Welcome
to Pop's Garage in beautiful downtown Beach Bum Cove. A
mythical place where the clocks don't get wound, calendars don't
get hung (unless they have old car pictures) and recessions
never come. Pop still drives Dorothy Louise, his beloved
Rambler Ambassador convertible but keeps his skateboard in the
back for when he forgets her gas gauge tends to stick.
Tire Kicking is the place Pop puts articles and photo
features about his favorite cars. Featured now is the 1948
Studebaker Land Cruiser and The
History of the Metropolitan. Both articles have links
to other sites of interests for fans of the late American independent
auto manufacturers.
In The Livery, you will discover that
Pop also has a real thing for limousines and hearses. Friends
in his car club own The
'49 Crown Imperial and provided the original factory
photographs that illustrate the article. Limousines
& Hearses is a rare look at vintage professional cars
owned by members of the Tri-State Chapter of the Professional
Car Society.
Scale Models:
Hearses, Limousines & the
Independents
1951
Kaiser-Frazer Henry J
The
little Henry J from Kaiser-Frazer has been done (twice- without
trunk and with trunk) in1:18 scale by SunStar. Both versions
are in the Platinum Series and several new colors have been
added. See Showroom
for more photos, details, colors and order information.
1952
Nash Ambassador Super Airflyte
SunStar
is produceing one of Pop's favorite cars in 1:18 scale. The
Airflytes come from their Platinum Series and come in several
color schemes and are in the $70-80 price range (depending
on retailer). See Showroom
for details, new production colors and order information.
1959
Cadillac Series 75 Limousine
This
fantastic 1:18 scale model from the now defunt Precision
Miniatures is becoming hard to fine. Most colors
can stil be found on eBay and at select dealers who still
have stock. See Showroom
for more photos, details, colors and finding information.
Pop
is sorry to report that links for the company Precision
Miniatures ; the magazine The Car Room
; and the internet website The Car Room-Playing
with Cars ; have been discontinued because all have
gone out of business. Joe Kelly Jr. announced that as of July
2nd 2011 he has officially joined the editorial team at DieCast
X , along with his Car Room Magazine compadres
and close friends Marshall Buck and Mike Zarnock
The
Links page has been re-edited, updating some web
addresses and dropping some no longer available. All the great
Web sites Pop finds as he surfs through his morning coffee.
Interesting and historical photo, and fact filled, sites related
to your favorite cars from the
Independents
plus, of course,
Hearses and
Limousines.
