beware of bulldozers

ahhh, a stephen king fan. my fav.

finally got her where i wanted her. this one is always, always jammed between other cars, until this day. i think i got there late, the awards and raffle already going. for all i know, she had been pulled for an award and moved off to the side.

what ever the reason, i think i got a great shot of her, and the creepy overcast skies just make it more awesome. now if that radio had started to play on its own or that antenna had moved...

junk in the trunk

there were three of these cars at enderle earlier in the month. i think they said there are maybe 6 in all of california. kinda rare. wish he'd closed the hood, but the back is pretty interesting on it's own.

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ever had one of those weeks? ya, well i'm having one. drove 2 hours to see my kid play baseball and then they didn't play him, since he'd played three games over the weekend. busy busy at work, and that makes me happy, but they keep me hopping. supposed to rain this weekend, so there won't be any car shows to worry about missing. ehh, i have other things that keep being put off, i guess i can attend to for lack of excuses. lol.

maybe next week will be better.

would smell as sweet?

this old ford gets around. i've seen it at a few shows in various places. the aged finish and pitted hood ornament and grill make it more interesting when i process it.

the name on the door proclaims it to be of penrose machine shop out of compton, ca, but i can't find it on google. and i can't believe there isn't another picture of it out there either.

is this penrose an "impossible object" popularized in the '50s by the mathematician roger penrose, who describes such objects as "impossibility in its purest form?" [no, i'm not a geek...found it on wikipedia] how can it be explained otherwise?

addendum: (thanks denny) There was indeed a 'Pensose Machine' in Compton, CA. He was a dealer for small industrial engines and parts, such as Wisconsin, Continental, Kohler etc. I sold him product in the 60s thru mid-70s. Another 'Penrose' was" Dick", who was at one time working for Continental Motors, before I was, and he was 'Sherm" (I presume Sherman) Penrose's son. Sherm had a small engine and lawn equipment distributorship in Long Beach in the 60s. I believe 'Penrose Machine went 'unde'r in the early 80s with different ownership. The Ford in your picture was most likely sponsored by Penrose-Compton.

photo fin-ish

could they have put anything else on the back end of this car? it seems bizarre, but i love it. i've seen this car before, but he likes to back it into the parking spots, since the front of it is so awesome as well. fortunately, he (that's him on the right) parked it up against a sidewalk, on a beautiful blue-sky day. he tried to point out the "best shot," which i guess is higher up, and looking into the cockpit of this spaceship, showing the swivel seats, and the doors open. nice, but i think its probably been overdone that way.

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it was mentioned to me tonight, by a thoughtful car owner at one of the shows, that he enjoys reading my blog, even if i quite often label the cars by the wrong year, or even don't have the right make. i've said it before, so i'll say it again, use that little turquoise "post a comment" up above any and all pictures here, or even the send me an email on the sidebar, and for goodness sakes, let me know what they are when i'm wrong! in the time since this blog hatched, only two of youze guyz have bothered to correct me—ya, it was their own car—and also, one guy at a show just told me outright. i quickly revised the label and any reference to the car, so thanks very much.

i really love taking the pictures of your cars, but i don't know diddly about what they are specifically if they aren't obviously noted. my brothers would probably know. my dad would know, and i could ask him, if he'd stay awake long enough to peruse my blog and tell me what they are, but that's too much trouble and he's busy. i do my best to research them on the web, to find similar images of the car in question, but those are obviously not always right, and i'm doing my best to get more familiar. so i'll just keep shooting your little darlings, and not worry about how right or wrong i am naming them.

der ss

so busy at work since i got back from vegas. tradeshow season, and i'm slammed by everyone needing artwork created for their booths, etc. i expect to be very tired for the next couple of weeks at least. but i've also managed to squeeze in several car shows, since the weather has cooled for a while.

i usually walk past these muscle cars, mostly because the hoods are most always up. and i don't really care much about them, the lines of the cars just don't resonate with me like the older classics. they're nice, they're loud, and they move real fast, but ehh. i always get the feeling from the owners that i'm ignoring them, or the "what's wrong with my car" vibe, but they never really say it.

well, because the sky was overcast, and this puppy was so very shiny, i couldn't pass it up. i loved the reflection in the hood and fender too much. shows how much i haven't paid attention to these...i don't even know/remember what kind of car it is, much less the year. maybe someone will let me know so i can update my post.