From the upside down valve department comes Model A Dave and his 1930 Ford Model A pickup truck. Intake and exhaust valves are the key to the operation of the modern four-cycle internal combustion engine. Early on, these steel shafts with tulip-like extension were referrred to as poppets, or poppet valves. Dave and his Model A were seen and heard popping around at the Dragfest … [Read more...]
Tatra Aeroluge Snowmobile
One had best be prepared for motoring over snow when crossing the frozen expanse of Mother Russia. Arriving at this realization a little too late was the German army, who in World War II ordered an occupied Tatra to construct a machine designed specifically for traveling over flat snow-covered plains. In 1942 Tatra produced the V855 Aeroluge Snowmobile. While only one was … [Read more...]
Kalamazoo Custom Deluxe
Seen here is what happens when one 1976 Kalamazoo airplane tug, a Wisconsin two-banger engine, and the widest set of slot mags around are forged into awesome. Russ and Lisa Hudson picked up this machine a few years back to serve as support not for an airplane, but as a pit side vehicle for their Got Nuts nine-second 1941 Willys coupe. Russ bought the genuine US Indy slot mags … [Read more...]
Dream Machines Roundup
The convergence of great stuff automotive, aeronautic, and agricultural that is the Pacific Coast Dream Machines show is a wrap until next year. Hanging out directly under the dulcet thrum and doppler effect of World War II piston engine airplanes was worth the price of admission alone. Also present at the Half Moon Bay were dune buggies, streamliners, and numerous examples of … [Read more...]
Buck a Lap Fast Track
Dateline 1971. Malcom Bricklin had just left Subaru. The question was what to do with a heap of leftover Subaru 360s, unwanted in part thanks to a Consumer Reports article that blurbed the diminutive runabout as the most unsafe car in America. If you were Malcolm Bricklin, you got on the horn with Bruce Meyers of Meyers Manx dune buggy fame and had him fab up some racy-looking … [Read more...]