That is Laura, and Danny Trejo
Go over to her website for lots more, and comment to tell her to post the rest of the stuff! http://hagertyblog.blogspot.com/
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In the right place, at the right time, and even better... get paid to do it with a camera! Meet Laura, she posts private collections, celebs, etc
That is Laura, and Danny Trejo Go over to her website for lots more, and comment to tell her to post the rest of the stuff! http://hagertyblog.blogspot.com/ Tere (Justakargal.blogspot) has chalked another hot rod legend to her record of icon encounters
She missed getting a photo with Gene when we were at SEMA, but took care os that at GNRS. So far she's met Gene, Kenny Youngblood, Don Prudhomme, Jim Wangers, and Randy Grubb (Blastolene Brother)Tere's blog: http://justakargal.blogspot.com/
Dual Ghia in the classifieds, and Hoagy Carmichael was selling it
More on Dual Ghia's later, but quickly, they were Chrysler Fire Arrow's offspring, built in Italy the slow way, by hand, and imported for sale into America by the Dual Motors company which had been making military vehicles during WW2.But what caught my eye was Hoagy. John Lennon called Hoagy his favorite songwriter.
Hoagy had composed a lot of great stuff and lived for decades on the royalties. Georgia On my Mind (famous for Ray Charles), Stardust(famous for Bing Crosby), and my fun favorite: the 1943 song "I'm a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with my Honolulu Mama Doin' Those Beat-o, Beat-o Flat-On-My-Seat-o, Hirohito Blues"
Yeah, the stuff that clanks around in my head waiting for something to loose it, no wonder I can't recall a thing, too many odd bits already have filled my memory ability to absorb anything new.
Granny Clampett on a motorcycle!
Granny character's full name was Daisy Mae Moses, but who would ever think of her as that? Via: http://ottonero.blogspot.com/
1930 FN, made to order for the Shah of Persia
The 1930 FN Type 1400 was a Belgian car made at the request of the Shah of Persia.Ordered in 1912 but because of the war, it could not be delivered. The body was later transferred to a 1930 chassis and finished using hand-carved wood and lots of aluminum
Via: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jk1971/sets/72157616587444463/ from some images I couldn't borrow from http://s207653679.onlinehome.us/wsb4547739201/CarsMC%20of%20Europe.htm
Triumph Trophy Trail or Tiger T100c was Ann Margaret's motorcycle in her Las Vegas show in 1967
Above via: http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/ and that bike was for sale: http://www.happycarz.com/pics_and_descp.php?id=722
http://painteddayglowsmile.blogspot.com/2009/08/all-you-needs-strong-heart-and-nerve-of.htmlFor the full size click on it.
For a couple more photos of her 1967-68 act : http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3281885184/nm0000268
Looks like she's still performing too: http://www.ann-margret.com/
Looks like she's still performing too: http://www.ann-margret.com/
Old Hollywood, some stars and their cars, pre-1940
Gen Pershing, 1924 Packard 
Groucho Marx and his 1930 Packard 
Clark Gable and his 1935 Duesenburg 
Above, the Little Rascals 
Al Jolson and his custom 1928 Mercedes Spl 
Buster Keaton and his 1928 Austin 
WC Fields with a 1930 Bantam movie car, in the movie 300 Yard Drive 
Rudy Valentino's (unbelievable biography: http://emol.org/emclub/?q=rudolphvalentino )cars above an Voisin, and below a 1925 Isotta Frashini. His 1923 Voisin can be seen in the Nethercutt Museum: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/03/rudy-valentinos-voisin-hood-ornament-by.html 
A 1910 Stanley Steamer and in the back is a 1940 Packard Darin 
John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara in a 1914 Stutz Bearcat 
a 1911 Ford and Jimmy Durante... what a pit crew! If you enjoyed this post, try this following link where I've posted many similar Hollywood stars and their vehicles like Rita Hayworth pulling the bumpers off her car for the scrap metal effort for WW2, John Wayne on a motorbike, Hitchcock in his 300SL, and dozens more: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/celebrity
Bo knows publicity
Above photo from http://42ndblackwatch1881.wordpress.com/2009/07/12/well-said-well-plaid-rocker-vintage-bo-diddley/
http://thescooterscoop.blogspot.com/2007/02/bo-knows-scooters.html
You may not know what this is, but it's famous anyway... Johnny Cash, "One Step at a Time"
I effing love this photo, I had no idea they put one together! To explain, I put in in this video so anyone who doesn't know what I'm going on about can understand and enjoy the humor
Via: http://thenewcaferacersociety.blogspot.com/
Cool photos
Above: simple bellytanker, no frills. Not sure what dry lake.. doesn't look like El Mirage to me.
Steve racing the Hurst Baja Boot http://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/2009/07/31/the-tsy-friday-fade-steve-mcqueens-dune-buggy-days/ for a gallery of Steve motorcycle racing across the Mojave http://www.motoblog.it/galleria/le-moto-di-steve-mcqueen/1
Johnny Cash and a train, cool setting!
Pike's Peak, and on the edge of that
Drag racing knows no car unworthy of competing
I believe these images are all from http://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/
Tommy Ivo's bucket T, on tv and in the movies... on the strip too, where it was a consistant 11 second 1/4 miler
Above: the same issue had this photo of Norm and his Kookie T, Norm was telling Charles Coburn about the particulars of the T
He even built the early 322-cubic-inch Buick nailhead V-8 engine, thanks to inside tips from the late Max Balchowsky, a man known for building some of the most potent Buick V-8 engines in the world. Among Balchowsky's stable of Buick-powered cars were the infamous Ol' Yaller road racers.
Ivo had heard about Balchowsky and visited his shop in nearby Hollywood seeking advice. Eventually, Balchowsky showed Ivo how to set the bored-and-stroked engine (it eventually stretched its eight holes to 402 cubic inches) to use one of three induction systems: a dual-quad manifold, the quintessential six-pack of Stromberg 97s, and the Hilborn fuel injection that has become the car's trademark over the years.
Ivo's desire to race netted him and his T-bucket several Top Eliminator awards at the San Fernando Drags and later at Lions when it opened in 1960. The car was dependable for 11-second elapsed times and a top speed of 119 mph. Not bad for a street car, but then, when you really get to the bare bones of the matter, a T-bucket is nothing more than an engine stand on wheels anyway. You know, a dragster.
Despite its reputation at the drag strip, in those days Ivo's T-bucket had an equally mean reputation on the street and on the screen. Being a prodigy child actor, Ivo had numerous contacts in the film industry, and when hot rod movies became popular during the 1950s, it was only a matter of time before Ivo's T served as a movie prop. In this case the hot rod served as the hero's car in the 1956 movie, Dragstrip Girl. Ironically, Ivo played one of the heavies in the movie, and the script called for him to steal his own car!
Perhaps the crowning glory for the reconstruction project was its white pinstripes. As he did with the original car back in 1955 for Tommy Ivo, Von Dutch also striped the restored car for Jack Rosen. Regardless of how close the new stripe job is to the first the Dutch laid down, according to Jack, this was Von Dutch's final stripe job. He passed away a short time later.
Images from http://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/the-great-1950s-t-bucket-rod-rivalry/ and the August 1957 Car Craft