Another Show season is underway! Wheels Day is too often about the weather, there's been rain, rain, rain, snow and every now and then -  sun. This year, sadly, the rain won. That doesn't stop a whole host of the UK's finest rides getting their tyres muddy so we can all get our fix of cool motors though. Continuous rain from about ten-thirty meant that there was a lot of cars (and the occasional RSM reporter!) heading out the gate early, but not before a few snaps made their way onto the memory card.

Check out the rest of the pics on RSM's Flickr account right now. 

 

We've had Andy Ruffell and Bob Haro mentioned here before so I guess you've probably guessed we're into our old school BMX here on RSM. Right now we're heading towards the launch of a sister site where we can indulge our musical, extreme sporting, style and love of generally cool stuff without diluting the feed of car stuff here on RSM. Until then though I'll post some stuff that we've stumbled across whilst we're putting it together

This is Woody Itson, a California-based BMXer from back in the day who seemed to share an affinity for motorised transport just like us:

 

 

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Years ago I bought a Fast Car Magazine with CDRom on the front as a free gift. That CDRom contained images of cars and wheels and allowed you to combine the two via your computer. That, I suppose, was my first experience of the computer-based modifying that has become known as the Continue Reading......

A few years ago the Japanese Classic Car Show had that 'local' look to it, which is no bad thing but as the years progress, the standard gets higher and higher and the rides keep getting better and better. The shots I've found this year are all saying the same thing - this show has grown to become THE place to see cool J tin. A few years ago would you have thought to go anywhere other than Japan to see the sort of cars we're seeing now at JCCS? I'll answer that for you: No.
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This picture has appeared on various forums and gathered various reactions. I get the nagativity, the car is clearly ridiculous...what I don't get is why people don't get the point. The owner knows it's stupid, stupid!

Do people really not get this?
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Following on from our California Scrapyard feature is the second of those USA photosets taken in 2007 now uploaded to the RSM Flickr account. Wendover is the town on the border (literally) of Utah and Nevada which just so happens to be closest to Bonneville Salt Flats. It's proximity to Bonneville means that it's where the majority of Speed Week fans and racers eat, drink and sleep. It means that hotel, motel and casino car parks are full of hot rods, push trucks, trailers and salt and everywhere you go there's gearheads; the supermarkets and restaurants inevitably contain groups of guys wearing colourful team shirts and discussing their day out on the flats.

The photoset on Flickr is the result of a midnight prowl around the town on the night I arrived.

Find the pics here.

Some of you may remember the early days of RSM when we used to construct arty 'pages' as features, a practice now superceded by the combination of an entry here on RSM with a link to our Flickr account. The picture above is the front page of a feature on a California scrapyard shot back in 2007 when I spent four weeks out there. Whilst long-term RSM devotees have seen a few of the shots in the feature the rest of the set has lived on my hard drive - until now. 

This week should see the Flickr account endowed with two more sets from the same holiday - Bonneville Speed Week and Wendover by Night. In the meantime, get yoursellf over to Flickr and check out the first lot.

 

 

Why is this Triumph Mayflower parked in the corner of this compound? It's waiting to be scrapped. It's sacrifice will save the world from global warming and save the UKs motoring industry in the process. According to this thread from Pandaselecta on Retro Rides it's been traded in at a BMW dealership under the UK Scrappage Scheme for a new BMW Mini.
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We all do it don't we? We've got a car already that needs work doing, but we can't help planning the next one. Recently I've been having indecent thoughts about Triumph Heralds (again). I'm no stranger to the little blighters having owned a variety over the years; a 1600 Vitesse, a 13/60 Convertible, a Vitesse Estate and a 302'd 1200 have all called my driveway home over the years and every now and then I start to want another.
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