one interesting ol BMW

https://www.facebook.com/Mes-Mus%C3%A9es-dAutos-MMA-488557874679626/?ref=bookmarks

the car entering the shop is the steam powered racer in the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup

Found on https://www.facebook.com/groups/lecyclecaristebelge/ via http://www.vanderbiltcupraces.com/blog/article/mystery_friday_foto_58_can_you_identify_this_vanderbilt_cup_racer_and_its_l 

Bulls Head Hotel was the headquarters for racing teams for both the 1905 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races. In 2005, Fred Blumlein, great-grandson of Aloyous Huwer, wrote:

Greenvale’s Bulls Head Hotel, located smack-dab on the corner of that tough turn, played an important role in the 1905 race.

Aloyous Huwer, proprietor of the hotel (and the writer’s great-grandfather), rented his “Auto and Wagon Shed,” to race driver and car owner, Walter White.

White and his mechanics bunked in the Hotel and used Huwer’s Shed to ready his steam-driven racer for the event. White’s machine was the only steam racer ever to be driven in the Vanderbilt Cup Races.

He received an “A” for trying, but had to abandon his car in the fifth lap because of engine and tire troubles. During the 1906 race, the Bulls Head Hotel and Shed became the base camp for the Pope-Toledo car group. They were the last race team to use the site during the races.

1955 Victress... it sounded familiar, so I looked it up. and this was 2nd at the 1958 Pikes Peak behind Ak Miller in the Hot Rod Magazine Special in the sports car class

Built from a hodge podge of good parts, the Victress was a fiberglass body mounted on a Mercury chassis, powered by a Ford 312, with a four speed Jaguar trans and a early Ford truck rear end

Runner-up only because the shift knob popped off and Max Day, the driver, had to endure incredible pain when shifting through the gears, the metal lever cutting deep into his bleeding hand.

The fact that he still managed to reach Pikes Peak in second place, just 1.6 seconds behind Ak Miller in his Hot Rod Magazine Special gives ample testimony to the potency of this superior Victress.

http://canadianautonetwork.com/detail.php?TypeID=42&ListingID=106

http://www.californiaclassix.com/archive/55_Victress.html

oh man, this would be fun until something catastrophic happened, and you know it wouldn't take long for something stupid to kill that airplane pilot trainee

http://otherdrive.blogspot.com/2016/01/bricolos_75.html

while learning more about 1970s kids bikes, I came across the 1971 Sears Slingshot. It is so 70's kooky/groovy, it deserves it's own post

Damn... this is some serious drag racing influenced - top fuel slingshot dragster looking bike. I bet this was rarely ever ridden, if at all... and has been sitting in collections or museums for the past 45 years

http://www.rrcbicyclesuperstore.com/19sesl.html

Total 60's and 70's groovy goodness

http://www.chicagoautoshow.com/concepts