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1970 Cyclone 429 Super Cobra Jet with the Drag Pack option, the Detroit Locker with 4.30 gears, and the four-speed Top Loader transmission at the Mason Dixon Dragway, and I've drag raced there... as crazy as that seems. I drove my Super Bee to visit my sister in Hagerstown Maryland, and then learned they had a dragstrip in the next town over. So, Friday night I went over and had fun by loosening a wingnut the center nosepiece of the grill swings up out of the way for a cam swap https://www.hotrod.com/articles/wanted-pontiac-won-races-1970-mercury-cyclone-429-super-cobra-jet/

Slicks vs MT ET Street SS radials..

the slicks weighed 34 pounds, the Mickeys were 43, however, the times at the dragstrip were nearly identical, and the MTs can be driven legally on the street. Mopar Muscle  Dec 2018 issue

Volvo P1800

were first produced (1st 6000 units) at Jensen motors in England, and designed in Italy by Frua. When capacity was added at Volvo in Sweden, they moved production there, and added the S to the P1800, so the car became known as the P1800S

interesting cover art, I was wondering why THIS specific plane was chosen for the cover art

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The cover of the album features a vintage Lockheed Model 10 Electra aircraft, with similar markings to the one flown by Amelia Earhart in 1937. This is often mistaken for a Beechcraft Model 18 (a very similar aircraft) and is referred to in the lyrics of "Five Miles Out" ; "lost in static, 18" and "automatic, 18". The aeroplane has registration G-MOVJ, as also referenced in the lyrics (as "Golf Mike Oscar Victor Juliet"). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Miles_Out The album had "Family Man" which was immediately covered by Hall and Oates who made it a hit.

i just learned that there is a VW van convention every spring in Long Beach, the Orange Country Transporter Organization (O.C.T.O.) Winter Meet, and a summer event too

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http://octo.org/ https://www.facebook.com/OCTOshow/ but since we missed that, you can hit the Kowabunga Van Klan take over of the entire Huntington Beach Pier

with this being the 50th anniversary of Woodstock, they tried to find the original Light Bus that was driven there, but when that failed, they made a replica

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Dr. Bob Hieronimus, the original artist responsible for the creation of the artwork on the iconic van that had graced countless media and news outlets, did the magic again The original plan was to locate the star bus, a 1963 Standard Microbus, that Hieronimus painted in 1968 and restore it, but after six months of futile search, Hieronimus and Wesley decided to build a replica instead. The duo turned to Kickstarter to help acquire an exact model of the original ‘Light’ bus and begin a painstaking restoration process. The artwork alone took Hieronimus and a team of five artists six weeks to recreate. https://mikeshouts.com/replica-1969-light-bus-vw-type-2-van/

1936 Bentley 4 1/2 Litre Vanden Plas Tourer, 1 of 6 like it made, and the only one left with its original body. Bought in 1952, driven until 1988, parked in a garage since then. Thanks Gary!

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and when pulled out by the inheritors, and will be sold at auction https://www.thesun.co.uk/motors/8661647/wrecked-1936-bentley-once-owned-by-war-hero-who-bombed-hitler-to-go-on-sale-for-200000-after-30-years-hidden-away/ https://www.foxnews.com/auto/rusty-barn-find-car-owned-by-pilot-who-helped-bomb-hitlers-eagles-nest-sold-for-small-fortune