Having fun with some ICONs

I woke up this morning  and I wanted to play around with some designs for an iPad/iPhone in case I am so inspired in the feature to create one. I created these to see what they might look like. Now all I need is an idea for Hot Rodders and an Application. Maybe it is hooked up to a weather reporting system that will give the barometric pressure and temps and dew points. It would be great for racers. Well what ever i come up with the icon / logo part has been started.

What do you think? Would this look good on your iPhone?

Should it have a hot rod in there instead or a race motor?

I could always put Olly Octane in there!... :)

NOT JUST A NUMBERS GAME

Shortly after graduating high school I got a great job working for Lamar Walden down in Georgia. It was a great experience for me right out of high school.  Early on I did not get to do any cool machine work like a 3 angle valve job or  any block boring.  What did get tasked to do was organize a huge collection of old motors that were sitting out in the back lot. There were hundreds of them including small blocks and big blocks. I saw it all. My job was to tear them down, identify what they were, do a pre-inspection for damage, then put the blocks in the vat for cleaning. I quickly learned what to spot. I learned what a set of 292 heads looked like verses a set of  boat anchors 305s.  I could tell what had a steal or cast crank looked like.  I could get in the ballpark of basically any Chevy motor out there was before pulling it apart. I learned to spot the harmonic balancer from a distance to see if it was worth further investigation. I learned to tell if it was a 4 bolt main without taking the oil pan off. It became a game. A game that has been with me for many years.

Today I decided to write a little article and throw down a challenge. Here it is:

By the way, I know I have only spoken about Chevy’s, but this site is about all hot rods. If you have any knowledge about a Ford, or a Dodge, or any hot rod out there please send us the details.

Finally, looking in another direction this marks on the sides of the heads are in a certain sense artwork themselves. They are similar to a LOGO. They identify the type of head through a visual representation. So for all you designers out there, the next time you’re at a show look around for other things that could be considered a logo on a car besides the traditional things we think about as the art.

What can you tell about engine from this photo?

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What about this one?

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GUESS THE RIDE

"GOODS UNDER THE HOODS"

I decided to have some fun with this cruise night's photos. I took pictures of all the hot rods showing off their "GOODS UNDER THE HOODS." If you recognize a motor, or it's your ride, match up the car and send us a picture. We'll post them together along with a custom article with all the details.

You needed a little FURY to keep up with all that muscle running around in the 70's and this cruiser was the perfect machine for the task. While on a little trip down to Maryland we spotted this guy pulling out of a Duncan Donuts parking lot - Got figure - We needed some java ourselves, but before fueling up, and the fuzz got away, I jumped out ran over, and snapped a couple of shots with my trusty point-n-shoot. He was in a hurry so I didn't get a chance to talk. He did yell out the widow, "I'm late for a funeral."  It's good to hear this old fella is still able to pull some duty for the community.

Recent pictures from Gadsden Alabama's First Friday's Cruise.

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What a beautiful Retro-Rock that rolled through my neighborhood earlier this Summer.