car parts art, artist unknown

from http://lecontainer.blogspot.com

Some unusual rare parts on this roadster.. I was told it's owned by the Lattin family, the Bonneville racers

the red pegasus was the trademark of Exxon Mobil from 1933 to 54.. these headlight eyebrow indicators are the first I've seen

written on the side of the car in the center of the steering wheel... "Hot Rod"

Pierce Arrow speedometer

The Veda Special knock offs? I've never seent hem before, but I speculate that they are from the Orr husband and wife Speed Shop, though a thread on the HAMB talks about Briz Bumpers and Orosco making repops. Veda set the Full Fendered Roadster record at 104.40 mph and later upped that to 114.24 in 1937. She ran 131-plus mph at the wheel of the Taylor-Blair modified and became the first woman to race in the SCTA.

Veda published the SCTA News, and later started her own newsletter as a means of communicating with other racers; however, it wasn't long after its inception that WWII began and many of the racers found themselves in the military and on their way overseas. To keep spirits up, Veda distributed her publication to more than 750 service men all around the world for free and personally corresponded with hundreds as well.

http://www.streetrodderweb.com/features/0802sr_veda_orrs_1932_ford_roadster/index.html

an easy to look through display of parts, outstanding. (from the Mopar Spring Fling)

http://justacargal.blogspot.com/2010/07/mopar-parts-at-van-nuys-2010.html

for Tere's post on the swap meet area

Lots of cool photos over at the HAMB, here's a couple from a thread about the history of Los Angeles

That is one great photo.

Very cool socket wrench holder! That's clever!

Craig Breedlove built the Spirit of America in his garage!

This is how many oil derricks there were all over Los Angeles, above in Brea, below in Huntington Beach, 1958

The first the time I have seen a delivery truck in use to deliver when new

Drive by banking?

Big 'ol ambulance

Via: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4927350

For the gear head who has everything

Art made of various parts and pieces, 1972, Don Potts, "My First Car"

It was shown in galleries, but it seems his agent got greedy, and Don wrote a long article about the process... but had his art crushed in a crusher instead of selling any of them. That cool motor? A McCullan drone engine. Yeah, I had to know!

http://www.ar-t.org/Salient_Words/In_Preparation/Last_Performance/last_performance.html for the story of the demise

Road and track magazine described the art this way :

THE FIRST CAR of Don Potts is actually an extraordinary assemblage—a concours d’elegance of one man’s work. The title itself has a sort of parallel to Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout and the objects themselves are resonant with the objects of a now—lost American boyhood—an American Flyer wagon, a soap box derby car, a first bicycle—but here raised to the Nth power of imagination.

The craftsmanship is literally stunning--but it is no more important to know that Potts’s spent six years on this creation than it is to know Michaelangelo’s back bothered him in painting Sistine Chapel. The Potts car is simply there in ultimate perfection.
http://www.ar-t.org/Artist_Resume/Road___Track_Mag/road___track_mag.html

Nuts and Bolts art, I love it

Via: http://ottonero.blogspot.com/2009/04/bulloni-rondelle.html but for many galleries see: http://www.flickr.com/photos/browndogwelding/collections/ it's a butt ton of galleries and photos of each piece
Art work of Brown Dog Welding: http://www.browndogwelding.com/

interesting stuff at "A time to get"

Via: http://www.atimetoget.com

car parts art, my favorite art; the innovative kind

Made from the following parts

The above 3 are by Andre: http://andreescultor.blogspot.com/

All are via: http://thenewcaferacersociety.blogspot.com/