Great stuff from Volksrat.tumblr.com

 this Pontiac Safari wagon was lost to soft sands and incoming tide in 1973, but was washed clear recently by winter storm seas... that is so damn cool. Anyone having photos like this, email them to me so I can share them! jbohjkl@yahoo.com

 1923 Norton chopper, well, let me say that correctly, a chopper in 1923 that was made into a chopper

found on http://volksrat.tumblr.com/ who found lots of thes cool images on http://onthelosthighway.tumblr.com/ and http://5window.tumblr.com/ and other cool sites

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1917 Ford WW1 Military Ambulance, none remain that are original, but David O'Neal made one... very cool!

Found in this months Hagerty Magazine, http://www.hagerty.com/Hagerty-Online/Resources/Hagerty-Magazine available with their car insurance, or by subscription, or with a membership with Historic Vehicle Alliance, or at  Autobooks in Burbank http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/12/autobooks-aerobooks-in-burbank-magazine.html 

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the Purple Heart dodge Magnum was at SEMA this year

Here is a good photo from last years Carlsbad Hooters car show that Heavy Hitters, Nokturnal, and Swift car clubs had. The photos from SEMA of it sucked, and this shows it far better. See the gallery I took of it with this photo at http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/04/heavy-hitters-nokturnal-and-swift-car.html

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Metal Of Honor... duece made of donated new parts to assemble an homage to the US military that have been awarded the Congressional Medal Of Honor, and signed by 46 living recipients

If you look under the duece, you'll see that it's parked on grass. Indoors. I've never heard of any booth having turf brought in... it's awesome. Great idea, terrific execution, and appreciated by the people stopping by to admire the car. No dirt was getting carried onto the surrounding carpet either.

the military footlockers and field desk were very cool too

great display

 Awesome military interior pieces, the ammo can for an armrest, the canvas courier bags for door pockets, duffel bag in the passenger footwell, and the gauges are superior to any I've seen that try for the military look, but go too far and use aircraft gauges. These are perfect... they have the look, and function, that people have tried for, but failed to achieve

  Above, I was photographing the steering gear. I haven't seen an adapter like this before

if this car sounds familiar, it's because I posted a bit about this last year http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/12/best-cause-for-donating-parts-and-time.html

Thanks to Chuck Caswell, Emperor until he retires... he says after retirement he'll be a sultan (I could be mistaken, he may have said maharajah)

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Kalamazoo Air Zoo (museum) has lots to see, lots of rides for kids and family, and I read it even has a GM Futureliner bus

the above is a P40 Warhawk

SR 71 Blackbird

Recreation of a Mercury lander capsule

some photos from http://www.flickr.com/photos/fun_flying/sets/72157594279542284/detail/ others from http://topics.mlive.com/tag/Air%20Zoo/index.html and http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=%22air+zoo%22&s=rec&z=e&page=14

http://www.airzoo.org/index.php

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