Found on http://daddy2indahouse.tumblr.com/
Minggu, 09 Oktober 2011
29 miles since new... basically driven home from the dealership, and parked forever. Damn shame
photo from http://www.flickr.com/photos/calebdawson/page91/
Bed Bug.
If you like VWs, and can read German, try http://notch-queen.blogspot.com/ it's where I stumble across the bed bug
1960-1966 Trojan 200 (licensed maker of the Heinkel Kabine) front opener like an Isetta
This was the twilight of the microcar and the introduction of the MINI in 1959 would see major changes in the public's attitude towards their cars. Dundalk saw the writing on the wall and decided to sell.
Peter Agg, Lambretta distributor for Britain since 1950, had purchased the long-lived commercial vehicle firm of Trojan of Croydon in Surrey in 1959. He negotiated the deal for the manufacturing of the Heinkel-I by Trojan, while getting the supply of motors from Heinkel themselves. Essentially similar to the German Heinkel and Irish Heinkel-I, the Trojan was built with some British-sourced components such as Armstrong shocks, Wilmot-Breeden latches and Wipac or Miller lamps. Vent Windows were Plexiglas. A right-hand-drive version was built, but the door was still hinged on the left. Three AND Four wheel versions were made.
The car did actually sell quite well, despite its late arrival and plans were even made to expand the range with a commercial light delivery van, of which six or so were built. http://microcarmuseum.com/tour/trojan-2.html also has a full gallery of a museum restored Trojan
WANT!
the movie "Real Steel" is awesome, and has a cool International Harvester COE Sightliner as Hugh Jackman's mobile home/robot hauler... it's frickin cool
I hope they make a sequel... it is a no brainer in my opinion that this story line of a young kid and his absentee dad reuniting and getting a robot to win the world championship, is the newest in a line of Rocky, The Champ, Karate Kid type feel good action movies... To let it go withough a great sequel of them continuing to be partners in the robot games, and further learning that the dad character has a lot to experience from his kids point of view .. that would be a shame
If you've already enjoyed the movie, you'll love reading this interview with Hugh http://collider.com/hugh-jackman-real-steel-interview-2/118641/ it sheds light on the characters of the kid and dad from Hugh's perspective as an actor helping out a young new actor. Great stuff. I read the whole damn thing, its that good
To learn more about the Sightliner, browse the Old IHC thread that was made when they filmed a sequence in Mid Michigan. ABC12 ran a short clip in the news September 20, 2010 3:35 pm, but don't have it available on the website... morons
http://oldihc.org/truck-talk/general-discussion/ih-in-upcomeing-hugh-jackman-movie-real-steel
Forest find kombi... and the great effort to pull it off a mountain with a helicopter. Extraordinary
found on http://volkkaripalsta.com/keskustelu/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=38216
you might want to skip ahead frequently, I did. But skipping every 30 seconds gets you through it a lot better... to see where it was found, the clearing they had to make for the helicopter to access it, and the extraction and transfer to a tractor trailer to get it home.
For the other most amazingly beyond salvage kombis I've posted about that people have went crazy for:
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/12/1957-deluxe-vw-23-window-bus-pulled.html
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/08/not-too-far-gone-to-save-because-in.html
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/12/what-happened-to-bury-this-1950-vw-213.html
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/02/bullet-bus-aka-while-taking-on.html
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