Welcome
to Pop's Garage in beautiful downtown Beach Bum Cove. A
mythical place where the clocks don't get wound and calendars
are only valued for their great old car pictures. 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'll 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 is being done in 1:18 scale by SunStar.
It will be in their Platinum Series and will be available
early summer 2008. See Showroom
for more photos, details, colors and pre order information.
And checkout Joe Kelly's Playing
With Cars for a video review of this new diecast
model.
1952
Nash Ambassador Super Airflyte
No
pre-production photos of model released as yet.
SunStar has announced
they will produce one of Pop's favorite cars in 1:18 scale.
The Airflytes will come in two color schemes, will be in the
$59.95 price range (depending on retailer) and will be available
in August 2008. See Showroom
for details, colors and pre order information.
For
scale model fans who like reviews with more than just words
and maybe, a couple pictures.
The
Car Room - Playing With Cars features
videos of the models with sound narratives by Joe Kelly Jr.
Maybe it's the name that caught Pop's eye...growing up, no
kid every came to visit, at least in warm weather, who didn't
get a trip to the garden to Play Cars with Pop's
promo collection. Hey, what kid knew then that promos would
be highly desirable and expensive collectibles 50 years in
the future.
1947
Cadillac Miller Landau Hearse
1959
Cadillac Series 75 Limousine