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Automotive Age Hotel

Gary Smith — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:37:00 +0000

Illustrations and Captions by Stan Mott

The Cadillac Interior Restaurant will surely become one of the city’s top places to dine.

“The Brief was simple—a monument to the automotive age in the middle of Las Vegas. Ostentatious? Certainly. Over the top? A must. The project tested the world’s leading visionaries and this is the plan that came out on top.” Published in Top Gear Magazine. Photos in gallery are captioned with the original text. Thanks, Stan.

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Cyclops Railcars

Gary Smith — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:10:17 +0000

Printed in Road & Track, November, 1985. Courtesy of Stan Mott.

Speed, power, cool artwork—what's not to like?

“I am not at liberty to say how fast the rail car was moving when it vaporized the station. But suffice it to say more rational bureaucrats approved the machine for production and service providing none would be driven past railway stations faster than 89 km/h (55 mph). Martini agreed, unless, of course, they were behind schedule. As a result, no Cyclops railcar has ever been run on schedule.”

Relive Cyclops Railcars in PDF format. Thanks very much, Stan.

Gallery of artwork from Cyclops Railcars

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Prowler Retro Kit

Gary Smith — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:33:49 +0000

This kit features a full complement of those quaint old car parts that hot rodders love to tear off! Build your own hot rod in a matter of hours!
Thanks to Stan Mott.

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The Maharajah’s Silver Daimler

Gary Smith — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:41:26 +0000

By Stan Mott

“This magnificent machine is absolutely authentic, with a minor modification of the elephant head lever and the addition of the ‘wiper ward.’ The serpent horn was copied verbatim, right down to the molars. (I am pleased to note that I resisted putting in a gold one.)” Published in Automobile magazine in the ’90s. Thanks, Stan.

Spruce Moose

Gary Smith — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 05:08:16 +0000

Compliments of Stan Mott.

Major Howdy Bixby’s Album of Forgotten Warbirds

Gary Smith — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:45:05 +0000

And other Bruce McCall craziness.

Humbley-Pudge Gallipoli Heavyish Bomber. “Four Varley ‘Panjandrum’ motors screwed her up to a cruising altitude several feet over the legal minimum of the day.” Read the rest of the copy in the gallery.

If you like Stan Mott, you’ll like Bruce McCall. I’d seen his work published in magazines from time to time, then a number of years ago I ran across a copy of Bruce McCall’s Zany Afternoons. If you can find a copy, it’s well worth it. Articles include Zany Afternoons (which included such stories as “Blindfold the Flying Boat Pilot”), Mementos and Memories of the 1936 Cairo World’s Fair; R.M.S.’Tyrannic;’ Somewhere East of Laramie; That Fabulous Battle of Britton; My Own Stamp Album; 1934 Bulgemobile Airdreme (The new cars that say, “Get out of my way!”; Wir Fliegen Nach Amerika mid dem Zeppelin; Major Howdy Bixby’s Album of Forgotten Warbirds; Popular Workbench; 1946 Bulgemobiles (New from the Tires Down); The Glory of Their Hindsight; Swillmart (Where Quality is a Slogan;” Soviet-Mechnod-Foto Hello (The Jolly Friendship Magazine of Science in the Modern USSR); 1958 Bulgemobile; and The Adventures of the Hotel Throckmorton. ISBN 0-7607-1699-4.

Designers out there: Send me some of your cool cartoons for a future post!

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1932 Kranzler Sturm Roadster

Gary Smith — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 21:04:37 +0000

And other Bruce McCall craziness.

1932 Kranzler Sturm Roadster. “Fast, powerful sports roadsters are nothing exceptional in the annals of speed. Fast, powerful sports roadsters without brakes are more unusual.” Read the rest of the copy in the gallery.

If you like Stan Mott, you’ll like Bruce McCall. I’d seen his work published in magazines from time to time, then a number of years ago I ran across a copy of Bruce McCall’s Zany Afternoons. If you can find a copy, it’s well worth it. Articles include Zany Afternoons (which included such stories as “Blindfold the Flying Boat Pilot”), Mementos and Memories of the 1936 Cairo World’s Fair; R.M.S.’Tyrannic;’ Somewhere East of Laramie; That Fabulous Battle of Britton; My Own Stamp Album; 1934 Bulgemobile Airdreme (The new cars that say, “Get out of my way!”; Wir Fliegen Nach Amerika mid dem Zeppelin; Major Howdy Bixby’s Album of Forgotten Warbirds (the subject of a Dean’s Garage future post); Popular Workbench; 1946 Bulgemobiles (New from the Tires Down); The Glory of Their Hindsight; Swillmart (Where Quality is a Slogan;” Soviet-Mechnod-Foto Hello (The Jolly Friendship Magazine of Science in the Modern USSR); 1958 Bulgemobile; and The Adventures of the Hotel Throckmorton. ISBN 0-7607-1699-4.

Designers out there: Send me some of your cool cartoons for a future post!

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Cyclops Safety Car Press Release

Gary Smith — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 05:38:50 +0000

This just in from Automobili Cyclops SpA.

Thanks to Stan Mott.