* If you’re a fan at all of front-engined dragsters, the We Did It For Love guys have a photo tour you’ll drool over: They visited Bucky Austin’s collection in Tacoma, Washington, a couple years ago, and marveled at both the restored dragsters (and drag cars) in the front showroom as well as the yet-unrestored dragsters hanging from the ceiling in the basement. (via)
* Our buds at J-lop picked up on the story of British mechanic Jimmy Blanche, who amassed a collection of antique Brit cars for decades. Of course, we all know how this story ends: Jimmy dies and the cars head to auction. So if you fancy yourself a Daimler or Singer, perhaps you oughta be booking your tickets to England now: The Keys auction will take place April 4 in Aylsham, Norfolk.
* Another collection headed to auction, though this one’s taking place later this month in Auckland, New Zealand, and it focuses on motorcycles, and a wide range of them, at that. Triumphs, Nortons and BSAs abound, but there’s also a 1948 Indian Chief and the above bike, Burt Munro’s Velocette drag bike, built with Duncan Meikle, almost entirely handbuilt. (via)
* We’ll stay around that corner of the world for the next collection we came across: That of a line of Australian hoons and their cars, waiting to get into the Greater Union drive-in near Sydney to see the premiere of Eric Bana’s Love the Beast, all about Bana’s 25-year love affair with his Falcon XB. Unfortunately, we haven’t yet heard of any plans for a wide release of the movie in the States.
* And finally, one more collection, though this one a virtual collection of shorty cars (and vans) over at the H.A.M.B. Do they make no sense? Yes. Do they look comical? Yes. But a few of us oddballs love ‘em. Just about every typical shorty is represented, along with a few unexpected ones, showing you just what works when slicing the center out of a vehicle and what doesn’t work. I still want to shorty-ize an Astro van.
* Oh, heck, let’s go with one more collection. This one’s also in a foreign land, though not one you’d normally associate with backyard hoarders. The guys at Japanese Nostalgic Car came across this private Japanese junkyard, and while the owner’s still alive (and the neighbors don’t seem to mind!), it doesn’t appear as if the cars are going to move anytime soon.
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