Everytime I see the El Guapo taxi I notice something new, this time I found the rear license plate cool... for the galleries I took of it last year so you can see the interior and the progession : http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/02/another-look-at-el-guapo-paint-has-been.html 
1915 Sea to Sea trip began in Coney Island New York, and was to go to San Francisco California, these 4 factory backed cars were to see which made a better car by merely surviving the road conditions. The closest is a Packard, the other black car is a Studebaker. The white cars aren't lableled or indicated, and I couldn't find anything on the internet about this competition. The destination was the 1915 PanPacific Exposition in San Fran 
Tom Mix, famous cowboy movie star, had a very lazy horse.. . it's riding in the trailer 
Shwinn Autocycle 
photo had no info on what she's riding , or what year 
the 1892 Haynes car, the second maker of cars in the USA, the first was Dureya 
In 1915 Ray Conklin, president of the New York Motorbus Company, left Long Island for the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. Accompanied by a party of twelve, they travelled in an elaborately outfitted bus, complete with a kitchen, beds, hot and cold water, well-stocked book shelves and a rooftop garden. 
The McFarland wrecked at Indy 
There was a lot of drinking going on when they decorated whatever is under the Moose and Deer heads 
Above is Joe Matson't Corbin at the 1908 Vanderbilt and below was the 1910 Vanderbilt cup race 
It was a short lived website, just June of 2009 to June of 2010, but they posted some cool photos http://www.atomicantiques.com/ 
The owner of this Packard is a great guy, we talked for a while about this car, and one of the cool things about it is the way these instruments are lit. The are luminated by special lights so that the numbers glow. I can't recall what the method was that he told me, but somethign like blacklight, or UV 
The buttons across the bottom of this chrome panel are easy to read if you click on the photo, and get the full size... but if you are only slightly curious... Cig Lite, Headlights, Inst Lite, Fog Lite, Map Lite, Clutch and Blower.... and I didn't see this when talking to the owner, but it has me wondering what the Clutch button is for. 
Armrests at both ends of the back seat, and one in the center covered right now by the original optional seat cover 
Elegant design of the seats 
And Ultramatic Drive, a one year only designation and a very hard to find label 
I like the red and black, it'd look great if he had it finish painted that way 
A truck hood ornament 
Probably not the original tools, but a good representation 
great bug, talked to the owner for a while and learned quite a bit. 
Great wicker shelf under the dash 
The "B" sign is a city or country sign. Most all that can be found are Ds but this owner is innovative and reconfigured the D to this B, and used some great paint drying to have it appear weathered and old. D stands for Deutschland I think he said, and B for Belgium as a comment informs me
Nice hood scoop integration 
I doubt anyone is using the rear doors to get in or out of this car, but they open in a most unusual way 
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