If you have Netflix you can do it instantly, or you can catch various clips on You Tube. Stick with the ones loaded by wintershollywood, they have the original audio ...
Once upon a Wheel, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0413072/ a cool movie that Paul narrated, and got greasy wrenching on a 71 Super Bee, and takes a look at a lot of racing stars, the Unsers, Andrettis, Pettys, and so on. A lot of 1970 NASCAR footage, but also dragsters, snowmobiles and more.
Clips from early 1910 races, land speed racing on the sand and slat, Pikes Peak, Indy, and so on are amazing to watch while Paul talks you through the scenes.
Getting a moment on screen are such obscure and cool vehicles as Buckminster's Dymaxion, http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/07/favorite-sculptor-of-mine-was-first-to.html and the Marmon Herrington Rhino: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/12/marmon-harrington-4-wheel-drive.html
http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/Once-Upon-a-Wheel/70002931?trkid=1211018
Celebrity friends such as Kirk Douglas, Dick Smothers and James Garner join Newman at the classic Indy 500, Formula One and NASCAR events. Featured are some of the most legendary race-car drivers of all time, including Mario Andretti, Parnelli Jones, Bobby Isaac, Richard Petty, Al and Bobby Unser and many more.
Some reeally famous people not named in the review, but getting moments on screen are John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Wilt Chamberlain, astronaut Pete Conrad, Glen Ford, and others as the cameras were takne through the pits at the first Ontario Motor Speedway celebrity pro- amateur charity race, which was won by Dick Smothers and Bobby Unser. Motion Picture and televison relief fund was the charity.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Watching Paul Newman start and drive a 1914 Puegot at Indy? Awesome!
Amazing, only 2 Dadge Daytona's are still in the possession of their original owners, here's one from Car Lust (cool website)
Once a long time ago, anyone could drive a car about anywhere without restriction.. think they ruined it for us?
What do you think it is? The hood ornament is pretty big, maybe a Stutz?
You've probably read that Mercury has been phased out
But why is it that Pontiac being phased out caused such an uproar, and editorials, cover stories, etc etc etc... but no one is lamenting the Mercury becoming a has been. Why is that? What was the Pontiac name plate to GM, that the Mercury nameplate wasn't to Ford? Both were a bit more luxurious than the parent company name... both had a lot of terrible looking cars (Ventura for one) and both had a couple muscle cars of notable looks and reputation ( GTO, swiss cheese Catalina, Comet Cyclone, Cougar Eliminator)
read about the closing down of Mercury: http://www.carlustblog.com/2010/06/rip-mercury.html
the shark nose '38 Graham, quite a departure from contemporary design of it's time
Source of the images, and a good read about the Graham, and why it's nose was so funny looking: http://www.carlustblog.com/2010/07/graham-sharknose.html#more and http://reference.findtarget.com/search/Graham-Paige/ 
Car of the Day - 1988 BMW 735i Overall Auto Paint, Bumper Repair & Pinstripes
The customer who owns this BMW had someone else start the bodywork before he brought it to Maaco. The bodywork had not been completed and there were still some scrapes and gouges in the bumpers that needed to be repaired. Maaco fixed the bumpers and applied a 2-part epoxy primer to the areas where there was exposed body filler. We block sanded both the old and new body work to make sure the body lines were correct and everything was smooth. Then we painted the whole car with our Signature 2-Stage Base-Clear Paint Service. We also restored the matte black trim on the bumpers, door handles, window mouldings, side mouldings and rocker panels. Finally, we put pinstripes on the car.
The owner had taken the tail lights and BMW emblems off himself and planned to replace them after he picked-up the car.
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New Lancia Stratos Review
Resurrection of the legendary rally car, Lancia Stratos seemed not just a rumor. New Lancia Stratos has now been officially introduced.
New Lancia Stratos is a unique-shaped compact car with a mid-engine sports the short wheelbase.
Stratos is the initiation of the resurrection of a personal project Stoschek Michael, a successful businessman who heads the fifth largest supplier of automotive components in Germany.
In terms of appearance, New Stratos was designed to truly be a prototype of Lancia Startos. Although the overall color carbon black, unlike the legends who dominated the red and white Marlboro.
New Stratos based off the Ferrari F430 and body made entirely of carbon fiber, allowing the power-to-weight ratio was less than five pounds per dk and 50:50 weight distribution.
Stratos tested in the circuit. However, not yet known whether this car is really only going to produce one unit only, or at least be a limited edition with a small production, there is going to depend on the demand and production cost.
New Stratos body completely made of carbon fiber.
Stratos new (black) side by side with old Stratos.
New Lancia Stratos is a unique-shaped compact car with a mid-engine sports the short wheelbase.
Stratos is the initiation of the resurrection of a personal project Stoschek Michael, a successful businessman who heads the fifth largest supplier of automotive components in Germany.
In terms of appearance, New Stratos was designed to truly be a prototype of Lancia Startos. Although the overall color carbon black, unlike the legends who dominated the red and white Marlboro.
New Stratos based off the Ferrari F430 and body made entirely of carbon fiber, allowing the power-to-weight ratio was less than five pounds per dk and 50:50 weight distribution.
Stratos tested in the circuit. However, not yet known whether this car is really only going to produce one unit only, or at least be a limited edition with a small production, there is going to depend on the demand and production cost.
New Stratos body completely made of carbon fiber.
Stratos new (black) side by side with old Stratos.
2010 Lumma Design BMW CLR 500 RS2
Lumma Design and TopCar have unveiled their new body styling program for the BMW 5-Series, Lumma-Design BMW CLR 500 RS2. The package comes with a new front bumper with the integrated LED daytime running lights, a carbon fiber hood, new side skirts, a new rear skirt with an integrated diffuser and a carbon boot lid spoiler.
The Lumma-Design BMW CLR 500 RS2 also comes with a wider fenders and air intakes for better cooling of the brakes. Inside, the interior has been completely redone with the Nappa leather and carbon fiber trim inserts.
2010 Lumma Design BMW CLR 500 RS2
Lumma Design and TopCar have unveiled their new body styling program for the BMW 5-Series, Lumma-Design BMW CLR 500 RS2. The package comes with a new front bumper with the integrated LED daytime running lights, a carbon fiber hood, new side skirts, a new rear skirt with an integrated diffuser and a carbon boot lid spoiler.
The Lumma-Design BMW CLR 500 RS2 also comes with a wider fenders and air intakes for better cooling of the brakes. Inside, the interior has been completely redone with the Nappa leather and carbon fiber trim inserts.
2010 Jaguar Cars XJ75 Platinum Concept Car Luxury Sports Salon
The new 2010 Jaguar XJ Luxury Sports Saloon Platinum Concept Car celebrates Jaguar's 75th Anniversary, and highlights the uniqueness of the XJ. Jaguar design team has created the Jaguar Luxury Sports Saloon XJ75 Platinum Concept, a one-of-a-kind design project on display at the 2010 Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance Concept Car Lawn.
2010 Jaguar Cars XJ75 Platinum Concept Car Luxury Sports Salon
The XJ75 Platinum Concept Car is the company's first demonstration of the design customisation potential of the striking new XJ luxury salon, emphasising the Jaguar's dramatic interior and exterior styling themes. "The XJ Luxury Sports Saloon is thoroughly modern, and captures the innovative and daring character that our founder Sir William Lyons built into every Jaguar. And the design team clearly had some fun making their first one-of-a-kind XJ design concept car in that spirit."
The XJ75 Luxury Sports Saloon Platinum Concept centre console houses a bespoke clock developed and designed in partnership with the Bremont Watch Company.
An independent British company, Bremont creates beautifully engineered and designed mechanical watches hand assembled in Switzerland.
2010 Jaguar Cars XJ75 Platinum Concept Car Luxury Sports Salon
"From a pure design perspective, the XJ75 Luxury Sports Saloon Platinum Concept is foremost about emphasising the striking proportion and presence of the new XJ, with a distilled black and white theme, which conjures up the sense of precious platinum," said Jaguar XJ Chief Designer Giles Taylor. "At the same time, the pure sporting character of XJ is brought to the fore by keeping the car's clean graphic approach and further lowering its stance."
Dominated by striking white and black contrast precious metals platinum theme suggests, the Jaguar XJ75 Platinum Concept is a high-performance 470-hp supercharged engine 2011 Jaguar XJL with new ground-hugging front, rear and rocker panel is fitted.
Performance on the XJ75 Platinum Concept is derived from its 5.0-litre Supercharged direct-injection V8 with 470 horsepower and 424 lb.-ft of torque. Entertainment is provided by a 1,200-watt Bowers & Wilkins surround sound system with 20 speakers powered through 15 channels and state-of-the-art sound processing technology.
This XJ75 Platinum Concept Car was designed to both celebrate the marque’s past and acknowledge the increasingly personal nature of today’s luxury cars.
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