Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Ed "Big Daddy" Roth advertisements from 1966 for his shirt and sweaters. Read the small print for Ed's cool way of talking Click on them for full size







The above is big if you click on it for full size



The above is huge in full size, maybe 12 by 18.













I hope you enjoy these as much as I do..

Torquers of Ocean Beach hot rod club plaque, how it was made described in a letter to Hot Rod in the late 50's



Tuned ford mustang


Oktane 2009.2, originally uploaded by lorando.labbe.

1957 Jaguar XKSS


1957 Jaguar XKSS, originally uploaded by ehisforadam.

Monday, June 29, 2009

Turbonique ( bolt on 850 HP ) advertising, the Turbo Axle and the "AP" supercharger, plus a couple that were in the classifieds

Jack McClure's go kart at the 1964 Louisville Auto exhibition, powered by twin Turbonique t-16 jets, it turns 152mph in the quarter. 400 lbs of thrust.







This is more info on Turbonique than I've ever seen in all of my searching on the internet... all that I've posted before is here: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2006/12/once-men-were-allowed-to-be-men-crazy.html and http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/03/turbonique-1000-horsepower-bolt-on.html

LA autho_show


CIMG8433, originally uploaded by ttocsland.