the LaJolla Beach and Tennis Club has a 1915 Packard twin six "Old Black Goose"

real 1915 registration tag... I think I've photographed one or two before, they aren't very common and it's amazing that they are still in the same spot almost 100 years after being attached to the cars, that some collector didn't remove them.

1934 Packard custom boattail coupe named "Myth"

500 cu. in. modified Packard V12 engine with three Weber two-barrel carburetors, GM 4L60E four-speed automatic transmission, custom-fabricated chassis, dropped tubular front axle, 9-inch Ford rear end with four-link rear suspension, and four-wheel hydraulic disc brakes. Wheelbase: 122"
- All-steel bodywork in LeBaron-style Boattail Coupe
- An epic build under multiple Pebble Beach winner Fran Roxas
- Design by noted classic era designer Strother MacMinn
- 500 cu. in. Packard V12 power, GM four-speed automatic
- Subject of August 2010 Collectible Automobile feature



In 1996, Roxas engaged Strother MacMinn to create a series of line drawings for the car, California’s Scott Knight, a highly respected fabricator and coachbuilder in his own right whom Roxas has often collaborated with since the 1970s, revised MacMinn’s drawings and, with his son Dave, began work on the custom chassis and stunning all-steel custom coachwork, completing the job in approximately 18 months.
from http://www.gatsbyonline.com/main.aspx?page=text&id=689&cat=auto
via http://www.kox.sk/?cat=16&paged=2

the El Cajon cruise on every Wednesday night is back on for the summer, here are some of the interesting things I saw

Everytime I see the El Guapo taxi I notice something new, this time I found the rear license plate cool... for the galleries I took of it last year so you can see the interior and the progession : http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/02/another-look-at-el-guapo-paint-has-been.html

Great photos from www.atomicantiques.com

1915 Sea to Sea trip began in Coney Island New York, and was to go to San Francisco California, these 4 factory backed cars were to see which made a better car by merely surviving the road conditions. The closest is a Packard, the other black car is a Studebaker. The white cars aren't lableled or indicated, and I couldn't find anything on the internet about this competition. The destination was the 1915 PanPacific Exposition in San Fran

Tom Mix, famous cowboy movie star, had a very lazy horse.. . it's riding in the trailer

Notice the solid tires on the tractor are cross drilled to soften the ride

Shwinn Autocycle

photo had no info on what she's riding , or what year

the 1892 Haynes car, the second maker of cars in the USA, the first was Dureya

In 1915 Ray Conklin, president of the New York Motorbus Company, left Long Island for the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. Accompanied by a party of twelve, they travelled in an elaborately outfitted bus, complete with a kitchen, beds, hot and cold water, well-stocked book shelves and a rooftop garden.

The McFarland wrecked at Indy

There was a lot of drinking going on when they decorated whatever is under the Moose and Deer heads

Above is Joe Matson's Corbin at the 1908 Vanderbilt and below was the 1910 Vanderbilt cup race

It was a short lived website, just June of 2009 to June of 2010, but they posted some cool photos http://www.atomicantiques.com/