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EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK

OBSOLESCENCE

I seem to rely on Carmi’s Thematic Photographic these days to remind me to post to my own site, ignoring the damn thing until I suddenly remember that he has likely—unfailingly—updated the week’s assignment. In any case, it gets me to take a break from all that stuff sitting heavy on my shoulders—work, other work, [...]

THEMATIC PHANTASTIC

I am still on the lookout for images about rows. I remembered this one from the not-so-deep archive and judged it appropriate. You can’t not know this car.

THE SILVER BURRO, MY MOPED IS TIGHT

2008 Tomos LX:
49cc, 1.95hp, 120lb, 35mph, 100mpg, 30D, 50mm, f8.0, 1/200, ISO200.

A DRIVEN COBRA

1965 AC Cobra 289.
A tach, a wheel, a lighter, and three pedals. That’s really all you need to motate a Cobra. And the lighter’s an option.
The AC (or Shelby, depending upon your loyalties) Cobra came about in the early 1960s when racer, ostrich farmer, chili magnate, tough guy, and all-around gritty old bastard Carroll Shelby [...]

PRETTY LITTLE BULL

1967 Lamborghini Miura.
I’m not alone in ranking it at the top of a very exclusive list of beautiful cars. A very young Marcello Gandini is credited with the Miura’s lines—the very same Gandini who would go on to style five other Lambos, the iconic Lancia Stratos, various Maseratis, etc., etc. The man knows a curve.
The [...]