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this is how to grab attention at a international auto show, think outside the convention center! REO in 1927 Helsinki Auto Show

this, is a showroom built by the REO importer Mr Peltola, outside the auto show, to grab attention and isolate potential customers from the rest of the makers

Mr. Peltola the importer did not want to join the other car dealers at the show and decided to have his own display in a market square called Kasarmintori in Helsinki. A look inside the novelty shown in the middle photo above, demonstrates just how well the display showcased the product for the firm. At the far end can be seen a sales desk set up under and inside the cowl and hood. All show photos courtesy of perrasmotornostalgi via http://www.retronaut.com via http://theoldmotor.com/?p=112284

New photos of Burt

photos taken in 1969-1970 and found on http://www.ledepassionne.com/article-down-under-69-70-121168372.html

F-35 unintentional loop at takeoff on a carrier.. is a video game clip, but looks very very real

F-35 unintentional loop at takeoff... not real. Sure fooled me.

a tribute to Senna...from Honda, man, this is cool!

found on http://hight3ch.com/

Dear Santa, Forget my previous list... I GOTTA have one of these!

Just think Segway of self powered skateboards. No pushing, pumping, or pedaling. Lean forward, it's moving forward. Lean back, and regenerative braking kicks in, slows you and if you stay leaned back, you will go back in the other direction

Onewheel :: The Self-balancing electric skateboard from Onewheel HQ on Vimeo.

http://hight3ch.com/the-one-wheel-skateboard/ says
This personal transporter should be part of our “TOP 5 Personal Transporters” list. Start-up company Future Motion is pushing for a new kind of skateboard on Kickstarter. Onewheel has the most advanced motion sensing, hub motor and battery technology available–you just won’t see it. What you’ll experience is a board that feels magical whether for fun, waiting for the surf to come up, or getting around town.

Their homepage is at http://rideonewheel.com/

They have a Kickstarter campaign to secure funding to build at least 100 units. Pledges get interesting at the US$1,299 mark, for which Future Motion is offering the first 20 Onewheels
The Kickstarter page is over at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/4422853/onewheel-the-self-balancing-electric-skateboard and consider that the Kickstarter cost of buying one is about 30% off the retail, maybe more, because like the Ford GT 40, these aren't going to sit in stores at MSRP, they are going to get run up for profit if current social trends have anything to do with it, bought and flipped for profit like so many gotta have it things. If they only would trade for a kidney or first born!

Gizmag covers it at http://www.gizmag.com/onewheel-electric-skateboard-ces/30345/

Yes, it's cool stuff like this that makes me wish I cold get to CES

this might be the best car guy news you'll see this season... Kyle broke out of obscurity by doing car reviews... and was the Make A Wish for a kid with a brain tumor

ain't that cool!

Kyle has over 1500 video reviews, makes over 6 figures with this part time hobby that he did for stress relief from college studies of pharmacy, and his non-auto industry subsidized videos have been seen over 120 million times in the past 5 years

Kyle has a good bio and story about how he made it at http://www.saabkyle04.com/about.html but in short, he got his doctorate, got married, and still makes video reviews for fun, and was featured in Car and Driver in 2011, and then on NBC's Today shop (above video)

It gives me hope that my ol blog here that you are looking at might one day get me a job that pays well. Kyle was smart, took a chance with youtube, and scored when his in depth and unbiased reviews became the go to on youtube and they made hima channel and charged for advertising.

the winter isn't over, get these and never get stuck in a blizzard again, Track n Go... or tell Santa he better deliver next year

and the real time install:

A Ford dealership in Portugal, or maybe all Ford dealerships in Europe (don't know) pledged to give a year of free roadside assistance to any Ford brought in for service, so Joaquim brought in his 1915 Ford Speedster

I love that.

Another great post by http://autozine.com.br and why they have a place on my list of favorite websites

http://autozine.com.br/uncategorized/ford-modelo-t-1915-e-inscrito-em-plano-de-assistencia-gratuita-na-europa

Coolest thing I've seen all day! Street art just had the bar raised

Found on http://www.norcalminis.com/2013/11/juans-mini-lgminibeam-projection-art-is.html

Coolest thing I've seen all day, War Machine vs Boss 302

found on http://americaloveshorsepower.com/boss-mustang-chased-by-an-alien/

some very cool things I found on Fabforgottennobility.tumblr.com

I just learned that this is from a photo session with Life magazine, and James Dean was playing with a cousin, some of the photos from that are at http://thehawkandbuzzard.blogspot.com/2012/11/james-dean.html