A welder with a love for motorcycles made a lot of sculptures from hardware, and they are awesome!

A full gallery of 7 images at http://justacargal.blogspot.com/2012/10/sweetwater-hot-rods-sculpture.html

This unusual cool guitar could only be made by one company, Fender

Found on Facebook

the B-24 in Balboa Park, next to the Veterans Museum and memorial

this a 1/4 scale B-24. 

They were made in San Diego by the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, (Convair) which had been created by Rueben H Fleet (who has a science center in Balboa park named for him due to his focus on math and science for students, and he also was pivotal in getting the air and space museum going in Balboa Park (like New Yorks Central Park)) who moved testing airplanes from snowy New York state  to San Diego.

Another reason he chose San Diego to relocate Consolidated to, was that he had been sent to San Diego in 1911 while in the Natl Guard

Rueben was a Major in the Air Corps of the Army, training pilots, when in 1918 he was put in charge of the airmail service, and had it up and running between New York and Wash DC in time and on schedule. He was featured on the cover of Time Magazine, Nov 17th, 1941 when he became an advisor to the president

the artwork of Richard Pietruska

A member of the Automotive Fine Arts Society, Richard Pietruska has won the prestigious Peter Helck Award for 3 years in a row and numerous Athena Awards of Excellence at Pebble Beach. He is a highly respected professor at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and has been teaching for over 30 years.

From http://rpmart.com/ thanks to Jim for sending me the link!

Knot Rods... really nice! You might want to look into these

above from their website, http://www.knotrods.com/knotrods.html  below are my photos from the LA Roadster show