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

Found on http://holodrome.tumblr.com/

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

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

 Above is the "Fare Master" that indicated how many pennies they were charging to go to a destination

Anyone recognize what this car was... no headlights in the normal place, just the two huge lights on the cowl

Found in a "Our Gang / Little Rascals" feature

Fred thinks it's a 1930 Austin America... I agree. Fred, you do indeed win!

Spanky's ambulance

Spanky is holding a funnel to his mouth and is making ambulance siren sounds

Alfalfa's soapbox cart

It even has a hood ornament, I can't make it out though

Veronica Lake

found among the vast variety of pop culture posts on http://pour15minutesdamour.blogspot.com/

Wonder woman doesn't need help changing tires

found on http://are2.tumblr.com/

best caption I've read in a long time, "She's a good girl, crazy 'bout Elvis"

Ann Margaret, if you aren't familiar with who she is, once a long time ago, she dated Elvis, had a Vegas act, and more recently, was the love interest in the movie "Grumpy Old Men" with Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon.. Trivia, she had a billboard top ten song at age 20, it reached #4, she was discovered by George Burns, starred with Elvis at age 23, invented the phrase "Sex Kitten" and was nominated for an Oscar at age 30 after starring opposite Jack Nicholson, Steve McQueen, and got her 2nd Oscar nom after starring with John Wayne and Anthony Hopkins, and was in the Who's rock opera "Tommy" and toured with the USO through Vietnam. Hellava career.

who is Tura Santana?

found on http://tiberiusloft.tumblr.com/

Tura was the daughter of a Japanese dad, and Cheyanne Scot-Irish mom. Had puberty at 8, and was a target of male hormones the rest of her life, silent film star Harold Lloyd didn't know she was only 13 when he was photographing her nude, and told her she was a natural beauty that would make it in Hollywood films.

 This image is from the movie "Faster Pussycat, Kill Kill" and she also was in a variety of TV and movies, more famous of them The Man From UNCLE, and Irma LaDuce (Jack Lemmon and Shirley McLaine)

Audrey Hepburn riding a bike, beauty and grace in motion

Found among the great variety of pop culture photos at http://are2.tumblr.com/

Batgirls motorcycle and the catmobile

ridiculous props, but somehow that generation loved the Batman tv show.

Both found on http://are2.tumblr.com/

Monkeys and peanuts

found on http://vintagemarlene.tumblr.com/

the guy who finds the most unreal amount of info about vehicles, Steve (I've posted before about his incredible skills) is now posting his own blog! Serviside.blogspot.com

 

 Learn what Debbie Reynolds was doing on this Lambretta http://serviside.blogspot.com/2011/08/more-scooters-another-singer-since-i.html

 Learn about the Singer, Sammy and Marilyn, and why they got together for a photo shoot at http://serviside.blogspot.com/2011/08/frank-sammy-marilyn-and-singer-scan-of.html

Learn about electric GMC vans and trucks, (look at the height of this beast) at http://serviside.blogspot.com/2011/08/gmc-electric-trucks-during-my-daily.html

Because Steve knows how to dig up the info, and tells a good story on the background on the above vehciles and stars... so get a look at Steve's blog if you are into learning the story behind the photos, and what else was going on to make the photos happen

the movie car that will be in the new version of Total Recall

It's good to live in San Diego for a lot of reasons, and one is that it's home to Comic Con. Of course, it's impossible to get tickets unless you are a celeb, a publishing company, or are working the event as a security guard. But this Hollywood prop was outside the convention center