I’m Jonathan Klinger and I’m spending one full year driving a 1930 Model A everywhere I go. (Starting October 13, 2010) Why? Because not everything a person owns should contain a computer.
365 days of A
posted by fixedgear
on Feb 12, 2011 -
38 comments
The
ambulance that was used to carry the body of John F. Kennedy from Andrews Air Force Base to Bethesda Naval Hospital was sold at auction last night for $120,000. Or was it?
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posted by fixedgear
on Jan 23, 2011 -
10 comments
Auto-Tune the News #10. The Auto-Tune folks come out with their next tune, and, like most of their
ouevre so far, darn if they don't make Congress sound
catchy. Sing about that turtle fence, Hoekstra baby!
posted by WCityMike
on Feb 23, 2010 -
36 comments
"There's only so many parking spaces in the city," said Sordillo. "And in this part, there's very few." A private parking
space in Boston's Back Bay area sold for
$300,000.
posted by jaimev
on Jun 11, 2009 -
60 comments
In a time before the Prius, the custom conversion van ruled the roadways. Pushing the
boundaries of the airbrush form, testing the limits of
mobile interior design, featuring the latest in
automatic pink leather bed,
compact toaster, 8-track, and
love machine technology, the 70s van was celebrated in
song and
cinema. You started with
a factory model, new or used, and ended at a place limited onlyby your creativity, your budget, and your
old lady's patience (NSFW). Ford could
make you a man.If push came to shove, you could even
live in your van. It was fantasy on wheels:
van-tastic, man.
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posted by Miko
on Jul 18, 2008 -
43 comments
Automotive journalist, cartoonist and architect Earl Ma
passed away this week after a three year battle with cancer. But you would never have known it from how he lived his life. Last month, he refused to let his partial paralysis keep him away from the Indianapolis 500 (though fellow Hawaiian
Jim Nabors was too ill to attend), and with the help of friends
covered the race from his wheelchair. His boundless energy, generosity and wide range of talents earned him many friends and admirers, and he is already greatly missed.
posted by Scram
on Jun 12, 2007 -
2 comments
Imagine you live in Portugal and you're moving into a lovely farm house on a large swath of land. The place has been empty for 15 years! While exploring your new property you find a large barn in the trees. The door is padlocked shut and its all rusted solid. so you
grind the padlock open... [more inside]
posted by MegoSteve
on Feb 18, 2007 -
70 comments
HumanCar (note: 6.7mb WMV) row, row, row your car... but it's telling that they show it going downhill, but not up. And will you need 3 friends whenever you need to run to the store?
More videos, and
information here.
posted by crunchland
on Aug 23, 2006 -
12 comments
"Q: Is that another car on top?
A: Yes, it's a VW bug." --
Carthedral. A few more (clearer, daylight) photos
here.
posted by Gator
on Feb 19, 2006 -
27 comments
Roadcasting is an idea bandied about for ages: create ad-hoc low power FM networks that let you share the mp3 music you're hearing in your car with those driving around you. It's basically a blueprint for shared pirate radio as you drive, surfing the dial for a variety of music from nearby motorists. They've got
screenshots and
source code and it looks
just like the system imagined in Cory Doctorow's books. I can't wait to see where this project is headed. [via
unmediated]
posted by mathowie
on May 22, 2005 -
37 comments
"I was lost, proper lost, but thanks to Cris Formage and the fine folks at
The Epsilon Program, I've found a better way to live. No more cocaine, no more heroin, no more ceaselss, boundless self pleasure. henceforth, ladies and mental patients, I am following the words of the tract!" -
Maccer
Viral marketing nicely done in advance of the new Rockstar games production of
Grand Theft Auto - San Andreas (some slightly NSFW words and images)
posted by triv
on Aug 27, 2004 -
5 comments
Pssst! Wanna Buy A Reliable, Second-Hand Car? You could do worse than start with
Honest John, a plain-speaking, fiercely independent Cockney motor car wonk who'll see you right, no problem. If you're obsessive about reliability, i.e. don't have the time or inclination to look after your wheels and just want the damn thing to get you from A to B and back again, check out the often surprising
Reliability Index for the
most and
least trustworthy automobiles. [
Eurocentric warning! Btw, what are the most reliable independent car guides - preferably free and online - in the U.S, Canada, etc?]
posted by MiguelCardoso
on Nov 20, 2003 -
32 comments
GM are looking to the future with plans to get a fuel cell vehicle (dubbed
AUTOnomy) on the road by 2010, unlike past attempts where fuel cell powerplants were
shoe-horned into conventional cars GM are redesigning it from the ground up with a six inch flat chassis that contains the fuel cell and powertrain allowing them to plonk a variety of different bodies on top all the while cutting costs by being far simpler to produce than conventional cars.
posted by zeoslap
on Jul 9, 2002 -
16 comments
