first car show of the year, the Vista Frosty burger run

pretty cool 3rd tailight Above a deluxe, below a super deluxe Made from spare parts from the back yard when the city started getting on the owners case to clear out the neglected cars

Stars and their cars, post 1940's

No doubt you recognize James Garner Here are Jack Benny, Rochester, and the Maxwell http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/06/jack-benny-and-pres-harry-truman.html Why is Elvis messing with a Messerschmitt? Yikes, those aren't good looking glasses Sean Connery and a Sunbeam Alpine that was his to use during a movie he was making I hope you recognize Roy Rodgers, I doubt anyone has an unkind word

Would you store a one of a kind concept car so long it deteriorated, lost all value, and then sell it? Kinda stupid isn't it. The 1954 Mercury XM800

Above as restored, below as found

Dois this look good because of the red white and blue? Or the bare metal with grinder marks?

The huge wagon wheels under that body look pretty damn good too.

The Rosedale Rocket, from Snoke's Metal Shed, a recently altered wheel base Comet built in just 2 years

awesome hood. I doubt I'm alone in having one word to describe the way this looks. Dammit. You can see the build process http://public.fotki.com/teddisnoke/the-rosedale-rocket/ or read a thread the owner is a part of discussing 64/65 Comets http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=335534&page=89

You've probably read that Mercury has been phased out

But why is it that Pontiac being phased out caused such an uproar, and editorials, cover stories, etc etc etc... but no one is lamenting the Mercury becoming a has been. Why is that? What was the Pontiac name plate to GM, that the Mercury nameplate wasn't to Ford? Both were a bit more luxurious than the parent company name... both had a lot of terrible looking cars (Ventura for one) and both had

Fantastic photography I found on motoriginal tumblr

Stutz hood ornament by Richard Owens of Supercars.net Photo by Tim Owens of Supercars.net Probably a Dupont, as very few cars had these woodlight headlights, Ruxtons, DuPonts, and very few others. Photo by Dirk De Jager of Supercars.netTim confirmed that this is a Tubonique, and the cover photo from Mechanics Illustrated, Feb 1969 http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2007/05/

Mercury Comet S-22

Sweet convertible Comet, not often found at car shows, and with an interesting taillight repair

the drivers side brake light lens is just a flipped over passenger side lens... the lettering on it is upside down. The trim piece around the drivers side is bent just to the inside right hand side of it, and that seems to have meant the car owner had to replace a broken drivers side lens, and could only find a passenger side lens. The drivers side lens is far less crackled.