ANNOUNCING THE RETURN: The 73rd Sacramento Autorama Hotrods and Customs
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ANNOUNCING THE RETURN: The 73rd Sacramento Autorama Hotrods and Customs
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Hundreds of hotrods, muscle cars, trucks, lowriders and motorcycles will be making their way to Sacramento, CA for the 73rd Autorama. It is going down at the Cal Expo on May 3rd, 4th and 5th. The Sacramento Autorama is one of the largest shows in Northern California. There are going to be so many award worthy custom creations and to make the event even more cool, it will be presented by O’Reilly…
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Livonia, There’s Something About You - Andrew Miles @Driven to Write
Livonia, There’s Something About You – Andrew Miles @Driven to Write
Four feral felines from Buick.
1953 Buick Wildcat I. Image: oldconceptcars
Buick have form when it comes to concept vehicles, especially since a certain Harley Earl began such pioneering strides with 1938’s seminal Y-Job, which helped to define the Tri-shield’s design credentials. In 1949, GM’s Autorama car show was held at the Astoria Hotel in New York to promote new concept designs to a…
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(welp, for the last time, english version follows)
OK POSLEDNÍ SBÍRKA NÁHODNÝCH FAKTŮ O PREZIDENTU PAVLOVI (slibuju)
jedním z důvodů, proč je proti zavedení povinné vojenské služby je to, že armáda tu prý není od toho, aby za kohokoliv vychovávala jejich “mamánky”.
padákem celkem seskočil cca 130krát. Přijde mu to málo.
letěl čtyřmi různými proudovými letadly. Piloty obdivuje za to, že “zatímco já jsem vynaložil 95% úsilí na zachování důstojnosti [překlad: aby jim nezblil kokpit], on u toho stihl pilotovat, komunikovat a a ještě mně vykládat o krásách přírody. I když já jsem teda už moc nevnímal.”
jednou letěl s “ožralým ukrajinským generálem, který měl v tý době ještě tak 2,8 promile”. Na otázku, proč s ním do toho kokpitu vlezl, odpověděl, že netušil, že byl generál namol - myslel si, že tak blbě vypadá furt. “On byl ještě sjetej z večera. No ‘z večera’, on skončil ve tři ráno a v osm se mnou sedl do letadla.”
aktivně se vyhýbá příliš silným motorkám, protože ví, že nemá sebekontrolu, a kdyby se mu nějaká taková dostala do ruky, tak bude tu rychlost pokoušet, dokud se nezabije
+ na závěr audioknihy byl ještě rozhovor mezi Pavlem a hercem, co ho namlouval, Martinem Stránským:
Stránský: Když jste si to poslechl, jste spokojenej se svým vnitřním já?
Pavel: Naprosto. Víte, jak se někdy zaposloucháte do nějakého hlasu, a cítíte k němu okamžitou averzi? Tak to přesně není váš případ.
Stránský: Tak to děkuju mockrát. Víte, pro mě je to důležitý, protože já jsem se už několikrát takhle setkal s autorama, ale takhle, že bych měl tu příležitost a čest namlouvat někoho, kdo... no, když to řeknu blbě...
Pavel, se smíchem: “Ještě žije“?
OK THE LAST COLLECTION OF RANDOM FACTS ABOUT PRESIDENT PAVEL
(pinky promise)
one of the reasons he’s against mandatory military service is that the army isn’t there to raise people’s “mama’s boys” for them
he’s parachuted over 130 times. He considers this number too small.
he was flown in 4 different fighter jets. He admires the pilots because “While I had to put 95% of my effort into holding onto my dignity [translation: not throwing up all over the cockpit], he managed to fly the jet, communicate and tell me about the natural wonders below us. Not that I was capable of paying much attention at that point.”
once his pilot was a “completely wasted ukrainian general, who had to have a BAC of at least 0.28%.” When asked why he even got onto the plane with a pilot like that, he said he had no idea the general was drunk - he thought he just looked like that all the time. “He was still wasted from the night before. Well, ‘night before’, he stopped drinking at 3 AM and got onto a plane with me at 8 AM.”
he actively avoids driving overly powerful motorbikes, because he knows he has no self-control and he would just keep pushing the speed until he eventually killed himself
+ at the very end of the audiobook, there was a short talk between Pavel and Martin Stránský, the actor who voiced him:
Stránský: So, having listened to it, are you happy with the interpretation of your inner voice?
Pavel: Perfectly. You know the feeling when you hear a voice and you hate it immediately? Well, that precisely is not your case
Stránský: Wow, thank you. You know, this is really important to me, because I get to talk to the authors sometimes, but I’ve never had the opportunity and honour to voice someone who’s... well, this is gonna sound bad...
Pavel, laughing: “Still alive”?
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Happen to be taking some photos, and a voice comes up saying how someone finally dressed right for the occasion or something like that... but @DannyCountKoker from @countskustoms & @mackdaddylv .. I simply cannot pass up sharing these photos from my day driving over 3 hrs to tha walking to the venue, and then around in and back to the parking garage and then driving home those 3 hours once more back to #SouthBend #Indiana and not share these photos tonight for now .. thank you Danny Koker for going there and getting to meet him and Kevin Mack and seeing all the beauty in rides there today .. hope to see him again someday in the future ... and actually sit and talk. . #takethatsystolicheartfailure #countingcars #historychannel #defychannel #automotive #Detroit #Autorama #2023 #challengesforbetterhealth (at Detroit Autorama) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpJ1JgAuU5A/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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One of the eight finalists in the prestigious Ridler Award., from Henderson CO.
https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/2024-detroit-autorama-ridler-award-great-8-finalists/
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Family heirloom. Steve’s 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air was originally purchased by Steve’s dad, Chuck, when Chuck was just 19 years old, and it has remained in the family ever since. After a restomod by Motor City Solutions, it debuted at the 2024 Detroit Autorama, where it earned first place in its class and won the Outstanding Paint award. It rides on an Art Morrison Enterprises chassis, Wilwood disc brakes, Michelin tires, and 18x9/19x10 Forgeline forged three piece DS3 wheels finished with Polished centers & Polished outers! See more at: https://www.forgeline.com/customer-gallery-steve-heinrich/cgk2701
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