Taillight replacement from 1A Auto for my 1998 Nissan Frontier pickup

My husband's video entry into a 1A Auto contest.

Inside Devils Backbone Brewery with guitarist

Gary Randal ("A man and his guitar") playing at Devils Backbone Brewery yesterday. Lots of outdoor activities including mountain bike races, running and walking race and lots of beer for sale this past weekend.
Devils Backbone Brewery and Restaurant, Nelson County, Virginia

Long-lost Cunningham Corvette Race Car Displayed

Long-lost Cunningham Corvette Race Car Displayed  An amazing conclusion to a long lost love story.

Another bug...call the exterminator...no, wait...

Believed to be about a 1961 VW Beetle as seen in Ruckersville, VA.

Let's talk bugs...VW Bugs that is

This is a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle as seen by author and husband at the 2009 Sully Plantation Car Show.http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/sully They hold a car show at this plantation every Father's Day. We used to go a lot when we lived in Northern Virginia.

Fictional car companies in movies

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_automobiles

The movie The Great Race, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059243/ is on Turner Classic Movies and it is just so funny. What more can one say.

Our invaluable 1980 Volvo

We bought this 1980 Volvo in 1982 and it served our 4 person family through all the normal trials and tribulations that a family life brings for about 23 years. When we finally sold it it had over 225,000 miles,  I always said I never needed weight training as driving this Volvo with no power steering was like driving a tank. In some ways I miss the memories these pictures of the Volvo bring. I saw it a couple of months after we sold it for $500 and it looked so bad that I doubt it is around anymore.

Pope Hartford automobile

I am reading the book, http://www.amazon.com/The-Devils-Rooming-House-Deadliest/dp/1599216019 and in it the Pope Hartford automobile is mentioned as the main car used by authorities in 1911. Never having heard of this type of auto, although my husband tells me at the turn of the 20th century there were many auto companies, I had to look it up.http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z10060/Pope-Hartford-Model-W.aspx

Kind of odd and funny looking car compared to other models and cars of today. Glad I heard about it.

Old files reveal a treasure

1954 Chrysler..found in old files of ours. As see in Stowe Township, PA. The car is parked in a brick driveway.

There is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow!

1947 Cadillac series 62 as seen at a local ice cream store. The woman slid over and got out on the driver's side (just like in the old movies) while the man held the door open and waited for her

Right out of Hollywood!

Look what popped out of the oven at The Devils Backbone

This was sure a slow cooker.. 1967 Porsche 911S as seen on Sunday, August 12, 2012 at Devils Backbone Brewery.

Well, just a bit of English yet!

Lotus Evora (not ours, of course) at Devils Backbone Brewing Company, Nelson County, Virginia. I was surprised to hear the driver say it only weighed 2,000 pounds. Photo by blogger's husband.

Time to leave London and the Olympics

And get back to old cars such as this 1956 Chevrolet 210 along our hometown US Route 29.

Getting around London

red bus-black cab in Picadilly.

Olympic day 10 events

Ethiopia's Meseret Defar reacts as she crosses the finish line to win the 5000-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) 

6of 22Link to this photo | Comments about this photo essay (0)United States' women's 4 x100-meter relay team members, from left, Carmelita Jeter, Bianca Knight, Tianna Madison and Allyson Felix, celebrate their gold medal win during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. The United States relay team set a new world record with a time of 40.82 seconds (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) 

7of 22Link to this photo | Comments about this photo essay (0)United States' Carmelita Jeter reacts as she crosses the finish line to win the women's 4 x 100-meter relay during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. The United States relay team set a new world record with a time of 40.82 seconds.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) 

8of 22Link to this photo | Comments about this photo essay (0)France's Isabelle Yacoubou (4) with teammate Sandrine Gruda (7) reacts to a sign with a proposal for marriage following a quarterfinal women's basketball game at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) 

9of 22Link to this photo | Comments about this photo essay (0)A man holds a sign with a marriage proposal for France women's basketball player Isabelle Yacoubou following a quarterfinal women's basketball game at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) 

10of 22Link to this photo | Comments about this photo essay (0)Russia's Misha Aloian, right, fights Mongolia's Tugstsogt Nyambayar, during their men's flyweight 52-kg semifinal boxing match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) 

11of 22Link to this photo | Comments about this photo essay (0)China's Zou Shiming, left and Ireland's Paddy Barnes, react after the end of their men's semifinal light flyweight 49-kg boxing match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, in London.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) 

12of 22Link to this photo | Comments about this photo essay (0)Australia's Jesse Phillips, left, and Stephen Bird paddle men's kayak double 200m semifinal in Eton Dorney, near Windsor, England, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) 

13of 22Link to this photo | Comments about this photo essay (0)New Zealand's Sarah Walker (96) leads the competition during a BMX cycling women's semifinal run at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev) 

14of 22Link to this photo | Comments about this photo essay (0)New Zealand's Cathryn Finlayson, left, walks off the field as Britain's hockey players celebrate their 3-1 win in a women's field hockey bronze medal match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) 

15of 22Link to this photo | Comments about this photo essay (0)South Korea's Son Yeon-jae performs during the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around qualifications at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) 

16of 22Link to this photo | Comments about this photo essay (0)Russia's Daria Dmitrieva performs during the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around qualifications at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) 

17of 22Link to this photo | Comments about this photo essay (0)Australia's crew Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page, foreground, celebrate after winning the gold medal of the 470 men's class sailing competition at the London 2012 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, in Weymouth and Portland, England. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) 

18of 22Link to this photo | Comments about this photo essay (0)South Korea's head coach Hong Myung-bo is hoisted up by his players after the team won their men's soccer bronze medal match against Japan in Cardiff, Wales, at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) 

19of 22Link to this photo | Comments about this photo essay (0)Gold-medalist Oussama Mellouli, from Tunisia, competes in the men's 10-kilometer swimming marathon in Hyde Park at the 2012 Summer Olympics Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) 

20of 22Link to this photo | Comments about this photo essay (0)Tunisia's Oussama Mellouli celebrates after winning the gold medal in the men's 10-kilometer swimming marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) 

21of 22Link to this photo | Comments about this photo essay (0)The team from China competes during the synchronized swimming team free routine final at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. China took the silver medal in the event. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) 

22of 22Link to this photo | Comments about this photo essay (0)Deni Fioretnini of Italy, right, struggles for position with Dusko Pijetlovic of Sebia during their men's semifinal water polo match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) 

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China's Dong soars to men's trampoline gold

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Dong Dong springs to the top for the trampoline win.

LONDON (AP) — Chinese trampolinist Dong Dong captured the men's Olympic title Friday, posting a score of 62.990 to easily give him a gold medal to go with the bronze he won in Beijing four years ago.

Dmitry Ushakov of Russia was second. Defending Olympic champion Lu Chunlong of China was third.

The 23-year-old Dong dominated the event, posting the top overall score in qualifying and beating Ushakov by more than point in the finals.

Dong pumped his fists in celebration after giving China its second straight gold medal in the event, which was introduced at the Sydney Games in 2000.

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