Monday, February 09, 2026

huh, 1st time I've seen this. Was there really that much money or sponsorship in the national Soapbox Derby racing? To buy a Pullman 5th wheel?

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Check out the parking lot butchers shop: a repurposed body of an old rear entry Jitney!

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One Oakland police officer made $490,000 in overtime. The city can’t find records detailing much of what he did

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Lieutenant Timothy Dolan, a 26-year veteran who leads the traffic unit and serves as vice president of the OPOA police union, was paid $493,...

Mexico is racing to finish the new trade route "the Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec" across its narrow southern waist, linking the Pacific with the Gulf of Mexico along a 303 kilometer railway backed by upgraded ports and industrial parks.

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Containers leave a ship on one coast, cross the country by train, then board another ship on the other side. With drought and heat already s...

Here's a strange, but car related news item, A man named Allen Rex Roberts was charged with possession of a stolen car in August 2021. Now, the severe shortage of public defenders has resulted in 1400 cases getting dismissed

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The charges were dismissed in October 2022 because of the state’s failure to appoint him a lawyer, but in April 2024, prosecutors re-indicte...

For years, truck drivers and farmers have complained about newer diesel engines that require DEF systems. In addition to sudden shutdowns, drivers have reported reduced engine lifespan and performance.

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Last August, the EPA announced new guidance for engine and truck manufacturers. The agency urged them to update the DEF system software on c...

A California jury has awarded roughly $52 million to a group of truck drivers and yard workers who were retaliated against after raising safety, wage and regulatory concerns at Sysco

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The jury found that Sysco violated California Labor Code Section 1102.5, the state’s whistleblower protection statute, which prohibits retal...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has closed 7,500 commercial driver training schools in a first year of enforcing federal laws governing trucking to increase road safety.

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Three top trucking-related accomplishments made his total list of accomplishments:  Removing more than 11,500 drivers who failed to meet Eng...

how is it California fails to regulate most of the schools that train truck drivers? This allows nearly 200 unlicensed schools to operate with effectively no oversight, according to a CalMatters analysis of state and federal records.

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Both the federal government and the state of California have systems for regulating trucking schools, making sure that they adhere to the cu...

Whoa, Nick made a seriously thorough collection of gas station maps!

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Just one example, and the top half is the front, and the bottom half the back another example. Each map shows what that oil company made for...
Sunday, February 08, 2026

C.L. "Outdoor" Franklin standing beside the Richfield Scout Car, with some interesting luggage under his elbow, 1930. (thank you 49er Badger!)

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how's a motor wheel push a tobaggan, on slippery snow or icy roads? I'm guessing it couldn't. Canton NY 1920s

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I bet you'll agree that 4 of the wheels are ridiculous, but one is cool

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it's kinda weird to see a but pulling a wagon trailer... not a luggage type, it looks like a garbage type

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1953 San Diego map shows a Peik Airfield in the Loma Portal area... I don't think I ever heard of it

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1942 college kids jalopy

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"BAKERIZED Ford SERVICE is the maximum in automobile value"

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The term "Bakerized" acted as a brand name for a comprehensive service package, similar to "certified" or "speciali...

100 years ago a billboard was an elegant way to advertise. This one advertised Vogue tires by making a display case of the billboard to enclose a car that was lit up at night

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1930 Lincoln with rare German coachwork

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the early artists concepts were typically unable to be recreated in mass production by stamping presses

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hmmm

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no doubt they are all rascals, bon vivants, and raconteurs https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/...
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Col. Sam McLaughlin drove his McLaughlin buggy around 4 blocks to his office at GM Oshawa during the gas rationing days of WW2. (it may have been followed by his limo out of the camera frame)

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McLaughlin Motor Car Company Limited was a Canadian manufacturer of automobiles headquartered in Oshawa, Ontario.  Founded by Robert McLaugh...

terrific mom n pop gas station, Huntington Indiana

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Lincoln Zephyr Prototype, Ford Exhibition Building, Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1934

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I'm not picking up on why have the jump seats on this 1912 Cole. But treadless tires on the snowy roads? That must have been about useless

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Saturday, February 07, 2026

weird re-use of an old Cessna 172, Kyoto, Japan

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Madison Square Garden 1965

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something to spread water over the ice to smooth it down at 1/2 time? Must be https://www.tumblr.com/coolthingsguyslike
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as long as no one gets hurt, and you don't wreck your car, why not practice high speed curves with out of their range commuters, for fun?

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I bet it's fun to ride

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I was way off on my guess of what this is supposed to mean, I was on the wrong track, and was thinking it has something to do with BMW, like a name of a German city. Nope.

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 lol, well, I went with the BMW thing, and maybe was reading too much into the BMW colors on the plate, and Nürburgring, with the BNG at the...
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here's an upclose look at the cheap bullshit parts Hyundai built my Veloster cooling system with, that began leaking from bullshit cheap manufacturing process that was likely designed to fail after the warranty was over, so car owners were likely to get the dealerships to do repairs

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the pipe nipple was soldered into the manifold part. That does not hold up for more than 103,000 miles and 10 years. The solder oxidized and...