ELEGANTON + Jean - Paul Belmondo

Jean - Paul Belmondo

ELEGANTON 

"Air Drive" by RENAUD MARION

 "Air Drive"

by RENAUD MARION

http://www.renaudmarion.com/

French photographer Renaud Marion has created this serie titled ‘Air Drive’.

The photos shows how Renaud Marion imagined the 2000′s in his childhood.

Among the models there are XK120 Jaguar, Cadillac DeVille, Chevrolet El Camino, Camaro, Mercedes-Benz SL and 300 Roadster. 

BurnOut !!!

BurnOut !!!

MOD: A Very British Style

Mod: A Very British Style

by Richard Weight

Text from:

http://www.modculture.co.uk/mod-a-very-british-style-by-richard-weight-bodley-head/

"...Mod: A Very British Style is not directly about the Mod Scene, so the events, bands, people, politics and intricacies of what could be called the core Mod Scene are of little interest here and largely ignored. What Weight’s book is, is an exploration into how the original Mod movement drew their influences from American, European and Afro-American styles in music, art, fashion, architecture and design and how those strands have been absorbed into the British mainstream. It examines attitudes towards class, consumerism, race, sexuality and countless other topics. It is a story of how a cult became a culture..."

CITROEN 2CV + Cafe

CITROEN 2CV + Cafe

911 = No Comment

PORSCHE

911 = No Comment

http://ilovemy911.tumblr.com/

LINCOLN CONTINENTAL LIMO CONVERTIBLE X-100 + JFK

Text from DailyMail:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2508640/JFKs-limo-assassinated-went-serve-3-presidents.html

The image of a smiling and waving John F Kennedy in his presidential limousine moments before he was assassinated is burned into the national consciousness.

We all know the outcome of that tragedy, but one of the key pieces of evidence from the day - the Lincoln limousine - went on to serve four more presidents before it was finally retired in 1977.

The car draws crowds at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, where it ended its long journey.

Historic artifact: The Kennedy Presidential limo is now drawing crowds at the Henry Ford Museum

Before the storm: The presidential limousine carries President John F and Jackie Kennedy through the streets of Dallas

When President John F Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, he was riding in a motorcade through Dallas in the 1961 Lincoln Continental four-door convertible. Completely open at the top, the car, code-named X-100, had no armor or bullet-proof elements whatsoever, a fact incomprehensible today. The tires were not bulletproof. There was no bulletproof glass. It did have a removable plastic top, but, again, it was just Plexiglas,' Matt Anderson, curator at the Henry Ford Museum, told CBS.

'It was no, no bullet resistance in that material. It's amazing to think of it, but they just didn't anticipate that kind of problem.' 

The custom-built car cost $200,000 and had features including retractable steps for Secret Service agents and two radio telephones.Following Kennedy's assassination, the car was driven directly back to the White House so it could be examined as part of the investigation.'They determined that the most practical thing to do was just to rebuild this existing car rather than to start from scratch, so, yes, they took the car down to the frame and rebuilt it as a true armored vehicle,' Anderson told CBS. 'The biggest change they made in modifying the car was putting in a permanent roof that could not be removed, and they surrounded the whole vehicle with bullet-resistant glass.' 

It was completely armored, a top was added and it was given a paint-job in 'regal Presidential Blue Metallic with silver metallic flakes that glitter under bright lights and sunshine.'

Lyndon Johnson was two cars behind Kennedy the day of the assassination. After he was sworn in as president, he occasionally had to ride in the car.  According to Anderson, he disliked the blue paint job the car had been given because it was too similar to the original color.  It was promptly painted black, but Johnson was never comfortable riding in the car and avoided it whenever possible. When President Nixon had use of the car, he had a hole cut in the roof as a hatch, so that he could stand up and wave at crowds.  Presidents Ford and Carter also used the car, until it finally reached the end of the road and came to a stop at the Henry Ford Museum.

Cuando el presidente John F Kennedy fue asesinado en 1963, circulaba en una comitiva de vehiculos en Dallas a bordo de un Lincoln Continental descapotable de 4 puertas.

Totalmente descubierto, el coche, cuyo codigo interno era X-100, no estaba blindado ni tenia ningun elemento de protecion antibalas, algo incompresible hoy en día.

Los neumaticos no eran antibalas, ni tampoco los cristales. Tenia una cubierta desmontable de plastico pero, de nuevo, no era antibalas. Es dificil de comprender, pero ellos no anticiparon este problema.

Los trabajos de personalizacion del coche costaros 200.000 Dolares, incluyendo los reposapies retractiles para el servicio secreto y dos radio-telefonos. Después del asesinato de Kennedy el coche se condujo a la Casa Blanca para ser examinado como parte de la investigacion. Se determino que lo mas conveniente era reconstruir el coche, asi que se elimino la carroceria y se construyo como un nuevo coche blindado. El cambio mas significatvo fue instalar un techo no desmontable con vidrio a prueba de balas. El coche se blindo totalmente  y se pinto con un color azul metalizado "presidencial" con reflejos metalizados que brillaban bajo la luz.

Lyndon Johnson viajaba dos coches por detras el dia del asesinato de Kennedy. Después de su toma de posesion el tuvo que viajar en el coche ocasionalmente. No le gustaba el nuevo color azul porque se parecia demasiado al color original del coche de Kennedy. Se pinto de negro, pero Johnson nunca viajo cómodo en ese coche, y trataba de evitarlo.

Cuando El presidente Nixon tuvo que usar el coche, se le hizo un agujero en el techo a modo de una escotilla para que pudiera saludar a la multitud.

Los presidentes Ford y Carter tambien usaron el coche, hasta que finalmente llego al final de su camino cuando se instalo en el Museo Henry Ford en el año 1977

President Lyndon Johnson

President Richard Nixon

Actor John Wayne campaigns with President Gerald Ford in the Presidential limo in 1976, the year before the car was retired from the Presidential fleet

Unforgettable: Despite 50 years passing since Kennedy's death, the tragic day remains fresh in the collective consciousness of Americans

 

ART BASEL MIAMI + Piston Head + ART CAR

Photo: Venus Over Manhattan

Keith Haring ‘Untitled (Car),’ 1986. Enamel on 1963 Buick Special.

 PISTON HEAD: Artists Engage the Automobile.

...During Art Basel Miami, Venus over Manhattan will curate a show that exhibits these works in a complementary setting, a parking garage designed by Herzog and de Meuron. PISTON HEAD will include works by Ron Arad, Bruce High Quality Foundation, César, Dan Colen and Nate Lowman, Keith Haring, Damien Hirst, Virginia Overton, Olivier Mosset/ Jacob Kassay/Servane Mary, Richard Phillips, Richard Prince, Tom Sachs, Salvatore Scarpitta, Kenny Scharf, Franz West and Joshua Callaghan. The exhibit will be on view from December 3 to 8th.

Text from: http://thescoutmag.com/blog/art/1580/piston_head 

...durante la feria de arte de Basel en Miami, la galeria "Venus over Manhattan" exhibira los trabajos de artistas reconocidos por emplear el automovil como soporte o como hilo conductor de sus obras. La exhibición tendra lugar en el parking diseñado por los arquitectos Herzog and de Meuron en Miami Beach

 via: http://venusovermanhattan.com/

BMW 2002 + Old School

 "Shannon's  2002 BMW"

by Grizzly Pictures

Helmut Newton + PIRELLI 2014 + 50 Aniversary

Text from: http://www.lavanguardia.com/gente/20131121/54394348059/calendario-pirelli-2014.html

"...Siempre es bueno guardarse un as en la manga. Y Pirelli, en 1986, se guardó el mejor: un trabajo encargado a Helmut Newton para su calendario tradicional. Pero el trabajo competía con el de Bert Stern, que fue el que gustó más, en especial porque reflejaba el espíritu a la moda, la mezcla explosiva entre el nuevo aire americano y el swinning London de la época. Esa estética poco pudo hacer frente a las imágenes, en blanco y negro, de un joven Newton que no tenían la fuerza que desprenderían años después. Así que guardaron el Newton para una mejor ocasión y ahora, nueve años después de su muerte, le ha llegado el momento...."

Text from: http://www.autobild.es/noticias/calendario-pirelli-2014-homenaje-50-anos-cal-210115

La producción fotográfica del Calendario Pirelli 2014 se hizo, hace tres décadas, a medio camino entre Montecarlo y La Toscana italiana. En concreto, coincidiendo con la celebración del GP de Mónaco de aquel año, Helmut Newton aprovechó la presencia de los monoplazas de Fórmula 1 para utilizarlos como 'atrezzo' de sus escenas. Por supuesto, la belleza femenina tiene un papel protagonista dentro del Calendario Pirelli 2014 donde también se nota la mano de la estilista y diseñadora, Manuela Pavesi, que puso un toque de glamour y buen gusto en cada una de las producciones que capturó la cámara de Newton.

BIARRITZ 1966 + Surf Cars

BIARRITZ 1966 + Surf Cars

Photos : Mike McConnell

 via: http://www.dslmag.com/v6/2013/01/22/biarritz-1966/

Audrey Hepburn + VESPA + Roma

Audrey Hepburn + VESP

A passeggio per via Bissolati, Roma

Photo by Elio Sorci

 Sorci captured the spirit of the Dolce Vita with his

pictures of Italian and international celebrities in Rome during the 1950s and 1960s.

VOLVO + Jean-Claude Van Damme + "The Epic Split" + Spagat

 

"The Epic Split"

VOLVO + Jean-Claude Van Damme

Jean-Claude Van Damme carry out his famous split between two reversing trucks.

Never done before, JCVD says it's the most epic of splits

Jean-Claude Van Damme lleva a cabo su famoso spagat entre dos camiones circulando marcha atras.

Nunca se habia hecho y Jean-Claude opina que éste es el spagat mas increible!!

Van Damme's speech:
 
I've had my ups and downs
my fair share of bumpy roads and heavy winds
That's what made me what I am today
Now I stand here before you
What you see is a body crafted to perfection
A pair of legs engineered to defy the laws of physics
and a mindset to master the most epic of splits.

He tenido mis altibajos
 mi parte justa de baches en el camino y fuertes vientos
eso me hizo ser lo que hoy soy
ahora aqui estoy delante de ti
lo que ves es un cuerpo moldeado para ser perfecto
un par de piernas diseñadas para deafiar a las leyes de la fisica
y una mentalizacion para dominar el más epico de todos los "spagat"

BMW R80 Bobber + ER Motorcycles

BMW R80 Bobber + ER Motorcycles

http://www.ermotorcycles.com/