Photos and the occasional story about cars, trains, boats, and airplanes.
Although this car did not win, my guess is that it would have been right up there. It is a 1937 Ford, if you can believe that, and it is named “Aftershock”. The level of craftsmanship on the AMBR cars is impressive. The paint, as you can imagine, was flawless. …
Here’s a photo I took of Bruce Wanta’s AMBR (America’s Most Beautiful Roadster) winner last week at the Grand National Roadster Show. This is called the “Mulholland Speedster” and is a 1936 Packard. It was built by Troy Ladd and designed by Eric Black. I thought there was a good …
I had occasion to visit the Flight Path Learning Center and Museum at Los Angeles International Airport (http://flightpathmuseum.com/) recently. This was a return visit, I was last there a couple of years ago. One of the many things they had on display was this extremely interesting model of a Stinson …
Here’s a kicker from the past. I though somebody out there might like it. This is my second car, a 1968 Opel Rallye Kadette. I purchased this in the early ’70’s and drove it for a number of years. I made one cross-country trip in it, finally trading the car …
I had the opportunity to visit Pearson Field in Vancouver, WA recently and discovered a really neat little gem. There are really three components to this. Pearson Field & Air Museum is part of the National Park Service (details at https://www.nps.gov/fova/learn/historyculture/pearson.htm) within Fort Vancouver. Pearson Field, as an actual airport, …
