of years ago. Had to get a photo of it.
I have to admit, I’ve never ridden or driven in a Gremlin, despite being a peripatetic passenger in their heyday.
A hot night in Budapest…
I’ve always loved this song, as it is so evocative lyrically. A few moments in time and something pleasing to the eye stretched into a 10 minute masterpiece that lives on and on.
…and her legs went on forever, like staring up at infinity…
I know I have this album on vinyl, at least I did when it first came out. Now I can’t find it. Oh well, nice to stumble upon this cut on YouTube though.
Car Photo of the Day: Name That Car.
I stumbled upon this car Friday night when I went to the Tukwila train station to pick up Christopher coming home for Spring Break. I have not seen one of these since the 80s, and even then they were a pretty rare sight here in the US. I was carrying on a SMS text conversation with Chris as he approached. I asked him what end of the train he was on, and when he replied “second car in the front” I knew to park at the north end of the station, as I pulled into the parking lot my eyes were drawn immediately to this car. I texted Chris back saying “I’m parked next to the yellow (car).” He replied, “Do they even sell those here?” 🙂
The two photos above show some distinguishing characteristics. The first is an odd bulge in the bonnet on the passenger side. The second shows the 3-lug wheels. The latter might be a dead giveaway… we’ll see.
Do you know what car this is?
Car Photo of the Day
The Series 3 E-type always looked like a bit of a mongrel to me, especially under the bonnet. The V-12 seemed shoe-horned into too small a space and the goofy dual-carb intake manifolds looked like a “reach” to me as they fed a bank of six cylinders from way down low on the side. The bonnet itself, seemed mis-applied to its contents. Unlike the straight-six XK engine before, where the bulge in the middle provided clearance for the cam covers and the louvers provided a place for hot air to escape, the Series 3 installed rain shields(!) to compensate for the louvers and nothing filled the middle bulge at all. Finally the engine itself is almost invisible in the Series 3, buried under manifolds, linkages, wires and whatnot.
This car managed to address some of the issues above with some simple modifications. It nearly pulls off a win from the jaws of defeat, with a bank of Webers down the middle (though obviously the front ones are rubbing!) and the heads of the V-12 are actually visible. No risk of fuel leaks on the exhaust manifolds either.
I spotted this car at last year’s Monte Shelton, but I don’t remember seeing it after the start, so I think it DNF’ed. Oh well.
It keeps getting better
Diesel fuel prices just keep falling.