I just came across a speedometer, radio, clock and tail light identification website

even a chart to determine what car a Delco radio went into by the model number

just as an example, they have the way to decode a tail light by the markings on it, and identify the car and year it was on.

or look through the visual guide

so, for all sorts of helpful info on figuring out that junkyard, swapmeet, or atiic find: https://sites.google.com/site/identifyinginstrumentpanels/home
https://sites.google.com/site/taillightcodesguide/

Alice Snitzer Burke and Nell Richardson in 1916. They toured through 25 states in this Saxon automobile.

https://www.facebook.com/Antique-Automobile-Photographs-1545149182397153/?fref=nf

the 1913 Bailey electric Victorian was also out to prove itself with an endurance run

notice the very interesting storage device in the spare tire

https://www.facebook.com/Antique-Automobile-Photographs-1545149182397153/

when filming at the beach, the only thing to keep track of, is when the tide will be coming in

They were filming a commercial, and they forgot to pay attention to the most important detail. That's gonna cost them

https://plus.google.com/u/0/108662564242085174572

"just pull that vehicle in behind me"

As Christmas 1944 approached, the American forces in the Ardennes Forest were still in disarray and struggling to hold back the German onslaught.

Versions of the story vary, but what is known is that retreating armor came upon a lone infantryman of the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment digging a foxhole.

He was scruffy, dirty, and battle-hardened. When he realized the retreating armor were looking for a safe place, he told them, “Well buddy, just pull that vehicle in behind me. I’m the 82nd Airborne and this is as far as the bastards are going.”

 They would indeed hold the line before driving the Germans back over the next several weeks.

http://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/6-badass-military-quotes-created-by-combat

For more true hero stories, both military and civilian: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/hero 

something new in sidecars

https://plus.google.com/u/0/108662564242085174572

I hope someone tells Rolls Royce prototype designers that tiny detail about streamlining the front tires... it changes the aero dymanics a lot when you turn them... aka the Stutz Blackhawk effect

Rolls Royce Motor Cars has unveiled a concept car that showcases what the firm thinks luxury vehicles might look like in 100 years' time. The "Vision Next 100" is a 5.9 metre-long zero-emission, self-driving car complete with an artificial intelligence virtual assistant and a silk sofa – but no steering wheel.

Keep in mind the following is a 360 degree video, pull it around



http://phys.org/news/2016-06-rolls-royce-luxury-vision-future.html
http://www.gizmag.com/rolls-royce-concept-vision-next-100/43893/

The Stutz effect I mentioned in the title? That's due to what they learned when land speed racing on Daytona Beach with the Stutz Blackhawk.

At 220, it went barrel rolling... you simply can't change the aero at that speed without disastrous effect

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/10/no-info-was-with-this-streamliner-so-if.html