Beautiful Photo

Okay, we ripped this off from Axis of Oversteer that ALWAYS has the best graphic images. So admire it here for a minute then go take a look at all of their other goodies. . .

Axis of Oversteer

Design Contest--Maaco Fremont Racing Team

Maaco Fremont and AENE Automotive Racing announce an open competition to design graphics to be used on Maaco Fremont cars, banners, flags and promotional materials. The top 3 entries will receive plaques recognizing their achievements and have their work featured on Maaco Fremont's website, international press, YouTube channel, Facebook page, Blog, Tweets and advertising. First Place winner will also be featured on cars themselves and will receive a free, top-of-the-line, Signature Base Coat/Clear Coat paint job (up to $1400.00 value) or a check for $500.00.

Contest Rules:

1. All entries must be submitted in the form of JPEG, PNG, GIF and/or TIFF files to Maaco Fremont by USB Flash Drive, XD or SD memory card:
• e-mail:  Maaco@Almost-Everything.com
• postal mail:
  Maaco Autobody & Paint
  37414 Centralmont Place
  Fremont, CA 94536 USA
2. Maximum e-mail submission size 20 MB--there is no submission size limit for memory cards.
3. All artwork must be original and must not infringe upon copyrights of others.
4. Designs should include:
• Maaco Logo
• Team motto: "Almost Everything & Nothing Else"
• Sample graphics on car(s). You may use use the sample cars attached to this press release or any car of your choice.
5. All submission artwork becomes the property of Maaco Fremont and Aene Automotive Corporation.
6. For us to contact the winner, submissions must include your name, address, e-mail and phone number.
7. Deadline: Entries must be received by 6:00 PM Pacific time on June 30, 2011
8. Winner will be announced July 16, 2011

Maaco Logo

Sample Race Car Images:
Aston Martin Vantage

Maserati MC12

Mazda RX7

Coolest Image of a Stationary Car. . . Ever

It's a Hyundai Accent ad and, believe it or not, it's worth a watch. The car is mounted on the side of a building and imagery is projected on and around it. Gimmicky? Yes. Cool? You bet.

2012 Hyundai Accents

We've Never Fixed One of These--But We Imagine They Crash Often

Kerry McLean & his Monocycle

Kerry, of course, holds the World Land Speed Record for a 1-wheeled vehicle.

For more info or to purchase a McLean Monocycle visit: KerryMcLean.com or McLeanMonocycle.com

McLean's Original 1971 Monocycle

Kerry McLean Rocket Roadster

Amazing to us is that mono-wheels have been around for well over 100 years. See some history here: Motorwheels/Monowheels.

1950's Italian Police Motorcycle Drill Team

1950's Motorcycle Drill Team, Rome, Italy

Watch this great old footage of a large, precision motorcycle drill team in Rome. We love the way the old bikes look.

Thanks to our great friends Joe Golda and Nat Robinson at Vintporium Architectural Salvage for sending this to us. Joe and Nat have a unique business finding and restoring antique hardware for homes, stuff like lights and chandeliers, door and window hinges, latches and knobs, and even whole doors, windows and mouldings. If you like old houses, you'll like these guys:

Vintporium fixture with Edison light bulb

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vintporium-Architectural-Salvage/123348457733018

http://vintporium.com/home

http://stores.ebay.com/vintporium

Nothing to Do with Cars--Google Art Project

Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring, c. 1665

Google has launched, in association with the great museums of the world, a virtual tour of the museums. Take a look. It's cool. The Google Art Project:

http://www.googleartproject.com/
http://www.googleartproject.com/c/faq