I found a great tumblr today, perfectly named, and has great content . . Time Wasting Machine.tumblr.com

 I don't know if that above is a Corsair or Mustangf

among the many wow photos, the above airport VW is pretty damn cool. Just another example of the VW being the most utilitarian customized car and van since the model T

Rail gun... German, WW2, and ginormous

I've been trying to get a photo of hood scoops like the above for quite a long time

Poor Jag

terrific set of design studies from the concept cars

all found with great pleasure on http://timewastingmachine.tumblr.com/

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neat trick with a multimilllion tax dollar aircraft near an aircraft carrier.

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Captain America, good movie, and a great movie for cool cars of the 30's and early 40's... plus the custom bikes of Hydra

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Bruce Willis has driven and flown about everything in the movies, from Tom Mix Duesenburgs to a 1968 Satellite station Wagon

 Above, Duesy with other cars on the curb just adding to the era correct look...
Below, Bruce stretched out in the Packard waiting for James Garner to get to the car

 Above images from the movie "Sunset" with Bruce Willis and James Garner playing Tom Mix and Wyatt Earp

Bottom image from the movie Moonrise Kingdom

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Some photos remind me of others.... the NYPD airplane at Bennett Field reminded me of the SDFD Aerial Truck

Top photo from http://www.scoutingny.com/ I'm pretty sure

maybe you see why. The bottom photo is from the Clairemont Fire Department wall of interesting photos http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/09/betcha-never-heard-of-aerial-truck.html and you can see that it's an "Aerial Truck" and I didn't make that up... and that has been posted for over a year and I've never had a comment about the term Aerial Truck yet. I still think it's pretty odd. 

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Glen made a scrapbook in 1939, just before graduating high school and enlisting in the Army or Air Force, he never saw action overseas, but fixed a hell of a lot of airplanes... coincidentally his passion as you'll see from some of his scrap book.

Above, the Zeppelin Hindenburg flying over New York on her maiden voyage

Above, the Airacuda... cool name! Never heard of it before, looks effin cool

Lastly, here are a few photos of Glen, motorcyclist, member of the High Boots MC, WW2 airplane mechanic (busted his leg getting hit by a car when pushing his motorcycle, so had to wear a thigh to ankle cast for 18 months. Have no idea how he kept from cutting that off after a month or two. He made a sidecar for his motorcycle so he could be mobile, as his cast wouldn't allow him to drive a car) due to the leg damage, he wasn't sent out of CONUS

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