Good stuff found on Go Away Garage

spare spark plugs mounted next to the gauge and clock... and in inclinometer... very cool

and this is one BIG fire engine!

All from http://goawaygarage.blogspot.com/

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Did I ever post about the Marx brothers racing a 1928 Mercedes S 28 /180 boat tail speedster on Muroc in 1932?

Zeppo and Chico made a bet with a Hollywood producer that their car was faster than his Duesenburg.. and they went to Muroc with a huge crowd to see which was.. the Mercedes lost that one, Eddie Miller Jr, driving the Duesenberg, won.

 Hollywood was represented by all of The Marx Brothers, Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, Al Jolson, Carole Lombard, Mae West, Ben Lyon, Leila Hyams. The automotive side was represented by Eddie Miller, Harry Miller, and oil tycoon Earl Gilmore.

 Both cars were stripped for racing with the Duesenberg being prepared for racing by Eddie Miller with the enthusiastic approval of E.L. Cord.

Harry Miller flagged them off

The race started at 6:30 a.m. on a September 1932. The Mercedes sprinted ahead supercharger wailing, but the Duesenberg caught the lighter Mercedes on the first lap, and it was all over. Eddie Miller said that he shifted the Duesenberg into top at 5,200 rpm. The engine blew three quarts of oil out during the 109 mph run.

 the car was at the 2010 and 2011 possibly, Pebble Beach Concours

the full article has been scanned from Automobile Quarterly and can be found at http://forums.acdclub.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=2881

Photos from http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/06/marx-brothers-1927-mercedes-benz-s-boattail-speedster-headed-to/

info from http://forums.acdclub.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=2881

above photos from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=358249

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1949 Bellytank dry lakes streamliner at the Steve McQueen car show

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interesting front end / steering

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I found some familiar cars at El Mirage this past weekend, I've seen them most of the past 4 years I've been back to the May event the SCTA has at El Mirage

if you've been looking at this blog long enough to recognize these from 2012, or 2011, or 2010... you must enjoy the content I've been posting to still keep coming back!

For everyone else, these cars are there every year I've been there, and I thought that this year instead of avoiding posting the cars I've featured before, I'd just do this simple gallery to show who is still having fun at the dry lakes. For previous galleries of these cars (If you're interested) http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/El%20Mirage
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/May%2015%202010%20El%20Mirage
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/May%2014%202011%20El%20Mirage
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/May%2019%202012%20El%20Mirage

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I think this tops that downhill "skull" speed skateboard sport for velocity and danger

just a screen shot from

found on http://megadeluxe.com/daily-deluxe/the-daily-deluxe-10-may-2013?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-daily-deluxe-10-may-2013

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