Auto Buch: I love 'em
"Auto Buch" – A Rat Fink is catching flies with his tongue while he is doing a wheelie
Concept cars
"Renn Autos" – Plymouth Superbird aka King (Cars)
Three Window Coupé Hot Rod
Wheelstander Burnout with flames
Yesterday my eldest son (7) presented me his second "Auto Buch". I guess this is what your offspring is sketching when they have to grow up with a car nerd among a ton of car literature and hot rod movies.
Of course. I am hefty proud. And I think I've done everything right.
Techno Classica Essen 2011
1972 General Tire International Harvester Scout II
Needs some tlc. Opel Rekord Limousine
1955 Flajole Forerunner
"I cruised the Reeperbahn" - Peter "Monsti" Theobold (Fusseltuning)
1928 Opel Raketen-Motorrad
Mercedes: Bertha's Benz (Motorwagen)
Bitter SC
Quote: "If the raver's dream is the Loveparade, the petrol head's dream is the Techno Classica."
Word. We just have brought our 1972 General Tire International Harveseter Scout II to the booth of our colleagues from Street Magazine and took some pictures. Hit one of the images above to see them all.
General Tire Ad
Wow. It still works. We just found out we are still able to work for dead tree media. Although we hang on the interwebs 24/7.
This is our latest ad we did for General Tire Germany. The ad—photo taken by Dirk "Pixeleye" Behlau during our trip to the General Tire Mint 400 2010—will be published in the german Street Magazine. It promotes our 1972 General Tire International Harvester Scout II as well, which we will bring to the Baja 300 Powerdays. Meet us there!
New York Times: Chromjuwelen Interview
It's happening. We are getting famous. Tamara Warren just published an article for the New York Times about American Muscles in Germany: "In Germany, a Growing Flirtation With Classic American Muscle".
Tamara, it has been a pleasure working with you! And we are glad we could bring you together with some members of our Chromjuwelen family: Helge Thomsen, Oliver Kaps and Dirk Behlau.
Oh, here is an easteregg: Hit the image to watch some wacky Chromjuwelen Mopar Muscle videos from 2006 ...
Chromjuwelen Road Movie: 44 minutes and 44 seconds
Ever since we are doing Chromjuwelen.com, we are dreaming of "Chromjuwelen Road Movies". To capture outtakes, "behind the scene" material and shaky cell phone videos. Here it is—our first movie. Enjoy!
Please check out Chromjuwelen.com for more details.
Chromjuwelen En Route: Continental Tire Challenge, Rolex 24 at Daytona
"Fascinting Daytona Beach"
"Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge: Lyonel Kent"
"Rolex 24 at Daytona: (Patrick) Dempsey Racing"
Finally—our Grand-Am/Daytona Beach videos which we shot in the course of our Brand Ambassadorship for Continental are ready. Sorry fellas—German only. Props to Dean Malay (Producer), Jan Wigger (Camera) and Christian Tomes (Editing).
Appearance in alphabetical order:
Greg Cates (Team Manager), Dempsey Racing
Patrick Dempsey (Team Principal, Driver Rolex 24 at Daytona), Dempsey Racing
Charles Espenlaub (Driver Rolex 24 at Daytona), Dempsey Racing
Joe Foster (Team Principal, Driver Rolex 24 at Daytona), Dempsey Racing
Andy Green (Andy Green is the current holder of the World Land speed record, and the first person to break the sound barrier on land)
Lyonel and Danielle Kent (Driver Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge)
Buz McKim, NASCAR Hall of Fame
Tom Long (Driver Rolex 24 at Daytona), Dempsey Racing
Matthias Schönberg, Continental Tire The Americas
C. J. Wilson, Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Texas Rangers
Make sure you visit Chromjuwelen.com for the full article and photo galleries!
Sneak Preview: NASCAR Hall of Fame
On our way to the Continental Tire Challenge and Rolex 24 at Daytona (GRAND-AM) we stopped at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte to meet Buz McKim. Buz gives us a brief overview on the NASCAR history. For a "NASCAR Hall of Fame"-gallery hit on of the images above. Or just use this link.
This is a sneak preview—we will publish a full coverage of our latest trip soon.
MotoClub Hamburg: Finest Motorkultur since 2006, every Sunday.
Good to see the MotoClub Hamburg, which we brought into being 2006 with our soulmates from Motoraver, is still the place to be. Too bad I don't find the time to pay the Hafenbahnhof a visit more often. It is probably not the biggest weekly gahthering in Northern Germany. But it is the one with the best cars. To get an idea of it—here are some more photos.
If you'll ever be in Hamburg for a weekend, make sure you pop in.
Michael Furman: Chromjuwelen
Finally. Our first "Chromjuwelen" entitled book. Michael Furman: "Chromjuwelen - Die schönsten Autos 1946-1960".
264 pages, 180 photos, Delius Klasing Verlag, EUR 49,90. Get it!