Going all the way to impress potential buyers at the 1925 First Auto Expo of Rio de Janeiro

For 16 days, Ford assembled cars on a makeshift assembly line for the public to watch The event was attended by Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, Gray, Packard, Hudson, Itala, Lancia and Voisin. these photos came to light when the grandson of an engineer associated with making the expo happen, loaned the bool to a Rio newspaper. It's likely...

Am I nuts? Or does a cop smoking a cigar at a gas station seem like a poster for unsafe behavior?

What do you think? Maybe I'm too hard on law enforcement, but everytime I see a cop car, it's speeding, changing lanes with out signaling, talking on a cell phone (yup, they are exempt from that new law) parking in a way that would be a ticket for anyone else... etc etc. Maybe I'm too critical of them, but I doubt it. . . they aren't allowed...

He was ready, he was set, did a good burn out, and then fell flat and disappointed the crowd when stumbled and fell. He should'a had V8

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at the far end of the dragstrip

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Wide shots of the Barona 1/8th mile racetrack

http://www.baronadrags.com/map.shtml for more info on the racing sched...

Gone in 6 seconds

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A couple of interesting things from the King of Clubs event

Normally this much smoke means brush fire here in So Cal, but not here at the 1/8th mile dragstrip... around a dragstrip this is just a good start...

This appears to be an early 60's built custom, cool yacht style instrument cluster

dual frenched antennasCool rear bump...

Pinstriping and hood ornaments at the King of Clubs event at Barona

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