August 2011 – Darryl's Drive In

Hi,

A cool sign that used to be near the old Jack Carter Dealership in Calgary.

The Torque Masters Show and Shine is coming up soon! It will be Sunday, August 28th.
You can get the pre-reg info here: http://www.torquemasters.ca/
You can also download the poster and check out pics from last year etc. Be there!!!!!!

The A & W Cruisin’ for a Cause event is this Thursday August 25th, 2011, Get down there with your ride
and buy a Teen Burger to help support the MS society! Full Details here: http://www.aw.ca/awhome.nsf/cruisin-for-a-cause

Article about Calgary Pick-n-pull (Boy I miss this place!, Found it therapeutic to go to the
junk yard and find some old car parts, yup I’m afflicted….):
http://swervecalgary.com/2011/08/12/calgary-pick-n-pull-barlow-tr-s-e/

Great Garage Makeovers 2011 magazine now out (Create your ultimate garage!):
http://www.woodstore.net/grgama20.html

Cool Garage pics:
http://biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=18284

Cool bikes:
http://www.varnahandcycles.com/

Senior collector of classics(This lady is 101 and loves driving her cars!):
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/10/automobiles/packard-81-is-a-youngster-to-its-driver.html?_r=1&ref=collectibles

Senior collector video:
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/07/08/automobiles/collectibles/100000000895665/two-classics-one-car.html

600 Camaros decend on Oshawa:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/car-life/galleries/in-pictures-600-camaros-descend-on-oshawa/article2060428/

A forum thread dedicated to lifts:
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=68075

DeLorean in new video:
http://ca.autoblog.com/ca.autoblog.com/2011/07/10/video-new-owl-city-music-video-features-back-to-the-future/#continued

Soup Up Magazine No.19 now online:
http://www.soupupmagazine.com/index.html

Desert Car Kings show(Interesting show……):
http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/desert-car-kings/
Desert Valley Auto Parts:
http://www.dvap.com/

Restoration of Dash guages, making them whiter:
http://www.oldcarsweekly.com/article/Restoration-Series-The-whiter-side/

Chevy Convertible collection:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/automobiles/collectibles/chevy-convertibles-he-collected-the-full-set.html?ref=collectibles