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If you’ve never experienced radial aircraft engines firing in person, it’s a exciting experience – the ground shakes and you can feel the pounding in your chest.  Here’s a Beechcraft 18, with twin 9-cylinder Pratt & Whitney Wasps. 

I tend to like quirky boxy cars (i.e., 1980s), and apparently tractors too. Here’s a 1980 IH 886.

I’ve really been into farm trucks lately – I especially like the square bodied trucks from the 80’s. Here’s a 1985 Ram. 

In most cases, I believe in talent being a bigger factor in quality than equipment or tools In this case however, these new markers are incredible.  I’ve been shying away from the Copic brand due to their heavy cost but just recently had to go ahead and splurge. These, along with a Uni Posca white…
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Keeping with the Tractor theme, here’s a quick John Deere.

I have a thing for Ford tractors. Here’s a sketch of one. 

Today we lost a legend – Burt Reynolds passed at the age of 82. He was born in Michigan, and while he gave us many memorable roles in both TV and film, Smokey and the Bandit was by far the most memorable among us car folk. His swagger and panache made girls crush on him…
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In 1979, WB changed car culture with The Dukes of Hazzard, introducing the world to a family of farmers and their then-considered beater car, a 1969 Dodge Charger with a 440 big block. While the car was joked to be ugly and a piece of junk, it was very much a star of the show.…
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This is a very interesting car – The Tatra 87 was a Czech-built WWII-era car. It had an air-cooled rear-mounted V8 and three headlights. 

Having Sunday family movie night which necessitates and Renault-powered stainless doorstop.