During the late 1950s, chassis no. 4004 was mated with the engine from its sibling no. 4006. This latter engine had powered a land speed record attempt at California’s Muroc Dry Lake in 1929.
1950 Opel 376 mpg and it was done in 1973, with a 23 year old car. The mileage competition was over a 10 mile course with a minimum speed of 10 mph average enforced. This Opel is now in Seattle Washington
In 1939, a group of Shell scientists based in a research laboratory in Wood River, Illinois, USA, had a friendly bet to see who could drive their own car furthest on one gallon of fuel. The winner managed a distance of 21.12 km/L (59.7 mpg‑imp; 49.7 mpg‑US). A repeat of the challenge yielded dramatically improved results over the years:
1924 Chevy 168.47 MPG, this is now in the Wood River Museum in Roxana Illinois where they used to have the Shell garage that had the contest
244 MPG Fiat 600
The 1968 Shell Mileage Marathon Fiat achieved a new fuel mileage record of 244mpg. It was then stored and later moved in the 1980's to Talladega Raceway park where it was found in 2005, weathered and deteriorated
A tank collector in the United Kingdom and his mechanic opened his newly purchased tank's diesel fuel tanks. Inside were gold bars totaling approximately $2.4 million dollars. Mead found the tank, an ex-Iraqi Army Type 69, on sale on eBay.
The collector and his mechanic had already found machine gun ammunition in the armored vehicle and wanted video proof in case more ammunition was found. They pulled out five gold bars weighing about twelve pounds worth an estimated $2.4 million.
Six months after the end of the war, Iraqi authorities returned 3,216 gold bars under UN supervision. Others they either didn't know about, or missed
The exact history of this tank is unknown but it was built in the early 1980s and has just 1507 miles on the clock.
In 1951 the Muller Bros., an Oldsmobile-Firestone Tire-Car Wash-Cafe-Body Shop-Home Appliance-Auto Supply Dealer located at Sunset and Ivar in L.A., California named their complex "The Landing." With good reason, they had everything you could want on one lot. It was giant compared to most new and used car dealers of the time, even had a control tower. They came up with the idea to hold a beauty contest to celebrate the 3,000,000th car to be pulled through its car wash. Life Magazine was there to photo-document the PR event
The photo is from 1951, that's why the car on the rack is a 1950 Olds, it would be contemporary.
Pelosi was born in 1940. So, obviously an 11 year old wouldn't be standing in this photo as tall as these men.
In 1951 Nancy Pelosi was 11 years old and was living thousands of miles away from Los Angeles in Baltimore, Maryland (her father was mayor of that city from 1947 to 1959)
Another news source says it will be delayed, because of a change in lawyers, or and that May 22nd was to be the first trial, but now there is no given date for the trial to begin (Same newspaper and writer)
Judge Ralph Strother, of Waco's 19th State District Court, released a panel of 186 potential jurors Friday, who had reported to fill out questionnaires for the trial.
Christopher Jacob Carrizal was set to be the first biker tried
Northcutt said Friday he might have to seek another continuance because he still is waiting for the McLennan County District Attorney's Office to provide him with more discovery materials in the case.
"We will have to see, but when you don't have your discovery, it is hard to have a trial," Northcutt said. "We are still waiting, and there is just so much that I don't have at this point."
9 dead guys, 150 charged, and 23 months go by before anyone gets a day in court.
WTF? Are they purposely delaying a trial so cops can retire with benefits before they get their testimony examined as to why they shot people who weren't handling weapons, and why they had sharpshooters surrounding a restaurant ready willing and ipso facto going to kill people
Federal authorities prosecuting top national officers of the Bandidos motorcycle group in San Antonio have information that relates to the May 2015 shootout at Twin Peaks in Waco, but they will not share it with McLennan County prosecutors until after the federal trial, the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Texas said. http://www.theeagle.com/news/waco_shooting
This reverse wheelie (which seems to be known as a Moonwalk) by Son Ofa Digger had me thinking, they sure have accomplished some stuff I NEVER would have conceived that they could pull off with a monster truck
driving on the side... I can't hardly imagine the difficulty balancing on the side tires
Shows the invention of the front flip
For the invention of the reverse backflip
For the first corkscrew
The double backflip by Max D in June 2015
a couple years before that they perfected the slap wheelie
and earlier in 2013 Max D did a stoppie (30 second mark)
Max D made a "back flip twist" in 2011
the earliest backflip I can find was 2009, but the credit for the 1st known is Larry Quick/Ghost Ryder, 2008.
skip the first 35 seconds
and Cyclones go back were invented earlier than 2007 (a cyclone is a spin around the center of the truck, a donut is a spin around the front bumper)
Most of these I had, but special thanks to Chris of Monster trucking with Jim and Chris! He knew several I didn't, like the corkscrew, earliest backflip, reverse wheelie... sure appreciate the knowledge Chris!
Originally built from a Douglas 2 3/4 frame then modified with Mr Pidcocks own frame
Mr Pidock converted the motorcycle to use on his daily journey to work at a engineering company in Peterborough during the time of petrol rationing.
The bike was featured in Motor Cycling magazine in 1942 and 1943
Speed is selected by a lever 3 positions 6v, 12v and 18v and the clutch lever operating a Lucas solenoid switch to bring in the motor. The motor is a Morris lorry starter motor.
At the time of this ramps construction in Madison, only two other cities in the country used this method of parking. The original plan for the lot called for a three deck structure that would hold 192 cars. (Wisconsin State Journal, June 30, 1951)
The first commercial pigeon-hole parking unit in the world was built for the Harry S. Manchester department store, behind Manchester's at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and East Dayton Street. The Manchester pigeon-hole parking unit was six stories high and it held 169 cars. The parking is all done mechanically without a hand touching the auto after the driver steps out. The hydraulically-operated lift moves sideways and vertically and can park 169 cars at an average time of 35 seconds per car when operating at peak efficiency. The photo shows an interior view of the parking unit with the mechanical lift at the far end taking a car up.
Vaughn and Leo Sanders grew up in a timber family in northeast Washington. They were loggers who also ran a silver mine and a lumber mill.
Leo up with the idea of robotic parking valet while operating a forklift at the mill. After serving in World War II, the brothers founded Pigeon Hole Parking in 1947.
