Headed home today. Two primo #WeirdCarMastodon spots on the road to the Burbank airport.

So my expansion tank turned up today. I needed one because the radiator is no longer the high point of the system (also the Cosworth rad doesn't have a cap anyway), so I have to create one. I got a super fancy billet CNC one because of course I did.

That's going to live in the boot with the radiator; it doesn't need to be in the engine bay so it won't go there.

This is where I am going to need a sanity check from #WeirdCarMastodon for my planned routing, in the next posts in this thread.

So many new #evs out there now and people still seem to be sleeping on the Carice electric car, it's retro, solid, and has REAL SWITCHES. The only thing that could make it better would be a hardtop and a bit more clearance. I wish it was in my budget (and made on my continent) , so much better than most the other stuff I've seen recently! https://www.caricecars.com/

Yesterday I mentioned that Bristol Cars was founded on the basis of BMW designs and engineering picked up as reparations in the aftermath of the Second World War. By the same token, several British and American manufacturers were offered the Volkswagen operation, and famously they all turned it down. The rest, as they say, is history. I saw this early split rear window Volkswagen (‘Brezelkäfer’) at Techno Classica Essen in 2017.

Spotted this awesome Honda S660

#WeirdCarMastodon #Keicar @tikibunnyimports

Mini acquired!

#WeirdCarMastodon @miniphernalia

@umbraroze tag #WeirdCarMastodon with them, I am sure plenty people on weird.autos would love to see them!

The humble hardworking kei truck in its natural habitat.

Just followed a Ford Raptor Rager er Ranger, who had bought all the accessories, including larger tyres and wheels. And added some after market blacked out taillights which are so illegally dark you can barely make out the brake lights or indicators. What a genius.

New #carsandcoffee in Altadena and my first time seeing January's fire damage in person #weirdcarmastodon

A red Triumph [with flowers on the bonnet, because wedding] near Aix-en-Provence's city hall yesterday afternoon.

Yesterday, I explained how car-making at BMW started with a British design, the Austin Seven. For Bristol, the roles were reversed; the luxury British car operation was founded on BMW’s designs, including its straight six engines, acquired under the system of post-war reparations. The first Bristol was the 1947 400. Its successor, the 401 (snapped at the Great British Car Journey) had evolved styling but retained the BMW-style ‘kidney’ grille.