Met Chris and Elija yesterday at Chris’ shop, Limey Bikes at 900 W. Old Koenig (Lamar and Koenig Ln.). Chris cut his teeth on his native British motorcycles but discovered the charms of vintage, pre-1980,
Great Chevy truck advertisement, plus you get to see Dinah Shore and Pat Boone pimp the 1959 Chevys. The Chevy truck ad is especially good. Archival footage at https://archive.org/embed/ClassicT1948_2
Sunbeam Alpines Series I were designed by the very famous Raymond Loewy, a great industrial designer who designed streamlined locomotives, Coke bottles, and two Studebakers, both landmarks: the 1953 Starliner and the Avanti. These British
Update: A new reader identified this car has his wife’s. More interestingly, the fellow has a auto restoration shop in north central Austin. Visit Restorations 120 — he did a bang up job on his
At a used car lot on E. 7th St.
Fantastic vintage drag race film, showing Art Arfon’s Green Monster with an Allison V12 aircraft engine, making the highest speed of the meet at 170 mph. There is a two-engine dragster, and lots of others.
