Bud Moore Engineering

My hometown...... Ottawa Ontario.... 1957 on Bank Street.

Quote from: CobraJoe on 2024-11-13 08:04

Interesting the the Falcon was shipped with it`s hub caps already installed.

Interesting assortment of models. I can't figure out if that wagon is an Edsel or a Ford...I think Edsel. Those Lincolns sure have pretty much disappeared.
Railroad cars nowadays are enclosed but vented......I see lots of them around here. Didn't know what was in those vented cars until I asked a friend who works for the railroad. I figured it couldn't be cattle, but back in the old days, railroads transporting cattle is what put Amarillo on the map.

The wagon looks like a 61 Mercury.

I guess that the enclosed rail cars came about due to vandalism and theft. Not sure if "artists" were tagging new cars with graffiti back in the early 60s or not, but I knew a guy that worked at a large new car auto terminal/storage facility, and when they went to unload new Z/28 Camaros in the late 70s, it wasn`t uncommon to find an empty spot were the Super T10 4 speeds had been. I guess if a group of thieves jump on a train load of new cars, headed thousands of miles away, they could remove several transmissions while the train was en route, and toss them on the grass beside the tracks, for a fellow crook to pickup. Plus I suppose some kids could throw rocks at the cars and/or windows while the train was chugging along.

I worked at a dealership 59-63, Cadillacs came in special rail box cars and could only be unloaded by one trained guy in our town.  Four per car double decked, it took all day to get them out.

Quote from: 59meteor on 2024-11-14 18:29I guess that the enclosed rail cars came about due to vandalism and theft. Not sure if "artists" were tagging new cars with graffiti back in the early 60s or not, but I knew a guy that worked at a large new car auto terminal/storage facility, and when they went to unload new Z/28 Camaros in the late 70s, it wasn`t uncommon to find an empty spot were the Super T10 4 speeds had been. I guess if a group of thieves jump on a train load of new cars, headed thousands of miles away, they could remove several transmissions while the train was en route, and toss them on the grass beside the tracks, for a fellow crook to pickup. Plus I suppose some kids could throw rocks at the cars and/or windows while the train was chugging along.

The T10 4 speed theft you described occurred in the Atlanta area as the railcars left the BOP (Buick-Olds-Pontiac) plant back in the day. Bucket seats were also stolen .......So I'm told.

Four of these were built in Australia, they had twin flatheads, side by side with twin four speeds connected with one stick.

Terry
 

Now that had to be strange to drive! It's obviously articulated, and I'm assuming the pivot point is over the second axle (like a modern big rig), so the cab is not going to be "pointing" where the bus was headed on a turn. That may be why they only built four.

Am I looking at that wrong?

Quote from: RICH MUISE on 2024-11-16 10:37Am I looking at that wrong?

    Neat to look at but lots of failed engineering in this rig.

Framed this one up for my shop wall, can't get enough of the good stuff.
Terry
 

Quote from: RICH MUISE on 2024-11-16 10:37Am I looking at that wrong?

I believe you are correct. Looks like a "tractor" in the front with a "goose neck" trailer. I bet the steering links are crazy though since the driver is in the trailer! (PURE BS CONJECTURE OF COURSE.)