Mullins museum info, it's not open often, and you must buy tickets in advance

805.385.5400Info@mullinautomotivemuseum.comVISITING HOURSVisiting hours are 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM on days the museum is scheduled to be open.DATESThe Museum will be open on the following dates:Saturday, February 12, 2011Saturday, February 26, 2011Saturday, March 12, 2011Saturday, March 26, 2011Saturday, April 9, 2011Saturday, April 23, 2011Saturday, May 14, 2011Tickets must be purchased in

Brilliant. Please read, and if you don't already drive this way, change. This is wisdom

found on http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/off-topic-discussion/can-we-please-stop-hotlinking-pics/20411

Henry Ford had a Model T truck made from aluminum

Ford in 1925 initiated Ford Air Transport Service - the world's first regularly scheduled commercial cargo airline.Ford Air Transport Service started with Stout 2-AT Pullman aircraft in 1925. Henry and Edsel Ford had a investment in Stout Engineering that became the Stout Metal Airplane Division of the Ford Motor Company later that year in August.The first 2-AT was built at the Stout factory in

Racing stripes

invented by the Briggs Cunningham team in 1950, according to Automobile Magazine's Robert Cumberford, Feb 2011 issue, Jay Leno Bugatti feature

Largest auto recalls in history

from http://autozine.com.br/seguranca/os-maiores-recalls-da-historia

I often get solicited to post someones article, list, or link to their site, but don't. Here are some I'm interested in if you want my attention

10 best websites for what ever... especially how you rank your top 10 favorite blogs10 worst mechanics,10 worst ripoffs in the auto world (besides Bernie Madoff),10 hardest repairs due to engineering shortsightedness,10 most difficult to diagnose problems with your car,10 easiest things you can troubleshoot your self (battery dead? Voltage regulator? or Starter? is the most common problem) ,10

Finally, a compressed air car is built

French enterprise MDI backed by Cater SA, a Swiss business have taken the concept to the roads, naminf a four wheel vehicle Airpod —to reflect on its engine powered by nothing but compressed air.The fact that Geneva airport and a few French-speaking Swiss towns have already shown keen interest in Airpod augurs well for the project; not to mention that EU countries have already approved of the

Here's a simple idea why the US automakers are doomed to never be great and profitable again, 3X more retirees than employees

The Detroit Three's 267,000 hourly retirees and 72,000 surviving spousesGM has 53,000 hourly employees and Ford has 41,000.Read more: http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101214/OEM01/101219920/1424#ixzz1A1Yy1InfSo, if you're curious why a new car costs 6 times more now than in the 60's, 2wice as much as in the 80's... you might draw the connection between the increase in # of

Old fashioned spam came on a post card, from Ford, and tried to sell Model T owners new fenders, pistons, and axle overhauls

Found on http://www.bookofjoe.com/2010/12/1928-car-repair-mailer-sent-on-a-penny-postcard.html

The Camelback locomotive design, used in conjunction with the exceptionally wide Wooten firebox, not safe though

The "Camelback" design, which straddled the cab over the center of the boiler, allowed the exceptional width of the Wooten firebox, which burned lower BTU anthracite coal from Eastern Pennsylvania.The Locomotives in the picture were also called "Mother Hubbards" among other names. They were discontinued from freight service because if a side rod broke, it would wipe out the cab and if on the

Reasons horses towed cars... cars got stuck easy, horses pulled them out... but did you know Nantucket outlawed cars from 1900 to 1918?

This is an interesting example of another reason on Wikipedia: "Clinton Folger's "Horsemobile" delivering mail, on South Beach Street, at Hayden's Hot Sea Bathhouse entrance.For nearly twenty years, from 1900 to 1918, Nantucket was the only place in the nation that successfully fought encroachment of the automobile within its limits. Opposing politicians on the mainland and large property owners

the 1903 Oldsmobile runabout, usually called the curved dash Olds...

Was first to be put together on an assembly line, predating the Ford vehicles, and never getting proper mention in the history books for that.Also, first automobile to outsell electric and steam powered machines.

7 Hp Duryea was the first automobile attempt to drive from coast to coast, in 1899

Above are a couple of guys with a REO Mountaineer, 1906... and have nothing but the similar cross country in an early car rlevance, to this story that follows (photo from http://www.shorpy.com/node/8903?size=_original )after the Louise and John Davis car with the backing of two newspapers left New York City they had about made it to Syracuse, and were passed by a one armed bicyclist that had

In the movie "The Great Race" you may have liked the "Leslie Special" ... but did you think they'd ever put it in another movie? I'm 1st to notice

above photo via: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=733 There are differences, but the grill, hood ornament, and distictive doors are the same. The Leslie Special was made for the movie "The Great Race" and is not a vintage real car, it's a custom built to look like the Thomas Flyer that won the 1907 Paris to Peking race http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/08/

A tale of the Tubonique racing cart from the great maniac that drove it! Capt Jack ( no better name could ever be thought of! )

Above two photos from http://zelastchancegaragedu78.blogspot.com/2010/05/draggokart.html Jack McClure's go kart powered by twin Turbonique t-16 jets, it turns 152mph in the quarter. 400 lbs of thrust. http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/turbonique for all the Turbonique info, advertising, and videos I've come across 1965 Z-16 Chevelle called, "The Sizzler", a name that would prove

Did you know a 71 Barrcuda body will slip over an '01 Viper without it's body? Don't know why you'd not be happy with either, and want both in one car

They made them at http://www.timemachinesinc.com/pastcustoms/71vipercuda/ 6 years ago, just an extra floor structure, wheel tub work, and add a couple inches to the Viper frame rails to extend the wheel base for the cuda wheel locations.Wrecked Vipers are the speciality of X2 Collision in Maryville Illinois http://www.x2builders.com/default.asp

Snow chains useful for more than traction...

they were used as percussion in the song Nowhere to Run by Martha and the Vandellashttp://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=11398Heard at the 9 second mark, and every 2 seconds after. Learned about this on KRTH Los Angeles Fm radio

California lawmakers can't pass or balance a budget, but get 5 million dollars worth of new cars annually for their personal use

Don't sweat it... it's the only state that wastes money on rich politicians automotive needs. Well, unless you count free gas and insurance... I bet your lawmakers and politicians don't pay for gas or insurance. I bet they get chauffered limos as a way around your state purchasing cars for them. You likely know they get a lifelong pension better than double your annual income, free medical care

If you ever run out of gas, beware. The Shell gas station at Laurel and Pacific Coast hwy (San Diego) charges 15 bucks for a 2 gallon gas can

why is it marked up so much at the Shell station? To make an obscene profit off your misery and desperation. That pisses me off. This gas can costs 8 bucks online http://www.drillspot.com/products/573120/midwest_can_company_2300_2gal6oz_red_plasgascan so I recommend not giving your patronage to Shell to protest this outrage.I was there to grab a coke. Those are priced the same as everywhere

The person in the gold colored Honda fled the scene. Let that sink in a moment. After causing deaths and devastating lives, they cut out

http://www.sandiegoharley.com/event_detail.asp?event=473746 It was this past Sunday morning in California . Four bikers died in a brutal accident, five others are hospitalized. Those who lived have now lost their friends, and those who died left behind kids, brothers and sisters, parents and friends. They were members of the Saddle Tramps Motorcycle Club. It was the clubs 10th anniversary