The Ace Magazine
MAY 2013 Number 331
MAY 2013 Number 331
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Weird Web Stuff
This page is devoted to all the weird car related stuff that gets passed around the web. We'll try and up date it regularly with links to new stuff, and maybe, if you're lucky, some commentary thrown in. So click the links and enjoy!
Wow! This lady is neat! I just hope all of us are this lucky to be driving our favorite cars at her age! She's 101 and sharp as they come! I really like the bit where she carefully uses a towel to step on to save the interior!
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/bcvideo/1.0/iframe/embed.html?videoId=100000000895665&playerType=embed
This is a pretty cool sight over all, but check the GREAT Cars of the Stars!
http://www.dieselpunks.org/profiles/blogs/lord-k-s-garage-100-star-ride?xg_s
Here's a new site! Great stuff on early racing with videos!
First up, going sideways!
dis ones good!
and how not to go sideways. Lot's of sky-ground-sky-ground here!
its just like your car ( though driven slower) and it's Blue!
I think he mean's the Blue Meanie. I WISH! If you've never seen the Tyrrell 6 wheel F1 car, this is a treat!
This one's from an old friend, Ron Sardisco. VERY cool indeed!
mini v12 engine
Really needs no translation for you, but maybe just the last frame;
number of pieces.... 261
number of screws.... 222
hours of work........ 1220
listen to it run!
Check this cool Beemer video!
French Car Ads! Gotta Love 'Em!
OK, here's a dentist office we would ALL rush to:
The blurb doesn't say so but this is in Conway, Arkansas which is on US 40 not too far from Little Rock. Rich
Hot Rod Orthodontic Office
Well, after a three year pregnancy, here it finally is. I have posted odds and ends of my new office here and there on the board, but I have had several requests to do a separate post on it once it was all done. So, for what it's worth, here is our new hot rod orthodontic office.
Being the 50's/60's car nut I am, I also get a kick out of the architecture and just the whole look of the time as well. Not wanting to build your average taupe brick building, I wanted something that had more the look of a 50's era diner/drive-in/gas station sorta thing. I talked with the architect about that and I think they jumped inside my head and knocked it out of the park.
The interior was a bit more of a giving birth process (or as I would interpret that having never been pregnant personally
). I had the vision of the inside being a bit of a city inside with the outside of the rooms having facades of different 50's buildings you would think of when you think 50's....soda fountain, burger joint, gas station, etc. It took a fair amount of back and forth with the interior folks to get that sort of thing meshed with the stuff you gotta have for an orthodontic office. But, eventually, I think we got there.
Stepping in the front door, you are greeted with the woodie wagon front desk parked in front of a Big Boy (although I still have to finish the signage for that).
The front desk started as a rusty $100 47 Merc coupe. Yes, a Merc...with a 46 Ford grille. The Merc grille parts were not easily obtainable, where the Ford parts are. Getting that Ford grille to fit the Merc....not a bolt in job. The front clip and rear fender are off the car while the "woodie" part is cabinetry made to look the part. The "roof" has the planked headliner look of the woodie and is complete with vinyl top and surfboard. You get funny looks pulling up to a surf shop with your wife and kids while on vacation and buy a board blank. To the surfer dude, you do not look like a guy who knows what on earth to do with a surf blank. But, I did and carved it down, glassed it and got it painted, then proceeded to cut holes in it to run the mounts through.....I couldn't bring myself to do that to a vintage long board, so you build your own for the purpose.
Most everything here has a story and a fair amount of my childhood is in here. The Big Boy out front was my favorite restaurant my folks took us to when I was a kid. Next up is our new patient exam room with a soda fountain facade. Named Fairmont's, it is the soda fountain my grandpa used to take me to. This pic was taken before the rest of the signage was put on the frosted windows and door, but you get the idea. Inside, we gotta have the spinning fountain chairs in red Zodiac vinyl. Also have the aluminum banded counter tops (all the counter tops in the whole office are banded and in cool formica).
Heading on back to the main treatment area, we have lots going on, so here is the big picture before we go around.
On the far side, we have the movie theater tooth brushing area. We put the kids names up on one side of the marquee when they come in for the first time welcoming them to the office. On the side facing the treatment area, we put up the kids names when they get their braces off as the "feature movie." They get a kick out of it and often take pictures with their name in lights. I had someone stop me one day and ask me if I had a movie theater in my office. I told them I sorta did and they said they saw it on Facebook with someone getting their braces off. Guess the pics get around. LOL The lit movie poster marquee in the back ground has a 1950's sci-fi, b-movie poster of giant plaque eating the quiet little tooth town that the awesomely creative graphic guys I use did for me.
What really started this whole design concept in the first place was the staff asking if the new office could have some seating areas in the treatment area for parents and friends that often come with the patients. Being a car guy, I couldn't have just any seating area, I need couches made out of the back ends of cars, right? So, get me some parts cars, a tape measure and start cuttin'. All the car furniture you see was built by my dad and myself. Not really being able to come up with good information on how anyone else had done it, we just pretty much went on the fly and figured it out as we went. Even jumped in to figure out the upholstery myself. I figured I had read enough books and watched enough upholsterers over the years, how hard could it be? Fortunately, I have an aunt who is a professional upholsterer, so she was handy to have on the phone when kinks came up.
'56 Olds 98. That's real tuck and roll there...you gotta have tuck and roll, ya know?
'59 Caddy. Yup, that's real fur on cow hide. Cows 'n Caddy's just go, no?
Gotta have a gas station, right? Well, mine is Sinclair. When I was a kid, there was a Sinclair station near my grandparent's house, so I knew I was almost to grandma's when I saw that great big dinosaur. I have spent most of my life hunting one down and finally came across one of the smaller ones. This particular one is actually a fiberglass copy and has spent the last couple of years in my kid's play area where they climbed all over it and played on it while the office was being built. They were most upset when the time came to move it to it's new home, but I was blessed to find an aluminum original at the same time to take it's place. Whew! [See the attached file]
Down the side hall, we have what will probably be a 5 and 10, but you can see I still have to do some signage here.
Being the 50's/60's car nut I am, I also get a kick out of the architecture and just the whole look of the time as well. Not wanting to build your average taupe brick building, I wanted something that had more the look of a 50's era diner/drive-in/gas station sorta thing. I talked with the architect about that and I think they jumped inside my head and knocked it out of the park.
The interior was a bit more of a giving birth process (or as I would interpret that having never been pregnant personally
Stepping in the front door, you are greeted with the woodie wagon front desk parked in front of a Big Boy (although I still have to finish the signage for that).
The front desk started as a rusty $100 47 Merc coupe. Yes, a Merc...with a 46 Ford grille. The Merc grille parts were not easily obtainable, where the Ford parts are. Getting that Ford grille to fit the Merc....not a bolt in job. The front clip and rear fender are off the car while the "woodie" part is cabinetry made to look the part. The "roof" has the planked headliner look of the woodie and is complete with vinyl top and surfboard. You get funny looks pulling up to a surf shop with your wife and kids while on vacation and buy a board blank. To the surfer dude, you do not look like a guy who knows what on earth to do with a surf blank. But, I did and carved it down, glassed it and got it painted, then proceeded to cut holes in it to run the mounts through.....I couldn't bring myself to do that to a vintage long board, so you build your own for the purpose.
Most everything here has a story and a fair amount of my childhood is in here. The Big Boy out front was my favorite restaurant my folks took us to when I was a kid. Next up is our new patient exam room with a soda fountain facade. Named Fairmont's, it is the soda fountain my grandpa used to take me to. This pic was taken before the rest of the signage was put on the frosted windows and door, but you get the idea. Inside, we gotta have the spinning fountain chairs in red Zodiac vinyl. Also have the aluminum banded counter tops (all the counter tops in the whole office are banded and in cool formica).
Heading on back to the main treatment area, we have lots going on, so here is the big picture before we go around.
On the far side, we have the movie theater tooth brushing area. We put the kids names up on one side of the marquee when they come in for the first time welcoming them to the office. On the side facing the treatment area, we put up the kids names when they get their braces off as the "feature movie." They get a kick out of it and often take pictures with their name in lights. I had someone stop me one day and ask me if I had a movie theater in my office. I told them I sorta did and they said they saw it on Facebook with someone getting their braces off. Guess the pics get around. LOL The lit movie poster marquee in the back ground has a 1950's sci-fi, b-movie poster of giant plaque eating the quiet little tooth town that the awesomely creative graphic guys I use did for me.
What really started this whole design concept in the first place was the staff asking if the new office could have some seating areas in the treatment area for parents and friends that often come with the patients. Being a car guy, I couldn't have just any seating area, I need couches made out of the back ends of cars, right? So, get me some parts cars, a tape measure and start cuttin'. All the car furniture you see was built by my dad and myself. Not really being able to come up with good information on how anyone else had done it, we just pretty much went on the fly and figured it out as we went. Even jumped in to figure out the upholstery myself. I figured I had read enough books and watched enough upholsterers over the years, how hard could it be? Fortunately, I have an aunt who is a professional upholsterer, so she was handy to have on the phone when kinks came up.
'56 Olds 98. That's real tuck and roll there...you gotta have tuck and roll, ya know?
'59 Caddy. Yup, that's real fur on cow hide. Cows 'n Caddy's just go, no?
Gotta have a gas station, right? Well, mine is Sinclair. When I was a kid, there was a Sinclair station near my grandparent's house, so I knew I was almost to grandma's when I saw that great big dinosaur. I have spent most of my life hunting one down and finally came across one of the smaller ones. This particular one is actually a fiberglass copy and has spent the last couple of years in my kid's play area where they climbed all over it and played on it while the office was being built. They were most upset when the time came to move it to it's new home, but I was blessed to find an aluminum original at the same time to take it's place. Whew! [See the attached file]
Down the side hall, we have what will probably be a 5 and 10, but you can see I still have to do some signage here.
Wow, now THAT'S a model Airport!
Oh, them lovable Swedes!
http://grandprix63.blogspot.com/
Even the crashes are stylish: Million-dollar wreck in MonacoThe wealthy French Riviera city state of Monaco was the scene of a pileup involving five luxury cars with an estimated value of more than $1.1 million.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43926079/ns/world_news-europe/t/even-crashes-are-stylish-million-dollar-wreck-monaco/from/toolbar
From a correspondent in Missouri!:
Hey Steve,
I don't know if you've had a chance to see this. Enzo's referring to Cooper and Lotus as "Garagistas" cracked me up. Garagista Racing seems like a great name for a team.
Dave
Group B Monsters - The Days of Madness. Inspired by Mattzel´s slow-motion racing clips this is an homage entirely dedicated to the crazy days of rallying with slow-motion footage.
Anyone who knows cars, knows Ralph Lauren knows and loves cars. Here's an interview with Lauren on his collection and his passion.
OK, times in Haight-Asbury have changed. Here's a great solution to the garage/garage door problem for those who live in what they like to call "The City" up there. What happened to hippies who drove around in VW buses w/"Split Wood, not Atoms" stickers?
We did our annual 3 day/1000 mile backroads drive w/a few other crazies at the end of March. Here's some video shot just east of King City. It's a bit bouncy, but then, so is the Blue Meanie! A few tales of the Drive will be in the March "Road Trippin'" column.
This is BRILLIANT! Something tells me, this is not this farmer's first time stuck in the mud!
http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2011/how-to-get-tractor-out-of-mud-p1.php http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2011/how-to-get-tractor-out-of-mud-p1.php
Constant readers may remember that your revered Web Editor was a charter bus driver in his mis-spent youth. Our favorite buses were powered by the legendary Hall-Scott engines. how about a 790cid in-line SOHC six with 2 plugs/cylinder? Here's some videos from the Hall-Scott archives. Autobooks carries THE definitive book on H-S, written by Rick Dias. Get one and learn about this little known, but very important American engine builder.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKSHXCwTMRc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPE1gtvV_Kc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnxSQpyMJaI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdpg16jeKYU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuMvqp7fWUU
Since our other name is Aerobooks, here's a couple of aeronautical tidbits gleaned from the web by our intrepid Aussie correspondent. First up, video of a STEAM powered airplane built in the 1930s. It was said to be so quiet that people on the ground could hear the pilot yelling at them! Hmmm, maybe this is the solution to Burbank Airport's noise problems?
Also, via Our Man in Oz, this plane related photo. They don't build 'em like that anymore!
Mike Andrews, our de facto internet monitor, has come up with a couple of doozies.
First up:
Next up, also via Mike, but near and dear to both our hearts, a review, in the old Mechanics Illustrated of the (then) brand new TR2! It's certainly not written in a style that we are used to today! Purple Prose anyone?
You have to wonder how some people are allowed to own a fancy car. Clearly, wealth does not always equate with intelligence.
