Because of all the COVID-19 crap going on and not being able to go anywhere, I have been spending a lot more time at home. This means that I have been sitting in front of my computer more lately trying to keep myself entertained.
So.....I thought I might start a new topic for some of you who have been spending too much time in front of the screen.
Post a random pic of anything you want.
Just keep it work and kid safe.
I'll start:
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A few years ago, went to Vegas to celebrate our 25th anniversity. We got married again in THE Little White Chapel with Elvis leading the vows. We did the whole thing with limo from The Venetian . We toured this and that but one of the tours was to the Hoover Dam. Very cool! Though it was very, very hot.
I guess I am turd.
This has to be one of my favorite WTF drag racing pictures. Flywheel, rods, pistons, crankshaft, all over the ground and the driver with hands off the wheel looking down
and thinking "what the.......
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My brother in law has a "get away" home in Henderson and a very nice boat he stores and uses at Meade lake that supplies the water for Hover dam. I'v been about as close to the inlet tubes on the lake above the dam as I ever want to be, I thought it was kind of scary. What the hell would you do if the motor on your boat went to hell. You can watch the water go swirling around as it enters the tubes, it would be quite a ride, I am to old for that kind of adventure.
It was kinda erie that you can still see the anti-aircraft batterys on the ridges above the dam.
Lake Mead. That's the first place I learned how to water ski in the mid-70's on the labor day day weekend! Great memories!
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Quote from: CobraJoe on 2020-05-07 05:05
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Cleanup in aisle two!
In my computer at home I have a pic of what used to be the road across Lake Meade full of nothing but Mustangs from the 3009 Mustangs across America trip I took. I shot the pic when about 1/2 of the 600+ cars had already crossed. Now you cannot drive OVER the dam any more, have to take the new highway.
This is Jerry Ruth at a car show in Port Angeles WA about 3 years ago. He brought his noise maker up for the day and fored it up several times. I was able to take these shots from 3-10 feet away. He was a pretty nice guy, but once he was in that cockpit he was ALL business.
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AH! A government official eh?
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there is a B17 down in Lake Meade. Plane was too low in training flight and hit water. sits on the bottom to this day, pretty much unmolested. crew escaped.
Two 'keepers'. 1996 Buell S1 Lightening & 2010 Ducati Hypermotard EVO SP
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this is how it looks from the second placed dogs view. :003:
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Modern society.
C-19 compliant
Cirrus that got a little squirrelly on landing at a local GA airport some years ago. Good thing that F350 was parked where it was or he would've gone straight into the terminal.
Quote from: Marc on 2020-05-08 10:54
Cirrus that got a little squirrelly on landing at a local GA airport some years ago. Good thing that F350 was parked where it was or he would've gone straight into the terminal.
Gonna need a new prop for the plane...and a serious detail job on the truck!
This is Jerry Ruth's Flat Deck. We were both heading up to Seattle International Raceway for the Friday Night Drags and pulled on the freeway nose to tail.
I was driving my F1 with a bored out Windsor. I got up beside him and we stayed side by side up to about 90 mph and we both started pushing a lot of wind. We wound are way up to Kent and had a ton of laughs when we got there. Oh those were the days.
Quote from: FiveSevenLiter on 2020-05-08 13:12
This is Jerry Ruth's Flat Deck. We were both heading up to Seattle International Raceway for the Friday Night Drags and pulled on the freeway nose to tail.
I was driving my F1 with a bored out Windsor. I got up beside him and we stayed side by side up to about 90 mph and we both started pushing a lot of wind. We wound are way up to Kent and had a ton of laughs when we got there. Oh those were the days.
Couple of nice trucks! I wouldn't mind having either...or both in my drive!
The same applies today.....sad
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Or nowadays women...
My favorite Model a. Yea, there's a Hemi in it but I'm ok with that. Car looks just so bad ass.
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Same car show that I shot Ruth and his dragster...
That '55 Crown Vic is beautiful. I'll never understand the old car crowd's fascination with the boxy '55 Chevy's when (at least in my opinion) the '55 Ford is so much better looking by far.
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Quote from: Marc on 2020-05-09 05:39
That '55 Crown Vic is beautiful. I'll never understand the old car crowd's fascination with the boxy '55 Chevy's when (at least in my opinion) the '55 Ford is so much better looking by far.
I fully agree. I REALLY feel that way about the '57 Fords vs. '57 Bow-tie too. I think the Bow-tie is actually kind of a garish thing that appears to be a "catch-up to the design of the Ford.
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I've seen that pic before...and still...as bad as it was for the American people during the depression...I have been told by those who lived through it we had it better here than in many other countries at that time.
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LOL!!! people were so thrilled with those! Saw them hauling those things all over...now...get even better videos with cell phones. Technology seems to have moved along comparatively at hyper speed yes?
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To paraphrase Bob Uecker...just a little bit of torque...
The billboard pics............first look made me think that family was camping behind the billboard in the first pic...........not the same billboard.
That's some pretty twisted stuff.
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anything can be a hot rod
Phil Weiand of Weiand intake manifolds & performance parts
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I wonder what that car is? Foreign job? I also wonder if, errr, never mind.
Saturday night in Amarillo, look what's across the intersection!
That Ranchwagon is now owned by the brother of two of our members....Pat (suede57)and James(iamflashman) Fleishman. Their dad lives a few miles down off the road he was turning on. It use to belong to James.
Steam Power Day.
I wonder how often they had to replace the spikes on the wheels? Without them you wouldn't be going anywhere in damp ground. Looks like they unbolt from the inside.
I took this at the Reynolds Museum in Wetaskiwin, Alberta. A must stop.
https://reynoldsmuseum.ca/
Quote from: CobraJoe on 2020-05-11 05:06
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I have NEVER rolled out from under a car to see a sight like that! NEVER! Wearing those FMN shoes too! :003:
Yeah, kinda like my perfect fantasy. Do you think she's wearing any .... NEVER MIND!
Seriously, she may not be "Mrs. Right" but she definitely is "Miss Right Now!"
Miss Right Now! is all she would have needed to be! :005:
And looking at THAT finger...doesn't look like she was a "Mrs" any time at that point! :003:
One of the advantages of not having a lift.
Quote from: 57chero on 2020-05-11 17:45
One of the advantages of not having a lift.
Well played sir. :003:
I guess they don't call it a "creeper" for nothing. :002:
Rings don't plug holes!!
Lol
Quote from: FiveSevenLiter on 2020-05-11 18:01
Rings don't plug holes!!
ROTFLMAO! Sometimes...they can make holes...and your money falls through it...for years in some cases!
Free power....
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awesome !!! that is called ingenuity !
could have put it in the Ford pics thread, that is a 36 Ford sedan.
Power outage?, or just thrifty station owner. I wonder if that idea could have been used to get gas at night when the station was closed. When I first looked at it, I thought it was just an excersize setup so customers could stretch their legs after a long drive, lol.
I often heard "how much food did you make, do you think a threshing crew is coming for dinner?"
As there used to be a price difference between self-service vs. full-service; there probably is between you-pump(the bike pedals) vs. you use electric pump?? Just kidding of course. It is curious though.
Some local car guys are getting together and social distancing for afternoon coffee at a local park. Yesterday, (after some prodding) Larry brought out his Ford pickup. Full alcohol power that was in his brothers front engine nostalgia dragster.
Baffles in the pipes and licensed.
Loud pipes save lives!
I could be sociable around that...but I'd have a rough time distancing myself from it! :003: Nice ride!
Primer bottle and all. :003: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Quote from: mustang6984 on 2020-05-11 13:26I have NEVER rolled out from under a car to see a sight like that! NEVER!
I have. :001:
Don't think I've seen any sights quite like this in person though.
Embarrassed to drive his Chevrolet during the day, Uncle Melvin had covered it with a mild disguise. Later had to add the turret gun to repel the turd throwing hooligans.
Quote from: FiveSevenLiter on 2020-05-12 16:31
Some local car guys are getting together and social distancing for afternoon coffee at a local park. Yesterday, (after some prodding) Larry brought out his Ford pickup. Full alcohol power that was in his brothers front engine nostalgia dragster.
Baffles in the pipes and licensed.
Loud pipes save lives!
I saw this beast at the Arlington Dragstrip Reunion last year, looks like it could be a handfull!
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Quote from: FiveSevenLiter on 2020-05-13 10:11
Embarrassed to drive his Chevrolet during the day, Uncle Melvin had covered it with a mild disguise. Later had to add the turret gun to repel the turd throwing hooligans.
Just like the car show experts, he Dad had one "JUST LIKE IT"
LOL!!! Yea...I have seen the car show experts too...blowhards...
Courtesy of Guenther...I went to see a '57 Country Squire today. <sigh> I fell in lust. Sad that I do not have any disposable greenbacks.
The car was at one time used as a "push car" by the former owner who had a rail. There used to be a push bar set up on the front of the car, and there were signs of tool boxes and jacks and such having been in residence in the back of the car. The museum manager inferred that he has pics of all this, showing the car in it's race day glories.
The back tires are meaty...more so than the front, and he says the car drives quite nicely given it's age. The master cylinder has been converted over to a dual master, and looks like it could have been original equipment the way it was designed.
The guy didn't know if this was a true T-bird motor or just had the valve covers.
And this little guy sits outside all day and night, no matter the weather...
And the front of the building from across the street.
This is a relatively new museum, the old one and about 3/4 of the contents having been destroyed in the tornado that went through here about 7-8 years ago...the first one in 90 years. I have some pics of the old building and the cars within as well as some of the neat displays. (those pics are in my PC at home.)
If anyone ever visits Branson...this is a great place to go, and allow yourself a solid 2 hours to walk it...unless you are like me...then allow yourself 3+ hours. (I read EVERYTHING)!
OH yea...G...I told him YOU were the one that I heard about it from...and told him where you live! He was impressed! :003:
We had a really nice automotive museum here in the Portland Metro area (Oregon) called the World of Speed its been around for about 3 years they would change up the theme every once in a while from Nascar to Indy to drag racing and how hot rodding originally started, Mario Andretti was a guest with one of his race cars on display,They would also have a cars and coffee every Saturday. The last display was history of the mustang a long with all the other permeant car displays, you could spend hours reading all the displays. They also would bring school kids in for tours and hands on stuff to do. Big beautiful building just south of Portland right on Interstate 5 for everyone to see. But thanks to our wonderful Governor Kate Brown it wouldn't be able to open back up until 2021 because of the restrictions she set up, so the Owners will be permanently closing it down.
Aah...yes...Oregon...that would be the central province of the Nation State California. I currently am a "legal" resident of Washington State...the northern province of California. For now I am. Hopefully by the end of the summer I will once again be living in the U.S. with my legal residence being in Missouri.
I had heard of the museum of which you speak. Sad it is closing down...I had heard great things about it.
Sad but true.
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Yea...I won't be buying it. I need to come up with a lot of cash for the move. I have 9 cars to move on a car hauler along with the rest f the house. UNLESS...I win a bunch of greenbacks on a LOTTO ticket...then maybe! LOL!!!
i have been in the museum a few times, both before and after the tornado...and to be honest I liked the original better. But this one is still evolving...takes a long time to make one as intricate and eclectic as the former was. This one is very nice...just doesn't have as much of the old stuff the other had and lost. It'll get there. Worth the price of admission to be sure.
I appreciate the diversion...got to spend some time with the current manager...he is a nice guy.
Horsepower at its finest.
Mac's Garage - the shop with the equipment.
Race Day.
First pic...2 horses pulled that load? WOW!
Second set of pics...those look pretty creative! Bet they were a blast to run across the snow/ice in!
So...you say your kids have an old school bus? Yea...okay...And you will notice that even has a place on the back for those who might be in wheelchairs...
Same yard...different vehicle...with a rear deck...this is a unique motor-home for those summer vacations! :006: Note...both school bus and motor-home are custom made...and will require time to construct! :003:
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Quote from: CobraJoe on 2020-05-16 06:11
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Even an 18 Wheeler can have some style! :002:
The Labatt's truck was restored for Expo 86 in Vancouver and they drove it around. A company from England build a very good limited run of diecast that I treasure. It is not far from my Big Red Ford Turbine.
Big Red turbine.
Nice collection! I love the Labatt's trucks. They look slick!
I like the 1960 F-350 hauling the horse trailer. The Labatt's unit is wild looking, first time Iv'e ever seen or heard of it.
Got the horse trailer for Christmas about 53 years ago. Two of my brother's got them as well. You can tell my Father spent a lot of time shopping, went to the Parts Department, picked them up, had a secretary wrap them and surprisingly remembered to give them to us.
I would love to go through your collection and look at them. I have always had a thing for different types of car models....never grew up I guess. Been trying to think of a reason WHY I should grow up. Haven't found that answer yet.
You are lucky to have that diverse collection. :003:
Very neat collection. I like the variety, and that Art Deco hauler is incredible, I'd never seen it before either.
In storage at our old house, I have 200+ die casts, mostly Texaco banks that were annual releases. Gotta go get them some day and get 'em sold.
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Here is the last of the Saskatchewan beauties.
Quote from: RICH MUISE on 2020-05-16 17:27
I have 200+ die casts, mostly Texaco banks that were annual releases. Gotta go get them some day and get 'em sold.
Oh Rich...I need to scout them out before you part with them...I might be a curious fellow once I get moved and have fluid cash flow again! :001:
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Quote from: FiveSevenLiter on 2020-05-16 18:04
Here is the last of the Saskatchewan beauties.
THAT is a serious bridge! Love all these pics you have shared. Thanks. :006:
In 1951 there was invention made by Brook Walker and Firestone tire company. It was named as "Parccar". It was invented to make parking your car easier with special 5th wheel hidden in car trunk, which was lowered while parking. It was enabling the car to move sideways. Improved version of this device was tested on Packard Cavalier car.
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Somewhere in the back of my mind(dangerous place trust me) I remember those from some article a few years back focused on inventions that never became real. Wasn't that tire also the spare? I think?
Yes, ParcCar video
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early tractor pull?
Is it just my imagination or does this guy appear to be driving a Rolls Royce conversion while wearing a suit?
Looks like that to me too...........ah, rich kids.
A Gentleman farmer...?
And to think that invention never caught on! Especially with the large cars of the day.
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Is it just my imagination or does this guy appear to be driving a Rolls Royce conversion while wearing a suit?
Quote from: mustang6984 on 2020-05-17 12:00
A Gentleman farmer...?
And to think that invention never caught on! Especially with the large cars of the day.
MEILI -TRACTORS
http://www.meiliswiss.com/fr/entreprises/
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They build some neat machines..
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OH MY!!! wish I were a helmet...she obviously had a "thing" for helmets! :003:
Quote from: CobraJoe on 2020-05-18 14:30
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Ha! I thought that driver looked like the great
Sir Stirling Moss getting a kiss from that hottie.
No car in the second pic but I doubt that many of the guys here care. :001:
I bet if Moss had handed her a glass of ice cubes...it would have been a glass of boiling water within 30 seconds!!! :headbang:
Quote from: mustang6984 on 2020-05-18 18:09I bet if Moss had handed her a glass of ice cubes...it would have been a glass of boiling water within 30 seconds!!! :headbang:
He didn't give her ice cubes. (https://advrider.com/f/styles/advrider_smilies/nono.gif)
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Pre-Facebook.
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That was gonna hurt...(no seat belt of any sort? Weird!)
Guess that senator didn't get much traction on his plan! Given the race culture today.
Talking about racing. Looks like Nascar is trying to make up for lost time. There is a Cup race tonight in Darlington with no fans in the stands.
Make that tomorrow night, Wednesday.
Could be a boon for engine parts suppliers this season with a lot more rebuilds than normal as they carry extra engines than usual and other parts.
Personally...I am hoping for baseball so I can hit at least one weekend of games before the move east.
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Ah...gas lines! Such fond memories...calls to various stations for people fighting over who was first. Do not miss those! ( fellow officer threatened to make to make on guy buy gas for everyone in line for making them all sit and watch him argue with an old lady over which was next in line)
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Looks like Viet Nam circa 1975...
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Quote from: mustang6984 on 2020-05-21 17:24
Looks like Viet Nam circa 1975...
Close....
Vietnam War 1972
Lightly-wounded civilians and troops attempt to push their way aboard a South Vietnamese evacuation helicopter hovering over a stretch of Highway 13 near An Loc in Vietnam on June 25, 1972. (AP Photo)
CobraJoe, what are looking at in #124?
A call to the exterminator worked well.
THAT is an infestation of bugs!
Sometimes I wish I still had my 65 for running around town, or my Falcon.
Falcon...all the way. Even with a straight 6...the Falcon was able to get out of it's own way. VW's...well...if I look up the word anemic in the dictionary there is a pic of a VW in the description!
I LOVE Falcons...wish I had been able to score the one I tried getting my hands on years ago...Falcon Ranchero...SWEET!
Quote from: fdlrc on 2020-05-22 06:51
CobraJoe, what are looking at in #124?
Federal Telegraph Magnets for Cyclotron
" The cyclotron, invented by Ernest Lawrence in the 1930s, is a unique circular particle accelerator, which Lawrence himself referred to as a "proton merry-go-round." In reality, the cyclotron specialized in smashing atoms. Part of this atom-smashing process requires very large, very heavy magnets -- sometimes weighing up to 220 tons. In this photo, workers at the Federal Telegraph facility in Menlo Park, California, are smoothing two castings for 80-ton magnets for use in one of Lawrence's cyclotrons at the University of California, Berkeley. Lawrence passed away in 1958 -- and just 23 days later, the Regents of the University of California voted to rename two of the university's nuclear research sites: Lawrence Livermore and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories. | Photo courtesy of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. "https://www2.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/early-years.html
OK, I'm confused as to what type of magnet it used? Was it a wire wound or Alnico type?
Jim, I take it as it was an Alnico cast . that would be one huge magnetic power source. try to use your I phone next to it...hahaha....
Would you believe there are different magnetics? I have been and still am playing with electric guitar pickups and you wouldn't believe the difference. Again I am preaching to the choir. you probably know more about permanent magnets than I could ever read in books and guitar magazines..... BUT I used some Alnico Seymore Duncan Single coil P90 pickups on one of my vintage 1959 Czech Jolana guitars and she goes like crazy...love the old sound.
Since I'm a big fan of Volkswagons, I might take a little offense in your bug in the woods pic... :003:
this my '56 oval bug. I am the second owner. og paint og chrome og interior og engine. sold new 2 miles from my place. still here. :003:
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Nice VW! There guys, I said it, it's out in the open.
Quote from: djfordmanjack on 2020-05-22 15:51
Jim, I take it as it was an Alnico cast . that would be one huge magnetic power source. try to use your I phone next to it...hahaha....
Would you believe there are different magnetics? I have been and still am playing with electric guitar pickups and you wouldn't believe the difference. Again I am preaching to the choir. you probably know more about permanent magnets than I could ever read in books and guitar magazines..... BUT I used some Alnico Seymore Duncan Single coil P90 pickups on one of my vintage 1959 Czech Jolana guitars and she goes like crazy...love the old sound.
Since I'm a big fan of Volkswagons, I might take a little offense in your bug in the woods pic... :003:
This part of science I'm now expert on thats for sure. Largest Alnico I ever magnetized was 3" and that takes a ton of power. I can't even imagine doing one that size.
Love your bug, I always liked those turn signals. One of our morning coffee guys has a right hand drive one with the split back window.
Quote from: fdlrc on 2020-05-22 17:28
Nice VW! There guys, I said it, it's out in the open.
I would drive one today, with a mask on :003:
Very nice DJ!...
Staying with the VW theme...
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Bug story. Shipmates and I lived together while in school at Great Lakes. His bug was well used and ready for a nap. One day on the way into base we were following our friend in his new 69 Super Bee. As we got closer to the Bee the bug started picking up speed, so....being young and bullet proof....we urged our friend to go faster. Got that little ol bug up to 85 before my friend chickened out and backed off. Yup, lived to go to stupid land yet one more time!
Can't remember if I posted this before, but you are going to see it again.
My buddies coffee table is a thing of beauty.
Quote from: FiveSevenLiter on 2020-05-23 11:15
Can't remember if I posted this before, but you are going to see it again.
My buddies coffee table is a thing of beauty.
Now THAT...is art! Very nice!
Quote from: hiball3985 on 2020-05-22 07:34
A call to the exterminator worked well.
VW, aka 'Hitler's Revenge'.
Tom, I want to see that different. actually, at least something good came out of that. let's see how millions of people all over the world used that little car to tag along. I think that is ok.
G...wasn't the car in production prior to Hitler's days as ruler? Something rattles around my head about that history...
sorry Hugh, but no. the VW itself surely is of direct pedigree of Mr. H. there were several different pre-production projects from Mercedes, NSU, Porsche, Tatra, Mr Ganz aso. the idea had been to produce a simple peoples car, and affordable means of transportation. Like Henry provided with the Ts and As. It is interesting to view the era from that perspective. Mr Porsche came to visit the Rouge plant from '34 to '37. at that point there was no conflict whatsoever. AH used all of that for his propaganda. there are several good books on that topic. he did some of the original drawings and their organisation made the foundation for the KdF factory.
Please understand that I am in no way speaking for Mr Schickelgruber (AH) as he was a perverted idiot, killed millions of people and lead the whole world into war.
of all the bad things, good things come though. So I like to think of those little bugs making up. I don't say this with any political idea. I want to think of all those millions of aircooled bugs all around the world as being a good thing. Whether one likes them or not....still like Fords better though ! :003:
Quote from: djfordmanjack on 2020-05-23 14:20
Tom, I want to see that different. actually, at least something good came out of that. let's see how millions of people all over the world used that little car to tag along. I think that is ok.
Nothing personal, DJ. Anyone that has ever been stuck behind one of those old VW buses on a mountain road might see how I came up with that moniker. Just couldn't resist referring to V-Dubs as Hitler's Revenge. :003:
The 'ol man had a Bug in the early '60s that I drove fairly often as a teenager. Later I had one as a second car when I was still in the military. I put a little 'Hitler's Revenge' sticker on the dash. :002: Those Bugs were gutless but still ok.
Later bought one of those fastback types here. Type 3? All were used cars. I could hardly keep that damn type 3 running. Hated that thing. Seemed like it had one problem after another. Not having a heater fed by an by a liquid cooled engine was certainly a drawback on those air cooled V-Dubs too. Burr!
Much later I had a VW Rabbit for a while. With studded tires on only the front tires I had fun purposely spinning that one around in the snow. Boogie down the road, do a 360 or two, & without losing hardly any forward momentum keep right on going. :001:
haha Tom. yeah those cars are good for some winter fun for sure. firsthand experience here. :003:
The type 3 was ill fated. was thought of the better VW but never really caught on. sure sold lots of them but they were never close to as reliable or responsive as the og Type 1 (beetle). Man those buses are SLOW..... 30hp....wow ! looking good though.
today everything is different. it is very easy to build a 150hp motor from a 40hp case. they go like stink. they are lightweight. In Europe those bugs were like the A-V8s of the USA. everybody interested in old cars started tinkering around VWs in the 1970s/80s/90s. Also owned a sweet buggy, the og body was designed by customizer Dean Jeffries in the 1960s. A lot of todays influence on the Vw scene is coming from the US. starting in the mid 1960s with the California look, that caught on worldwide. nothing more like a big'n'little hot rod stance and wheel combo taken from the saltlake hot rods. So there is a lot of links between old Fords and Vws
btw, that gyrodyne hoovercraft that Joe posted, appears to be powered by a Porsche flat 4 engine !
Thanks for the info G... :006:
heres some pics of my Apal Jet VW ( Jeffries buggy). 1949 Shoebox Ford taillights and all... :003:
just kick me out of here if getting offensive.
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THAT had to hurt. I remember seeing shows or movies when I was still pretty young where guys did that. Made me wince even then. OUCH! :icon_scratch:
speaking of that had to hurt:
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In defense of the old bug I think they did what they were designed for very well. Does anyone remember the simple tow bars for the front bumper you could attach with just two pins? I always thought those were neat.
My sons friend builds bugs for racing 1/8 mile strips. I don't know what new technology they use but these things scream :burnout:
Back to our regular program
Quote from: djfordmanjack on 2020-05-23 15:51
haha Tom. yeah those cars are good for some winter fun for sure. firsthand experience here. :003:
The type 3 was ill fated. was thought of the better VW but never really caught on. sure sold lots of them but they were never close to as reliable or responsive as the og Type 1 (beetle). Man those buses are SLOW..... 30hp....wow ! looking good though.
today everything is different. it is very easy to build a 150hp motor from a 40hp case. they go like stink. they are lightweight. In Europe those bugs were like the A-V8s of the USA. everybody interested in old cars started tinkering around VWs in the 1970s/80s/90s. Also owned a sweet buggy, the og body was designed by customizer Dean Jeffries in the 1960s. A lot of todays influence on the Vw scene is coming from the US. starting in the mid 1960s with the California look, that caught on worldwide. nothing more like a big'n'little hot rod stance and wheel combo taken from the saltlake hot rods. So there is a lot of links between old Fords and Vws
btw, that gyrodyne hoovercraft that Joe posted, appears to be powered by a Porsche flat 4 engine !
My dad bought my mom a new '60 ( I think) VW bus. We had never seen one before. Mom HATED it. She drove it front first through the garage door, we always wondered if it was on purpose! Her next car was a '57 Fairlane 500 donated to her by her mom. It was my first car....
I had a friend who put a Corvair engine in his VW bus, BIG change!
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OH! Joe both of your most recent pics...gave me pangs of pain! YIKES!
Bruce and Steven Spielberg. Saw Jaws at the theater when it came out in 75', fantastic movie and probably turned a lot of people off from swimming in the ocean ever again.
:003:
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OOPs. Ruined his sunny Sunday afternoon drive. Hope he was okay. Gonna need a new car though.
Danny "on the gas" Ongais. He used to drive the Mickey Thompson Mach 1 funny car back in the late 60's. Talented driver for sure.
I taped that 1981 Indy 500 race. There was a close shot that followed the crashed Danny Ongais car as it slide along, burning fiercely, with Ongais' legs dangling out & bouncing along the pavement. You could see that one of his legs was severely broken since it twisted around & facing the wrong way.
Since Ongais was unconscious we didn't know if he was still alive. With the whole front of the car completely gone the impression you got was that he had indeed been killed. : (
All in all it was a horrific sight that has stuck with me ever since.
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Got a bit breezy one day...
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I wish we had these today.
Does this put the Klunk in, or take it out?
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Making excellent use of a ski lift! :005:
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I have a few pics of that side of the White House too. Is that a little Joe in the pic? :003:
Pablo Escobar and his son, Sebastian
Interesting...
Okay...not a picture...but...WOW!
https://selfreliancecentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Wanna-Ride-Shotgun.mp4
Goodyear does it again !
I am not sure if I want to keep the Silvertowns on my 57, now that I have seen this.... :003:
check the video guys, inflating a collapsable airplane....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXHa5Q5V-qE
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The dog is thinking..." as soon as this cage comes off my nose...SOMEONE is getting bit...making me jump off this plane!"
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Jack, Bobbie, and Ted. They represent two of the saddest days in my life. I didn't realize they were as close in age as they look in that pic.
Jack and Bobby were close...Teddy was a bit further. He was also the least important of the bunch...should have gone to prison for Kopechne incident.
:iamwithstupid:
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HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...I see an update on someone's profile pic...looks like the poor babe got into a fist fight! :001:
That guy on the bike...talk about strapping two tires to an engine and hanging on for dear life! YIKES!
How do you put a profile pic by your name.
Click "Profile" next to the "Home" button, then click "Forum Profile" then on "Personalized Pic" choose "Upload Avatar"
NOTE: If it doesn't upload after you save your profile, the picture is too big and you need to make it smaller
Quote from: 57chero on 2020-05-29 19:37
How do you put a profile pic by your name.
I did mine this way:
click on your own name...that will take you to your "profile page"
on the left you will see two boxes, the 2nd one say "Modify Profile"
Then you will in that box Account Settings and below that Forum Profile.
Click on Forum Profile and that will take you to a page that will allow you to up load a pic. Look toward the middle of the page and you will see a button that says "browse". When you click on that then you will be able to pick out a picture from your computer to stick up next to your name.
Bullet Proof
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Looks like laminated teller window glass!
Story...a guy pulled up to a drive-through teller in Lacey WA back in '73 /'74 in South Sound Center. Pulled a .38 revolver and pointed at the teller who was of course behind a glass window inside the building. He told her to empty her cash drawer into the bag he had placed inside the drawer she had extended. She told him no. He replied "If you don't I will shoot you". She said..."okay...shoot me then". He did...the bullet hit the window directly and ricocheted back...straight back into his left shoulder/upper chest area.
This of course was in the days before 911 service of fire department medic services. He drove off...about 50 yards or so before passing out. The cops arrived 3-5 minutes later, called the ambulance which arrived about 10 minutes after the call and he spent the rest of the day in St. Peter's and then off to jail.
Stupid is as Stupid does.
Quote from: CobraJoe on 2020-05-29 17:12
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Those look like Snortin Norton's.
Quote from: rmk57 on 2020-05-30 15:11
Those look like Snortin Norton's.
Supposedly: "
Double Triumph" Dual motor drag bike, 1960s"(https://i.imgur.com/ZzFhKlT.png)
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Logging in either the Olympics or the Cascades in the late 1800's or early 1900's? Looks familiar.
Quote from: mustang6984 on 2020-05-30 18:38
Logging in either the Olympics or the Cascades in the late 1800's or early 1900's? Looks familiar.
Redwood forest lumberjacks in Northwest California by Swedish photographer A.W. Ericson, late 19th century
This series of photos from the 1915-era capture lumberjacks working among the redwoods in Humboldt County, California, when tree logging was at its peak. The photos are part of the Humboldt State University Library Special Collections, a series of pictures from northwest California from the 1880s through the 1920s
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those last few pics are frankly speaking, pretty sad.
True, just a different point in time....
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Joe, are you an aviation enthusiast as well ??
Don't get me started.... :002: :003:
Those Mustangs are incredible planes!
2013, in front of Steve Hintons Planes of Fame Museum in Chino, CA.
Can you spot the 'I love Airplane Noise' sticker on the rear bumper....hahaha...good memories !
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Always loved the P-51's and second favorite is the F4U Corsair
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Mistaken identity on the Triumph... gettin older you know.
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Another beautiful looking aircraft....
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Around 1970 I took a picture of the Miss America P-51 (in the top right of the poster), in the early 80's I volunteered at the Abbotsford International Airshow.
Bud Granley took me up for a spin, at the time it was the world's fastest piston powered plane.
Unbelievable thrill. Power dives, hanging it on the prop, upside down.
So awesome !
In 2017 they broke the 500mph barrier at Reno. both Mustangs.
Louise (Skidoo P38) is also parked in Chino in a separate hangar. I need to dig out my pics.
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20 yrs ago I was able to groundcrew on our local (Red Bull) Corsair. The Flying pulls operate several warbirds, among them a P38 that was formerly known as the 'white Lightning' Air Racer and a B25 and a DC6. have seen all of them several times.
Ain't these awesome?!
Here they are flying over the Attersee (lake in Salzburg/Upper Austria). I've seen them in low level flight over another adjacent lake.
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like that. or EXACTLY like that. :003:
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Fond memories of going to California / Disneyland (in a brand new Galaxie 500) in 1964, in southern Oregon we were stopped for construction on the highway, a P-38 was buzzing around overhead while we waited. My father telling us stories about how great a plane it was.
Still playing with them.
Cool pics guys, but let us not forget the other side of the coin and those who flew and gave their lives in these magnificent machines...
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When we visited the planes of Fame in Chino in the early 90's they had a B-17 roped off and by donation you could go board with an WWII vet. I remember the old guy telling us exactly how many cranks on the handle it would take to lower the landing gear if the hydraulics were shot out. At around that time there was a cable tv show called Planes of Fame. Each episode Steve Hinton would "road test" a Mustang, Corsair, Thunderbolt and others. Very informative show for a novice like me on this stuff.
We try to make the Chino annual air show every year. My son flew in the B-17 a few years ago when it was on tour but that was at Burbank airport..
Really cool stuff, there are so few of those old timers left, it's a shame this generation won't ever get to hear those stories....
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About ten years ago I got a ride in the B17 "Liberty Belle" as it came through on fund raising tour. It was expensive, but I didn't mind (wife paid). We flew around for 50 minutes-taxi to landing. A year later when flying through northern Illinois it had a on-board fire and landed in a farm field. Unfortunately it was spring, and the field too muddy for fire trucks to get to it. It burnt down.
Now THAT is a chain saw for a man! LOL!!!
Sucks about the Liberty Bell...great planes!
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THAT is a low pass! YIKES! "Take of your cap boys...free haircut comin' yer way!"
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Wow, until you mentioned about a low pass, when I looked at the picture, I thought the boys were running to the airplane that was sitting on the beach. Only after looking again did I see it is only 5' off the ground.
Only trims the tops...no side trim! LOL!!
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"I only glanced away for a second..."
Quote from: CobraJoe on 2020-06-02 04:57
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I can only imagine the speed required to get that ship so far onto the rocks.
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Quote from: terry_208 on 2020-06-02 11:42
I can only imagine the speed required to get that ship so far onto the rocks.
Pretty sure it was grounded and then the tide went out.
or the aftermath of a hurrican-like storm that tossed it on the rocks.
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THAT ^^^ looks terrifying to even sit on...let alone ride. One slight move in the wrong direction and tat wheel could ruin one's day! :icon_geek:
From the Good Guys Show Puyallup WA 2019...
Nicely done :iamwithstupid:
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Oh there had to be some pain involved in the landing.
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The conv. from Puyallup that Hugh posted........anyone have any idea what the tailight lenses are? one off??
Quote from: RICH MUISE on 2020-06-05 20:32
The conv. from Puyallup that Hugh posted........anyone have any idea what the tailight lenses are? one off??
I wondered about those when I shot the car. Hung around for quite awhile looking for someone to come around, but never saw any one. I left a card in the car to asking if I could do a more in depth shoot, but never heard from the guy. Sorry.
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Quote from: mustang6984 on 2020-06-04 18:01
From the Good Guys Show Puyallup WA 2019...
Man that guy did a great job of using that steering wheel that somebody sells on eBay! BTW all of these are incredible pictures guys, thanks to all.
Is that where it came from? I wondered. I looked it over pretty good when I saw the car. Liked it. Wouldn't mind one like it for mine, just a different color. Not going to be driving my car with white gloves! LOL!!!
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Looks like a relatively young Wolfman Jack...
Yes, 1962 Wolfman Jack.
Robert Weston Smith was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1938. Smith was a big fan of radio when he was growing up and turned this love of radio into a career.
Smith started out in Virgina as"Daddy Jules" in 1960 before moving to Shreveport, Louisiana where he DJ'd under the name "Big Smith". In Shreveport, he eventually changed his on-air name to what he became more famously known for Wolfman Jack.
In 1962 Wolfman Jack took his act south of the border, working in Rosarito Beach for XERB-AM.
Here he was able to broadcast free of FCC regulations and do whatever he wanted. The station became known as the Mighty 1090 in California and is reported to be able to be heard at night all the way up in New York and parts of Canada. When the Wolfman was broadcasting from this station, it was rumored that where he was broadcasting was 10 minutes from the Tijuana-San Diego border. He eventually moved his show to Hollywood in 1967 and finished out his radio career in the United States.
Wolfman even starred in the movie American Graffiti which was directed by George Lucas (who went on to make the ultimate fanboy movie trilogy, then ruined it). Wolfman's broadcasts in the movie helped tie together the movie and the main character runs into Wolfman at an important scene in the movie.
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When the Wolfman would show up in public for band appearances and emceeing events he would be consistently different because he was unsure of how the Wolfman should appear. He would experiment with different hairstyles and facial hairstyles.
Wolfman Jack did his last radio broadcast on June 30, 1995 before retiring. He mentioned how he had never missed his wife so much and was excited to finally spend time with her. The next day he walked into his home, hugged his wife and had a heart attack. He died in her arms.
In 1996, Wolfman Jack was posthumously inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame.
The Wolfman will be forever remembered as one of the pioneers in radio.
I lived in S. Cal for 4 years...and in my car (the white '57 Courier) he WAS the radio! In 1989 I was driving up I-5 after visiting my mom and picking up my grandparents '68 Buick...listening to the Wolfman when the AM radio died...just after Wolfman finished a set in between songs. Last time i heard him as well.
I grew up in western South Dakota, and everyone listened to KOMA Oklahoma City, their air waves covered a lot of ground also. All of us loved the Wolf Man. Sure was a very enjoyable time to grow up. Lots different than today,
Boy howdy! I would HATE to be a kid today. So much we had available to enjoy...that they will never know, experience or appreciate. Sad...really sad!
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Really defines "test dummy"!
That and where one stands in the seniority ranks.
a brave man who feels he should stand in FRONT of his product!
What many people don't understand about bullet proof vests is that even though they keep the bullet from hitting you in a lethal way...broken or at least severely bruised ribs are likely...along with the potential for organ damage. Still hurts like hell!
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UH OH...gonna make a mess...
That's one airplane I'd have gladly jumped from!
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"I. SAID. GET. OFF!!!"
That had to be a very rough ride for the horse to not only throw the rider but also the saddle!
I can think of better ways to earn a living. Reminds me of a (bad) joke:
Why did the cowboy have a Dascshund (sp?) for a pet?
wait for it
All his life he heard "get a long little doggie, get a long....."
Those old cowboy songs gotta be a hundred years old. Another old one.....on my last Oklahoma trip, as I was crossing the Red River, the old "going back to the Red River Valley........" song popped in my head. Now I've got to find out exactly where they were singing about.
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Quote from: RICH MUISE on 2020-06-11 15:39
Another old one.....on my last Oklahoma trip, as I was crossing the Red River, the old "going back to the Red River Valley........" song popped in my head. Now I've got to find out exactly where they were singing about.
Here ya' go Rich...
Lyrics Red River Valley
From this valley they say you are leaving
We shall miss your bright eyes and sweet smile
For you take with you all of the sunshine
That has brightened our pathway a while
Then come sit by my side if you love me
Do not hasten to bid me adieu
Just remember the Red River Valley
And the cowboy that's loved you so true
For a long time, my darlin', I've waited
For the sweet words you never would say
Now at last all my fond hopes have vanished
For they say that you're going away
Then come sit by my side if you love me
Do not hasten to bid me adieu
Just remember the Red River Valley
And the cowboy that's loved you so true
*******************************************************
And the song by the one and only Marty Robbins. Best version my opinion.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=song+Red+River+Valley&view=detail&mid=B456476FF27CA48C194FB456476FF27CA48C194F&FORM=VIRE0&ru=%2fsearch%3fpc%3dCOSP%26ptag%3dD060920-N0460A21ABFDD9D88F4162B1F%26form%3dCONBDF%26conlogo%3dCT3332016%26q%3dsong%2520Red%2520River%2520Valley
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Quote from: RICH MUISE on 2020-06-11 15:39
"get a long little doggie, get a long....."
Those old cowboy songs
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys ! :003:
spelling is Dachshound I believe. A German/English crossbreed.
The lyrics posted are what lots of singers recorder, but it's not the lyrics I'm remembering part of. The only line I can remember is
"I'm going back to the Red River Valley" and I think something about that's where his heart longs to be. ??
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Quote from: RICH MUISE on 2020-06-12 19:01
The lyrics posted are what lots of singers recorder, but it's not the lyrics I'm remembering part of. The only line I can remember is
"I'm going back to the Red River Valley" and I think something about that's where his heart longs to be. ??
The ones I posted are the original lyrics. Some may have changed them...but that wasn't uncommon in the day. I have the original album in my collection...but you'll have to wait about 18 months before I can drag it out and play it. LOL!!!
You could be mixing up to different songs too.
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Hot rod heaven! :003:
Tuck n Roll
And PRAY!
My favorite album cover.......
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Was a horrible night when that thing burned. Hindenburg was the beginning f the end for dirigible travel.
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The original mobile home! LOL!!!
Didn't you post that one in the Ford pics a couple of years back? Sure looks familiar.
It's possible, I am getting old you know.....
Here's a replacement and a two-for:
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Remember...like my wife...you'll always be a youngster next to me! LOL!!!
I really like the pic of the bat. That is a very nice capture! I wish I had shot that pic!
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Now that there is really kool....and also somebody with a little too much time on their hands......
I would love to have something like that...but not sure I could bring myself to actually mow the lawn with it. That is a work of art! :001:
1951 lawnmower made by Indian Motorcycles.
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Nice! I bet they sold for a pretty penny too! But pretty stylish! :003:
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never ever ! Good try, Joe ! :003:
that is a late model engine and toogle switch that somebody stripped the plastics off. decent metalwork though !
Quote from: CobraJoe on 2020-06-15 14:33
1951 lawnmower made by Indian Motorcycles.
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Quote from: djfordmanjack on 2020-06-15 15:54
never ever ! Good try, Joe ! :003:
that is a late model engine and toogle switch that somebody stripped the plastics off. decent metalwork though !
No, the original is a Indian,the pic is someone copying one, sorry, I should have made that clearer.
LINK: https://boingboing.net/2017/04/06/hood-ornaments.html
And a recent flashlight and bench radio too. :003:
Actually, DJ, you are correct. I went back and looked at the pic and details I had saved, Indian, never did make a lawnmower. My bad. :bsflag:
They did own Ideal lawnmower Co. and they were made here at the Indian Plant in Springfield, MA., but they looked more like this:
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hah !....that 'thing' is even cooler than the other one. now I want one.... cutting the grass has been boring until today....:003:
Although that again looks like a Studebaker 'S' from Southbend IN. We will never know. :003:
Actually, this is my 1964 'Abner' 2 stroke, cast aluminium lawn mower. unfortunately never got to run it. Maybe I should. Fun trivia, it's parked right next to my 57 Del Rio ! :003:
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It has a German ROTAX 2 stroke engine, similar like they were used in Ski-Dooes and also for aviation.
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Going from lawn mowers to snowy weather conditions doesn't get more random than that.
Quote from: CobraJoe on 2020-06-16 05:07
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Being the kind soul that I am...I'd have been willing to help warm them up after that freezing shoot. VERY willing! :hello2:
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RE: #293...might sound cold hearted...but the bad news is he's still with the living. I can only imagine how long his sheet is...or how many times he has been in a state B & B...
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My Mustang as I bought it in 1977 and also my 750 Honda. Life was good at 20 years old.....
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Nice! :006:
Damn! A Boss 429 @ 20!
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"Let's see...dinner tonight...antelope or gazelle...or maybe just one of those annoying monkeys up in that tree...which is easiest to catch?" :001:
Jean Bugatti poses next to an Esders Roadster in 1932
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Man that car as some serious length! But what a sharp lookin' ride!
Bought this used at a Lincoln Mercury dealership 1976. Heavily optioned car but came with hubcaps / trim rings, go figure. My dad had to cosign, they werent letting a 18 year kid drive off the lot with a 3.91 Detroit locker Boss 302.
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My mom and dads 68 Ranchero, sisters 57 and my 70 SCJ .
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Those caps and rings (7"wide wheels) were std on Boss' and very popular back then. Lots of folks put the price of Magnums into real aluminum wheels after the sale.
Ron.
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Quote from: SkylinerRon on 2020-06-19 23:36
Those caps and rings (7"wide wheels) were std on Boss' and very popular back then. Lots of folks put the price of Magnums into real aluminum wheels after the sale.
Ron.
When I was looking for a set for my Ranchero I managed to buy the last pair of trim rings in Canada from a Ford dealer in Winnipeg. A little self wear and dusty, but original D0OZ. There very hard to find in half decent shape these days and pricey. The center cap was always easy to get.
Joe...that looks like one very nice piece? Not familiar with it. Looks like it might have age as well. what is it called and who made/makes it?
A beautifully crafted four-barreled combination "Vierling" gun. It has two 8 x 57R rifle barrels (roughly equivalent to the .30-06 Springfield cartridge), one .22 Hornet rifle barrel and a single 20-gauge shotgun barrel.
It's name "Vierling" which means "Quadruplet" in German.
.22 on the top, a pair of 8x57r, and a single 20 gauge. Just in case you see a rabbit, two antelope, and an angry lion. :003:
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That has to be an expensive gun. But would be nice to have one...especially where I will most likely be living. (we have money down on a place...cross yer fingers.) Targets could be rabbit, deer and a turkey! (The bird type turkey not the politician...although...) :005:
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DO NOT break wind near this bike!
I don't think his needle and seat is needle and seating.
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JOE!!! You bought the Batmobile? Cool! :003:
:003:
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abandoned gold mine Idaho Springs CO 1941
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OH MY! I bet that thing creaked! Imagine how long it took to build it!
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Catchin' 40 when and where ya' can!
Looks like they're catching more than 40.........down the elevator shaft the fast way?? wow
Sometimes I just can't help making a small donation.
Quote from: hiball3985 on 2020-06-24 07:59
Sometimes I just can't help making a small donation.
That is hilarious!
That is funny. A first I thought he was being sarcastic, then thought, no, he's grateful for her being gone. He's got a sense of humor.
Quote from: hiball3985 on 2020-06-24 07:59
Sometimes I just can't help making a small donation.
Had I married either one of the first two women I was engaged to...that could have easily been ME! True story! :006:
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Just realized....that was a chicken coup coupe
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Looks pretty neat. But I can't figure out what it is? Are they cutting the brick with some sort of large circular saw blade?
Steel wool photography
Featured snippet from the web
Steel Wool Photography is using long exposures to capture the motion of hot embers flying through the air through the act of spinning burning steel wool. These embers are so hot that they glow very brightly, and as they fly through the air the camera sensor captures the streaks of light created.
Quote from: RICH MUISE on 2020-06-23 23:44
Looks like they're catching more than 40.........down the elevator shaft the fast way?? wow
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Dead men can tell tales: When the New York Times wrote about elevator operator Robert Green, left, and Jacob Jagendorf, a building engineer, right, it reported that their bodies found lying at the bottom of an elevator shaft November 24, 1915, told the story of the pair's failed robbery attempt
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Thanks for the spinning spark clarification. Sounds like a neat pic to take.
Guess they were sleeping at the bottom of the shaft...just a lot more than 40 winks!
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Are any of us young enough to name this all-girl band from the 70's?
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Young enough...yes. But do I know? Nope...not a clue.
Joan Jett and the Runaways
I'm gonna go with The Runaways. Me thinks that is Joan Jett on the left.
Beat me to it!
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That's a great shot of the Empress of Britain. Sunk by U-boats in 1940.
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Stopping...might be a challenge at the end of the run there... :burnout:
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1950s !
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That Garlits picture was shot on an Essex class aircraft carrier, an A-7 on the cat! Don't remember which one. My first ship after boot and training was USS Intrepid CVA-11, a WWII, Korea and Nam player and now a museum in NYC.
Started going through an estate collection. I really get a kick out of these, Speed + Hate = The Masked Driver.
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Wow, Jeg's has been around for a long time.
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Hemming's had an interesting bit on those "snow cars".
I think I waste too much time :003:
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THAT...is some serious toothpicks!
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Back when experimentation was the norm. Front-to-back small blocks...
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Egads! The dreaded double post!
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? two groups of people standing and watching like they knew something was going to happen??
Guessing this is Vietnam era, possibly a Dehaviland DHC-4. From what I can find, the "KE" on the tail was used by the Advanced Training Unit-801.
Viet Nam War Photo UPI 1967 - Transport Plane Crash at Duc Pho, Quang Ngai Province
The War Years-Ha Phan, South Vietnam: Split seconds after a US Caribou transport plane had been hit by American artillery, UPI staff photographer Hiromichi Mine made this remarkable picture as the plane plummeted to earth at Ha Phan, 45 miles north of Duc Pho, August 3, 1967. The three crewmen were killed.
I NEED one of these...yes...NEED!!! :hello2:
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yeah but what is it exactly? Tiger suggesting a Sunbeam application making it a 260 ? interesting water pump setup. 4x 2V Webers...isn't that a lot of carburation for that little motor ?
Quote from: mustang6984 on 2020-07-05 18:48
I NEED one of these...yes...NEED!!! :hello2:
It's a cool coffee table...that is all.
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I can get you details on the Tiger engine if you want them. Belongs to a friend of mine that is a Tiger guy, has a 66 that has never been registered, along with lots of goodies.
:canada:
Terry
A work of art.
Quote from: CobraJoe on 2020-07-06 18:02
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"Slightly" less luxurious than a modern Peterbilt! Back when men were men!
Quote from: CobraJoe on 2020-07-07 14:38
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Hmmm,...don`t see any Greenpeacers or members of the Sierra Club chained to these trees.
Quote from: FiveSevenLiter on 2020-07-08 09:44
A work of art.
I shot mine in Branson MO at a car museum. Where did you find yours? Wish I had the green to buy one! LOL!!!
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Joe...that engine...looks a bit worse for the wear! OUCH!
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59 Meteor...yea...that was back in the day when people worked for a living instead of criticizing those who did.
Quote from: CobraJoe on 2020-07-08 05:12
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Well that's not the first Chevy engine that I've seen that happen to.
Terry can you give us some more info please ? 66 should be a 289 ?
obviously a SBF, but there is a lot going on, on this engine, starting with the manifold and dual water necks, those Webers with the slick fuel feed and all. I have never seen one closeup before. Very cool !
I always liked the Tigers. about 20 yrs ago there was one for sale locally, but I couldn't afford it.
Come to think of it, maybe I should give the owner a call tomorrow. Still can't afford it, but I know where it is... :003:
Quote from: FiveSevenLiter on 2020-07-08 09:38
I can get you details on the Tiger engine if you want them. Belongs to a friend of mine that is a Tiger guy, has a 66 that has never been registered, along with lots of goodies.
:canada:
Terry
Some of the '65 GT350's were Weber equipped also...
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i think those 289's w/Weber 48IDA's made a little over 300HP
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That had to be a tight fit putting that mill in there with the pipes in place.
It looks like the driver-side valve cover has had the clearance modification performed. Service bulletin: HAmmer.
Either a Dodge Daytona or Plymouth Superbird and a big ol Hemi.
The engine is a pile of parts I had sitting around the shop. the Weber's are date coded from the 65-66 era and the manifold was an over the counter item that would have been sold by Ford in the 60's. the block and head are original 271 HP hi-po heads from 64 early 5-bolt bellhousing stuff. the rest of the stuff water pump front cover, pulleys, headers, and bellhousing are all Tiger parts. oil pan is an Aviad part that came off a race car that grenaded and has a small hole in it. the crank I cut and only has the #1 and #2 main bearing holding it in. there are no Rods Pistons or Valves.
The Tiger history is attached.
Terry
:canada:
Nice piece Terry. I like it better than the one in the museum. Yours looks so much more complete.
Real cool, Terry ! thx for the info.
Here I have this late 65 produced 1966 Mustang 289, and really don't know what to do with it. I have a neat old Weiand 4bbl aluminium intake but all those Webers and neat dual waterneck manifold got me thinking.... oh well. How I would love to put that thing in an MGA. I have owned an MGB GT before and I just loved to throw that thing around the corners. Now. an A looks more classy 1950s and a SBF is more fun...hmmmm?!? :003: well, I'll probably ask the guy about the Tiger anyways. no time- no money. but what could go wrong anyways ....? :002:
When I was a kid, 17-18-early part of 19 yoa, there was a guy in San Diego who had an MGA (my dream car to own...never have...but...) who had a 260 Ford in it. He used to come into the gas station I worked at in Ocean beach. Oh how I lusted after that car!!! Heck...I STILL lust after it...though I haven't the slightest Idea if it is still around or not...since I haven't lived there 48+ years now, and only go back once every 5 years for a weekend or so.
BUILD IT!!! :003:
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ouch, thats gonna hurt !
was it this one Hugh ?
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Home brewed transmission wasn't happy.
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Quote from: djfordmanjack on 2020-07-10 03:26
ouch, thats gonna hurt !
was it this one Hugh ?
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Probably not. LOL!!! That pic is probably almost as old as I am. Seems to me that it was a brighter red than that...and all one color. And that pic isn't Ocean Beach either..at least not of the late 60's early 70's. I don't remember even seeing an A&W in the area. But I would certainly take the one in the pic!!! :003:
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Joe...I remember seeing those carts when I was a kid, and even later. Olympia WA still had a cart like that up into the early 90's. After I became a cop & times began to get a bit more uncivilized, I used to wonder how come no one ever knocked the cart pusher over and made off with the cart. Never did happen though. No longer around now. They use a parking meter scooter to collect the coins.
Amazing how much those things hold!
Quote from: mustang6984 on 2020-07-10 12:03
Probably not. LOL!!! That pic is probably almost as old as I am. Seems to me that it was a brighter red than that...and all one color. And that pic isn't Ocean Beach either..at least not of the late 60's early 70's. I don't remember even seeing an A&W in the area. But I would certainly take the one in the pic!!! :003:
A friend of mine and his dad put a 289 in an MG TD. Went for a ride, we had to hold the suicide doors closed, the frame twisted so much the doors would come unlatched. He later put the engine in a Morris Minor, took out the front seats to make room for the engine and trans. He drove it from the back seat! You couldn't see the driver a lot of the time.
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A picture of a '55 or '56 Chevy after the clutch explosion............
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UGH! I hate to think of what the driver looked like! That is ugly!!! :(
...and a Willy's Clutch Explosion too
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A LOT to be said for spillin' a few extra bucks out on the counter for a scatter shield or lining the tunnel with a tad bit more weight in the form of a thicker steel floor.
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OUCH!
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Oh that is so not gonna end well! Not going to have enough ground clearance for chute deployment...but too high to have a safe and painless landing. OUCH to the max!
He should be OK, the ejection seats are all zero/zero now. Many more injuries caused by the seat leaving the cockpit then hitting the ground. They do still have to unstrap after the chute opens.....
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NOT a job for those who are faint of heart!!! :icon_shaking2:
Went for a little drive today to my old stomping grounds as a teenager. It's a touristy little town called Deep Cove. The traffic is just insane trying to get around or even trying to find a place to park. I was thinking about the vehicle I would need to "encourage" site seers to move it along a little quicker and this would fit the bill perfectly.
1955 Peterbuilt 281.....
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That really looks like the tanker truck in Duel.
...Just looked it up, it is the one! 1971 movie.
That's the one! It just looks so menacing.
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People do such weird things... :102:
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Someone grab a buffer and some rubbing compound!!! :laughing7:
Tunnel rats...
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WOW! Heck of a pic! Wish I had taken that!
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ROTFLMAO!!!
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Sasha!! I know that dog!!
Yep! She just to a new truck today! AND a new place to call home. Signed papers today on the house, then picked up my '14 F-350! Let the moving begin!!! Cindy's last day is Aug 20th, I will be moving her out here on the 30th, and then start my multiple trip procession back and forth. Hope to be done and well ensconced into the new digs by end of October at the latest. :006:
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Them 17s and 24s kicked some ass over here. My grandparents, uncles, neighbors were here to tell the story. I live close to a train station that was strafed by 17s 24s, 38s and 47s. my house was built in '41. I personally know and talk to people who lived it
THIS side. I am still thankful for every single flight and providing freedom for Europe ! They were just different times. Some days I still can hear those P38s roaring past my house. actuall one. the Red Bull P38 ( former white lightning Reno Racer).
Except for every other year, when we have a total shutoff trains and business because they have to move another of those bombs, that didn't go off in 42-45. ..... 75 yrs later !!!
Quote from: CobraJoe on 2020-07-29 05:03
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Quote from: djfordmanjack on 2020-07-31 16:34
Them 17s and 24s kicked some ass over here. My grandparents, uncles, neighbors were here to tell the story. I live close to a train station that was strafed by 17s 24s, 38s and 47s. my house was built in '41. I personally know and talk to people who lived it THIS side. I am still thankful for every single flight and providing freedom for Europe ! They were just different times. Some days I still can hear those P38s roaring past my house. actuall one. the Red Bull P38 ( former white lightning Reno Racer).
Except for every other year, when we have a total shutoff trains and business because they have to move another of those bombs, that didn't go off in 42-45. ..... 75 yrs later !!!
Those are plastic models aren't they?
I don't think so Randy. The pic that Joe posted looks all real, and the P38 that I quoted has its homebase in Salzburg, only 200km from my place. they frequently are seen around this area. last time their big 4 engined DC6 was roaring by in all its glory. I didn't even see it at first, but could tell by the engine noise... :003: Unfortunately the Lufthansa Stiftung stopped the sightseeing Flights with the 1936 Junkers Ju 52 ( for safety reasons). that old girl was a frequent sight as well all over Europe for the past 30 years.
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JU 88 connecting rod I got from a friend.
The nose art on that B-17 looks like it's the old "909", which crashed last year.
DJ, I've got that same Ju-52 on my flight simulator. Amazing to think that there was a time when that was the "cutting edge" in aviation.
Wow that Ju88 rod is a mechanical work of art !
too bad about the 909....I believe the days of vintage airplanes still flying are limited. especially airliners. Lufthansa abandoned their Lockheed Superstar project and also grounded the D-AQUI after a fatal Ju 52 crash in Switzerland 2 yrs ago.
Yes Junkers was a pioneer in all metal planes. For all those interested in vintage aviation, you might want to watch this documentation film about the Ju 13, quite impressing story:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl-ux4CS2t8
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yours truly with the Bird Dog and Saab Draken, 26 yrs ago.
Quote from: fdlrc on 2020-08-01 08:08
JU 88 connecting rod I got from a friend.
Too cool. (http://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/animated/anim_33.gif) (http://www.mysmiley.net) Wonder why the split end caps, did the other rods interlock for some reason?
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You had a lot more head cover back then! :003:
That was a great video on the Ju 13! Thanks for sharing.
Imperial Airlines 1936.
Ah...the days before safety! LOL!!! Rough weather flying must have been a real "E-ticket" ride!
thats probably the interior of one of Imperials gross Handley Page bi planes.
I always thought they were interesting looking planes.
pretty sure the wicker chairs were both stylish and weight saving.
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Reminds me of a Caribou hunt I went on years ago in a De Havilland Otter...
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Just checking pulses here...making sure everyone is still alive. :003:
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I suspect that young lady could resuscitate a dead man simply by walking past his body...no matter how long he had last breathed...5 minute...5 hours...5 days...etc ago! :003:
I don't dream much any more, but after I look at some the young lady pictures you guys post I do have a wet dream or 2.
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Sidewinder-dragster
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Slick pic!!! I like that!
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HOT ride?!?!?!
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HHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...don't see the resemblance. a lot of changes since then! :003:
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Whew! Takes awhile to change the oil in that buggy! :triplets: :burnout:
Eyes up! My hand wont shake itself....
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Cobra Joe, in regard to your picture with the long tail, I don't see very well anymore. However after a carful study I can read "Joes Customs' on the nose of that beast. Take care, stay safe
Quote from: alvin stadel on 2020-08-07 20:34
Cobra Joe, in regard to your picture with the long tail, I don't see very well anymore. However after a carful study I can read "Joes Customs' on the nose of that beast. Take care, stay safe
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Quote from: CobraJoe on 2020-08-10 16:35
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Nice...uh...er...bathing suit...yea...that's it...nice bathing suit... :006:
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Great shot! Another I wish I could get.
Supper.....
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Now that I am back in the WA house...I have access to my PC...and all my pics. So...thought I'd share a few.
Another flathead...
One of the pics I shot of this car for a magazine...which went belly up before the article was posted. >:(
Summer version...
And the original shot two years earlier in winter...(all of these were shot by me over the last few years...)
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Eh...I would be eating that steak! :003:
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When you think about just how hard a golf ball is...that video really is amazing! Thanks Joe!
I think thats a kids rubber golf ball.
If i remember , it was a type of training ball, not a real golf ball.
This is a real golf ball:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=00I2uXDxbaE
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Even this one has a lot of "flattening out" to it. Thanks!
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That's got to be Kenny Roberts.
Yes sir!
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Harrison AR Crawdad Festival show...2018
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Too much dust...so it wasn't a hockey game...either early American football or a Rugby match? Perhaps some friends playing kill the man with the ball?
Hells Angles, or another motorcycle club in a bit of a dust up.
Not sure, couldn't find any info, but appears to be an "older" picture. Look at their shoes, possibly a foreign country?
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OUCH!
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does it have a clutch ????
some of those shoes in the other gang pic look like 1960s Chelsea boots. pretty common with beat generation guys in the early/mid 60s.
Usually Velvet Drive transmissions.
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WOW! Intricate! Very nice!
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Dive n Surf...brought a smile and a bunch of memories. Memories because that little map was the exact area I first landed in when I moved to Socal in the late 60's. The smile came from the location of the "old building" on that little map.
That's one tall dude working on chopping that coupe.
↑ No "Like" button, so I hit the "Applaud" button; now you only need one more to make an even 100. :002:
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"No "Like" button, so I hit the "Applaud" button; now you only need one more to make an even 100."
Fixed it!
Added one for you as well...for all the great pics you pass on to all of us! Thanks! :006:
Wow look at those chains and hooks ! afterburner testing on the blackbird must have been something....one of the most menacing yet elegant planes ever built. I believe it was Gene Winfields father in law, Kelly Johnson, in charge at Lockheed for the SR71 program as well.
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Just when you thought you've seen everything. That 4-cam Ford fits in their like it was made for it.
Coyote?
HEY! Where do ya' put the luggage? For that matter...where is the fuel tank?
Atta girl............
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Quote from: rmk57 on 2020-09-17 22:36
Atta girl............
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My kinda gal! :003:
Flathead...love 'em!
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Pinstriping by Big Daddy Roth
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He needed that bumper sticker...you know the one..."If You Can Read This...PLEASE Flip Me Over!" :003:
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LOL!!! Or car...specifically another '57 Ford! :003:
The effects of Hydrazine:
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I believe that one got used up.......
"Look Ma...no block!"
That Hydrazine is some serious $hit....
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I guess there is a reason they called it "liquid dynamite"
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YIKES!
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Pretty racy for the times. She was a doll! :006:
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Ah...preparing to rain hellfire down on someone!
Quote from: mustang6984 on 2020-09-26 18:19
Ah...preparing to rain hellfire down on someone!
Yes, and from the Tuskegee Airmen no less.
Complaint was low oil pressure.
One of my client/friends in Colorado Springs was one of the original Tuskegee airmen. He retired from the Air Force a full Colonel. Was a hell of a sculpture/artist. Use to be one of our "every other Friday night poker club" members. Now, if I could just remember his name. Very impressive dude.
LOW?!?!?! Looks like NO oil pressure to me old eyes! LOL!!!
I know this is not the time or place, but as I recall a couple of well placed 50's would sure take care of a lot of this riot carp that is over taking our country.
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Quote from: alvin stadel on 2020-09-26 20:14
I know this is not the time or place, but as I recall a couple of well placed 50's would sure take care of a lot of this riot carp that is over taking our country.
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Speaking of what is happening all over our country, the wife and I watched a documentary on Netflix last night called "Social Dilemma".
OMG, it is a terrifying to watch 90 minutes, but it's definitely something you shouldn't miss.
The film examines the various ways social media and social networking companies have manipulated human psychology to rewire the human brain and what it is doing to society in general. Through a series of interviews with high ranking Silicon Valley engineers who designed the technologies they now fear, along with discussions with various tech and psychology experts, it offers a rare eye-opening look at a world that so few of us really understand.
It goes on to explain how social media platform like Facebook and Google take advantage of their users to manipulate a desired outcome. Trust me, after you watch it, you will want to deactivate all your social media accounts. Without a doubt, this will probably be the most important documentary you watch this year.
Here is the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaaC57tcci0
I knew there was a reason I wasn't on Facebook....
"I know this is not the time or place,"
right time, wrong place. Sorry guys, as much as I'd like to discuss current events with guys I feel comfortable with, this is getting dangerously close to crossing the line of no political discussions. Let's move on.
One last thought...then I'll shut up..."social media"...is NOT all that sociable.
Quote from: RICH MUISE on 2020-09-27 09:06
"I know this is not the time or place,"
right time, wrong place. Sorry guys, as much as I'd like to discuss current events with guys I feel comfortable with, this is getting dangerously close to crossing the line of no political discussions. Let's move on.
Rich, if you watch the trailer, you will see that it is neither politics nor religion; it's the simple truth. I would classify it as news.
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I have to admit, I am a political junkie! I love the banter, keep myself informed so as not to sound like a partisan and enjoy the exchange. I do solidly believe there is nothing I have to say that will change to other persons mind and at the same time hope they are not so na?ve to think they could influence my fundamental beliefs. I do engage with only friends and family.
I am not on face book, tell folks I don't text, tweet or twerk! Every time one of my kids complains about a post or comments I just ask them what the heck do you expect? If your going to play in the sewer your going to have to put up with crap......
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OOPs!
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RECALL!!! :005:
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Years ago I would make a weekly run up through the Fraser Canyon to call on gas stations along the Trans-Canada Highway. One stop was at the Esso in Spuzzum. It was known for having the 'Welcome to Spuzzum' on one end of the property and 'Thanks for Visiting' on the other end. I would have my breakfast with Dick and his wife and take the stock order for the gas station. One week he gave me a book called "I listened and learned"- about Service Station Operation published by Chek Chart. From the illustrations and reference to gas rations I would think it was from the early 40's. In there it says to always send three people to the pump, one for gas, one for tires, one under the hood. I have always treasured it for the memories of stopping at Dick's Esso, but also enjoy re-reading it for the common sense lessons that have been forgotten by today's generation.
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"but also enjoy re-reading it for the common sense lessons that have been forgotten by today's generation."
I too miss the days when we seemed to have a LOT more common sense and less of the "me-me=me" world of today!
Looks like a neat book...would have been a fun one to read no doubt. I used to work the islands in my teens and early 20's. Some fond memories to this day of those places.
Agreed, we have become so far removed from what the real world was, and what made this country great. It is now a shell of what it once was.
Sadly, there is no longer a work ethic, pride in workmanship, and....oh crap, I think this is where Rich told me to get off my soap box and stay away from political....
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I put the chain saw away for a lunch break and found this tidbit -
** "I LISTENED AND LEARNED" – ABOUT SERVICE STATION OPERATION, A VERY-SCARCE BOOK BY BILL OLSON AND THE CHEK-CHART CORPORATION. BILL OLSON CONTINUES TO A OPERATE STATIONS AT A PROFIT, IN SPITE OF CHISELING AND PRICE CUTTING IN PEACE TIME, AND A MULTITUDE OF ANNOYANCES IN WAR TIME. THIS BOOK IS A RECORD OF HOW AND WHAT HE LEARNED. IT IS RECORDED FOR THE BENEFIT OF OTHERS WHO, LIKE BILL HIMSELF, KNOW HOW TO LEARNED BY LISTENING. . . BILL OLSON IS THE SON OF SLIM OLSON WHO STARTED SLIM OLSON'S SERVICE STATIONS IN UTAH IN 1938, NOW OWNED AND OPERATED BY DOUG AND KEITH OLSON.
Sounds like a good read. I would like to get a copy of that.
Yea Joe...we're gonna be in trouble again...
guys, this is not political and its a world wide problem. times have been a changing since Bob Dylan found about it. work ethics have changed so much. the problem is that there seems no need for work ethics, since there seems to be no 'work' anymore. it's all about selling and distributing, and where is the work ? I think I know. I am still busting my knuckles at least 8 hrs a day and I wouldn't want to trade that for any modern times social networking tools anytime. I love the internet for making new friends and discussing our hobby/passion of old vintage Fords, but you'll find me in the shop, tinkering and working on stuff. Joe, I'm pretty sure you know exactly what I mean.
well, common sense, golden rule.... whatever you call it.
I findit highly interesting that a service station attendent instruction book of the 1940s (?) would openly discuss this. That sounds very open minded, yet casual and - well- common sense ( in a positive way) !
a great read and terrific illustrations !
yeah, what DJ said. Discussing work ethics, pride in a job well done, lack of manufacturing skills, etc..is not political imho. I've talked about much of this myself here in the past, just avoiding the finger pointing. Carry on guys. :burnout:
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Joe? In your wild and crazy youth? :burnout:
You mean last weekend? :icon_super:
Could have been, but the glasses say "nope" :003:
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Awesome view of those flying wings! I've seen a few photos of individual planes flying but thought it was a one off prototype. Can't recall their name?
I read that they were very tricky to control and unstable with manual controls.
Joe...F-1 bombers? Inquiring minds (Lg and Me) want/need to know! :006:
Northrop YB-49 "flying wing" production line at the Northrop factory in Hawthorne, California 1948/1949
Thanx! :003:
You're welcome!
The original multi-tool; knife, gun & brass knuckles, all in one. :003:
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photographed in 1939 - Photo taken by the New York Police Department photo unit, New York City Municipal Archives
this is a great pic !
I was able to see the prototype (2 engine) 1942 wing in person in Chino in 2013. Unfortunataly it was lost with the pilot last year...very sad. impressive plane and rather small. looked like a dwarf compared to those other planes with huge radial front engines and full fuselage.
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Quote from: CobraJoe on 2020-10-08 05:14
Northrop YB-49 "flying wing" production line at the Northrop factory in Hawthorne, California 1948/1949
Didn't the Nazis have something like that except with jet engines?
yes both gliders and jet powered. the Horten Brothers designed those.
Flying wings are really pretty. The Northrop P9 was an incredibly nice one. it was much lower than a conventional plane, and when you walked bye, you pretty much looked at the section of the wing in eye height. also the tricycle landing gear put the airframe pretty much horizontal to the ground and so the wing looked extremely slim and small. It's painful to think about the plane having crashed and the pilot killed.
this is what I am talking about. Look at how low the wing stood in comparison to the biplane or the Curtiss XP42 fighter canopy and tail.
The N9M flying wing was one of the prettiest and most fascinating planes I ever witnessed in person.
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Looks like the cast from Hot Rods to Hell. One of my favorite cheeseball movies from the 60's.
Close....
Bikini Beach (1964): actors Frankie Avalon (left) and John Ashley (right) assist Culver City surfer girl and Beach Party actress Patti Chandler (center) out of a genuine Tommy Ivo drag racing car, watched by genuine California drag racers.
The guy on the right looked a lot like Duke, the driver of the Vette.
One nasty looking gun/knife/brawler tool...could hurt yourself with that! :003
Hey...who 'da studly lookin' dude next to the wing?
eye candy Joe...eye candy!!! :006:
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Alerted by the smell of a broken bottle of liquor, Federal Agents inspect a lumber truck Los Angeles, 1926
Very clever! Maybe during prohibition?
Wouldn't you think the locals might wonder why the truck was never unloaded,?
Definitely, Prohibition, the nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933
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Haha..gotta be a stunt. ? It is cloudy, but I suspect the parking lot was wet down.
The spectator must have been one brave dude...(or just thought he was invincible)...standing that close to an exploding truck. I'd thinking about debris flying around...as in my direction!
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Haha..gotta be a stunt. ? It is cloudy, but I suspect the parking lot was wet down.
"In the 1940's the Death Dodgers were known throughout the United States thanks to their motor shows. But what did they do? Basically to collide with cars at a time when there was not even a seat belt. These pilots risked their lives at every turn.
Putting the car on two wheels, crossing walls of fire or making vertigo jumps became the delights of spectators and the drivers themselves. On one side were the rules of circulation or what we know today as road safety. Jimmie Lynch and her Death Dodgers lived on the edge and were known for it. Madness, emotion, spectacle... call it what you want, but the truth is that these crazy steering wheel, specialists after all, became an icon of the time.
To give you an idea of how far Jimmie Lynch and his people could go, we leave you a photo gallery with some of his performances. But where you'll really find out what his shows consisted of is in this video of the time. The British Path production in 1940 exposes how chilling their performances were and leads us to wonder how they could survive each of these brutal clashes."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcZeg3kjMks&feature=emb_logo
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Well, I'm sure I'm not the only one here that's old enough to remember the milkman and the glass bottles. Don't remember ever having a milklady though.
Must have been a WWII delivery lady. I too remember milk delivery in bottles along with cottage cheese and if mom ordered it the previous stop, because she knew she would be home for the next delivery, ICE CREAM!!! :003:
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This is how our milk was delivered.....
That "T" had chains on front right and left rear......I don't imagine those skinny tires had much of a grip on icy roads.
Quote from: RICH MUISE on 2020-10-14 18:28
That "T" had chains on front right and left rear......I don't imagine those skinny tires had much of a grip on icy roads.
I noticed that too...and wondered if there was really a tractional advantage there...or did the chains on the left front get ripped off when he was broadsided and shoved up onto the sidewalk? Can't see the right rear...bet there were.
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I wonder that episode ended......
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That looks more dangerous than trying to cross I-5 in L.A. on foot at 5 p.m.!
"That looks more dangerous than trying to cross I-5 in L.A. on foot at 5 p.m.!"..................that's probably not to hard! If I remember the traffic was bumper to bumper stop and go
Yea...but those drivers don't stop...for anything. If there is room for you to cross...there's room for them to move...that's their attitude.
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Kinda looks like you would have to have landed and walked ashore in order to read that sign. By then...OOPs...too late!
Quote from: mustang6984 on 2020-10-21 10:20
Kinda looks like you would have to have landed and walked ashore in order to read that sign. By then...OOPs...too late!
"Gruinard Island is a small, oval-shaped Scottish island approximately 1 1⁄4 miles long by 5⁄8 mi wide, located in Gruinard Bay, about halfway between Gairloch and Ullapool. At its closest point to the mainland it is about 5⁄8 mile offshore. The island was dangerous for all mammals after experiments with the anthrax bacterium in 1942, until it was decontaminated in the late 20th century.
The island was mentioned by Dean Munro who travelled the area in the mid-16th century. He wrote that it was Clan MacKenzie territory, was "full of woods", (a striking comparison with its treelessness today) and that it was good for fostering thieves and rebels.
The population was recorded as six in 1881, but Gruinard has been uninhabited since the 1920's.
BEFORE THE RUSSIANS HAD EVEN laid the first brick for the Vozrozhdeniye Island bioweapons facility, the British were busy developing Anthrax as a weapon of World War II.
Begun in 1942, a highly virulent strain of Anthrax known as "Vollum 14578" was tested by filling ?bombs? with the deadly bacteria. Once detonated the bombs would burst and a cloud of brown deadly dust would drift down onto a flock of unsuspecting sheep. Though the army learned that they could indeed contaminate German cities so thoroughly as to make them uninhabitable for decades, in the process they made Gruinard itself uninhabitable for nearly five decades.
In the early 1980s, the island, which had been left contaminated with anthrax, became a public threat when a group calling themselves "Operation Dark Harvest" began sending soil from the island to government facilities across the U.K., demanding the island be cleaned. The soil was sufficiently contaminated with anthrax and viewed as genuine threats.
In 1986, the government began cleaning up Gruinard Island by spraying down the entire place with a solution of formaldehyde and seawater. As of 1990 the island was declared "safe" and, in 1997, the history of the project was declassified for the first time.
Since 2007, there has not been a case of anthrax from the test flock of sheep left on the island following decontamination. However, not everyone is convinced the island is safe. In the words of one skeptic, "it is a very resilient and deadly bacterium."(https://i.imgur.com/23ekSxh.jpg)
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For those interested, here is a video of the actual experiment; it picks up after 1:51:
The audio comes and goes, but supposedly was done purposely by the Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) Porton Down for security reasons. The DSTL is an executive agency of the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom.
Porton Down is a science park in Wiltshire, England, just northeast of the village of Porton, near Salisbury. It is home to two British government facilities: a site of the Ministry of Defense's Defense Science and Technology Laboratory ? known for over 100 years as one of the UK's most secretive and controversial military research facilities, occupying 7,000 acres and a site of Public Health England.
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Thanks Joe. Methinks you might have missed your calling in life...maybe should have been a world history professor. Appreciate the story and all the others you put up.
^Lol. :iamwithstupid:
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DAMN!Hit the brakes too hard again! >:(
Hey Joe, nearer to you and I we've got Plum Island.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plum_Island_Animal_Disease_Center
https://www.dhs.gov/publication/st-piadc-fact-sheet
:iamwithstupid: Ah yes, the ol' hoof and mouth factory.
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Funny LOL!!!
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final destination of the hot rod 100 I did a few weeks ago. Jerry's wrecker service in Guthrie, OK.
Very cool Rich! :004:
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1962 NHRA Winternationals Drag Race - Pomona
UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 20: 1962 NHRA Winternationals Drag Race. Gene Adams' AA/Dragster driven by Tom McEwen, in far lane, versus Mickey Thompson's dual inline blown aluminum Pontiac-powered dragster driven by Jack Chrisman in the near lane.
Joe, I'm trying to date a pic I have of a part I made for the space shuttle. Do you have any info on the date of the very first piggy back flight when they flew the Columbia (I think) from Ca to Fla. All I could find was info on when they started the regular scheduled lifts in the early 80's. It was a very tense moment in time, all eyes were on the do or die flight.
Edit...found some info. It was the enterprise, and it was 1977.
Sorry Rich, just got in from working at the shop and didn't see your post until now. Glad you were able to find it though. While we are on the subject....
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Ha, I knew if anyone had that info, it would be you, Joe. I found the '77, but not the exact date. Hard to believe it was almost 44 years ago, but then it was another life......
OK, I'm going to pat myself on the back here for a minute, because it involved probably my biggest lifetime achievement.
I got an award from North American Rockwell for a significant contribution to the space shuttle program for making the almost impossible happen. The award was a certificate signed by the original 2 astronauts and a medallion that was made from non-reusable parts taken from the first shuttle space flight and melted down. The reason, I can honestly say, was that I was personally responsible for making that flight happen on that date and not a year or more later involving hundreds if not thousands of layoffs at JPL, North American Rockwell, and even NASA. I was only 30 at the time, and now I'm going to be 74 in a month. I wanted somebody to know..running across that picture I mentioned got me thinking about "the old days".
Wow, that was a mouthful, but there's a looooonnnng story behind it.
Very cool Rich, would love to hear more about, I mean, if it's not classified.... :002:
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I'm going to try and condense this story as much as possible. You guys know I'm from Mass. I was an apprentice machinist when Nixon started closing down NASA operations in retribution for the state not carrying him. Machine shops were going out of business all over the state. I was driving taxi in Waltham to pay bills. My inlaws had moved to Socal, and told me there was tons of ads in the LA area for machinists, so we packed up and moved. I think late 1968. Found a good job at a tool and die shop my first day there. Fast forward a few years, we moved to Orange county and I ended up snowing my way into a prototype Bridgeport job at an 80 man privately owned shop in Newport Beach. Fast forwarding to 1976, I had worked my way up thru the ranks, moved into the office doing hiring, NC programming, estimating, and supervising the shop in general. We did work for Boeing, Ford Aerospace, Hughes helicopter, and had been trying to get on the Space Shuttle program for 5 years, but, aside from their own machine shop, they had a small list of approved machine shop vendors they did not want to expand. Our sales guy went in there once a month or so just to keep our name in their considerations. OK, that's the scenario until....... once again NASA, by way of North American Rockwell, became a big part of my life.
One Friday morning, the salesguy came into my office and said he was on his way to Rockwell. He said "I got a call this morning, they bluntly told me they were having a major problem, and if we were as good as we've been telling them, they needed me up there today". He said, this might be our big and maybe last chance. I said cool, I'm finally caught up here, so I'm taking a long weekend. I'll see ya Tuesday. He called later that day from LA, to tell me he was bringing bleprints. "The problem is," he said, "they need an answer Monday morning". Well, there went my weekend. Roger brought the roll of bluprint to my house. I asked how many parts were on that roll, he replied just one!! (4) 36"x8' foot blueprints.
I spent 22 hours that weekend studying, planning, and roughly estimating. This had to be a "gut feeling" estimate, I didn't have time for a complete breakdown.
Monday morning meeting. Me, the salesman, and the owner. The owner was amazed at the complexity of the part. "can we make it?" Yes! They need the part in 6 weeks, can we make that? yes, but there's a problem there. What did you estimate? Roughly 650 hours (yes, for one part). The owner said, no problem, we're running two shifts" I replied.cannot do, that part's too complicated. If more than one guy works on it, it'll get screwed up for sure, so there's the problem..... 650 hours over the next 6 weeks for one machinist. Who are we going to give the job to? Our top two mill machinists, Larry will make a perfect part, but we'll be 6 weeks late. Paul will make the due date, but we know he screws up 20% of the time, and he won't have time to remake it like he usually does.
Tom, the owner, told Roger to call it in, tell them we can do it. Are you sure? If we screw up, it'll be our last chance. call it in. Roger left to go call it in. I asked Tom who he thought we should give the job to. His reply......go dust off your toolbox!!
A flat bed truck arrived the next morning with two aluminum billets. He was followed by a van with two source inspectors whose job over the next 6 weeks was to, #1 not let the billets out of their sight as long as the shop was open, and #2 to approve us as an approved supplier.
The billets were approx 8" thick x 26" x 34", and were to be entirely machined on a Bridgeport!!. We had N/Cs, but early day N/Cs had too many bugs, and programing/testing times would have eaten up the 6 weeks. Almost nothing for canned cycles, so most machining would have been point to point calculations.
NO PRESSURE.........The forged billets took a full year to produce. pouring at foundry, x-ray, forging,x-ray, special heat treat 7075-T851, x ray, artificially age, x ray.........you get the picture. Rockwell had 6 billets made, Their top 2 shops both screwed it up twice. That left only 2 billets and the reason why if they didn't get a good part, the program would go into at least a year delay. Their own shop in LA said they couldn't make it.
I was told at the outset if I needed anything that wasn't happening fast enough, I had the full resources of Rockwell at my disposal, and if they needed to, they could go past the pentagon and NASA right to the top.
5 weeks and 550 hours later, they had a perfect part. When the source inspector called in the final inspection report to his boss, his boss put the phone over the loudspeaker and asked him to repeat what he just said. We could here the clapping and cheering from where we were 5 feet away.
That's one of my feel good, yes, pat myself on the back stories, sorry it got so winded.
BTW, the Enterprise was not one of the full bblown space shuttles. It was for atmospheric testing only, never got the engines, ceramic coating, etc etc that the ones that were actually launched into space got. Later I'll post a pic of that part I talked about in progress.
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Seriously, looking forward to seeing this part. That had to make you feel good pulling that off, especially under the gun and everyone else phucked it up. Hopefully, you had it priced it for the amount of time and pressure.
priced right....yeah, my gut feeling quote was as meant to be.........on the high side. I knocked almost 100 hours off the quoted hours. BUT the big thing.....getting on their approved list kept a half dozen journeymen busy working overtime for 3-4 years on some of the best machining parts you could imagine. Funny thing, I never saw blueprints to quote that part again for the fleet. We figured they must have redesigned for the 6 spaceships being such a problematic part.
Here's the only pic I have. The part was titled Hinge/latch. It was for the main cabin doors (top side of shuttle body) that opened over the cargo bay.
The part had to be roughed out to this stage and sent out once again for x-rays. None of the final surfaces/cavities/pockets/bores have been machined. That "claw" shaped end got a cavity machined. For size perspective, that's a 8' inspection granite, and the height gauge behind it was 24" with an overall height of about 30". Note the two round bosses on either side of the claw. Those bosses were done on the Bridgeport, I can't even remember how I did it, I suspect a reverse use of a boring head. The part was too long to do them on a rotary table. That claw's cavity was done with a 1/2 x 8" "side cutting cutter blade".
Sheeeet....been so long I can't even remember terms for some of the stuff.
Dang Rich...sorta makes you an American icon!
That is a great story, thanks for taking the time to share it!
Rich, that is such an awesome story, and the real reason that makes the country great. the people that are willing to take a challenge, ANY challenge and make it work! As an engineer, and builders we all here can relate to your story and how all of us, sometimes, have to give it all to solve a problem. great stuff, thanx for sharing!
Joe, that color pic of the shuttle on top of the 747 is just , WOW !
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There has to be a good story with that train wreck.
I would be willing to bet more than one guy that day wished he had stayed in bed that morning! Major OOPs! :-[ :( >:(
Quote from: alvin stadel on 2020-11-02 20:30
There has to be a good story with that train wreck.
Not much info:
Title: Train wreck. Maine 1926 (Possibly at S.D. Warren Paper Co., Westbrook, Maine)
Creator/Contributor: Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967 (photographer)
Date created: 1926
Physical description: 1 negative : glass, black & white ; 4 x 5 in.
Genre: Glass negatives
Subjects: Railroad accidents
Notes: Title and date from information provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve.
Collection: Leslie Jones Collection
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Copyright - Leslie Jones.
Preferred citation: Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.
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those WWII color slides of the girls working on airplanes are insane. remember this was 80 yrs ago and the color makes it look like yesterday. appears as if the pretty lady is working on some kind of hydraulic landing gear component. It is disgusting to think about the stupid war but still amazing what people did achieve this and that side. Look at how pretty that magnesium ( or cast alloy) part is ! Or maybe it's just stupid me....
also the photography is something else ! :004:
G...Yep...spot on...on all accounts. :006:
I agree Guenther, 100
Info:
Doing Her Part: 1942
October 1942. Inglewood, California. Young woman employee of North American Aviation working over the landing gear mechanism of a P-51 fighter plane. 4-5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer
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Super pics Joe! Thanks!!! :003:
WOW !
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evil who?
Models of double decker buses he's jumping? Thought they were 2 x 4's when I first looked. cool pics as usual, Joe. Thanks
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The picture that I wanted to post is in a different computer, and the website I post them into is copy protected (right-click disabled) but here is the appropriate link...
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Rear of a shot up Wellington Bomber?
Quote from: rmk57 on 2020-11-11 09:59
Rear of a shot up Wellington Bomber?
Rear turret of Short Stirling I heavy bomber BF517 of 75 Squadron riddled with holes after being attacked by a night fighter near Duisberg - 27th April 1943
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At least five hits (maybe a lot more) from explosive shells with heavy fragmentation. Probably 37 or 40MM. Poor SOB probably never knew what hit him as the attack came in from the starboard quarter then slid in to the "6" and hosed him with 12.7MM . Rudder left. Rudder right and hold the trigger down. Lucky they got that one home. The Nacht Jager must have been low on ammo"
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The picture that I wanted to post is in a different computer, and the website I post them into is copy protected (right-click disabled) but here is the appropriate link...
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"Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you, the 8.8 cm Flak gun. This German anti-aircraft gun was a absolute monster on the battlefield. It packed a hard hitting 88 mm shell, and featured a semi-automatic breech.
During the early years of the Second World War, the German military primarily used the 88 gun in an anti-aircraft gun, but it's role was soon multi-purposed. It's design was special in regards to it's base, which enabled the gun to be fired horizontally, turning it into an artillery piece.
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This proved to deadly. The 88 shell ripped through not only aircraft, but tanks too. The 88 gun launched it's shell towards tanks, ripping through it's frontal armor with violent speed and velocity, destroying even the toughest tanks the Allies had to offer.
For example, when the Germans launched Operation Barbarossa in 1941, they encountered the KV-1 heavy tank. This was the heaviest tank the Soviets had, with 90mm of frontal armor.
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t proved to be deadly and effective. The 88 gun easily penetrated the KV-1's frontal armor.
The 88 gun also excelled in it's role as an anti-aircraft gun. For the entire war, the most dangerous job in the military was flying a bombing raid over Germany. While the Allies bombed the Germans day and night, 88 guns responded with deadly efficiency. At it's peak, around 30% of Allied bombers were downed during combat. an estimated 160,000 Allied airmen, primarily from the U.K and America, lost their lives in combat.
When the Germans realized how effective the 88 gun was against both tanks and planes, they slapped it on a tank and created one of the deadliest tanks of the Second World War.
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The Tiger Tank series, considered one of the most well engineered tanks of World War 2, carried an 88 gun on it's body. Whenever Allied tanks encountered a Tiger, they had significant trouble penetrating it's armor. An whenever a Tiger turned it's gun on an Allied tank, it was over. Few Allied tanks carried the armor thick enough to sustain a hit from an 88 gun."
Yikes...how did you snag that pic? They are supposed to be safe from pilfering...
Yea....those 88's had a nasty reputation. The father of a buddy of mine was in the German theater of WWII and he spoke of those guns with both respect and fear.
The Tiger was a formidable weapon! It did have a soft spot, it's rear end. The saving grace of the Sherman was it was much faster and maneuverable and able to get off the "kill shot" right up the Tigers a$$!
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Anyone need a haircut..? YIKES!
There is a story behind that picture:
Feeding Polar Bears From A Tank, 1950
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The soldiers would feed the polar bears with condensed milk tins. People would open such a tin with a tin-opener and then gave the can to the bear who licked all the milk from tin and then feed her little bears with it. Those blue and white tins of condensed milk were the winter dessert staple of every Soviet kid. The condensed milk (called in Russian: sgushchennoye moloko) had indeterminately long shelf life and there was always plenty of it. It was a common dessert in the army too. It isn't surprised to see it given away to bears, because unlike some stuff that was rationed the condensed milk in USSR was available in unlimited amounts.
Giving a kiss to the bear cub.
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Photo taken during a routine military expedition in Chukchi Peninsula, Soviet Union. It isn't sure if the Chukchi Peninsula has more people or white bears. The climate is very severe and sometimes weather can be so fierce in winter that the temperature falls 40C degrees below zero (it is the same by Fahrenheit, -40F) so that poor white bears and their cubs start starving and freezing. The soldiers, who served on the Army District of Chukchi Peninsula, didn't turn their backs on the poor and starving animals and started to feed them every now and then. Of course you do not have such big amounts of meat at home to feed several white bears. And soldiers decided to feed the bears up with what they had in abundance - tins, or to be more exact, condensed milk.
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The tracked vehicle you see on the photo is a GT-SM GAZ-34036, fully amphibious. This vehicle was widely employed by the Soviet Military. It was an over-snow vehicle designed for a variety of roles, but primarily as a general cargo/troop carrier and light artillery/heavy mortar tractor. The GT-S is also capable of traversing shallow swamp areas. The layout is conventional, with an engine compartment at the front, a cab behind that, and the cargo/troop section behind the cab. Towing capacity of the GT-S is 2 tons.
A group of Soviet soldiers feeding a polar bear.
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What ? How ? Never ever ! :003:
Nice try !
DJ, we know it?s not real, but it was posted to spark interest and hopefully a response, which it did. 👍
The picture definitely is a photoshop: The flight deck of a Nimitz class carrier is around 252 feet wide, the wingspan of a B-52 is about 185 feet. There would be 67 feet to spare on the deck and the picture shows it completely spanning the deck
As an aside, the shots of a C-130 landing/taking off from a carrier you?ll see online are true. In 1963, a Navy test pilot, Lt James Flatley, III , the son of another very famous Naval Aviator of the same name, used a USMC KC-130 to prove the feasibility of operation off of carriers. 29 touch and goes, 21 full stop landings and takeoffs later they found out that a ?130 with a some very minor mods could carry 25K pounds 2,500NM operating off of ?The Boat?. Even though it was deemed possible, the Navy felt that it was a bit too risky to be a routine op. So, the Navy went to a smaller COD (Carrier On-Board Delivery aircraft). The future of COD is the CMV-22 (?C? for COD) which is the Navy variant (MV-22) with longer legs, better comms, etc. The current COD is the Northrop-Grumman C-2 which is expected to fly until the mid-2020?s.
I cannot access my Imgur account as I do not know my password, but I will have the picture when I get home
The C-130 being used as a cargo delivery vehicle trials were during the transition from C-1A to the C-2. Both of those were derivatives of radar intercept planes. The C-1 affectionately know as a "Willy Fud" had a fixed dome and a limited radar range. The plane also had limited communication capabilities and did not fit into the Navy's new at that time NTDS combat system. The C-2 know as the "Hummer" had a rotating radar dome, much more powerful radar and unlimited space for communications equipment and operators. It acted in a long range intercept function for years. The last transport aircraft the Navy was using was a modified S-2. They were submarine hunters with a large storage capability in their converted torpedo bays, that and they were extremely long range capable.
All that information was/is very old. To give an idea of how old.....I was the conning officer aboard USS America when the first ever touch and goes, traps and launches were conducted for the F-18 prior to it being approved for further testing. We had hundreds of engineers from Patuxent River on board with tons of test equipment. The whole operation was unique, the 18s control surfaces flopped around compared to those of currently deployed aircraft. Not sure why, but we on the bridge found it quit entertaining watching them cycle controls prior to launch.
cool info !
Yes Joe, I have seen the C-130 deck operation in a great video on youtube before....also our local air force uses 2 of them and I can frequently see them flying over my house. ( airport is just a few miles form my place) I can hear her coming, before even visible. those huge props make a very distinguished sound. no other plane around like that. awesome aircraft !
We knew from the start that the B52 was photoshopped, but in reality I believe they have several strong auxiliary rocket (?) units for take off. I don't know if or how an empty 52 would compete in a STOL contest. Lots of power in that big old girl !
Had the privilege to see a B-52 fly over three weeks ago, and this week a Stealth bomber. I didn't realize there are only 9 Stealth bombers in our fleet that are in-service. The other 12 are grounded for various reasons.
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In this May 30, 1964, file photo, a burning tire, left, flies toward spectators after a gasoline tank explosion resulting from a crash on the fourth turn in the second lap of the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Ind. Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald died in the crash. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty, File)
"INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Rich MacDonald was just a kid, trying to find his dad's race number on the big screen through the flames and black mushroom clouds choking the track.
Only 6 years old, MacDonald, his grandfather and uncle had gone to the LA Sports Arena to watch the 1964 Indianapolis 500 live on closed-circuit television. Just two laps into the race, there was a fiery wreck and it was clear something had gone horribly wrong at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Rich MacDonald still remembers trying to find out if his father, American road racing champion Dave MacDonald, was in the wreckage.
I really didn't get it. There was lots of fire, lots of smoke," MacDonald said. "I remember seeing little clues. I knew my father's number was 83. And 83 was up there. My grandfather grabbed my uncle and me out of the stadium and into the lobby area. I knew at that point there was a problem."
MacDonald would die later that afternoon and driver Eddie Sachs also was killed, a grisly reminder that the race has always been a life-and-death business.
Yes, the Indy 500 is "The Greatest Spectacle In Racing," and Mario and Dario and milk and balloons have built an event steeped in festive tradition as it prepares to celebrate its centennial this weekend. But the race is also marked by tragedy. Just 12 laps into the inaugural race in 1911, mechanic Sam Dickson became the first to die and he certainly wasn't the last.
Drivers, mechanics, fans, even a little boy standing across the street from the track long ago ' all are part of the 500's saddest chapter, painful memories of just how dangerous racing on the bricks and asphalt has been over the years.
At least 66 people have died because of auto racing since 1909 at the site, including 40 drivers, 14 mechanics and nine spectators. The 1930s was by far the deadliest decade with 21 deaths, while the '50s and '60s each saw eight people perish.
Back in '64, Dave MacDonald had lost control of his car and slammed into the inside wall. His car exploded into a fireball and slid back onto the track. Sachs hit MacDonald's car head-on, and he was killed instantly, the track engulfed in so much fire and black clouds that it looked at IMS like a small town had burned down.
Nearly 2,000 miles away, Rich MacDonald tried to flip on a TV and watch the rest of the Indy 500 that would be won by A.J. Foyt. More than 50 friends and relatives had gathered at the family home in El Monte, California, many trying to give comfort to Rich and a younger sister.
"At 6 years old, you don't really comprehend your dad is dead," he said. "All I knew was they kept talking about dad on TV. I remember distinctly trying to turn the race back on and people would turn it back on and usher me out of there."
MacDonald's mother, Sherry, was at the track that day. Afterward, she withdrew from the racing community and could not imagine the idea of visiting the track again until this year.
Rich MacDonald and Sherry; Sachs' son, Eddie III, and Angela Savage, daughter of Swede Savage, the last driver to die in the race (1973), will all travel to the speedway this week and hope to pose for a group photo on the track. Angela Savage was born three months after her father died.
MacDonald said the group hopes to walk on the famed track and find a spot to honor their fathers and do it with a smile.
"We all had a loved one that was killed here, but it's not going to define our lives," Rich MacDonald said.
Now 78, Sherry MacDonald will make the trip for the first time after her son was invited to attend by a friend from the Gordon Pipers, a Scottish-inspired parade unit.
"After all these years, she can talk about it more," MacDonald said. "This is the final step where she will be able to deal with it."
The somber reality is that carnage on race day was once fairly common. And drivers are far from the only victims.
Consider the random cruelty of the race in the case of 12-year-old Wilbur Brink. He was killed while he played in his front yard on Georgetown Road when a tire sailed high over the fence and came bouncing across the street during the 1931 race after it came off the car of defending 500 champion Billy Arnold during a wreck. Brink is buried in Indianapolis at Crown Hill Cemetery, where the four founders of the Indy 500 are buried, along with other Indy 500 winners, drivers, mechanics and car owners.
Tragedy struck the 44th edition in 1960 in the stands, when a privately owned scaffold collapsed, killing two people and injuring at least 82. The last fan death came in 1987, when 41-year-old Lyle Kurtenbach was struck by a flying wheel from Tony Bettenhausen's car. Kurtenbach's widow filed a $9 million wrongful death lawsuit in federal court, later reaching an undisclosed settlement.
Savage was the last race-day fatality when his car slammed into an inside wall and exploded in flames. He died 33 days later. No driver has been killed in May at the speedway since pole-winner Scott Brayton in a fatal crash testing a backup car in 1996.
"It reminds you this is a very serious business we're involved in," said John Menard, owner of Brayton's car, back in '96. "Scotty had a perfect race car, a perfect day, and a perfect track, and yet it reached out and bit him."
Advancements in technology are credited with saving lives, with just four deaths at the speedway since 1982. After the MacDonald-Sachs crash, cars were fueled with less volatile methanol starting in 1965.
"It's considerably safer than it was 40 years, 30, even less," track historian Donald Donaldson said. "It's nothing to do with the skill of the drivers. It's all about the equipment, the safety."
The threat of a driver death still looms in an open-wheel race. Dan Wheldon, a two-time Indy 500 champion, was killed in a 2011 race in Las Vegas and driver Justin Wilson died from injuries suffered when he was struck by debris in a race last season at Pocono. His brother, Stefan Wilson, will race the Indy 500 in his honor.
"It used to be considered the death-defying or dare-devilish event," 2004 Indy 500 winner Buddy Rice said. "We've seen in the past you can still get hurt. But it's not what it used to be. With all the safety stuff, it's made it great and way safer and better for everybody, but it's also lost some of the edge that wasn't there."
Sid Collins, the voice of the Indianapolis 500 credited with coining the "The Greatest Spectacle In Racing" nickname, summed up the life-vs.-death dilemma in an on-air eulogy for MacDonald and Sachs all those years ago.
"Some men try to conquer life in a number of ways," he said. "Race drivers are courageous men who try to conquer life and death and they calculate their risks. And with talking with them over the years, I think we know their inner thoughts in regards to racing. They take it as a part of living."
Nice piece of history Joe...thanks.
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I have no clue what that is flying thru the air.
Cowl over the rails where the driver's feet are. Somewhere in one of the two pic threads I have a posting of a shot of Jerry Ruth's car with him in it...and a separate shot of his cowl with his name on it. You can see the screws holding it in place. If we weren't in pic hell right now I'd post it again.
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I have no clue what that is flying thru the air.
Here ya go Rich...
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I have no clue what that is flying thru the air.
A supercharger.
Back in the early 80's I was at S.I.R. for the Fallnationals and Shirley Muldowney popped a blower like that. We were up against the fence about 100 feet or so from the starting line. It popped off and went a 10 feet in the air then started tumbling, made it over the guardrail and was moving towards us at a good clip. I never saw people run so fast, including me. It stopped on the grass just over the return road. I'll never forget that. Today they have Kevlar restraints to prevent run away blowers.
Ah...looking closer I see the pulley assembly on the front...that's what it is alright!
Priority payload :003:
Ah...thinking outside "the box" as it were! love it! :003:
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Arnold....
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Arnold....
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I can see that, you two guys almost look alike....must be something in the water. :080: :040:
So true Joe !
Actually the water is even stronger on my side of the hill. That's why Arnie had to move abroad... :003:
Now THAT'S FUNNY!!!
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I like the poster about minding one's own business Joe...too bad it is not as much of a talent as it used to be...
Here is the Concorde coming in over our house.
Abbotsford Airshow 1986
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Ugly angle! Coming in to Vancouver or heading down to Seattle? At that height I'll assume Vancouver City.
Coming in to Abbotsford for the Abbotsford International Airshow. Was in the top three shows in the world back then.
Still going before Covid19 but not as big.
Here are a couple more from the patio.
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Nice shot of the Blue Angel jet!
It is a very loud three day show. The Blue Angels traditionally get SHI* for flying too low.
This guy's show smoke drifted into the house.
The Snowbirds, USAF Thunderbirds, French, Italian and Chilean Air Force have all performed.
I volunteered for years and one year I went up with Bud Granley in the Miss America P-51 for a few loops, I can say I have been in a 400 mph Mustang.
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I have a bad attitude about people who whine bout show planes from our military's (Canadian and American) "flying to low" or "making too much noise" when they come to town for shows. Do these morons not realize that were it not for the strong Canadian and American armed forces that this part of the globe would have long ago been as prone to suffering attacks as other parts of the globe? Jerks!
That must have been a blast to go up in that plane! What a grand memory to have! I'd love to do that as well. Never got up to B.C. for the shows...was always on my list of things to do..."next year"...but well...didn't happen.
Seems most of my time in B.C. was spent at Softball City in White Rock as I was coaching 18-u girls Fastpitch in the mid-to late 80's.
Perhaps when my Courier is done I'll make it a point to head that way on one of my trips across the land and go see the show. I told my youngest he may well inherit that Courier...but it'll need a new motor. He pointed out I am putting a new one it this time around, and I told him that yes...I am...but I plan to drive it...a lot...and wear out that new motor! LOL!!! :burnout: :003:
Having lived near or on various military installations we call that "The sound of freedom"....
So true !!!
As a small neutral country we also have to defend our own air space. I clearly remember in 1991 when the Yugoslavian war started in Slovenia and I was at my parents house just a few miles from the border and witnessed a MIG intruding Austrian Airspace, with just seconds behind, our own jets chasing and forcing him away. As I was on a hill, they were at eye level and so close that I was easily able to make out the silhouette of the MIG 21. Our own jets were just turning pretty much over our heads and intercepting the intruding jet. I will never forget that feeling in my life, hearing our own jet engines. It also made me join our Air Force a few years later.
Today I am glad to have made many friends in several of those former Yugoslav countries.
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Having lived near or on various military installations we call that "The sound of freedom"....
Seems these days we live among a LOT of deaf people...
Years ago I was on a motorcycle trip in the southwest riding a 2 lane blacktop early in the morning when a jet flew right over me about 50ft over my head ( distance gets lower as I get older). Never heard him coming but I sure heard him going over. After I got my wits back I thought it was pretty cool.
Oh hiway 12 heading east off of I-5 in Washington one will come across a couple of lakes, Mayfield and Riffe. We used to fish at Riffe regularly and the dam there is pretty tall well over 800 feet from the river down below.
We used to sit alongside the dam at the parking area alongside 12 and fish. All of a sudden with no advance warning a group of Navy jets would hop the dam and take off across the lake. They would be so low they would pull water off the top of the lake at times, depending on whether it was summer and the lake was full or winter. When they were about 300 yards away from us...the sound would catch up. My buddy and I thought it was pretty slick...ans for what ever reason would make the silver salmon in the lake all excited, and they'd start hitting anything in the water...so that was good too! :003:
This was back in the mid to late 90's. Then all of a sudden it stopped. We found out later that while Riffe lake has no homes on it, Mayfield which is below Riffe and does have homes was also getting jumped even though it was a smaller dam. And people down there whined and btched...so the Naval brass put a halt to it. It was sure fun to watch though...raw power at it's finest!
Yup, nothing like watching an F-14 make a Mach 1 pass and then stand on it's tail and fly straight up until it can no longer be made out. The Navy seams to have stopped doing that, it was a huge moral booster on those extended deployments!
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For a temporary trestle...that looks insanely solid! Plus of course it becomes product as they work it down. Innovation...love it! :003:
Here are a couple I took on the north end of Vancouver Island.
V12 Detroit with Allison Automatics
Check the guy under the load.
The bunk behind the exhaust was a water tank to cool the brakes.
Those are some serious loads. Much bigger than any I have ever seen down in WA state. Nice shot of the one coming around the bend. Was that on the east side of north island or the west?
West side, drove into Fair Harbour and then water taxi up to the camp.
V12 Detroit, cool stuff, two 6-71's or 6V92's bolted together.
I had a pair of 6V92 DDEC's in my Blackfin. :003:
I loved the V16 92 series, 2,755 ft. lbs. of torque and 1460 hp, 2 blowers, 2 turbos...
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West side, drove into Fair Harbour and then water taxi up to the camp.
Great pics. Thanks for the share!
Joe...a LOT of torque there...never seen a set in person...one of these days...
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Okay...there is a story there... :sad10:
Is that the one that broke in half and one half continued to sail?
Right in my backyard:
NANTUCKET, Mass., (July 2000)--The two halves of the SS Argo Merchant swirl in a sea of foam before being sucked under. The tanker broke into two pieces Dec. 21, 1976, after running aground six days earlier on its way to Salem, Mass., with a load of 7.3 million gallons of heavy industrial fuel oil. The 644-foot, 18, 743-ton Liberian-flagged tanker ran aground Dec. 15 in international waters 28 miles southeast of Nantucket Island, causing a major spill. Helicopters from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., lifted the 38 crewmembers to safety Dec. 15 and 16. Photo courtesy of Coast Guard Historian.
I remember that. Heck of an ugly mess. And during the Bi-Centennial year too. :-[ Although by then I suppose most of the festivities for that were done with.
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Not exactly on topic but this morning I went to the WWII Museum in New Orleans to escort a pile driver being trucked of of an expansion project on site. (I drive a pilot truck for a friend as a part time gig to make '57 parts bucks.) I have been through the Museum once before and it is truly incredible. It takes more than a day to see and it attracts international visitors. It is well worth a trip to see it and worth a bucket list notation especially if you ever get close.
Nice lalessi1 , that's the beauty of this thread, there is no topic., but, know you are going to have to post a "Random Picture" of said museum. :003:
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Boston Molasses Disaster Flood of 1919
Here is a link... I was waiting outside and looking at the pavers on the sidewalk, name of soldiers, sailors and airmen with notes from their families, I couldn't look too long because it was so emotional for me.
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It has been added on in large form since these these pics were taken. The full size bronze statues outside (Roosevelt on a bench, Anne Frank looking you in the eye, and a prebombing run briefing scene with airmen being comforted by departed comrades) and are incredible in there own right.
Your posts of bombers in distress of late were very compelling. Thank you.
very interesting Linn. Most of these guys are gone now and are taking thier stories with them, if only I could set down with my dad for a 1 on1 just one more time. Take care Alvin
B-17 Bomber extreme damage
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Thank you for the info Lynn. I had never before heard about that Museum (shame on me). It looks very interesting. the 'airborn' ( suspended) planes are breathtaking ! Also pretty 'modern' layout with taking the visitor into the scene. like the stairways into the Wehrmacht picture...Horrible and fascinating all the same.
If we ever get to fly over the pond again, Big Easy would als be very appealing place to visit. All that music....
I believe there was also an underground facility like this near Wiener Neustadt/Austria ( then Deutsches Reich). There is a surviving fully intact Heinkel 162 (second Luftwaffe jet ever) in the Planes of fame Museum in Chino/Cal !
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German HE-162 secret underground factory WWII
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Quote from: djfordmanjack on 2021-01-01 09:02
I believe there was also an underground facility like this near Wiener Neustadt/Austria ( then Deutsches Reich). There is a surviving fully intact Heinkel 162 (second Luftwaffe jet ever) in the Planes of fame Museum in Chino/Cal !
"Partly completed Heinkel He-162 fighter jets sit on the assembly line in the underground Junkers factory at Tarthun, Germany, in early April 1945. The huge underground galleries, in a former salt mine, were discovered by the 1st U.S. Army during their advance on Magdeburg. This factory was capable of producing 40-50 He 162s per month."
106-year old Armenian woman protecting her home with an AK-47, 1990.
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I apologize in advance if this picture offends anyone, but the detail and clarity amazes me; from the BAR to the un-tossed grenade.
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Love this...
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Looks like a Monet in that coal (?) mine. I wonder where it is now.
That pic: " American soldiers are pictured discovering one of Hildebrandt Gurlitt's enormous art stash during the war. Although they suspected him of dealing in Nazi art, they let him go"
In 1945, the American military seized 20 boxes of art from Gurlitt in Aschbach, according to documents located in the U.S. National Archives in Washington.
Gurlitt had worked closely with the Nazi regime in the 1930s to sell art it considered 'degenerate' to fill its war coffers.
American investigators at the time expressed doubts about Gurlitt's claims to the works, but they eventually decided that in most cases he was the rightful owner.
So on December 15, 1950, the U.S. returned 206 items to him: 115 paintings, 19 drawings and 72 'various other objects'.
At least three of the artworks documented by the Americans have now resurfaced, found hidden in the Munich apartment of Gurlitt's son, 80-year-old Cornelius Gurlitt, during a tax evasion probe that German prosecutors announced earlier this week.
The three paintings that the Americans returned to Cornelius' father in 1950 and which have turned up in the Munich trove are Max Liebermann's Two Riders On The Beach; Otto Dix's self-portrait and an allegorical painting by Marc Chagall.
Also found in the son's apartment were paintings, drawings, engravings, woodcuts and prints by Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Oskar Kokoschka, and leading German artists Dix, Liebermann and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.
Prosecutors gave few further details about the overall collection. Still, they said they found evidence that at least one item in the Munich apartment - a Henri Matisse painting of a sitting woman - was stolen by the Nazis from a French bank in 1942.
Christoph Zuschlag, an art historian at the University of Koblenz, said the American documents indicated U.S. investigators suspected right after the war that Gurlitt may have been in possession of looted art.
When U.S. investigators questioned Hildebrand in 1945 about the origin of his collection, he told them that he had taken the art with him to Aschbach when he and his family fled Dresden after the city was devastated by Allied bombing in February 1945.
'All pictures I brought with me... are the personal property of my family or myself,' Gurlitt told the American interrogators, according to the U.S. documents, first reported by the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper of Munich.
But he said it would be hard for him to prove his ownership of the collection, because all his records and correspondence were 'destroyed in Dresden'.
One U.S. investigator at the time noted inconsistencies in Gurlitt's claims to various paintings, while another said he 'gave an impression of extreme nervousness and of offering only a minimum of information'.
Marc Masurovsky, an expert on Nazi-era art transactions and co-founder of the Holocaust Art Restitution Project in Washington, said it is likely that Cold War-era investigators questioning a West German who had re-established himself in society probably just took the easy route.
'The political atmosphere was: We're just going to go back to work again and not ask lots of uncomfortable questions,' he said.
Masurovsky, who independently also found the National Archives documents and posted them on the Internet, said they raise more questions than they answer.
'The returned objects are 10 percent of the load' found in Munich, he said in a telephone interview.
'Where did the other 90 per cent come from? Did Gurlitt have several stashes of art? How many works did he already sell off?'
Zuschlag said if German authorities published a full list of the find at the apartment, then experts could determine more quickly whether Gurlitt was the rightful owner.
'As a historian, I have to say pictures and information about all the art has to be published online immediately,' he said.
'A whole team of experts should work on this discovery and try to answer all the remaining open questions.'
German prosecutors who are pursuing the tax case against Cornelius Gurlitt - whose whereabouts are currently unknown - said this week they had 'concrete evidence' the artworks found in his apartment included both 'degenerate art' seized from German museums and other works that may have been taken from individuals.
Museums, galleries and the heirs to those individuals, likely Jewish collectors forced to give up or sell their art at rock-bottom prices, could now have claims.
The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, which administers restitution claims from victims of Nazi crimes, said the quickest and most efficient way to clear up any doubts would be for prosecutors to release a complete list.
Spokeswoman Hillary Kessler-Godin said the Claims Conference already has an online database of 20,000 looted objects based on the Nazis' own records that is searchable by owner, artist and other keywords.
She said that could be easily used to determine if there are any claims on the Gurlitt collection.
'Our experts believe that a number of the works found in Munich could be in this database,' Kessler-Godin said in an email.
'Keeping the list a secret hinders the process of expeditious restitution.'
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Control: Hitler only liked classical art and held exhibitions of modern 'dissident' pieces to show German people what not to like. Many of those paintings that appeared in those shows have been found in Gurlitt's collection
That last pic is....hideous, to say the least. not the photo itself, but the content. It makes me furious. Since we are not talking politics here and we don't want to throw words at certain people, I'll leave it at that.
That pic above, Joe, of those riders in the red rocks.
I am pretty sure this is the Erzberg Rodeo, less than 100 miles from my place. it is basically an extended hillclimb in an open pit iron mine. they have been cutting down a mountain summit for centuries for the ore. it is the largest iron ore mine in Austria and I believe THE or one of the largest open iron pits in the world.
Look at that huge pile of rust ! :003:
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I have an open pit mine about 100 miles from me, borax. They have a great visitors center and a good sense of humor. As you drive up the road the have crazy speed limit signs like 23.5 mph, 17.1 etc. :003:
Thanks for the info on the art, Joe, and the tie-in to Gurlitt. I remember reading about that a few years back.
Those open pits are beautiful in their own way.
Copper Mountain mine in Princeton, B.C., about a 3 hour drive from Vancouver. I've heard it was just re-opened.
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Lornex / Highland Valley near Logan Lake, largest open pit mine in Canada, and one of the largest in the world.
Spud Huestis who staked it lived up the road two miles from here, nice guy.
https://www.mininghalloffame.ca/h-h-spud-huestis
Great pics of the Canadian open pits, guys !
Quote from: rmk57 on 2021-01-13 14:46
Copper Mountain mine in Princeton, B.C., about a 3 hour drive from Vancouver. I've heard it was just re-opened.
Isn't it interesting that they are reopening what they deemed unworthy 10 or 20 yrs ago ?
Same here with our iron ore pit. In the 80s and 90s they were slowly shutting it down because imported steel was cheaper, but with newly found interest in future technology, they couldn't get it reopened quick enough.
I am sure it's the same or even bigger with your Canadian mines, but the ore trucks are just giants. the tires are taller than a person. when you see those trucks in the pit, they look like little bugs or ants. thats how tall those steps in the pit are.
check out this monster
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Here is your monster's big brother.
Sitting in Sparwood, British Columbia.
Was the largest truck in the world. 1 of 1.
Terry
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woohoo ! Awesome !
That's what we call a performance radiator ! :003:
Glad to see people are taking an interest in this thread. :hello2:
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Perks :003:
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Sulzer Forging a large crankshaft
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Pratt & Whitney R-4360 perhaps the largest & most powerful aero-piston engine ever built
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more tooth picks
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I'd have to say the platform is well grounded.
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I hate yotes
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Quote from: CobraJoe on 2021-01-19 15:33
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I hate yotes
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Yep a 223 or 25-06 would solve that problem.
Quote from: Fairlane62 on 2021-01-20 10:36
Yep a 223 or 25-06 would solve that problem.
I thought the same thing.
Trust me boys, I've taken my share with a shotgun, 17HMR, .270 Win and a bow; still hate the little phucks. I have a pic on one of my trail cams with a bitch and 12 pups; too many in my book...
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They are a problem indeed, but down here we have the additional problem of wild hogs as well.
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Quote from: CobraJoe on 2021-01-20 16:12
Trust me boys, I've taken my share with a shotgun, 17HMR, .270 Win and a bow; still hate the little phucks. I have a pic on one of my trail cams with a bitch and 12 pups; too many in my book...
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I've heard the more you shoot to remove them the more they breed, so they can perpetuate their species. Makes sense I guess.
Our largest park in Vancouver, Stanley Park has had coyotes nipping at people, I guess wanting food because tourists keep feeding them. Parks board culled about half a dozen of them but
like I said they just keep on making more. Like rats I don't think they could ever be eradicated and I dont think they ever should be.
Some studies say yes, others say no; but what is the alternative, to do nothing? These things walk down the center line of the street here, they are bold and indiscriminate killers. They have taken neighbors calves, pigs, sheep, dogs and cats.
That said, I keep the hides if they are good and have mounted one.
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Joe it's really none of my business, but the one that you mounted did she set still or move around a lot.
Here is a load coming out of Winter Harbour, B.C. There was a sign posted that read NO LOAD HEIGHTS OVER 32 FEET.
They had right of way, if you saw them, you drive as far as you can in the ditch. They will send help back for you.
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Quote from: alvin stadel on 2021-01-23 09:51
Joe it's really none of my business, but the one that you mounted did she set still or move around a lot.
She squirmed a little.... :003:
Well folks say that cockroaches will survive anything, but I can imagine at the end of the world, a coyote laying under a tree eating the last cockroach.
Quote from: Fairlane62 on 2021-01-24 01:18
Well folks say that cockroaches will survive anything, but I can imagine at the end of the world, a coyote laying under a tree eating the last cockroach.
I think we will be eating the last coyote and the cockroach will win :003:
On my lease....
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sorry for the blurry pic. from my faults.
yours Truly, with a WWII P51 auxiliary fuel (belly) tank. found at actual battle site in Austrian woods. 1994.
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I see belly tank racer.....
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Quote from: CobraJoe on 2021-01-26 05:05
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That just looks like a bad situation, no real roll bar and hands on the hoop.
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Stuntman "Frankony" performs an aerial somersault at the Dyrehavsbakken, or Bakken ("The Hill"), amusement park in Denmark.
Allmans May,1971 Skidmore College
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Joe you need to listen to this.....such a great recording with mixing of genres, is this Rock, is it Blues is it Soul. Don't know, totally awesome it is !
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Duane Allman & Aretha Franklin The Weight
That is a great version of hat song. She took it and made it her own for sure. I still like the original by the Band though, reminds of the movie Easy Rider.
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BRM Formula 1 engine
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Quote from: CobraJoe on 2021-01-31 06:57
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That looks like "Galloping Gertie". The bridge across the Tacoma narrows. Poor design caused it to collapse in high winds shortly after opening. Am I correct Joe?
Yes sir, "The original Tacoma Narrows Bridge opened on July 1, 1940. The original bridge received its nickname "Galloping Gertie" because of the vertical movement of the deck observed by construction workers during windy conditions. The bridge became known for its pitching deck, and collapsed into Puget Sound the morning of November 7, 1940, under high wind conditions. Engineering issues, as well as the United States' involvement in World War II, postponed plans to replace the bridge for several years; the replacement bridge was opened on October 14, 1950."
Jumbo on specially constructed flatcar Pope N. M.
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I'll bet that aircraft flew home with one heck of a yaw!
Crowded ship bringing American troops back to New York harbor after V-E Day, 1945, Pre Covid-19, obviously....
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If you are interested in photo on #796 google Trinity Site, Jumbo is still there, surviving the first atomic bomb and later attempt to destroy Jumbo.
As confidence in the plutonium bomb design grew it was decided not to use Jumbo. Instead, it was placed in a steel tower about 800 yards from ground zero.
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The blast destroyed the tower, but Jumbo survived intact.
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North African Invasion
November 1942 The incomplete French battleship Jean Bart at Casablanca, Morocco on 16 November 1942, showing damage from 16-inch shells and 1000-pound bombs inflicted in action with U.S. Navy forces on 8 November. The large hole and upended deck structure by her hangar appears to have been caused by a bomb. Note the anti-torpedo barrier off Jean Bart's port side and the 1500-tonne destroyer (Identification code T23) in the distance off her bow. Photographed by USS Chenango (ACV-28). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
The USS Massachusetts then engaged Jean Bart and at 07:25, scored a hit that penetrated both of the French ship's armor decks and exploded in the empty magazines for the missing 152 mm guns. Another salvo landed close to Jean Bart's bow at 07:35 and deformed the hull plating. Another shell struck the quay a minute later, hurling fragments of concrete that injured anti-aircraft gunners and caused additional flooding. At 07:37, another 406 mm shell hit the ship, passing through the funnel and striking the edge of the armor deck. Another shell struck the edge of the quay, punched the outer plating, and was deflected down by the armor belt. It then passed through the bottom of the hull, burying itself in the sea floor, where it failed to explode. At 08:06, another salvo struck the ship with a pair of shells. The first struck the operational main battery turret, pushing the front glacis down and jamming the turret, and the second hit the superfiring barbette. This shell broke up on impact, but fragments nevertheless damaged the armor deck. One more shell from Massachusetts struck the ship at 08:10 on the quarterdeck, where it penetrated the sloped armor deck and exploded in the ballast compartment, causing additional flooding in the steering compartment
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OK...I'll make my ignorance of history known by asking............Why was the USS Massachusetts engaging the french warship? Was it under German control?
Jean Bart was laid down in 1936 and was launched in 1940, following the outbreak of World War II in Europe. The ship was not complete by the time Germany won the Battle of France, and Jean Bart was rushed to Casablanca to escape advancing German troops. She had only one of her main turrets installed, along with a handful of anti-aircraft guns.
While in Casablanca, the French attempted to prepare the ship for action as much as was possible in light of limited infrastructure and the necessary parts to complete the vessel. Her anti-aircraft armament was slowly strengthened as guns became available and a search radar was fitted in 1942. In November, American and British forces invaded French North Africa in Operation Torch; Jean Bart initially helped to resist the attack, engaging in a gunnery duel with the battleship USS Massachusetts before being badly damaged by American dive bombers. Following the defection of French forces in the region to the Allied side, the French attempted to have the ship completed in the United States, but the requests came to nothing as the US Navy had no interest in the project. Jean Bart was accordingly repaired as much as possible in Casablanca, thereafter spending the rest of the war as a training ship there.
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The vw in post 809 must have been hit by a strassenbahn. I know it didn't have enough speed on it's own to do that damage!
Haha...that could very well be the truth. I hope that the driver walked away. That said, from my own experience, these buses are mere tin cans made completely from very thin stamped sheetmetal, they do not have a solid frame nor much protection in the body either. on the other hand they are very light and durable (in normal use) and carry their own weight in payload. Definitely an interesting and pretty piece of automotive history and very unsafe and cheaply cobbled together as well.
I may have posted this before but my dad bought my mom a VW van in 1960, (he thought it was practical). She hated it and she drove it straight into a closed garage door. Here mother gave her the '57 Fairline 500 to drive that she bought knew... the rest is history!
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Quote from: CobraJoe on 2021-03-01 15:00
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I get a kick out of the spindly tubing holding up the rear wing compared to what a modern top fuel car needs these days. It's not going to end well when it comes back down.
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Joe, why do they put scrap metal heaps on those stands and it appears they are trying to make transmissions out of used oil barrels , no ? :002:
Except for the obvious Hydramatic trans, what are those engines? Pontiac or maybe Studebaker ?
looking like siamesed center exhaust ports like on the 331 Cad, but not sure about those valve covers.
they look like Cadillac engines to me.
Interesting. I thought the pressed speedlines and lettering in the valve covers would be more visible. the one sin the pic look very flat and smooth, like made for a decal.
Cadillac's Clark Street Assembly Plant; production of engines for the 1959 Cadillac.
Quote from: djfordmanjack on 2021-03-05 10:03
Interesting. I thought the pressed speedlines and lettering in the valve covers would be more visible. the one sin the pic look very flat and smooth, like made for a decal.
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Now I can see it in the closeup, Joe. Thx! also the fuel pump on top and typical Cad humpside heads with the siamesed center exhaust port.
I had a 331 out of a 1955 Convertible about 20 yrs ago, but it was frozen and I sold it on to a friend of mine. come to think of it, I can't remember what I did with the Hydra, But I remember having an extremely hard time getting it off the engine, because the crank couldn't be rotated. Somehow I managed to pull it all apart and even get the crank out with most of the pistons frozen.
Another day at the old hand grenade factory....
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Trick-shot champion Bob Geesey, a cop in York, Pennsylvania, blasts a pipe from his wife's mouth during a demonstration of his shooting skill in 1948
I'm out!
I guess that's one way to end a marriage.
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".....but it says right here in the manual that the one on the left is the direct line to the repair shop"
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Just wondering
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Quote from: dgasman on 2021-03-10 21:31
Just wondering
I don't care who you are....that there is funny!
Joe, is that a picture of the famous "puff the dragon"?
Quote from: terry_208 on 2021-03-11 10:58
Joe, is that a picture of the famous "puff the dragon"?
Yes it is...
Hell from above! Puff the Magic Dragon, Douglas AC-47 "Spooky" gunship (aka "Puff the Magic Dragon") Vietnam era development of the long serving DC-3/Dakota/C-47 etc.
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they were obviously able to save it! :001:
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Soviet Plane-spotters around 1917
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Cobra Joe, #854 is right on. To bad we can't get a copy of this to every house hold in the U.S. it might wake a few of these knotheads up.
Agreed!
Couldn't agree more!
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I remember those when the carnival came to town.
Whats with all the high water pants?
I wonder how often they have to hose it out?
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That reminds me of a fellow ruining a 58 impala. He rebuilt the motor and screwed up the clutch/flywheel. When things let go at high rpms pieces came through the floor and broke his leg. Other pieces cut the brake line. What a mess. Of course, this was back in the day.
I had a pressure plate explode at 7200 rpm in a small block 67 Cougar race car in 1970. It tore several of the bell housing bolt holes out of the block and tore up the headers, and pieces of the pressure plate came through the floor next to my foot. Made me a believer in scatter shields after that.
James
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Hope he had enough altitude to get full canopy.
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That is the USS Coral Sea, one of three Midway class carriers built. Midway and Franklin D. Roosevelt being the other two. Production of that class stopped when a new "super carrier" was proposed and designed. It was scrapped before the keel was laid. The Forrestall class became the basis for all new carriers.
Very interesting, how many planes does a carrier like this carry?
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Quote from: alvin stadel on 2021-05-04 08:49
Very interesting, how many planes does a carrier like this carry?
Generally there are between 70 and 90 aircraft on board. Again generally, each aircraft brings 15 personnel with it along with 1 & 1/2 pilots per plane. The actual count of fighters, bombers, tankers, EW and ASW aircraft varies with mission for that deployment. The crew total for the "super" carriers runs in the 5000 to 5500 when the air wing is on board. The Essex class, the Midway class and the Forestall class were all smaller then today's carriers so plane load out was smaller.
Thanks for the info, I have never been around or seen any carriers like these except in pictures.
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Wish I had one when I was a kid
What's the story/that "thing" on 878?
I'm pretty sure we're looking at Snow Cruiser in 878
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Snow_Cruiser
The Y-Block oil galley of arctic expeditions.
Neat read. Thanks
I need one.
Went to a car show yesterday (as a spectator, too hot to spend the day). I saw this trailer and honestly, my first thought was "man, these A#%%#@!@s are giving new meaning to the phrase "trailer queen". then I saw the info posters/signs and realized it's where it should be and appreciated the risks involved bringing it to a show. This car was bought indirectly from Babe Ruth's widow. The guy that owns it bought it from a NY dealer who did buy it from Mrs Ruth a short time after Babe's death. The middle man only had it for a few weeks.
Is he thinking Y-Block, FE, or crate engine??
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(I believe they're the only vehicle that doesn't get dinged in judging for a substitute engine.)
Seriously, a great find. Thanks for the pic.
Quote from: RICH MUISE on 2021-06-20 09:45
Went to a car show yesterday (as a spectator, too hot to spend the day). I saw this trailer and honestly, my first thought was "man, these A#%%#@!@s are giving new meaning to the phrase "trailer queen". then I saw the info posters/signs and realized it's where it should be and appreciated the risks involved bringing it to a show. This car was bought indirectly from Babe Ruth's widow. The guy that owns it bought it from a NY dealer who did by it from Mrs Ruth a short time after Babe's death.
I wonder if there are any pictures of Babe Ruth in the car or at least standing by it. It would probably add a bit of value with photos.
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Been there, done that! Spruance class destroyer in a VaCapes storm. Green water on the bridge windows, super structure ended up with a 3/4" crack starting just behind CIC and running down to the main deck. Aluminum structure, steel hull/main deck. That was a long night as I was one of two officers that weren't down hard with sea sickness.
My first thought when I saw the picture, "Someone's in it deep!"
How many sets of side pipes to make these?
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I haven't been around much as I've been busy working on my new shop at the house:
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We've missed you, Joe, but you obviously have a good reason. Wow, gonna be a hellofa shop. Nice work. Going to add a concrete floor after? Better hurry...unfortunately winter will be upon ya before you know it.
Great to have you back Joe !
That looks awesome ! So its also first doing concrete foundations, consrtructing the wall structures and finally pouring the floors?
When you talk about that to European constructors, they only shake their heads. Sometimes I can't believe how stupid and complicated everything over here is....
any dimensions for the layout ?
I have been a long time and still am thinking about a proper shop building and it's always fun to learn about what other guys build.
loving your pics, Joe. thx for posting !
I had never thought about what Joe is doing with the concrete, but it makes tons of sense when you think about it. Most settling is going to be at the foundation rather than the slab, so keeping them separate I would think reduces the chance of the slab cracking over time. At my house, at some point in time since it's construction in 1957, the garage floor has been replaced so it is separate from the old foundation now and unlike the rest of the house's slab, has no cracks.
True Rich, I believe this is the logical background. In Europe the methods and ideas are totally different. They like to pour super thick slab, over previously built concrete foundations. this may make sense in very wet climates, or very steep terrain.
But we have mostly gravel fields here locally ( ice age glacier remnants). which shouldnt be too different from the sandy grounds of Mass shoreline areas.
Over here they insist in like 10" thick slabs, steel reinforced. All I want to do is park one or 2 cars and put a one storey shed over it.
On the recommended or rather mandatory foundations used here, we could errect a 20 flight skyscraper... :003:
Thanks, it's nice to be back (it's been raining straight for the past two days here; nice little break). The addition is 30' x 30' with 16' high ceiling for a lift. I wanted to go bigger, but materials are crazy right now. :sad2:
Here we have to dig down 4 four feet to get below the frost:
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Then we pour our footing, with a "keyway" to lock the foundation walls to the footing. (They both will contain steel rebar):
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Because of the grade and trying to math my existing garage, I had to bring in fill to keep it below the frost line:
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I also flooded it several times to get it to settle.
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I know it looks like I am bouncing all over the place, but it's because of the availability of materials; 3 months for my trusses, shortages on sheathing, 45 days for my roof shingles, 3 weeks for siding, etc..etc...etc...
so I keep going where I can. Hoping to get the roof sheathed this Saturday.
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I would like to do radiant floor heating when I pour the floor. A good friend of mine has had real good luck utilizing a hot water heater with circulator pumps and offered to do it for me, just hope I don't run out of money before then. bawl
It all makes a lot of sense now. thx for the additional pics and explainations.
love seeing all the neat colorful eastcoast style houses, which brings back a lot of good memories of when we were visiting Jay.
While these buildings may not mean much to you, let me tell you, the design and layouts are very pleasing to the eye. It has been time proven and maybe simple, but I find them beautiful. If you could all see whats going on here in Europe....terrible, terrible terrible. a lack of taste, bad materials and stupid regulations of how to bring even more people in crowded areas. everything is concrete. not much green at all.
This place was paradise from the 1890s to the 1960s, even 1980s or 1990s. Nowadays houses are as ugly as todays music or cars.
Your houses still carry on the style and good taste of the 1900s. Loving it !
Heck, I would have run out of money after the first pic you posted. Lumber got crazy after Covid hit. I read an internet article last week explaining the rise. I don't remember the figures exactly, but it went from 380.ish wholesale per 1k board feet, to 1200.+ in a year.
My neighbor is putting an addition onto his house, bought all the materials just before it started dropping. Our house had red shingles on it when we bought it, and after hail damage, we needed it reroofed, but red not available due to covid plant closures. 5300 sq ft roofing $37,800!! getting crazy. My first house didn't cost that. We now have a tan roof.
Thanks for the pics, Joe. I like looking at stuff like that. I see Capes and Colonials are still the norm. What I really miss are the old 1800's Victorians.
So true Rich. Austria and Germany now sells a main percentage of their lumber production to the US, so we are short of our own wood products !!!! prices have trippled. I just needed a few larch boards. I payed $250 for 11 boards. 6 inches wide, 1 " thick 15ft long. He gave me a dealers discount for being a local company, but the boards would have set me back $375 retail price.
They were the last in the pile, and he said 3 months delivery time.
you can hardly build a doghouse from those.
So now I have larch gold sitting on my property and hardly dare to do something with it..... :003:
Saw these in Chilliwack last night.
Off road Hayes - Made in Vancouver
Twin turbo Coyote
4.6 in the 1959 F100
Without a doubt, the best sounding flathead I have ever heard.
Ran 155+ at Bonneville in his 1932.
The Fridge.
Quote from: FiveSevenLiter on 2021-08-06 10:22
The Fridge.
I always wanted one of the 57-60 F-100's. Still kinda of looking, but hoping something doesn't come along. Big back window in that one to, cool!
Long weekend, especially with the heat & humidity, but managed to get the roof all done and weathertight, somewhat...
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Heck, you'll be ready for a big party pretty soon. Really fast work! I assume you've got some helpers?
That 4.6 in the pickup is a nice installation. I'm surprised at how many variations of the 4.6 are out there. This one is a sohc, and has 8 intake runners as compared with the 16 on my dohc, but I know some of the later 4.6 dohc only had the 8 runners as well. I think the difference is Ford was trying to keep the Mark VIII easily manageable in town for the typical "older folks" that bought them.
Yeah Rich, my buddy brought his crane and dropped to stacks of sheathing on the roof, other than that, mostly just my next door neighbor and myself and the occasional friend.
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Did the British actually have a carrier or is that an attempted landing on a US carrier ? any of them in the European theatre ???? or maybe post war efforts ? Very interesting pic !
HMS Vengeance, Sea Fire (1-T3V) Crash Landing
An 812 or 1850 RNAS squadron Supermarine Sea Fire (Naval version of the Spitfire) has just crash landed on deck of aircraft carrier HMS Vengeance during sea trials somewhere in the Irish Sea in March 1947.
Amazingly HMS Vengance lasted on active duty right up to 2001 after being sold to the Brazilian Navy as the Minas Gerais.
Initially, the US Navy disliked the Corsair due to high speed landing and big bounce issues. So the US Navy pawned the early Corsairs off to the British Navy. The Brits learned how to land Corsairs on carriers and ordered more. The Brits felt the Corsairs battle characteristics far out weighed the landing learning curve. The US Navy assigned the Corsairs to Marine landing strip duty and later found the Corsair popular with pilots that learned to land them.
Very interesting info, thx !
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Meanwhile, back at the ranch; the neighbors attorney sent me a cease and desist letter, AGAIN!
Funny, we unloaded a trailer full of AdvanTech a few weeks back and his girlfriend drove by ( READ: around) a few times without an issue while talking on the phone. A little while later, he pulls up, stops, waits and then slowly drives by, all the while screaming for me wanting to know why I was blocking the driveway. The guy with the trailer asked him why he needed to talk to me and he replied "because Joe is blocking the driveway", to which he replied, "Why do you need to talk to him, you already made it by, and he is not the one in the driveway, I am "?
He drove off pissed; an hour later the cops should up....
WTF?
Anyways, managed to get the double hung window installed, the front door framed in in Azek, and oh yeah, got the 'freakin roof done!
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And, an "Oh yeah" Did I mention that he complained to the town that my garage was too high???
wow, Joe, you got your hands full with that kinda neighbor. But I am sure you can handle him well. For my life I cannot understand people like this, but they are just everywhere, and inbetween. They should rather be happy that someone is making the neighborhood nice and clean with a beautiful building and keeping everything inside and tidy.
I personally have to say we have great neighbors. Surely sometimes me banging sheetmetal late at night isnt the perfect ways to make friend with my pensioner Lady neighbor, but on the other hand I do help her in the garden or when something breaks and she tells me she'd rather know somebody being around and working instead of a being alone in a bad neighborhood. Each of our neighborhood has some 'personal flaws', some loud kids, barking dogs, cats that are all over the place, a property full of old cars and tools (that'd be me then) that most every neighbor would call the police or junkyard to remove. But with us, everybody knows about their own shortcomings and will gladly accept others on a friendly foundation. Easy as that.
Once they start getting attorneys and police... friendship is over, sadly.
Anyways your garage is looking great. I like the way you set back the new attachment. it makes the building look way more interesting than a square extension. Is your soil really all sands ? like bottom of the sea sand ?
I observed that on Jays property as well.
^B29 pic above has a lot going on. not only about the bombs. just look at those huge propellers and all the gun turrets. Certainly armed to the max.
My neighbors are great, just the one is the problem. My next door neighbor is actually building it with me.
As far as the soil, it's not sandy like down by the Cape; the reason it looks sandy is that the fill I brought in was from old cranberry bogs.
Your as#$%$^@& neighbor should be ecstatic you're keeping your construction site so neat. You obviously have permits from the city, what's with the cease and desist order? I could go on forever, but let me just say New England has an abundance of people who can't keep their nose out of other people's business. 90% of the reason I left many years ago. Kudos for your positive attitude. You don't run into too much crap like that in Texas, but then again, we are now a no permit needed to open carry state.
Keep your chin up and take the high road. I could write a book about the last few years with my adventure. I have been here 31 years and the neighbour was already here with a small shop behind his home where he tinkered on lawn mowers and motorcycles, borrowed tools from each other, I even put in a concrete sidewalk in the back to his place. He started stock piling crap and I spoke to him about it, 17 derelict cars on a 1/4 acre lot was one issue, dumping stale gas, sitting in vehicles under our window from midnight to 6 AM, radio on, talking on the cell phone, starting the car up was the straw that broke. I told him I was putting up a fence, and had my property surveyed. He let me know that I could not put a fence up within two feet of the line, so I suggested that I put it two feet on his side of the line. Fence went up (legal) and the problems began. Rocks on the lawn, vandalism, driving across the lawn, pulling his dick out and urinating on the fence, windshield broken, yelling at us. I put in a five camera CCTV system and that helped me, and have lots of footage filed. Then he bum dialed me and talked about what he was going to do to me and my property. Our local police department attended. They know the property well, a couple years ago there were six police cars there at 3 AM, another time the SWAT team were crawling through my yard, dog squads have been sniffing around, never a dull moment. I will say it again, chin up and take the high road. I could add pictures but would have to place an under 14 years old warning.
Terry
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Thanks guys... :wt:
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Show car Wildcat 55 Buick
That has got to be one of the prettiest cars ever!! Just wow. Not sure I've ever seen it before.
Thanks again Joe for all these neat pics you post.
My pleasure guys, it's hard finding the time lately, but I try....
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"Between 1953 and 1955, General Motors built three Wildcat dream cars for the Motorama show car circuit: the original Wildcat I of 1953, the radical Wildcat II, and the Wildcat III for 1955. In an interesting turn, the final car in the series was actually the most practical and viable for production. While the Wildcat III never made it to the showrooms, of course, some of its styling themes were soon to appear on Buick production models.
Like many of the GM Motorama dream cars, the Wildcat III was constructed with a fiberglass body, here mounted on a shortened Buick chassis with a 110-inch wheelbase. The 322 CID Nailhead V8 was souped up to 280 hp with a four-carburetor intake setup, while the Twin Turbine Dynaflow automatic transmission boasted a sporty floor-mounted shift lever. At 190 inches overall, the Wildcat III was large for a sports car but rather petite for a Buick. Reportedly, designers referred to it as the "toy convertible". The finish was a flamboyant lipstick color called Kimberly Red.
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In a departure from the rest of the GM Motorama dream roadsters, the Wildcat III boasted a rear seat to provide room for four. The red leather bucket seats in front swiveled for easy entry and exit, and a glamorous four-dial chrome instrument cluster filled the dash. One novel body feature was the clamshell trunk opening, in which the deck lid and the tops of the quarter panels hinged upward as a unit. The shut lines are just visible in the photo above.
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While it's doubtful there was ever any real production intent behind the Wildcat III, we can see that several of its major styling elements made it to prime time, including the dramatic checkmark side trim (below), a signature feature on Buick's 1957 production models. And of course, the Wildcat name, just the name, became an official part of the Buick model line in 1964, where it remained through 1970.
What became of the Wildcat III once its show career was over is unclear. One story suggests it was used to test a new vehicle compactor at a local Detroit junkyard. Another says the car was given to a Hollywood actress, which seems unlikely in that it hasn't been seen in the decades since. According to the expert historians at the General Motors Heritage Center, the car was indeed ordered destroyed, but it seems there is no documented confirmation that this ever took place. So while the odds may be slim, it's possible that the Wildcat III is tucked away somewhere, waiting to be rediscovered."
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Many of the early concept cars were destined to be crushed. Thank goodness some were in fact kept hiding in plain sight. Much like the "Italean" a fast back 63 Bird that started life as a 62 convertible.
Always liked the space-age looks of the 61-63 Sport Roadster. Was this a Ford produced option or was it an aftermarket ad-on?
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Ford factory option
There was one at the NSRA in Alburquerque last weekend
The cover was standard for the Sport Roadster. Easy to add to any rag top and offered by dealers as an add on. I do not believe a person could order a Bird from the factory with the cover and not be a Sport Roadster.
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Ouch.....any idea what the arrow is pointing to? Looks like a boot.
Sorry, no idea.....
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a good weekend, getting closer; too bad it get's dark so early, cuts my after work time short.....
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Looks great..the walkway......pavers or concrete molds?
Rich, stamped concrete
160mph Compressed Air Dragster
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Paul Revere and the Raiders. Mark Lindsay rocks! :icon_super:
Paul passed a few years back. His band are still performing locally as "Paul Revere's Raiders"
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Paul Revere and the Raiders. Mark Lindsay rocks! :icon_super:
Yeah, I really liked their song "Hungry".
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My sister sent me this photo she took at Irwindale. Cycle World magazine were doing a road test on a Norton. The Norton was borrowed from the dealership she used to work at, so they were invited out to the drag strip. This car happened to be their testing. Looks like Tom was even looking into the camera.
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Well, been working a few late nights (with headlamps lol) to get the exterior completed. We managed to get the gutters, downspouts and shutters up. Also, managed to pull down all the staging, roof brackets, picks, ladders etc... and put away.
Hope to start moving on the floor soon...
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looking great Joe. Almost like a residential building. Your neighbors should be glad as well !
Thanks, that was the whole idea, otherwise, I would have put up a metal building. It definitely would have been cheaper!
...and had I known the bull$hit I was going to have to go through, I would have done it just to piss 'em off!
Joe great job really done right, I will have to go down and see it in person, again congratulations. JV
Thanks John, a ways to go yet, but getting there; slow but sure...
are you going to put insulation before you pour the slab ?
This is kind of emberassing when compared to your very stylish and huge shop extension, Joe. But sometimes small things count.
Been fed up so much about having to work in that dark cave of mine, so I simply decided to rip open the roof and let some sunshine in.
Overhead light makes a huge difference and much more fun to work, when you can actually see something without artificial lighting.
just the material for this project cost me over $1000. this is crazy...anyways. I saw the light ! :003:
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Very Nice Gunther, really adds a lot of natural light.
Yes, I am going to insulate and I am doing radiant heat in the floor. And yes, the cost of materials is ridiculous right now!
One dealership I worked at installed skylights when they resurfaced the roof in the shop. Made a big difference.
Super!! Natural light is the way to go. I try to work outside the garage as much as possible.
thx guys. I love working outside as well, but as you can easily guess, Jim. That is out of the question over here about 6 months a year.
I am also working on further insulation of windows and ceiling to get it as air tight as possible for this is going to be a long winter.
Radiant heat like Joe is using in his slab would be the ultimate dream come true, but for now I will have to make do with my 9kW electric heater, which works nicley for this small shop anyways.
DJ, electric heat here is too expensive to run. According to EVERSOURCES website, to heat my garage to 65? on a 32? day, it would cost me $5.82 per hour!
Weather here is a problem also. Summer temp in the garage can reach 115, and I have been sunburned so many times working outside in my younger days just wearing shorts. Now I have to limit my summer work time from 5am to 9am. Just for laughs here is a scan of and old picture from 1975 when I was building my panel truck. At this residence I didn't even have a garage.
Yeah, the younger days...I remember blowing up the 9" in my '74 Bronco and rebuilding it on an inclined, cobble stone driveway at my dad's house. I tented it in poly and used a kerosene torpedo heater to keep warm in the middle of a snowy winter. :old:
Any guesses?
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Summertime? lol
Close, lol; Sofia Vergara
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Good thing he has an open primary, otherwise he would be dragging the case.
I managed to get the grade finished and the vapor barrier down Thursday night for an inspection Friday.
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The inspector gave me the green light to pour, so Saturday I got the insulation and wire mesh down, as well as pinning the four corners for my lift:
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So, Sunday my buddy and I laid out the radiant heat tubing and got the four zones all tied into the mesh and roughed into the corner:
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Monday morning I tidied up the supply and return lines and mounted them:
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....and today, my other buddy poured the floor, all eight inches of it; 22 yards:
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Joe, it looks great. As a retired general contractor of 45 years, many high $ homes and lots of new commercial buildings, and also major owner of a concrete batch plant, I give you an A+. Now I have a couple of ? for you. In your state do they require all electrical outlets and switches to be 4ft off the floor in a garage or shop. I don't see any insulation behind the OSB, and did you use fiber mess in your concrete. Even though we sold lots of fiber mesh I never was a big believer in it, it is hard to beat rebar. As I said it looks great, will be interested in seeing final finish and trim out
and is your bitchy neighbor somewhere under all that?
Very nice job, Joe.
Thanks Alvin & Rich; in regards to your questions:
1.) Yes, they will be 4 feet up, but more as a matter of convenience.
2.) No insulation, at least not yet. The Advantech was put on the walls with only a couple of screws; this was done to get it out of the way (I got tired of moving it around) as I had gotten a deal on it because the tongue was damaged and I bought the whole lift even though I only needed it for the loft floor. I will be going up at least one more coarse with it after I insulate.
3.)No fiber mesh, just 4000psi with wire.
.....and Rich
4.) I don't know what you are talking about. :002:
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.....and Rich
4.) I don't know what you are talking about. :002:
As Sgt. Schultz says.....I saw nothing...:<)
In my last 2 shops, on the walls I went with OSB the 1st 4 ft. up then 4ft. of peg board, then sheet rock to the ceiling. I don't see very well anymore, so it is easy for me to see parts and things hanging then looking for them on the floor or under a bench. In my new shop I put my out lets about 6 ft apart, everyone give me crap on why so many. But you know what I use most of them, and I don't like extention cords laying all over the floor. The only thing I did wrong on this new shop is I put the corners to close together. It should have bee 20 ft. wider than it is, but I keep telling myself it dosn't take as much heat the way I have it.
I agree with everything Alvin, especially the extra 20 ft., just wasn't in the budget....
Awesome progress, Joe !
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Ann-Margret?
Yes sir
Is that a bug screen on the back of the fuel tank?
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In my last 2 shops, on the walls I went with OSB the 1st 4 ft. up then 4ft. of peg board, then sheet rock to the ceiling. I don't see very well anymore, so it is easy for me to see parts and things hanging then looking for them on the floor or under a bench. In my new shop I put my out lets about 6 ft apart, everyone give me crap on why so many. But you know what I use most of them, and I don't like extention cords laying all over the floor. The only thing I did wrong on this new shop is I put the corners to close together. It should have bee 20 ft. wider than it is, but I keep telling myself it dosn't take as much heat the way I have it.
I also put my outlets about 6 feet apart when I built my garage addition. But rather than being a singe duplex, I have a pair in each box. The duplexes on the right side of each box are on one circuit and all of the duplexes on the left side of the boxes are on another circuit. Keeps from over loading a single circuit.
John
Joe, the reason my shop and show room are smaller than I wanted not because of cash, [it would be now] but because of sub division covenance. I have always lived in the country and never had anything to do with sub division laws. Although we built many homes that were goverened[sp] by these. We could only have a max of 1500 sq, ft. No one was around so I added another 500 sq.ft. Being the new kid on the block I did not want to piss everyone off right away. After the building was up all the family's around me said no big deal we don't pay any attention to the covenance. With a little work I can still get 6 cars inside. But now that I have sold some cars, and more to go I hope, I have plenty of room. When we moved here all my cars were 57 fords excet for two, 65 Falcon and 59 bird. Like many of you I have always had a crush on 57's esp fairlane 500's. My wife has always said if she had a body and trim like a 500 our sex life would have went off the chart. That being said I did try to keep her shined up on a regular basis. I kind of got off subject there, my point is, no matter how large or small a shop is as long as it is picked up and clean it will be your home away from home, and fun to work in.
1500 sq. feet??? I wish, 700 sq. ft. max here without a variance. Also, no accessory building shall exceed 20 feet in height, or be higher than the principle building, (in this case, my house) whichever is lower.
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I had friend WW2 vet, same age as my dad, that was a mechanice on the flying Tigers, he passed away about 5 years ago, very interesting to visit with. God bless these men , as they had a whole different out look on life than most of the people that live around us now.
Amen brother, amen
is that a turbo prop PC-6 Pilatus ?
A-29 Super Tucano, used by the Colombian air force for strikes on FARC insurgents
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A good friend dropped off a scissor lift to me Saturday morning because he couldn't see me working off a ladder anymore, lol.
I put it to good work for a bit yesterday and managed to get some of my strapping up:
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Right tool for the job. I would have never completed my barn without the scissor lift!!
They sure make life easyer, keep them battery's charged.
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....a little closer, actually, 29 yards closer.
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VERY NICE JOB! The motorcycle (?) pics and the boat are really neat pics too, thanks.
Joe, are you planning a future lean-to or is this just outside parking area ?
DJ, just a place to park my trailer off the grass; I had the same thing on the side of the original garage.
Joe, it looks great I would have to say your concrete finisher has done this before. The only thing I don't like, and before long you won't either is the step up into the walk door. I am sure you see a lot better than me, but that is a real tooth buster. Take care, Alvin
Alvin, I really didn't want to raise the grade of my yard anymore than I have; and I had to stop the bleeding....
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Did the saw cuts this morning...
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The Northern Lights were dipping low in the sky, this was taken Monday near the Idaho / Montana / British Columbia border.
We don't see this often this far south.
Terry
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WOW!! Lucky you. thats some thing I have always wanted to see.
Me too!.........great picture.
I saw them for the first time way up North in Caniapiscau Quebec on a caribou hunt; absolutely nothing short of spectacular.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caniapiscau,_Quebec
I was in the Northwest Territories a few years ago, mid January, got to the hotel around 10:00 PM and it was buzzing with activity. I asked what was going on and they were taking a tour out at midnight to view them, they fly in from all over the world, the tour company dresses them in Arctic clothing and take them out on a frozen lake in the middle of the night for the show. We are blessed.
Terry
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There were also 30 brand new Porsches in the parking lot, German engineers beating the **** out of them on the ice roads. They drove them up from Atlanta, cold weather test them and then drive them back to Atlanta. Two of them were prototypes and they kept them covered up.
In the late 50s I was able to witness the most awesome display. I left the state in 65 and have never seen them since. They were green and looked like a curtain waving in the breeze. Even on a ship north of the Arctic Circle operating for over a week we never saw them. What makes my viewing extraordinary is that our farm is in southern Wisconsin north of Madison about 40 miles.
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They hit that post hard. They would have better off hitting a power or telephone pole. probably less damage. Joe, do you know if anybody died in this incident?
Sorry Terry, I was unable to find any info on the picture, but judging from the guy smiling, I'm guessing no.
Thanks Joe, for searching.
You're welcome Terry.
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Quote from: terry_208 on 2021-11-14 19:24
They hit that post hard. They would have better off hitting a power or telephone pole. probably less damage. Joe, do you know if anybody died in this incident?
Is that a woman's face in the car picture??
With no seatbelts, padded dash, collapsible column I cant see it ending well.
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Edward Joseph O'Hare, aka "Easy Eddie" (September 5, 1893-November 8, 1939), was a lawyer in St. Louis and later in Chicago, where he began working with Al Capone, and later helped federal prosecutors convict Capone of tax evasion. In 1939, a week before Capone was released from Alcatraz, O'Hare was shot to death while driving. He was the father of Medal of Honor recipient Butch O'Hare, for whom O'Hare International Airport is named.
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Cool story on O'Hare! Thanks Joe
My pleasure Rich!
1968 Dodge Charger III Concept
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TBF Avengers on snow covered deck of USS Ranger CV-4, North Atlantic 1943
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One can hardly imagine the working conditions. I believe the decks of those early carriers were covered in wood. it must have been cold, slippery and just nasty in general. the whole thing also moving at 20 knots and the pounding of the waves....let alone working on and arming these planes in those conditions. Salute those Men made of steel !
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Went for a walk yesterday and found one of Gunter's countrymen driving with three season tires, so I gave him a little push. When we were kids we called these things Cans.
Happy New Year to all, and Happy Birthday to C/J.
Terry
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HaHa, thanks FiveSevenLiter
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Haha... great box on wheels, and a pretty cheap one !
Here we have it. When even an Austrian gets stuck in the snow, only a Canadian can help us out ! :003:
Quote from: FiveSevenLiter on 2021-12-31 09:56
Went for a walk yesterday and found one of Gunter's countrymen driving with three season tires, so I gave him a little push. When we were kids we called these things Cans.
Happy New Year to all, and Happy Birthday to C/J.
Terry
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Lots of nice shovels and pans.
Automobile School 1910
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Hawker Hurricane in an interesting all blacked out night fighter or Navy paint scheme ? post war ? (V) Aussie ? Can?
I get the V for victory but what's with the dagger through the arm represent?
"Squadron Leader J.A.F. MacLachlan, the one-armed Commanding Officer of No 1 Squadron RAF, standing beside his all-black Hawker Hurricane Mark IIC night fighter, "JX-Q", at Tangmere in West Sussex, England, November 1941. He had lost his arm just seven months before to a Bf 109 over Malta. (Source - Royal Air Force official photographer Woodbine G (Mr) IWM CH 4015. Colorized by Paul Reynolds. Historic Military Photo Colourisations)
James Archibald Findlay MacLachlan DSO, DFC & Two Bars, "One-Armed Mac," was credited with 13 victories over Axis planes. On 18 July 1943 the P-51 Mustang in which he was flying was hit by flak and crashed over France, cutting his life short at age 24.
No 1 Squadron RAF, founded in 1911, endures, currently flying Typhoons out of RAF Lossiemouth."
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thx for the detailed info, Joe ! I wonder how he was able to fully operate a combat airplane single handedly. there are usually controls that need a second hand like operating throttle, setting flaps, retracting landing gear aso while working the stick with the other hand. They must have converted the actual plane to somewhat cope with his disability.
There were several other famous pilots who had been disabled from injuries. like Sir Douglas Bader. who had 2 legs amputated after a flying accident and still went on to become a WWII fighter ace with 22.5 kills
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Yikes, about 2/3rds of the left wing was shot away, I wonder if they were able to land that plane intact.
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I don't care who you are....that there is funny!
Yes indeed.
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Someday when I am older.
Well, the only good thing that has happened to me in the past 5 weeks is that I have been able to call Eversource on a regular basis and try to get this service completed and guess what, they showed up today.
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Good evening Joe, just wondering, is most of the power in your area brought in overhead? Here in our part of the country most all new construction is brought in underground, I like it that way except for the big green transformer, they won't let us hide them. you can't have anything closer than 6ft. around them except lawn grass or decorative rock, so they are rather ugly.
Progress is progress at any rate :001:, good for you, one step closer..
My last career as a real estate broker, I laid out a subdivision. All the utility right-of-ways were on the back of the lots so the green box was in the back yard. Its easier and cheaper to lay them out in the front yard with the road/street right-of-way.
When i built my last house down here on the 'Neck, all the utilities were underground and the transformer & pad were in the front yard. This time I was fortunate, the poles going to the neighbor in the back, (you guys remember him, right? >:( ) pass right down the side of the driveway and the transformer was on the next pole so it worked out well, so well, that Eversource did not charge me for the installation. That is part of the reason for the delay, at least so they say, as they needed Engineering
to figure out what the cost to me would be.
Anyways, at least I have electric in the shop, not that I can do anything in there....
Most everywhere here in Amarillo have back alleys for dumpsters and all utilities. They are on poles though. I lucked out with this house, maybe because it was the builder's house, but I have 3 phase 220. One of my next door neighbors has it as well. Pros and cons with the back alleys mostly pros imho.
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... That is part of the reason for the delay, at least so they say, as they needed Engineering to figure out what the cost to me would be. ...
Joe, I worked for the largest electric utility in Alaska for over 20 years, in both the engineering department and sometimes the department that the linemen who, among other things, work out of and do service drops like yours. Eversource probably does things differently than we did but a simple run-of-the-mill service drop requires nothing or next to nothing in the way of engineering or a cost estimate. Looks like that triplex conductor comes from the transformer on the next pole and goes to the pole closest to you so there
might be some very quick and easy stuff for someone to figure out in just minutes.
Kinda sounds like the linemen you talked to are covering up for the delay or just don't know what they are talking about. Then there is the fact that
some linemen like to blame everything on "Them &$#@* engineers!". :005: I've seen an occasion or two when they were right.
How long did you have to wait for the install after you applied for the service?
Tom, it wasn't the Linesman that said that, it was the main office. I wish I could have gone out and spoke with them, but it wasn't going to happen with my busted up leg; all pictures were from the window.
I applied back in October, believe it or not. They started processing the job in November and I got the run around since then; everyone working from home because of Covid, one department not reaching out to the other, the town not giving them the go ahead, etc....
If I hadn't been such a pain in their side by calling all the time, it probably never would have gotten done.
It literally took them an hour and ten minutes once they arrived.
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Quote from: CobraJoe on 2022-03-06 16:36...I applied back in October, believe it or not. ... the town not giving them the go ahead, etc....
Man, sumthin's way out of whack at that utility. At least you weren't waiting for power to be hooked up at a new house that that you needed to move into ASAP.
I know if often takes time for a town or city to get around to doing their inspection & issue a permit but that long a wait is ridiculous.
Wonder if there is something like a Public Utilities Commission there that you could report this to.
Tom, this whole project has been a battle for me. I was fought tooth and nail, every step of the way. Even when I went to the State board of Appeals on my permit, they told the Town Building inspector, that he could not hold up my permit because of a dispute between two neighbors; they went as far as to say that I was well within my property and had every right to be issued a permit and that they were overturning all 7 CMR's that he sighted me on and for him to issue my building permit forthwith.
When I went to town hall, he refused to give it to me. I contacted the State Building inspector who in turn told him to issue it to me and he refused me when I went to pick it up again.
I won't waste my time fighting this anymore, in the end, it cost me 20 grand.
That's exactly the kind of BS I moved from Mass. to get away from. Your neighbor must be related somehow to the permit officer. 50 years ago nothing happened in the state unless you greased someone's palm or had a relation in the right place. Doesn't sound like much has changed. My first job in mass, just out of high school was as a driver for a machine shop. Just before Christmas, I spent the day driving around to purchasing agents' residences delivering thick envelopes.
On a 180* from that scenario, after I had been in Calif. for a few years and started estimating for a large machine shop, I had a purchasing agent for Hughes Helicopter tell me basically I could get the job I just quoted if we got some money to him under the table. I told my boss, and he said 'That **** don't fly here", and he called the buyer's boss. He was fired that afternoon. That crap is so embedded in the culture back east, it'll never change.
I should send you some pics of housing developments around Amarillo, 4-5000 sq ft. brick mansions with butler buildings bigger than the houses! Texas is definitely live and let live........in most areas anyway.
That "palm greasing" thing is not confined to any area. Here in AL my first real job after retiring from the Navy was Director of Facilities for a non profit here in town. My boss told me that I needed to reduce the budget for my department to under one million. Looking at the contracts and talking with my predecessor he informed me that they were where they were because he "had to scratch their back" to get the work done. Any one that knows me knows the red "BS" flag went up! I did re-negotiate every one of them and got the budget under one mil and got all the work done on schedule and satisfactorily. It didn't take long for the rest of the contractors and suppliers in town to find out that I was a hard nosed and unrecognizable. One contractor even put out the word that I would not go to lunch with her because I didn't want anyone to think it was a grease situation.
Sorry for the long story, bottom line things can get done without dealing with the "greasers"! Not easy but doable.
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Texas is definitely live and let live....
You gotta be jokin' about that.
Unfortunately, it seems the whole country is crazy; not to get political (I think we already have) but with this "Cancel Culture" and "Green Deal" crowd, you can't do anything anymore, even if you are 100% within your right and have all the permits.
This world is nuts! :deadhorse:
Joe, you are absolutely right, I am not sure what has happened, I realize things change all the time. One thing I do know for sure is, COMON SEINCE, has left the building, and I doubt if it will ever return.
:iamwithstupid: So True!
the whole world's a madhouse, really. Good God......
I already thought it was bad in the mid 90s, but it has been going downhill ever since. speed increasing....already in free fall as of today.
Do we all start to sound like our grandfathers and crazy uncle Bob? We've been told the world is going to hell in a hand basket since we were kids. This was supposed to sound funny when I started. Oh well I'll shut up.
Yes, we all have been told that....
but none of us ever thought it would actually happen!
I can only second that, Joe....
If anybody would have told you about the actual madness 3 years ago, 99% would have laughed and shake their head in disbelief.
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but none of us ever thought it would actually happen!
....and now back to our regularly scheduled programming:
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Spray foam went in today; hopefully they can get the fiberglass batts in over the next two days:
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Love the spray in stuff! Well worth the cost.
Looking good.....very professional!!
Hey Joe.......Rich K and I are both having problems posting pics...........what did you obviously figure out??
I posted some new photos this morning............No problem!
John
Same for me with posting pictures, said I was over 22,000 characters when I had 25.
Terry :canada:
I still am using IMGUR Rich with no problems
Plugging along...
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lol..yep, about how my day has been going.
Still moving forward....
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Just in time to fire up the AC.
doing it right!!
Thanks guys, got started on the first coat of paint yesterday....
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Painting got finished up yesterday:
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Got the lights up today....
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....and a "little" conversation piece also:
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Well my neighbor finished building the door for my loft and he got it installed Wednesday while I still had the lift.
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The electrician also took advantage of the scissor lift and mounted and wired the light this week, so I now have a light at night that goes on with the other garage lights:
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He also finished up the 3 phase pipe work for the for the Bridgeport and lathe. We'll pull the wires later down the road:
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Oh, yeah, and I finally brought the kids back home today:
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beautiful, just beautiful, Joe !!
I like the corner of the old house/garage protruding into the new building. would lend itself well to decoration in a shop/garage/gas station guise with porcelain signs or similar.
That's my plan down the road DJ, just need to find some more money for heat and moving the lift first. bawl :dontknow:
Awesome Joe!!! That pic with the cars really puts the nice big size of the garage into perspective Everything looks great..cars, shop inside and out! Sounds like you've got at least one good neighbor! It also sounds like you've been getting around on the ankle pretty well?!?
Between the leg, ankle, knee and foot; I need a cane to get around, so friends and family, including my wife who did most of the painting with her son, helped out a lot.
as far as the neighbor, he is the one who helped me build the garage; the "barn doors" never got done because he had surgery on his hand and had to wait until he could use it again. I'm just glad they were able to get there stuff done before the two lifts went back yesterday.
The finished product, well, outside anyways
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That is outstanding!
Ditto on OUTSTANDING!
Thanks guys, very much appreciated!
Joe, I know it was a hard one , but you did it, absolutely professional and a great job congrats on all your work. JViera
Thanks John, I'll have to have you stop by for an "Adult Beverage" if I ever get it finished, lol.
Frankly speaking, Joe, adult beverages are best when something ISN'T finished yet and you have a few guys standing around and ranting how it should be done, finally. It makes the whole mancave thing real... :002: :003:
Fantastic garage/shop !
DJ........Over the years that I've been on this great '57 Ford Forum, I've always been impressed with your perfect handling of the English language. Truth be known, I'm envious. I've been to Austria several times,(In 1985 I met a neighbor from 2 blocks away from my home, in a parking lot in Salzburg)...... but readily admit that my German is limited at best......I can navigate a menu and order beet, but not much more. Where did you learn English?
John
Thank you John, that's very kind! I am really happy being able to communicate with you guys, but knowing my limits my English will never be like a native speaker (especially spoken). Forgetting vocabulary all the time, so it needs more practicing :002:
I had very good English teachers in school, and it seems I was always interested in English. listening to music, and I started watching films in English on Tv ,like in my very early teens. Like the og 1960s Munsters TV show aso. back then our TV had subtitles. which helped a lot.
Now that I think of it, I must have been watching even earlier like in grade school, at 7 or 8 yo. They had English lessons on TV and the theme song was Lady Madonna by the Beatles. I have always loved that song so probably why I watched the show, and learned a few words anyways...
Later I got interested in all those strange cars, so I had to buy and read the workshop manuals and books. I think that was my main advantage in learning English, that I wanted to. I wanted to know about cars and understand the music lyrics, when no German translations were available.
That may be one of the more difficult things for you as native speakers. English is so dominant around the world, that you basically may not really need to learn another language ( but I know that many of you do. Especially when in the service overseas).
I have envied those in European schools because of the English being required (?) for two years. To fly an air plane, drive a commercial ship, be a port pilot and most likely more jobs then that English must be a spoken.
I did learn enough Spanish, Italian, French and Greek to order a beer and fumble through the menu (got some surprises!) while in the Navy and deployed to the Med.
My Spanish "Came back to me" when I was stationed in Rota Spain in the 60'/70's. And like Bill, I can figure out a menu in Europe, and order alcohol, and some times I get a surprise!
John
What amazed me was how many Germans didn't seem to speak English until you would speak a little German and running out of vocabulary throw in an English word, more often than not the would reply would be in English. I too was able to navigate a bar and a guest house but the first phrase I picked up, at the airport, was where's the toilet.
I'm in awe of Guenter's mastery of English!
I was surprised when I was in London that I couldn't understand a word. In Paris, most of the waiters, hotel staff, and taxi drivers spoke or understood English. Paris Uber drivers...not so much.
Hell, DJ's command of the English language is better than mine... :003:
Anyways, I got my final Electrical Inspection yesterday and the inspector was very impressed with the neatness of the Electricians work and liked the way everything was labeled.
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He even kept the GFI's for the wall receptacles near the electric panel and then fed the individual receptacles from there.
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Well, my original plan was to bring my 12K, 4 post lift from my shop to my house, but, the thing is too massive for my needs.
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The footprint is 17'6" long and 14'5" wide and I really do not need anything that big so, I sold it to a friend and I ordered a BendPak HD-7W. It's 3"10" shorter and 2'5" narrower, perfect for my new shop. It also does not need to be bolted to the floor and can be moved around with the optional Caster kit.
I think it worked out good for both parties involved as it basically was an even swap.
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Such neat stuff!! Chain driven blower. Rubber hose is a little scary.
Now why would you think that routing a rubber fuel line over a chain drive spinning a 6.000 rpm is bad?
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WOW, so neat and clean!!
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Been back and forth with BendPak and I wouldn't have my lift until July so I ended up doing some research and ended up getting an Advantage Lift . In the end it was much better quality and higher GVW (by 2,000 lbs.) than the BendPak and a $1K cheaper and it will be delivered in about a week. (y)
It also came with a jacking tray, 4 drip pans as well as the casters; all extras from BendPak.
I finally managed to got my 16" Southbend lathe home. My buddy picked it up with his Kubota and set it in place for me. Just need to get someone to degrease it and paint it grey and then get the electrician to wire it up. Looking forward to the day when I may be able to use it, Baby steps.....
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Well Rich, you'd be proud of me; I managed to get my nephew to get my 1950 Southbend cleaned up and painted.
It looks so much more modern now, I'm thinking circa 1965. :003:
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I still have the original Southbend collets, in their original Southbend plastic containers and orignal Southbend labeled cardboard box from 1950.
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Looks great Joe. I would have guessed older than '65. My first venture in machine shop was 1965 and your lathe looks older than what I remember being in that first shop.
Thanks Rich, it is a 1950; I jokingly was saying the grey paint made it look newer, lol.
That SouthBend looks great. I learned on one of those in high school machine shop, we had five and one Logan. I loved it..
I bought this one about 2 years ago. It's around 1966-67 era South Bend 10L. Price was right and it's in fantastic shape for being a VSB (Vancouver school board) lathe.
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Great pic! I have missed them. Thanks!!!
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Rip, a rescue dog who found one hundred victims of air raids in London between 1940 and 1941. He received the Dickin Medal for bravery in 1945.
Now that's a HD mill! I've not seen one that I remember. It looks like it could be set up for horizontal or vertical use. Hell of a setup with that dividing head......back in the old days before programmable dividing heads. Lots of calculations involved. I wrote a program that utilized an indexing head for a Pratt & Whitney N/C once. The pneumatic indexing head only power indexed every 5 degrees, so we made a plate/fixture that manually indexed in 1-degree increments. The program would stop and the readout would instruct the operator on which detent the added plate on the indexing head should be in for the next operation.
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Found this 40 in a 1948 Popular Mechanics. Love these old ads.
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All neat pics, and I probably looked at that Ferrarie pic the longest, but I'm curious about the pipeline photo. That's a lot of pipe..........and rivets.
Rich, Buntzen Lake's history as a hydroelectric reservoir dates back to 1903. The following photos I found online from the City of Vancouver Archives.
Buntzen lake used to be named Trout Lake, and was also called Lake Beautiful, and was renamed to Buntzen Lake in 1905 at the opening of the tunnel to Coquitlam Lake. In 1903 the lake was used to power Vancouver's first hydroelectric plant the Buntzen Powerhouse. A tunnel was excavated through Eagle Mountain from Coquitlam Lake to Buntzen Lake.
The tunnel at the north end of the Lake was an engineering feat. The image below shows tunnel construction...
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Thousands of workers worked on the tunnel project and a mini town was built on what is now the North Beach of Buntzen Lake. Below are some photos of the tunnel camp...
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The photo you refer to Rich is: Large Penstocks, some still seen today, were used to carry water long distances. The picture is an old photo of Penstock (a channel for conveying water to a waterwheel or turbine.) construction...
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...some were originally constructed from wood:
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View of Buntzen Lake Power Plant from Indian Arm
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The story, for those interested:
On December 17, 1903 the then Trout Lake Power Station (after 1905 Lake Buntzen) started and produced the first hydroelectric power in the Lower Mainland of BC. Two days later, on December 19th, the City of Vancouver was first lit by water power. The Province newspaper of the day printed an article titled "Steam discarded in favour of Water Power". Prior to 1903, the electricity used to power the streetcars, interurbans, lighting, as well as power industry in the area came from a thermal electric plant located on the west side of Main Street, between Georgia and Prior Streets in Vancouver.
The growth in the demand for power in the early years up to 1913 rose as high as 30% per year. The BC Electric Company, through its predecessor companies had sought to find local sites for a water plant to produce electricity. In 1895, the Consolidated Railway Company planned and called tenders for the construction of a plant on the Seymour River. A survey authorized by this company in 1896 of the power potential of the Lake Coquitlam and Stave Lake, was inherited by the BC Electric Railway Company after its incorporation in April, 1897 to assume control of the assets of the Bankrupt Consolidated Company. Due to a technical problem with the wording of the Provincial Consolidated Water Clauses Act of 1897, BC Electric had to create a subsidiary company, The Vancouver Power Company on January 28, 1898 in order to build a water power plant.
The Vancouver Power Company decided the Lake Coquitlam site was superior to the other available power sites. The proposal initially called for the building of a five mile long flume and ditch to carry Lake Coquitlam water to sea level at Port Moody. In an 1898 report presented by the engineering firm of Garden, Hermon and Berwell, it was noted that there was only a 2 1/2 mile wide ridge separating Lake Coquitlam from what was then two lakes, Trout and Lake Beautiful (in 1905 to become Lake Buntzen). The engineers suggested a tunnel be blasted through the ridge and a dam at the outlet of Trout Lake be constructed to allow the lake to be used as a forebay for a sea level power plant located 400 feet below the lake.
The first step in the process of beginning the project was the acquisition of land and water rights to Lake Coquitlam and Trout Lake. Active negotiations began in early 1900 and due to stiff opposition from citizens of New Westminster who's water supply came from Lake Coquitlam, and from the proponents of the Stave Lake power proposal, permission to begin construction was not granted until early 1902. Construction of the camp facilities at what was to become Buntzen Bay began in February 1902. By June construction had begun on the sites of the Power House, Trout Lake Dam, the grading for the pipeline-penstocks and the Lake Coquitlam-Trout Lake Hydraulic tunnel. The plan for the Power House called for a building capable of holding ultimately four units, each of 3,000 horsepower and producing 1,500 Kilowatts of power. The building was to be of solid masonry construction with walls 3 feet thick, 90 feet high at the peak of the roof, 34 feet wide and 156 feet long.
The machinery for the plant was to consist of water wheels from the Pelton Company of San Francisco and the generators, exciters, transformers and control panels from Westinghouse. The voltage generated was to be 2,000 volts with the transformers, housed in a reinforced concrete building adjacent to the power house, upping the voltage to 20,000 volts. The Trout Lake Dam was constructed of reinforced concrete with a height of 53 feet, a length of 360 feet, and a width at the base of 15 feet topping at 7 feet. Though only one pipeline of 54 inches in diameter and 1800 feet long was to be placed in the initial installation, the bellmouths and valves for the full ten units as well as the two exciters were placed in the concrete of the dam. The first 800 feet of the pipeline was wooden while remaining length was boiler plate which gradually reduced from 54 inches to 42 inches at the Power House. The exciter pipeline was 24 inches in diameter and made entirely of boilerplate.
The power from the Lake Buntzen Power Station was carried to Vancouver through a pole line 17 miles long and which crossed Burrard Inlet at Barnet Beach on two steel towers. The southern tower was 140 feet high and the northern tower built on a high bluff was 60 feet high. The clear span between the towers was 1/2 mile in length and was 200 feet above the water of the inlet. Two wooden poles followed the Barnet Wagon road to the Pole Line Road (now Sperling Avenue), with one reaching Vancouver via Hastings St. to the newly built Vancouver Sub- station and the other line built south along the Pole Line Road to the Burnaby Substation, at the site of the old Burnaby thermal electric plant and tram barn.
The Buntzen Power Plant produced its first power on December 17, 1903 and as mentioned earlier, supplied water power to Vancouver two days later. The project was initially to cost $800,000 but ended up costing $1,200,000. The demand for power increased so rapidly over the next few years that by 1906 the fourth unit originally planned for the existing Power House was installed. Three more units of increasingly larger types were installed over the years to January 1912.
Due to problems with foundations, the remaining three units were installed in a new plant (Buntzen #2) located 1/2 a mile south of the old plant. Between 1909 and 1911 the water tunnel between Lake Coquitlam and Lake Buntzen was enlarged from 9 feet by 9 feet to 14 feet by 14 feet to allow the installation of the final three units. This also required the rebuilding and replacement of the original 15 foot high log crib Lake Coquitlam Dam with an 85 foot high hydro filled (water washed sand and gravel) dam with a water proof clay core and rock covered surface. A water gate (tower) was installed to provide water to New Westminster and a sluice gate (tower) to lower the level of the Lake when required. The dam was completed in January 1914. Due to the economic downturn in 1913, which reduced the demand for power, the tenth unit did not have its pipeline assembled to allow its use until 1919. This marked the end of the original building program.
The style of machinery available for power production in 1903 to 1913 required people to operate and maintain them. This resulted in a small community being developed above the Power House on the steep slopes of the hillside. Over the nearly 50 years the original plant produced power (1903 to 1950) families would be located at the site and endure the rainy, foggy weather, lack of flat ground and the need to leave by boat to seek groceries, medical attention and any form of entertainment not satisfied by tennis, badminton or fishing. One lady who resided at Buntzen from 1937 to 1943 and raised two children there commented that dogs and woman had to leave Buntzen before 10 years or they would become bushed (a little odd).
In 1950 the original four unit Power House was demolished by a planned explosion (it took two tries as the old time builders had constructed the three foot thick walls to last). The last three units of the old Buntzen #1 Power Plant were replaced in 1951 by a single unit which produced nearly three times the Power of the seven old units. This new unit was capable of being operated by remote control, thus the people were no longer needed and by 1964 when Buntzen #2 ceased regular operations, the community had begun to decay into the soil of the rain forest it was located in. The old Trout Lake Dam was the next to be replaced, being reconstructed to 57 feet in height in 1965. In 1971, the area around the reservoir became a recreational area. Between 1980 and the mid 1990's, upgrades were effected on the Lake Coquitlam Dam. The two towers carrying the transmission cables across Burrard Inlet at Barnet Beach were replaced in 1989, not due to structural defects but because of a concern regarding earthquake proofing.
Today the Lake Buntzen Power Plant produces less than 0.4% of the power produced by the generating facilities owned by B.C. Hydro. However it has the distinction of being the first hydroelectric generating plant to supply the Lower Mainland of B.C. In the early years it was considered to be an engineering marvel and after nearly 100 years still produces inexpensive power.
The use of Lake Coquitlam water has changed over the last few decades as the Greater Vancouver Regional District draws more and more water from the Lake to supply drinking water for the regions growing population. The first plan to use the water of Lake Coquitlam was by the Coquitlam Water Works Company in 1885. The plan called for a pipeline to serve Vancouver, Burnaby and New Westminster. The B.C. Electric purchased the company in 1902 to use the water rights for power production. However, the plan to supply the region with drinking water developed nearly 120 years ago was achieved this year with the completion of a 60 inch pipeline from Lake Coquitlam to the Little Mountain Reservoir in Vancouver. By the year 2050 it is suggested that all the water from Lake Coquitlam would be required for drinking water supplies with little left for power generation. But by then the 1951 Buntzen #1 replacement, if it has not itself been replaced will be nearing its' centenary. Buntzen #2 with two of the three original 1913 Doble water wheels and Dick-Kerr generators is the oldest still operational plant in the B.C. Hydro system. Unlike the newer plants, Buntzen #2 still has its' exciters which are used to energize the main generators, and this enables the plant to do a black start should there be a system wide failure as experienced in Eastern Canada and the United States earlier this year.
The use of power produced has changed over the last century. In 1903 95% of the electric energy was used for the streetcar and interurban lines (transit) with the remainder split between street lighting, industry and a very small amount for lighting in homes. As the use of electric powered household appliances became more common, the split between transit and other uses changed. By the 1920's it was nearly half-and-half. Today 95% plus of the electrical energy generated in the province goes to industry and home use, with very little to transit.
As the Lake Buntzen Power Plant nears the date of its' centenary in December 2003, the plant, the company and the people who built and operated the facility for nearly 50 years can look back at a job well done, of supplying dependable power inexpensively. Though the Plant has been overshadowed by the giant new plants like Shrum in the Peace River area and Mica in the Columbia River area, it still has the distinction of being the first to serve this area and for over a century has done a good job.
Pics and info are just awesome, Joe. Thanks for taking the time. The overwhelming feeling I get from looking at something like this is that workers from a century ago were just incredible. Obviously a hard life, but nonetheless, got it done. That wood piping was a surprise.
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Here are some pictures of the Hayward Dam, not far from the Buntzen Dam. We used to dive off the dam and swim above the gates as kids before they put warning signs up.
You can still tour the interior which is phenomenal. A few years ago they filmed a movie in there, painted everything black, three days later they were done and re-painted it all back to yellow.
Terry
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Nice!
I believe they have used that facility for several TV Shows/Movies?
Yes, lots of movie stuff.
"We're no Angels" with Sean Penn, Demi Moore and Robert DeNiro was filmed there, they built a complete town at the top of the dam, then removed every board and nail.
Terry
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Hot Rod Reunion video, a few 57's and a 58 in here.
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Steve McQueen?
Yes sir
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160mph Compressed Air Dragster
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"Richie Broughton at Connecticut Dragway, cage with Richie still in it at left, notice engine with fuel lines still trailing fuel by the pole."
Dale's dad:
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He does have a rollbar but look at those welds.
WELDS? How about the joints? No fish mouthing there....
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Back then you just did what you could. I remember seeing a roll bar made from galvanized fence post. Rear spiders were most likely welded as well. :laughing7:
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Don Garlits & Tom McEwen
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Bump drafting.
Chrome horn
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"Steel workers in Pittsburgh, USA where the Bessemer Converter was in use manhandling a piece of hot steel'
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I would have guessed that "Bessemer Converter " was actually a drop forge.
Quote from: RICH MUISE on 2022-09-25 09:17I would have guessed that "Bessemer Converter " was actually a drop forge.
I believe you are correct sir. I think the picture is mislabeled. A Bessemer Converter looks more like a cement mixer.... (I googled it)
You are both correct:
"Forge in Action at Edgar Allens Steel Foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963"
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Bessemer converter:
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You can definitely see the difference between the hands and the sightseers.
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Wow, miniature men in someone's fireplace. Looks like a scene from "Land of the Giants"
Those oversize tires by themselves had to be a hell of a load for that probable 4 banger
Rich, I believe that is a stone/marble quarry back in the late 1800's.
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Remember Kenny Goodell running at Mission Raceway back then. I think he was the first guy to anodize his components with colour, could have been Twig Zeigler, do you remember these Rory?
Terry
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Rare image of a B-2 stealth bomber and its Massive Ordnance Penetrator bunker buster bomb.
Vanishing Point Challenger
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All interesting photos. They each bring up lots of thoughts. Thanks again Joe
My pleasure Rich!
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OK, get out there and start building your shop stool.
Terry
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:thumbsup: Add some padding and you're good to GO!
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Any guesses?
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How did you get a picture of my wife?
Pronouns are most definitely she/her. No gender bending craziness there.
Simpler times...
Any guess on who she is?
Yes, she is AMAZING!
She kinda reminds me of a model I've seen doing cover girl ads on TV lately. No clue what her name is.
Sofia Vergara
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Jean Bugatti poses next to an Esders Roadster in 1932
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That's one BIG car!
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This is just so sad, SO SAD !!!! such a horrible way to to lose lives and historical planes. at loss of words.
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The loss of lives is very sad. The loss of the B-17 is also very sad for me personally as my wife and i were able to take a ride on this plane when it was based in Galveston. Also, just a few weeks ago we were watching it fly over our lakehouse in Conroe. Unbelievable that it's gone! Another connection is that one of my uncles was a tailgunner during WWII. He was shot down and survived to finish the required missions.
Very sad on the loss of 6 lives, I believe all veterans. I wonder if they'll ever figure out why the fighter apparently flew into the bomber. Had to be horrific for the folks on the ground watching. Something they'll never get over.
It has to be said that luckily there were no fatalities among spectators, public traffic or local residents. But that still doesn't bring back the crews to their families and those significant historic planes.
As somebody who also served in the Air Force and has a lifelong interest in aviation and history I can't help but also think about the ten thousands of hours that had been lovingly spent by probably hundreds if not thousands of enthusiasts and qualified personnel to keep these birds flying.....it's really very sad to see the debris and leftovers in the field.
Whatever the cause for this accident was, I just have to think what if. a fraction of a second earlier or later, a few knots less of airspeed and it would have maybe been a clipped wing tip, fractured rudder and a bent propeller on the Cobra and they all could have made it back to the airfield safely....wishful thinking, I know....
Texas Raiders will be missed along with her crew !
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In this June 21, 1959 file photo, Texas driver Carroll Shelby enjoys a swig of champagne after combining with British veteran Roy Salvadori to win the 24-Hour Endurance Auto Classic at Le Mans, France. Dressing up the picture is Miss Sophie Destrade, of France, Miss Europe of 1959. Shelby, the legendary race driver and Shelby Cobra sports car designer, died at the age 89 on May 10, 2012.
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this is totally off topic, but I just can't believe the natural beauty of that woman. She could be your neighbors girl, but yet she was Miss Europe. No artificial lips, next to no make up, no offensive clothing, no anorexia, just a pretty everyday French girl ! Love it !
Quote from: CobraJoe on 2022-11-19 10:07In this June 21, 1959 file photo, Texas driver Carroll Shelby enjoys a swig of champagne after combining with British veteran Roy Salvadori to win the 24-Hour Endurance Auto Classic at Le Mans, France. Dressing up the picture is Miss Sophie Destrade, of France, Miss Europe of 1959. Shelby, the legendary race driver and Shelby Cobra sports car designer, died at the age 89 on May 10, 2012.
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Why? Just because you can doesn't mean you should!
Okay, I'll tone it down a bit....
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Like John, FBB, said why? You can only put so much power to the ground.
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I had missed that pic of the Amarillo Dragway, cool! It's still going. Never been.
Our new family member Molly
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Great looking dogs, Joe.
Thank you Rich. A little back story to the new pup:
This is our Yellow lab Chassis; she turned a year old a few weeks ago so we had her fixed. She's not feeling so great in this pic, but she is starting to feel better.
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We had to put our other Lab Rosie down two months ago @ 7 years old:
She started to get picky about her food and wouldn't eat much, took her to the Vet and she had a rapidly spreading cancer that had developed a tumor on her spleen and even if we had it removed, life expectancy was 1-3 months.
This is her with Chassis:
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...and this is at the Vet the morning we put her down, never expected this to happen at such a young age... She ate a couple of McD's burgers and played with her ball for the last time..
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My wife fell in love with another Yellow from Chassis's breeder and we picked her up this past Saturday.
Chassis was "on order" with our breeder two years ago, because our 13 year old Golden, Brandy, had cancerous tumors but we felt she was too old to put through surgery, she was a trooper, she hung in the two more years (15) and we had to put her down five weeks ago, not a good couple of months for dogs with us. We were giving Brandy some hard drugs at night so she could relax; she literally would sleep with her eyes open. During the day, she was good and tried to play ball. In the end, the cancer didn't get her, her back legs gave out, so sad)
This is her in her prior to the cancer:
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Here she is a couple of weeks earlier: (You can see the two large tumors; one on her leg and the other on her side)
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Well that brought a tear to my eyes. It hit home with me because, even though we had 6 dogs at the time, my Husky was my dog and I lost her 1 1/2 years ago. She was my riding buddy, loved to go out for a ride. She was attacked by a pit bull at an I40 rest area and died 10 days after surgery. Blood clot breaking loose caused a heart attack. I was surprised about how hard that hit me.....these pups are like your own kids.
I remember you telling me; I don't know what I would have done....
I still say they are better than people.
My Dad used to say "Take your wife and your dog and lock them in the trunk of your car for an hour and tell me which one will be happy to see you when you open it"
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Rando pic of a cool cartoons drawing on the old hot rod deluxe magazine I got from Viva last Month.
I loved CARtoons when I was a kid, especially with Granny
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Ford's first grille came out in 1932. So what if ....
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Popular Science 1957
Here are a couple more from the same issue. My car was built September 4 which was Edsel introduction day, interesting time line on them.
Terry
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They look like Monkeys.
Tom...... Alaskan winters getting too long? Ford's FIRST grille in 1932???
Quote from: RICH MUISE on 2023-05-30 20:21...
Tom...... Alaskan winters getting too long? Ford's FIRST grille in 1932???
Yeah, Alaskan winters are always very long. And dark!
Do you dispute that the 1932 Ford sported the first grille on a Ford?
Models T & A had what we could call grille shells but had no grille.
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Quote from: Tom S on 2023-05-30 23:49Yeah, Alaskan winters are always very long. And dark!
Do you dispute that the 1932 Ford sported the first grille on a Ford?
Models T & A had what we could call grille shells but had no grille.
OK......with ya now.
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He doesn't look happy.Damn chevy engine 2.JPG
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Those are all cool/crazy/awesome pictures! {Not necessarily in that order). BTW I always enjoy the pictures you post and thank you for your effort...
Thanks Lynn, much appreciated; it's hard to tell when a forum doesn't have a "Like" button.
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Apparently Corsair #252 was prone to backfire.
Quote from: Fairlane62 on 2023-07-17 22:42Apparently Corsair #252 was prone to backfire.
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My old pup...
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This landed in town today, along with a B-25 Mitchell. What a treat.
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You going for a ride, heard they were taking paying customers up on Saturday.
I went up in the Miss America P-51, best day of work ever.
T
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It was around $1100 to go for a spin and was all booked up till Saturday. Only enough room for 3-4 passengers as space inside one of these is really at a premium. I'm going to go down and watch it in the air Saturday.
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Forty-Five Star U.S. Flag
Six states were admitted to the Union when President Benjamin Harrison was president, more than any other president. Wyoming was the last of the six, boosting the number of stars on the flag to 44. Wyoming was admitted on July 10, 1890, even though it was 5,000-people short of the 60,000-person requirement to become a state.
The Bird in the car lot of post #1304 brought back a memory. When I was a kid, a local car lot, in Spokane Washing, always had a row of them. I hadn't thought of that for years.
Along the Mexican-American Border
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1966 Bronco 2--QR Press Kit photo of three models
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Lincoln at Gen. McClellan's camp, Antietam, Maryland, 1862
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Launching of the HMS Hogue 1900
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The Hogue was sunk by the German submarine U-9, together with two of her sister ships, on 22 September 1914.
Shell workers at Chilwell 1917
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The National Shell Filling Factory, Chilwell, was a World War I United Kingdom Government-owned explosives filling factory. Its formal title was National Filling Factory No. 6. It was located near Chilwell, at that time a village, in Nottinghamshire on the main road from Nottingham to Ashby de la Zouch. During the Great War it filled some 19 million shells with high explosives.
All that needs is this guy:
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Local beach here on the Cape...
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Is that Fred in the back seat with 4 of the 7?? Man, wish that I could be like Fred.
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My late uncle vividly recalled seeing those from the ground, He was on the wrong side of the fence though....
my friends son ( 10yo) found some bomb splinters recently with his metal detector. Still there after 80 years, We are living close to a train station which was prime target late in WWII. There are many original air reconnaissance photos that show the area, littered with craters. This is war, it makes no sense, but has to be fought anyways.
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I don't think he's where he wants to be. I think I see Gilligan in the crowd with the camera.
Lancaster Bomber flight engineer WWII
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Over 7,000 bags of ornamental gold and silver, obviously looted from private homes by the Nazis, were discovered after Gen. Patton ordered the vault door blown
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German Panzer tank crew body being removed
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Kansas Dirt Track Racing
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A friend of mine idolized that car as a kid, ended up owning it and was here is western Canada for years. Then made a trip to Barrett Jackson.
It is really interesting how quickly Barris adjusted to the market, starting with elegant 40s style pure customs, 50s hot rods, show rods, chopped Mercs, over to the 60s extravaganza craze Kustoms, Batmobile, Monkees car, early Musle cars, 1970s movie cars and such.
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Not sure what that would be, can't see the back, but I'm guessing something HD for it's day, like a log hauler.
Note the hand crank........My arm hurts just looking at it.
All the info I have on this pic:
Halliburton
Title: Halliburton
Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie
Date: December 1938
Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection
Physical Description: 1 negative: film, black and white; 17.8 x 12.6 cm.
Here is a better pic of similar vehicle, it says:
THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE AUTO CO
CLINTONVILLE WISCONSIN
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Apparently, Haliburton was an "Oil Cementing Co"
Here is some info from 2019:
n 1919, Erle Palmer Halliburton started an oil well cementing business in Burkburnett, Texas with a borrowed wagon, an old pump, a salvaged tank, a clothesline, some wooden plugs, and two mules.
100 years later, Halliburton uses some of the most advanced technology known to man and has developed much of the drilling technology that yielded a shale revolution in U.S. oilfields, advancing a national goal of #energy independence.
Small world........A few minutes ago, I posted in Morning Coffee that I was going to a casino tonight. That casino is in Oklahoma just across the Red River from Burkburnett, TX. A little history..........Burke Burnett was a big Texas rancher who organized a 2-week hunting trip that included himself, Teddy Roosevelt, and Quanna Parker. The hunting party left the small town, then known by a different name, and when they returned, Roosevelt suggested to the townsfolk that they consider renaming the town after Burke Burnett, and so it happened.
Quanna Parker was one of the last Commanche Indian chiefs, the son of Nocoma, and a captured white woman. She taught her son English and gave him her last name. Quanna became a very successful and wealthy businessman. He built a big house that had 7 stars on the roof, one for each of his wives. The town of Quanna is on us287 south of Childress. His father, Nocoma has a town named after him as well, and it's SW of Witchita Falls on the highway to Gainsville. Nocoma Boots (in Nocoma) is named after him as well.
Yes, Halliburton is very big in Texas and the world.
BTW, Burnett Ranches are still big in Texas, although down to 260,000 acres. The Ranches are under the historic 6666 brand name. One of their ranches is about 35 miles east of Amarillo. The main heir to the Burnett throne is very active in colleges and museums in N Texas. I should be going thru Burkburnett about 9pm tonight. Nice little town, way smaller than the oil boom days of 1900ish.
Brings back memories of the old opera/play/movie OKLAHOMA!