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Now You Too Can Own Your Very Own Colani Lambo!

December 2, 2010May 5, 2011 Jeremy Nutt 1 Comment

Every once in a long while I catch a show on TV about Luigi Colani. He is a designer of a variety of things, cars being one of the more prominent ones. He is ridiculously talented at what he does, and is always thinking outside the box with his nature-related design. His automotive concepts are always WAY beyond anything that current manufacturers are ready for, but they are thought provoking nonetheless. Try doing a Google image search for his name sometime when you’re bored and check out his work.

One of his lost vehicle concepts from 1970 popped up on eBay the other day. It’s known as the “Lamborgini Miura Le Mans concept prototype car”. It’s based on a Lamborghini (surprise), and it’s quite futuristic to say the least. It toured around Europe for several years when it was first built, then oddly enough it traveled 30+ years into the future to an estate auction in Indiana (clearly hitting a few bumps along the way). A totally awesome car no doubt; it’s really too bad a car as cool as this has been hidden for so long. Hopefully it will be restored and driven or put on display so that it can be enjoyed by the masses again.

Quicky Sidenote: Be sure to look at the green picture below. It looks like he designed the car to comfortably seat two bears. lolzzz.

eBay Item # 270670824212

Soooo The Batmobile Was Just On Ebay If Anybody Is Interested.

December 1, 2010May 5, 2011 Jeremy Nutt 1 Comment

You heard right, The “1989 Batmobile” from Batman Returns was just up for grabs on eBay listed as “1980 Other Makes Batman”. Apparently eBay doesn’t have a Batmobile category yet. The listing has already been pulled down though. Apparently for $450,000, you would not only get the cave dwelling Batmobile itself, which does fully function and have hydraulics (Batman, you so gangsta!), but you also get a Batman statue and a Gotham city police badge! BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE! If you had bought it now, a real Batman Batarang would have also been included. Geeze, you guys really missed out on this thing. Imagine going grocery shopping in a Batmobile.

Note to self: If you are going to try to sell the Batmobile, make sure you get “the ok” from Batman, or he WILL put a stop to it.

Note to eBay: Create Batmobile category for future Batmobile listings.

ebay # 150524434748

You Need New Struts….. 3 Years Ago….

November 30, 2010May 5, 2011 Jeremy Nutt 4 Comments

Last night I had the pleasure of working on a truly amazing 1992 Chevy Lumina. I am forced to describe it this way for two distinct reasons. The first one being that it was daily driving with two front strut spring mounts that were moments away from catastrophic failure. I’m not talking about a small scale failure here like when you step on a rake, it’s way more unpredictable than that. Just imagine stepping on the end of a rake, and when it swings up to whack you in the forehead, you get hit with a lemon maringue pie instead. Yes, strut failure would be that crazy. I’m talking about the kind of failure that you read about in text books, and the type that induces Y2K sort of fear. I mean if these struts had failed, it would have blown out the new tires in grand fashion. There would have been violent bull-ride steering, foot-through-the-floor braking, and enough spinning to find yourself being the first one at the scene of the accident. At that point, the car is totaled because let’s be honest, its a 1992 Lumina. NADA values it between $362 – $2062. Ouch. The second reason that this car was truly amazing is that Read More

1995 Just Called, They Want Their Bag Phone Back.

November 29, 2010June 23, 2011 Jeremy Nutt 4 Comments

The year is 1995 and you have spare cash burning a hole in your pocket because eBay and Craigslist don’t exist yet. You could spend it on upgrades for your Dodge Spirit, but you recently heard about some pretty boss cellular telephone technology out there, and you want in. Not to mention, chicks will dig it. You flip through the yellow pages and find the nearest “CellularOne” store. “Ugh, 40 miles away, awful” you think to yourself. Nevertheless you hop in your Dodge with a paper map in hand, pop in your Paperboy CD, and you do the Ditty all the way to the cellular telephone store.

You walk in like you are a big shot, and say “I want to put a telephone in my car” (Gasp!). The employee responds with some basic questions to make sure you are able to handle such a serious endeavor.

– Do you have a working cigarette lighter in your vehicle?
– Is this for emergency use only?
– Can you really afford a 20 cents per minute?
– Do you have a safe place to hide this when you park your car?
– Is your ego big enough to handle being part of “The Digital Network”?
– Can you lift 10 lbs?

You pass the test, slap down the cash, and end up taking home the latest and greatest communication technology. Sure you still have a cord going from the phone to the bag, but you are the coolest guy on the block. You’re such a trend setter. The world is officially your oyster.

Chalkboard Paint, Please Say Hello To Hyundai Tiburon.

November 24, 2010May 5, 2011 Jeremy Nutt 1 Comment

On the day before Thanksgiving 2010, the 1A Auto Blog obviously needed something really clever. I knew that there was really only 1 option….

Meet Todd’s car. It’s a 2003 Hyundai Tiburon. Pretty clean right?

Illegal U-Turn: Over the Steps and Through The Door Edition.

November 23, 2010December 6, 2011 Jeremy Nutt 1 Comment

Car Projects: Do You Have a Frankenstein Too?

November 23, 2010May 20, 2011 Jeremy Nutt 4 Comments

Over the past weekend, while making a new alternator mount for my truck on the wrong side of the engine, I began thinking ….. just how many vehicles have donated parts to this Ram 50 truck project? Hmmm, maybe I will start a list?

The Truck:

1989 Dodge Ram 50 macro cab.

The vehicles that have donated to the truck & their donations:

1983? Mitsubishi Mightymax Bellhousing Cut-out, Clutch Fork, Pivot Ball, Slave Cylinder, Clutch Master Cylinder
1985 Mitsubishi Montero Limited Slip Differential
1986? Mitsubishi Starion Transmission Tail Section & Shifter
1987 Dodge Ram 50 5-Speed Manual Transmission & Manual Steering Box
1990 Mitsubishi Eclipse Ignition Coil
1991 Plymouth Laser AWD 4G63 2.0L Turbo Engine
1991 Mitsubishi Eclipse 2.0L Front Wheel Drive Flywheel & Pressure Plate
1991 Mitsubishi Mightymax 2.4L Waterpump (modified)
1992 Mitsubishi Eclipse 1.8L Thermostat Housing Cap
1993 Honda Accord Wagon Bucket Seats.
1993-96 Mitsubishi Mightymax Grille & Front Bumper
2002 Dodge Viper Front/Rear Brake Calipers, 13″ Rear Rotors, Brake Master Cylinder
2005 Cadillac CTS-V Front Cross Drill Rotors
2006 Mitsubishi Evolution 16G Turbo, Exhaust Manifold & Intercooler
2007 Cadillac Escalade 18″ Wheels