Variety of cool photos, art, and sidecars from Motorcycle 74 (they love sidecars)

This guy has no embarassment, but he's got a big can o beans

all from http://motorcycle-74.blogspot.com

eBay Find of the Day: Lightning McQueen as Ecto-1

I ain't 'fraid of no ghost!

While browsing on eBay we’ve found the work of user redcarpetcustoms and it really caught our eye. Specialized into customizing die-cast toys from the Disney-Pixar blockbuster Cars he (or she) has come up with some very cool variations, referencing some of our favorite screen cars.

Above you can see McQueen as Ecto-1, but go check out Snot Rod as General Lee and Lightning McQueen and Sally sporting the 'Herbie' livery. It’s worth your time… and maybe your pocket money.

So if you see something strange in the neighborhood… who you gonna call?

Disney/Pixar officially announce Cars 2 for 2012

I don’t know for you, but for us, despite being an animated movie, Cars ranks among our cult car movies. The quality of the animation, the depth of the details, the quirky ideas, it all comes together beautifully. Personally, I really liked the enormous amount of research behind it and how they manage to show so much about the car culture, and they did it in such a great manner that the movie is enjoyable for the hardcore car freak, as well as for a newbie or a kid.
And what about how perfectly the characters were embodied in their vehicle form? Matter the redneck, Sarge the army vet, Fillmore the hippy… but also Jay Leno, Governor Schwarzenegger and many more. So yes, you go it by now, we’re very excited about the sequel.

Some cues about the story

They’re back, and they’re going international.

On April 10th, Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios chief creative officer John Lasseter unveiled the studio’s schedule for the four years to come. While we know that, like all the next Pixar flicks, Cars 2 will be offerd in 3D, not much has leaked about the its story, except that “they’re going international”. Are Lightning McQueen and Sally Carrera going on a honeymoon around the world? How do their kids look like? Maybe track versions of the Porsche, or toned-down NASCAR racers… (sorry, not enough sleep seems to equal poor ideas with me). More international characters should be fun, and they will definitely help the movie outside the States.

Damn! Four years to wait…

While waiting for ‘Cars 2′, watch ‘Mater’s Tall Tales’!

Among our cult car movies, Disney/Pixar’s Cars ranks high. Very high. The way it pictures the car industry and culture, the characters, the photography, the design, even the storyline… it’s a fantastic movie. So ever since Cars 2 has been announced we’ve been giddy like schoolgirls. Only problem is: we have to wait until 2012.
To help us wait, John Lasseter’s team had come up with a mini-series of shorts featuring the beloved Mater. The Cars Toons: Mater Tall Tales air on the Disney Channel, Toon Disney, and ABC Family and include: “Rescue Squad Mater”, “Mater The Greater”, “El Materdor” and “Tokyo Mater”, that we’ve embedded below for your viewing pleasure. This fourth installment premiered in theaters in December 2008 before the movie Bolt and is our favorite. It’s a great parody of the Fast and Furious franchise, mainly of the second and third movies.