and I had no idea, that he also voiced the March Hare!
Friday, January 23, 2026
I just learned that the narrator of the Disney classic "The Brave Engineer" was Jerry Colonna
and I had no idea, that he also voiced the March Hare!
Henry James Soulen, The Parade, 1888-1965
Born in Milwaukee in 1888, Henry James Soulen was a noted illustrator who attended the Art Students League in Milwaukee, the Art Institute of Chicago, and later studied under the celebrated teacher, Howard Pyle, the founder of the Brandywine School. He also studied with N.C. Wyeth.
Soulen was also the recipient of the Peabody Award for magazine cover design
During World War II, he gave free art lessons at the Valley Forge Military Hospital, a rehabilitation center for veterans.
Another Frazetta movie poster!
same style of Rolls Royce as the other one I posted 4 months ago https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2025/10/just-campy-and-60s-goofball-as-hell-but.html
I've never heard of this before... huh!
Of course, you are familiar with Ray Harroun racing the Marmon Wasp in 1911, who used mirrors to see competitors.
When asked about how he came up with such an innovative idea as the rearview mirror, Harroun took no credit. He said that in 1904 he saw a driver of a horse-drawn buggy using a rearview mirror. Harroun thought it was a great idea. He copied it and installed it on his race car.
But even earlier, in 1906, Dorothy Levitt, born Dorothy Elizabeth Levi, author, businesswoman, and automobile engineer, who started in the automotive world as a secretary at the Napier motor company. used a handheld beauty mirror to assist her during a car race. She identified that a similar fixed mirror inside the car would help drivers
Berger's 1921 invention, featuring a 3x7 inch plate glass mirror attached to the windshield, was the first widely distributed version for daily driving, turning a surveillance tool into an essential safety feature
Berger’s business must have been quite successful. He married an opera singer and actress, and the couple bought a house in Huntington Palisades, a new development between Brentwood and Santa Monica. They lived there through the 1930s and ‘40s. They also owned a thoroughbred racing stable. Several of their horses went on to be highly competitive in the major horse races of the day.
Thursday, January 22, 2026
another hour of getting some exercise while hoping to find some cool cars, but also another disappointing walk. All I found was this car cover waiting for us to guess what's under it
My guess is that it's a 73 or 74 Duster
And I verified that there IS a dune buggy on my block, pushed way back and buried under junk....
this is Goggle street view from 2011
interesting, but expected, result of tech gizmos.... more people are cheating on the drivers test. They are either getting impersonators take the test for them, or use blutooth earbuds to get the answers
Cheating cases during practical and theory driving tests rose by nearly 50 per cent last year in England, Scotland and Wales, new figures show.
There were 2,844 attempts to cheat in 2025, 47% higher than the previous year.
Of those, more than a third (1,113) involved the use of technology, such as an earpiece connected via Bluetooth to a concealed phone, to try to cheat at a theory test.
Meanwhile people attempted 1,084 times to try to take theory tests while impersonating the registered candidate.
And in 647 incidents, people pretended to be the registered candidate for a practical test.
There were 2,844 attempts to cheat in 2025, 47% higher than the previous year.
Of those, more than a third (1,113) involved the use of technology, such as an earpiece connected via Bluetooth to a concealed phone, to try to cheat at a theory test.
Meanwhile people attempted 1,084 times to try to take theory tests while impersonating the registered candidate.
And in 647 incidents, people pretended to be the registered candidate for a practical test.
Overall, nearly 100 offenders were prosecuted for trying to cheat themselves or for impersonating driving test candidates.
23-year-old Qounain Khan, who was handed an eight-month prison sentence in June 2025 after pleading guilty to impersonating learners at theory test centres 12 times.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2g30wwmnno
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2g30wwmnno
cool event I just learned of, the Morris Minor Owners Club notorious Minors on Tour trip, now in its fifth decade.
this car only had 19,000 miles when bought before the drive, and only has 27.5 horsepower.
That's a very interesting car to decide to drive around for fun.
pretty stupid of the city to arrest the guy painting the cross walk BEFORE he was finished.... think of the savings to the taxpayer if the city waited for the work to be completed first!
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
Tuesday, January 20, 2026
A proposed class-action lawsuit is now moving forward on behalf of 600 Colorado drivers who say their vehicles were damaged after filling up with contaminated gas.
Unleaded and mid-grade fuel contaminated with diesel fuel was sold at fuel retailers across the Denver metro area between last Wednesday, Jan. 7, and Thursday, Jan. 8, around 6 a.m. by Sinclair, the distributor
Some consumers have reported going back to the gas station where they purchased bad gas, which then claims it was not affected by the contamination. In this case, Hope said with the published list, the division can help to “encourage” gas station owners to honor claims.
Hope said it is a personal decision whether consumers involve their own insurance companies, but highly recommends starting the claims process with the gas station.
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