Hit me like a ton of lead

It’s no Fu Manchu, but when it comes to cars in music videos, ZZ Top made a few of the more memorable.

Of course, the Eliminator also appears in Legs, Sharp Dressed Man and Sleeping Bag (and this advert for Afterburner), and CadZZilla appeared in quite a few vids too.

Horizontal shaft engines FTW!

Gary Faules recently sent over this ad for a kit to stick an engine on a Radio Flyer. Anybody ever actually do this and live to tell the tale? Gary writes:
Have you ever wondered where or when it all began? I’m referring to the need to make things go faster. After all, a piece of […]

Camera-ready concepts

Since the Fräulein in the Messerschmitt photo, David Greenlees has continued sending us several photos which are at the same time remarkable and unremarkable. Remarkable for the cars in the photos: the Buick Y-Job, the GM LeSabre, the Cadillac Cyclone and another Messerschmitt. Unremarkable because there’s probably little new we can glean from the photos: […]