Compliment of the day!

thank you for your eclectic blog. It's the first thing I look at when I open my PC in the morning. Always a great way to start the day!

Robert M

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I love your blog, you have some very interesting stories and pictures.

UserBronco

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Fascinating and informative, Jesse. I knew that gas rationing was really about rubber, but there was a lot of info here that was new to me.

"unknown"

referencing the Victory Speed and WW2 vehicle tax stamps https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2025/10/victory-speed-35-miles-per-hour-was.html

Compliment of the day from Bill! Thank you!

Great links ALL the time! :)

Billy O

Compliment of the day from Dewmannhcm, thank you!

keep doing an awesome job!!

I've been coming back everyday for years.

I love your website!!

Compliment of the day from Ol Jerry! Thank you Jerry!

 This is the best site Ever! Thanks for the excellent work you do.

compliment of the day! Thank you Casey!

I am so thankful for you over the years with your blog. 

 I also appreciate you posting about the Radiator Lady Rambler wagon, Mickey Thompson mini dragster, Hot Rod lawnmower, and Mopetta build. You're the best. 

 Casey

Christopher G (a Porsche fan) found a Jesse Alexander photo of Sterling Moss on my blog, and wanted it blown up to poster size for his garage, and everything worked out well, and he sent me a photo of the result!

he saw this 

and had a photo restoration company nearby digitally enhance it and blow it up to a 30 by 30 print.

https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2022/09/stirling-moss-jumps-aboard-his-porsche.html

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Jesse, I really appreciate that your interest in "cool things with wheels" extends to railroads, aviation, and photography! 

 Don

Thank you very much Don!

Blimps have a wheel too! Since I was always interested in all the stuff I've posted about, sometimes, I stretched my guiding rule a bit... like, dirigibles didn't have a wheel, I don't think, but blimps do, so I allow my rule to stretch to include them. 

Railroad tracks, bridges, etc don't have wheels, but they are only existing because of things with wheels, so I include them. 

Photography and art? Very much part of what I'm fascinated with, and the main two ways of showing those things with wheels on the blog, so they are always included, even when the photo or the art, isn't anything to do with wheels, like Calder's mobiles... he invented the mobile, and there are no wheels, but, he also invented the BMW art cars, so, I include the mobile on the blog... because of the impact it's inventor had on the automotive world, ditto his wire circus. 

My goodness, how can anyone not love railroads, trains, and planes? That's just a sign of being uncivilized! Lol. 

So nose art, gets it's place on the blog, mostly because I've always loved the puns, the pin ups, the art, and the WW2 factor, but then I found nose art on helicopters, jeeps, and tanks... so, art! Art gets a place on my blog. 

Aviation, I guess everything in aviation gets into the sky by rolling on wheels, maybe not the Wright brothers first gliders, or NASA moon rovers, but that's the nice part about my rule, it's extremely flexible. 

compliment of the day from Matt P!

thanks for continuing with your great blog which I've been checking out almost every day since soon after you started!

 Cheers from Sydney, Australia

quote of the day "thanks for making me do a little research as I was starting to get a little lazy. I needed that boot to my backside occasionally. I owe you a cold beer!" Flagg

 I hope to somehow meet you in person some day Flagg, and share a beer with you!

I'll have a tall cold Stella Artois or Guinness! 

Jesse

Oh, and Happy Convoy Day! Or national CB radio day... 

the dark of the moon on the 6th of June, etc

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thank you very much for your work and effort in this blog, such great content.

Andre

Thank you Andre! 

Thank you Robert B for the birthday tip! (No clue how you knew it was my birthday this Sunday) And thanks for the compliment!

 "Great pictures and stories, the randomness of it just makes it better. You (we) never know whats on the next page. Thank you."

You're welcome for the randomness and variety! Thanks for the tip! Thanks for the compliment! 

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 Jesse, you're AWESOME! My husband LOVES your blog. His longtime car guy friend and coworker has read it for years and is always sharing stuff with my man, some of which he forwards to me, because I dig the car stuff too.

Katherine C

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awesome vid from 50 60s! thank you for keeping me coming back everyday for 6 years!! love this site!!

Dewmannhc

Thank you! I'm happy to have been able to entertain you for every one of them! 

Thank you guys for the compliments on the 60k posts!

All of your posts are still great! I have been looking at them almost every day for many of those years. The only other blog in my favorites is the "Daily timewaster" that you turned me onto quite a while ago. Thank you.

Jack



Congratulations on the fine content and the exemplary perseverance; you are a great car guy!

Dan Pro



Congrats! This is my Nº1 car blog. Keep it going!!!

Hansz

 

With deep gratitude my mate. You have helped me through many hard to get sleep nights, here down under. I only have the greatest respect for your efforts and can understand that what once started out as a fun thing, can now become a chore.

Volksrob

thank you Kim S for the Xmas Card, and for ringing my tip cup!

 

 

I even posted the Hopper's Nighthawks painting once! 

https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2019/01/wow-strange-co-incidence-i-just-learned.html

thanks to Gary, Bruce, Bill, Chuck, and Jerry for the Xmas cards, and compliments!

 

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I am always absolutely stunned at your volume of content on the blog. A big hat tip from me on that ongoing accomplishment.

Gary D

it's been a momentous day! 2nd best compliment ever! (nothing will top being made an honorary Australian, seriously. You have to have spent as much time, and love as mush Australian stuff as me to appreciate how much I dig being made honorary Australian)

So, 2nd best? 

I have been appointed by Stefan Marjoram as his advertising department and PR guru!

Again, nothing can top being made an honorary Australian, I think you'll see why, AND I think you'll see why the next best thing is to be appointed by Stefan as his advertising department and PR guru, for much the same reason!

See, I've loved his photography, event coverage (NSRA, Pendine, Montlhery, and Goodwood for example), the Beast Of Turin 1st person coverage from him, and movie maker about the restoration of it!, and of course, his sketches, and watercolors, and "how to" deomonstrations https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/Stefan%20Marjoram and because I misspelled his name for a long time (remember, I'm just a car guy, not a linguist) https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/Stephan%20Marjoram

starting way back with his photos on PBase.com (you're not going to remember that site is my guess) in 2009! 

Ok, there is other good news!

I adopted a cat today, that seems to be VERY happy getting petted, likes my place, loves the window, and seems to match my list of things I wanted a adoption cat to be, about the right age, healthy, likes to be petted (a cat that ignores you, well, that's not a great match for someone that wants to pet the cat ) has super fine super soft fur, short coat (hopefully means less hairballs) as my last two cats (25 years sequentially) were both long hair/medium hair and had hairballs occasionally. 

And there is more good news!

The engine on the commuter which was replaced due to the excessive oil consumption at about 65,000 miles... well, that was built with a bad rear main seal, so it leaked all summer, very little but consistently, and when the dealership looked into what was the problem, they also found a bad oil gallery plug missing. 

When they put it back together, and I get the car back last Tuesday, then I noticed the transmission making noise. Well, not only is that cause for concern, BUT, it's still under warranty, AND it seems like the problem is likely going to result in my transmission getting replaced, for free, under warranty! 

When the engine was replaced, I had a new clutch installed, and new serpentine put in. Yup, that wasn't cheap, but, done in hopes that it prevents problems, and makes my car able to handle the next 5-8 years trouble free. Right? new engine, new clutch. 
And now? Probably a new transmission! 

I did spring for a new clutch actuator hose, that was a thou. I kid you not, hourly shop rate at the dealership is now 300 an hour.