Ernst Henne, Sept.1936, record breaker BMW

found on http://momentdinspiration.blogspot.com.au/2011/06/vintage-motorcycle-ii.html

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New high price record set at auction, 29.5 million USD, the W196R Mercedes Benz that Fangio won 2 Gran Prix wins

full write up at http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2013/07/12/fangios-1954-mercedes-benz-w196r-sells-for-record-29-65-million/

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A barnfind Diamond T that's been buried since 1965 among a families things in their barn brings a Bonneville connection

 Not very clearly written out on the webpage with these images is that this barnfind Diamond T was one of a few sold by the Utah dealership that was Ab Jenkins sponsor and trucking help during his Mormon Meteor II Bonneville record setting runs.

Above is from the same dealership, and since I've never posted a Diamond T tow truck, I had to do it.

Ab Jenkins on his Bonneville reocrd setting Allis Chalmers tractor

and above you see the hauler on the right

Thanks to Don! http://imageevent.com/shaggy/lsrdiamondt

the last 4 are from my post about the movie "Boys of Bonneville" http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/07/movie-review-of-boys-of-bonneville-in.html?showComment=1366481639147#c7656346948366419572

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The chocolate train, new Guinness World Record for longest chocolate structure, by Malta chocolate artist Andrew Farrugia

The sculpture by Maltese chocolate artist Andrew Farrugia, on display at the busy Brussels South station, is 112-feet (34.05 meters) long and weighs over 2,755 pounds (1250 kilos).

  He said he came up with the idea of the train last year after visiting the Belgian Chocolate Festival in Bruge: "I had this idea for a while, and I said what do you think if we do this realization of a long chocolate train, you know, because a train you can make it as long as you like. "Actually it was going to be much smaller than it was, but I kept on adding another wagon, and another wagon, and it's the size it is today."

 Farrugia had previously built a smaller train of 12 feet for an event in Malta, which he said gave him insight about how to build this much larger version. The first seven wagons are modeled after the new Belgian trains, and the rest of the train is modeled after the old train wagons, including a wagon with a bar and restaurant on board.

Three days before the event, Farrugia transported the chocolate train by truck in 25 wooden boxes from Malta to Belgium. The train incurred considerable damage during the move and several of the train's walls had completely collapsed. The chocolate artist was able to fix all the damages before presenting the train to the public.

After measuring the length of the train and confirming no material other than chocolate was used, officials from the Guinness Book of World Records added a new category to the collection of world records and declared the train to be the longest chocolate structure in the world.

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