Friday, February 27, 2009

Objets d'Lust: 1956 Triumph Motorcycles Manual



Full disclosure: I'm helping my friend Trudy sell a bunch of her stuff on ebay. Among the many barn-find treasures she's rescued from estate-sale and thrift-store oblivion: this hauntingly beautiful example of mid-century graphic design and technical illustration. I kinda want to keep it.

Click on the pic to check out the auction and more typography porn

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

If Only I Had the Money I Spent On a Garage: 1983 Datsun 200SX

I would buy this:



and turn it into this:

Friday, February 20, 2009

SAAB declares bankruptcy! Whoooo!

Couldn't come as better news, if you ask me. Now the disgraced marque either gets put out of its misery or gets a chance to reinvent itself without interference from a clueless megacorp. In the meantime here's what $2,500 buys, and why no one with an ounce of sense would ever buy a new Saab, in 2009.



I'VE GOT A GARAGE NOW MOTHERFUCKERS! AND I'VE GOT AN '88 SPG! WHOOOOOO!

Saab is dead! Long live Saab!