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The Mustang Cometh

Posted by MotorDan On May - 14 - 2010

dscn0691 Every now and then, events happen. Then later that day, week or even year, the event takes on a life of its own. I don’t mean the story changes, or that I can’t ever shake the thoughts, because frankly with these kinds of events, you don’t want to lose a single second of the memory. I could roll right into a story about a girl right now….but I won’t, Motorfanatics is not that kind of place.

What I can go off about is what happened out in Chino, California recently. Well first, let me back up a bit.

It’s no secret that Chris and I have lofty goals for Motorfanatics. What most don’t know is how lofty those goals are. I’m talking a racetrack compound, airfields, space vacations, a bombing range, remote controlled everything, and a warehouse that Chris can sleep in to make sure he’s never to far from the smell of petroleum. I’ll be honest, many of these hair-brained ideas come during our regular indulgences of beer in a can, fresh from the Rockies, but the point is, we want Motorfanatics to grow to something more than our original title for the blog “2 guys website”.

Ok, back to the “event”…one of my fascinations in life is the airplane, especially military aircraft. So this weekend, the Planes of Fame Museum is holding their yearly air-show. One of the guest performers will be “The Horsemen”, the worlds only P-51 Mustang flight demonstration group. They are sponsored by the U.S. Military, and they are basically the Blue Angels, in P-51s. I set my eyes on them, and had planned to produce a piece on them specifically. Unfortunately for me, they couldn’t make the press preview event, and weren’t going to have enough time during the weekend to accommodate us smaller outfits. At first, bummer. But, that quickly changed when I got to the Museum on the preview day, and walked out of the hanger and saw 2 perfect P-51 mustangs sitting side by side. Read the rest of this entry »

Was that the General Lee?

Posted by MotorDan On May - 9 - 2010

dscn0459 Living in Southern California has its ups and downs. Homes are pretty expensive, there are WAY to many people, the state is broke, and the traffic BLOWS. But there are the upsides, spectacular weather, and the cars you see on the road daily, would rival those of most car shows. That makes the local car shows absolutely incredible, but the event I recently attended was different. This one was special.

Every month or so, CBS studios invites its employees to a bring their cars to the Studio City lot, and hosts a private gathering. Guys bring everything from exotics to classics, but this particular day had a cherry on top, the guys over at Cinema Vehicle Services, decided to make some calls and invite as many movie car owners as possible. So I got a last minute call from my friend Fireball Tim, and we where off.

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The Mustang Cometh

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Was that the General Lee?

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Saturday in L.A. Part 1

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All I want 4 Christmas…

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