Thursday, May 30, 2013

Peking to Paris 2013 Upate #2

The Stanley Gold, Brant Parsons adventure continues...

At 3,000 plus test miles prepping for the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge, Brant commented, "I hope we have not worn out anything in the car!" Well, the time has come to take it to the street or dirt, which ever happens first.

The Porsche 911 was picked up at the port serving the Peking customs containment warehouse with the 100 other competitors cars. Just a side note, Stanley and Brant's car is one of two Porsche 911's in it's class, along with three Porsche 356's and three VW's.

The 100 entrants in the customs warehouse. Stanley and Brant's 911 in the lower left.

Sunday, May 26, 2013

Peking to Paris Motor Challenge ...AKA. "Where the Asphalt Ends"

The "great Adventure" for Stanley Gold and Brant Parsons in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge begins here. Well not really, it started about April, 2012 with the page on "Along for the Ride" at this link: Peking to Paris Build.

What started as an idea, lead to the building of a 1965 911, trips to San Diego's back country for testing and a pre-run rally through Canada into Alaska. But let's step back for a second.

Since the early adventurers first drove from Peking to Paris in 1907, "The Endurance Rally Association" has organized three further editions of this remarkable event, trekking through Inner Mongolia, the Gobi Desert, Russia, Ukraine, Slovakia, Austria, Switzerland, and into Paris, France. With this years event they will enter some of the most inaccessible countries and hostile environments in which to drive a car.

Stanley driving and Brant navigating the 1965 Porsche 911 next to the US/Mexico boarder fence testing in San Diego's back country. Image © Matt Parsons.

Friday, May 24, 2013

Just Thinkin' About The Indy 500

With the Indy 500 here at the end of May, it takes me back to when as a kid, I would wait with anticipation to crank up the radio and listen to the "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing"... It was a magical time, before it was broadcast with moving images on TV, just the sound coming out of the crackly speaker, and an imagination to take me there as "Back Home Again in Indiana" was belted out. How about you?

Anyway, here's a cool ol' image of a 1955 Indy Pace Car, a Bel Air with wide whities...and now I'm feeling like having a cold swig of milk.

Sadly, photographer unknown.

 
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Friday, May 17, 2013

"Eres un Payaso"

The backstory began about a year ago with a Lowrider Culture Art Display and Car Show at the Oceanside Museum of Art. Growing up in SoCal this would be the perfect opportunity to wrap my mind around this lifestyle. Off I went to do a story for the blog, which was "The Art of Lowriding." But, read on for more of the story...

Saturday, May 11, 2013

One of Those Days...

Just sitting along side the midway looking back on memories as they drove past at the last Del Mar Goodguys Show, it was a day to soak in. Glancing down the asphalt corridor, I spied Pete Smith approaching in his badass rod, grabbed my camera and got the shot. If a car looks mean, it better back it up, his does. Read on for the details.

Monday, May 6, 2013

On Any Main Street #3..."Cruisin' Grand Fundraiser"

The cover came off the '67, fired her up and headed to the once a year "Cruisin' Grand Fundraiser." As I rolled up the Interstate a cold wind nipped at me through an open window as I gazed out over the long hood, all the while settling down for the drive. The hillsides rushed by as though there was little time left to be counted before my camera would start clicking.