if these images on the maps protrayed a real place, it must have been like the land of Oz, minus the evil witches.

https://public.websites.umich.edu/~aleskiw/roadgeek/michigan.htm

source of the phrase "jumping on the Band Wagon" thank you Steve!

Ever heard of the Press On Regardless Rally? At one time, part of the FIA, and George Henderson won it in 1972 in a Jeep Wagoneer

they put four-wheel-drive at the top of the podium for the first time ever in a professional rally.

In the early ‘60s, Henderson had already got sponsored rides, including driving for Mercedes-Benz. He even went along to navigate with Scott Harvey when he took the factory Plymouth rally team to Monte Carlo Rally in 1964, where the duo finished third in their class.

n 1974, On Halloween eve 1974, with the kids of the town out trick or treating, one of the Lancia Stratos did a massive burnout on the main drag of the town of Felch and hauls through town, which caught the attention of the Sheriff of Dickinson County ,” Layton says. “The sheriff went to the next stage of the rally, set up a roadblock, and asked all of the teams to leave his county.” As a result, a majority of the stages had to be scratched

do you remember when polish jokes were all the rage, I think they were brought on by All In The Family's main character Archie Bunker

https://www.flickr.com/photos/rwgraves/albums/72157640485135104/with/27265394043

https://dirtfish.com/rally/how-a-jeep-led-to-fias-infamous-4wd-ban/

around 1895 to 1905, brass bands were a fad all over the world.,. and a band has always needed a vehicle to get around to gigs with!

 https://www.academia.edu/38218771/Brass_Bands_of_the_World_a_historical_directory

Compliments to this Fed Ex driver for displaying an April Fools gag!

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10232905964012207&set=pcb.10232905967892304

Rachel said

 " I literally chased down this FedEx guy while flashing my lights until he pulled over because he had a package on the back of his truck. This is what he did. What an awesome world we live in. I love those who enjoy life, who don’t take things too seriously and take time to make other peoples day. "

to walk across a road with no fear, carry a brick, and let the drivers see you ready to smash their windshield with it

 https://www.tumblr.com/armengoldira/746844482894528512?source=share

a couple of the vehicles in the new Mad Max movie, Furiosa

 

https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1141610_furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-trailer-release-date

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12037194/mediaindex/?ref_=tt_mv_close

the Bridgeport Brass Company and the Copper Development Association commissioned a 1967 Buick Riviera Gran Sport chassis, and coachwork designed by Mario Revelli de Beaumont to be built by Turin’s Carrozzeria Coggiola

 

slated for destruction in 1970, it was instead reportedly purchased by the Bridgeport Brass Company head Herman Steinkraus and remained in storage until resurfacing in the 1990s.

 It was subsequently purchased for a Connecticut collection and underwent a refurbishment in 2015 before winning its class at the 2016 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1967-exemplar-1-show-car-exemplar-1/

thank you Doug!

The crew of 'Our Gang', a B-17 of the 324th Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group. Rare pin up art on engine cowling instead of the nose

 https://www.facebook.com/worldwarincolor/photos/pb.100064576096574.-2207520000/3910118915784538/?type=3

P-51s of the 325th FG being serviced at Mondolfo airfield, in March 1945.

 https://www.facebook.com/worldwarincolor/photos/pb.100064576096574.-2207520000/4992602057536213/?type=3

Air Transport Auxiliary pilot Second Officer Jadwiga Piłsudska, 1943, daughter of Marshal Józef Piłsudski, the prewar leader of Poland. Before war she was a renowned glider pilot. In September 1939, together with her sister and mother, she escaped from Soviet-occupied Wilno to Sweden and then to Britain.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=713205070842023&set=pb.100064576096574.-2207520000&type=3

Lt. KDW, left, and crew under their B 17. KDW, a high school drop out from Texas, joined the Army at 16. The bombing of Pearl Harbor catapulted him into pilot training, and after 500 hours of flight time he became a bomber pilot in the 8th Air Force.

https://www.tumblr.com/usaac-official

colorized WW2 photos are very cool

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=734327402063123&set=a.637760145053183

bore-sighting at Boxted air base

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=5078911688905249&set=a.393169424146189

The Albatross was a glider conceived by Jean-Marie Le Bris, a French sea captain.

The wheels were jettisoned after lifting off, in 1856 he managed a flight of 660 feet, climbing to 330 feet. Takeoff speed was accomplished by being pulled by a horse drawn buggy. Hand and foot controls were connected to the wing and tail. This 1868 photo is the first photo ever taken of a flying machine.

https://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparforum/threads/who-likes-aircraft.105463/page-692

imagine being a witness to such an era when those bombers were a common site flying over

 https://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparforum/threads/who-likes-aircraft.105463/page-692

Shorty Miriam, what an odd thing to name a P 47

 https://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparforum/threads/who-likes-aircraft.105463/page-696

The Big Hairy Bird

https://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparforum/threads/who-likes-aircraft.105463/page-696

Ford fans can now access Ford Times from 1964-1981 via the Heritage Vault.

 

https://fordauthority.com/2024/04/ford-times-magazines-become-public-via-ford-heritage-vault/

The 455 big block Olds V8 was replaced in 1977 with the 402.6 cu in (6.6 L; 6,598 cc) small block, Happy 403 day :-)

 thanks Elias!

they took a lot of weight out of this hot rod the old fashioned way, they swiss cheese'd it with a drill and a hole saw

 

https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2024/04/somebody-went-wild-with-drill.html

Bob Hope! and a P-40F Warhawk 325th

https://www.tumblr.com/aviationgeek71/738720100490805248?source=share

Mortimer Snerd was the secondary ventriloquist dummy of Edgar Bergen, and was created in 1938,

removing an officer with a Sikorsky H-5 from the deck of USS Missouri

 https://www.tumblr.com/lonestarbattleship/673015628018352128?source=share

490th Bomb Group, most are G models, with up to 13 machine guns. (thanks Jack S!)

https://www.tumblr.com/usafphantom2/745607457254096896?source=share