The full size Matchbox truck at SEMA, a cool search and rescue look

late 1960's early 1970's dragsters and the haulers they got rides on

all found on a thread on Moparts about Mopar haulers and the race cars... very cool stuff, two of my favorite topics http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=4135439&page=0&fpart=32&vc=1 

Variety of cool stuff that caught my eye at Goodguys Del Mar this past weekend

 sweet scallops and number

 not often you see a Blazer with the top off, and a great interior is rare

 

 very cool!

Cap-pack... the most useful new product I found at SEMA, and winner of the Best New Product and the SEMA Global Media Award

 

 That really says it all with the photos, more than I could with words. I'd love to have one of these if I was still using the work truck I was once stuck with

http://www.cap-pack.com/ is their website, and where the top sequence of photo come from, I used them because they are much better than mine

Anyone recognize this truck? Sean is trying to learn what it is

email him at oduinncork@yahoo.ie  if you know what it is..  and thanks to Richard who blogs on Electric Edwardians http://electric-edwardians.blogspot.com/ and Art Deco in the UK http://art-deco-uk.blogspot.com/  who knew that it was a Leyland A type Subsidy Lorry

Many thanks!

Logging trucks in Russia are getting through the worst roads, rivers, and swamps

the wonderful Cotati Speed Shop and Miller Welding shop truck... this is just great in so many ways, it's legit patina and real work aged, it's a 1969 Chev truck, and they have a welding rod rack in the back window

 that fron bumper push board is damn cool, reminds me of slingshot dragster team vehicle

 to have a old time phone number with a word and uppercase letters... that is a cool touch

 great rims and hub caps, terrific lettering and subtle but superb pinstriping

 and check out the terrific tailgate and side mount vise! But the coolest thing is that the tailgate has the flip reinforced steel table with legs for extra bracing, size and workbenck area

 Notice that the Miller welder logo is on the protective covers, and that they are flip out of the way hinged, both for the tailgate welder, and the side mounted one in the front of the bed

instead of a rear window gun rack.... which as a Michigan birthright I am very familiar with, he has tubes that carry welding rods! That is great!

their website for the Cotati Speed Shop is http://cotatispeedshop.com/
and to read more about the shop truck, go to the bottom of this article from Miller Electric http://www.millerwelds.com/resources/articles/miller--cotati-speed-shop-partner-up-for-2011-hot-rod-power-tour-and-more because it will be in the 2011 Hot Rod Power Tour

Kid and dad restored Grand-dads 1963 Mack B-63

Gourmet food trucks are now on a tv show on the food channel, "The Great Food Truck Race"

Vans from San Diego, Los Angeles, Irvine, Costa Mesa, Cleveland, Boston, and New York are competing in a cross country trip for $100,000 prize, and you can watch on Sundays at 10pm/9c and Wednesdays at 8pm/7c

I posted about these when I learned that a huge shift in food vans was going on, and they started getting a bit of media attention in the news http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/04/gourmet-feed-trucks-were-gathered-to.html

Want to draw a crowd? Put a helicopter in the back of your truck with a VW engine