good stuff from Abstract Poetic tumblr

found on http://abstracpoetic.tumblr.com

Nice looking spare tire

An Oldsmobile from the 60's SCORE Baja racing, and a damn cool momento, a photo with James Garner

Found at the Mendenhall Museum http://www.mendenhallmuseum.com/ and for a look around see Tere's post http://justacargal-s.blogspot.com/2011/05/mendenhalls-gas-up-bbq.html

Innovative and inventive rear wheel design for broadsliding

Via: http://thenewcaferacersociety.blogspot.com

Uni lug Super ET rims, great looking, but have you ever seen any with oval center caps?

I've never seen these center caps before.. I like them. Uni lug rims are indicated by the washers under the lug nuts, and the shape of them is eccentric, that is to say the oval shape has the hoel for he lug stud off center, and you can flip the washer if you bought the rims for a 4 1/2 inch spaced bolt pattern, or a 4 inch pattern. I don't recall what vehicles use what size, but I think I recall that Mopar is one and Chevy the other. A second set of spacers was made that had the hole in the center, for 4 1/4 rims. I just looked and 3 years ago I posted about uni lugs, but didn't have such a good looking rim to model for me.

Justacargal found a most unusual prototype rim and tire replacement made of springs

from http://justacargal-s.blogspot.com/

and reminded me of the next photo that I've never learned exactly what is was originally.. .but they look similar

Model A with Cragar knock offs... I've never seen these before

The Defibrillator

The tires and rims display area at SEMA, the stuff that captured my attention

Hands free tire mounting! This isn't the only one on the market, but it was the first I've sever seen

This tire seat is comfortable too!

The yellow and red rims are interesting, I haven't seen any 2 spoke rim before... I wonder about the balance

The above was particularly impressive, good concept for a display

If you have balanced tires, like I have, you'll probably appreciate the full range of all the weights this company http://www.cnblueocean.com/ displayed. Myself, I'm impressed.

This is one bitchin display wall

The lever in the below photo has a nail welded to it, and any passerby gets to puncture the tire as many times as they want to prove to themselves how perfectly inflated the tire remains.