my favorite movie character name, Ford Lincoln Mercury

the guy on the left (Larenz Tate) plays the character Ford Lincoln Mercury, from the movie The Postman

He assumed the name from the sign in the background of the photo, because he wanted to be a race car driver... that is, until he was inspired by Keving Costner's character, the Postman, and then he grew the postal service in a post apocolyptic world of the American North West

Frank Sinatra as a advertising company exec with a car ad campaign, "Marriage on the Rocks" with Dean Martin

Start at minute 2:00 for the above

the taxi in Pulp Fiction

Best signature in a General Lee? Catherine Bach's

Comedian Mike Epps, car collector! Has a T Bucket, 57 Bel Air, 70 Riviera, and Rolls and Land Rover

found among the many cool car collector videos on the Motorator / GQ Car Collector series https://www.facebook.com/motorator

and the entire series can be looked through to see what celeb car collectors they've interviewed at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0hKMB1-xkc_-Jxd4iKGMHnvCohTw4h6l

If you haven't heard of the Motorator, (Car Collector by GQ) check out the interviews of car collectors he does in their warehouses and garages, astonishing. Here's Jeff Dunham and Bill Goldberg

in which the incredible Jeff Dunham demonstrates how to open a McLaren, as it has no switch, door handle, or soft pad... very cool. He also explains the Mopar musclecar era fender tag screws. Seriously, I'd never learned this thing he shows, before this. How far out is it to be schooled on Mopar trivia during a celeb garage tour?





I've posted about Bill Goldberg's car collection before, http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search?q=goldberg  but this is the first video I've seen of the cars in his garage. He brought the lawman to SEMA! http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/12/lawman-boss-429-mustang-that-al.html

So, my compliments to GQ and the Motorator, they are doing a terrific series of videos on car collections in Southern California, and the Clive Cussler collection in Colorado http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/07/tim-allens-car-collection-from-new-gq.html

Tim Allen's car collection from a new GQ interview, and Clive Cussler's collection from a Hooniverse interview of 2011

both found on http://www.rodauthority.com/

Bethany Hamilton and teammate place 8th in Morocco's Gazelle Rally

found in Automobile Magazine, July issue... what an amazing news story to have in a car magazine! No one else has this story but Automobile Magazine is my guess!

Bethany will be on one of five US teams participating in the 2013 Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles. The well-known international competition, celebrating its 23rd year, will take place in France and Morocco from March 16th – March 31st. The off-road rally raid is unique in format – nine days of off-road driving competition using traditional dead reckoning navigation, outdated maps, no GPS or outside assistance while on course. It is considered one of the toughest all-female sporting events on the planet.

Bethany’s teammate, X-Games gold medalist navigator Chrissie Beavisis an architect by trade, but has top-notch skills in rally racing. She is also a driving instructor, rally racer and her capabilities as a mechanic and ace fabricator have led to appearances in popular TV shows such as “Monster Garage” as well as commentator roles for ESPN.

above press release from Bethany's website: http://bethanyhamilton.com/2013/02/gazelle-car-rally-across-morocco-in-march/

above photo from http://xgames.espn.go.com/rally-moto-x/gallery/9116249/bethany-hamilton-23rd-annual-gazelle-rally

Any wonder I'm a fan and subscriber?

With its unique concept involving eco-driving without excess speed, based on traditional navigation without GPS and for women only, the Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles du Maroc was the precursor to a new vision for auto rallies.

In our constant quest for quality, the environment has always been one of our main areas of focus. In 2010, the Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles du Maroc became the first auto rally in the world to obtain international environmental certification (ISO 14001:2004). 

http://www.rallyeaichadesgazelles.com/en/top+story

Yup, I just checked Google news, and not a word about it.

However,... very cool news for women, Bethany is a spokeman for Proctor and Gamble's Tampax business, and is hosting a contest for young women:

Tampax and pro-surfer Bethany Hamilton are joining forces to shine a spotlight on awesomely active girls - those who have the confidence to get off the sideline and into the game. The Awesomely Active Girls Challenge is designed to celebrate and reward girls who share pictures of moments when they have been awesomely active. In addition to being featured on the Tampax Facebook page, girls have the opportunity to win a great prize, which includes a chance for their photo to appear in Tampax Pearl Active advertising.

For one month, from June 21 until July 21, girls can enter the Awesomely Active Girls Challenge by submitting a photo of them taking on their favorite activity with 140 character caption on Facebook.com/Tampax. Beginning July 29 and through October 6 the community can place votes for their favorite moment. Each week, a winner will be selected and highlighted as the "Awesomely Active Girl of the Week," not only receiving the spotlight but also $500

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/06/20/surfer-bethany-hamilton-challenges-girls-to-be-awe/

General Lee Chargers before and after the tv show Dukes of Hazard

I didn't know that Dick Smothers raced anything but the dragster!

found on http://swissstash.tumblr.com

in all the cars that have been made famous, these two Mercurys are among the most classic and well known, the Hirahota and the Sam Barris Mercs

both found on http://swissstash.tumblr.com

Happy Days hot rod

above image found on http://finkenstein.tumblr.com

and one from the set of American Graffiti

all found on http://stiffspeed.tumblr.com

The Zebra Mustang that Barris built for Frank Sinatra's character in a movie

photos from, and a full story at http://www.autotraderclassics.com/car-article/Sinatra%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%99Stang-75463.xhtml via: http://outsidethecubicle.tumblr.com

Louis Chevrolet and Ameilia Earhart

found on http://steampunkvehicles.tumblr.com

The Last American Hero, starring a young Jeff Bridges in a 1973 movie about running moonshine, driving a fastback Mustang GT, and getting into NASCAR... great opening scene, and dirt road car chase

part one above, go to youtube for the part 2, but be sure to check out the paint on the race cars at minute 55

Besides Jeff Bridges, the other actors you might enjoy seeing are Ned Beatty and Gary Busey before he was full looney tunes... you'll recognize at least 4 other actors, Ed Lauter, William Smith,

This movie is the bio of Junior Johnson, and he is the Tech Advisor and consultant of course


The movie depicts Junior's father as being arrested for producing moonshine. In reality, it was Junior himself that was arrested and sentenced. In 1956, federal tax agents found Johnson working at his father's moonshine still in Wilkes County; they arrested him. Many local residents believed the raid was done in revenge for the agent's inability to catch Johnson delivering moonshine on local highways; this is depicted in the movie when we see the local law enforcement busting up his father's still. Junior Johnson was convicted of moon-shining and was sent to prison in Chillicothe, Ohio. He served 11 months of a two-year sentence.

anyone recognize the rim? the movie is 1972-73 production, and this is probably a local racer, but I can't remember ever seeing a rim like this