Ralph Lauren garage was just photographed by Vanity Fair

See the whole gallery at http://www.vanityfair.com/style/features/2011/01/ralph-lauren-garage-slide-show-201101#slide=1 or read about it http://www.vanityfair.com/style/features/2011/01/ralph-lauren-garage-201101 via: http://stipistop.com/ A tour of Ralph Lauren’s car collection is up for auction for charity, and the estimated tour is $150,000. That’s right, $150,000 to look at–not to own–the

The Wagonmaster

from the gallery at http://zelastchancegaragedu78.blogspot.com/2010/06/tommys-wagon-master.html

Vespa calendar famous people, John Wayne, Cary Grant, Raquel Welch, Charleton Heston, Geraldine Chaplin

Thanks to Tim for sharing! Vespa had a damn good idea with this calendar, the added exposure and free advertisign they got by giving or loaning the scooters to famous people while they made movies was a brilliant idea, and far less costly than getting the stars paid to endorse.

Heavyweight Champion of the World 1910-1915, Jack Johnson

1912 Vanderbuilt cup milwuakee wisc is what the photo was labeled Looking like after a race, only because of the number on the radiator and the missing fenders photos from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=927 Jack also founded the famous Cotton Club

Cool airplanes interest almost everyone.

I wasn't sure what the aircraft on the ground was (above it you see the B52 that it used for piggy back rides to test altitude) , but 3 readers used the comment feature to let me know it was the Northrop HL 10, used to do flight research on aircraft design for unpowered reentry from space, utilizing the speed of falling to create lift for the controlled flight of the spacecraft. More interesting

The Clark Gable Special

from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=920

Jackie Gleason and Buick, they sponsored the Honeymooners, and he spent all day on the assembly line building himself one

top photo from http://forums.aaca.org/f117/nos-54-55-56-buick-factory-282948.htmlJackie spent time on the Linden NJ assembly line babysitting and building this Buick all the way bottom photos from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=738

James Garner's "American Intenational Racing" Corvette racing team

Anyone else notice that the below vette isn't the same white tail paint scheme as all the others in this gallery?from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=561

Gen. Patton transferring from plane to car

In the photo are Gen Bradley, Hodges, Eisenhower and Patton in the short time before WW2. Gotta be a one of a kind photo I think.Thanks for the photo Chris! aka http://chrisoncars.com/

More unusual stuff from the HAMB thread "Vintage shots from days gone by"

Annette on a scooter Amelia Earhart with the scooter General Eisenhower chats with Omar Bradley leaning against his '41 Clipper staff car The outback mailman, on an enormous rig http://aso.gov.au/titles/documentaries/last-mail-birdsville/clip1/ Aerodynamic trucks and trailers looks like a street car getting relocated Sept 1949 Popular mechanics Not sure what the above vehicle is Kaiser

Jim and Chesters Garage Tumblr has a lot of cool stuff!

An enclosed transporter made from a fire truck, not the first I've seen! Les made one http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/06/68-ford-transporter-aint-that-cool-i.html An Edsel racing Baja.. amazing Above is the James Garner race team from http://prova275.tumblr.com/ Jim and Chesters Garage Tumblr