Helen Hayes in a motor Glide at Lockheed Martin getting a tour of the B36 production

https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth41036/m1/1/

The Alan and Marcella Schurman Iron Ranch is a lifetime collection of thousands of tractors, engines, trucks, parts, signs, toys, farm antiques and other odd stuff like a steam donkey, a steam engine clock, and a Plymouth train engine (thanks Doug!)

Vehicles

1922 Stanley Steamer Model 735
Avery Truck with correct Rutenber engine
Cartercar Model R Coupe
Case Touring Car
Mack AB Truck with “Gar-wood” Hoist/Dump Box
Samson Delivery Truck
Samson Truck
International Auto-Buggy
‘Jumbo’ Truck;
 1920 White Truck;
 1931 Ford Model A;
 1933 Ford V8 Sedan;
 1934 Ford V8 Sedan;
 Briggs and Stratton ‘Speedster’;
 Brush Car; Cushman Truckster;
 Demartini Truck;
 Diamond T Model 306 Truck;
 Early 4 Seat Horse Drawn Carriage;
 Fairmont Ride On Railcar;
 Ford Model A Coupe;
 (4)Ford Model A Truck;
 Ford Model T Coupe;
Ford Model T Fire Truck;
 Ford Model T Truck;
 (3) Kleiber Truck;
 Studebaker Coupe

Tractors

Allwork 14-28 Model C Aultman-Taylor 30-60 Bates Steel Mule Model B Bean Spray Pump Co. Tracto Best 25 Crawler (2) Best 30 Crawlers Best 30 Chassis Best 60 Tailseat Case 12-20 Crossmotor Case 15-27 Emerson Brantingham AA 12-20 Fair-Mor 12-25 Tractor Heider 9-18 Model D Holt 75 Holt Armored Military 5 Ton PLUS 3 Additional Chassis International 8-16 Mogul Holt Military 5 Ton Chassis Monarch 20-12 Neverslip Crawler Parrett H or E 12-25 Plymouth Locomotive Rumely 12-20 Rumely 15-25 L Rumely 15-30 F Samson Iron Horse Line Drive (2) Sawyer-Massey 11-22

Steam Traction Engines Case Center Crank Steam Engine; 22hp Minneapolis Traction Engine; Russell 16hp Traction Engine; Russell 8hp Portable Steam Engine

Other Great Tractors

 Case L; Case Terramatic Drive;
 Caterpilar 2 Ton;
 Caterpillar Small Fifteen;
Caterpillar Fifteen;
Caterpillar D5;
Caterpillar High Ten;
Caterpillar Sixty;
Caterpillar Tailseat Thirty;
 (3)Caterpillar Ten; (3) Caterpillar Thirty;
(2)Caterpillar Twenty;
 Caterpillar Twenty Eight;
 Caterpillar Twenty Two;
 Cletrac BGH; Cletrac E 38”; Cletrac F; Cletrac F Chassis; (3)Cletrac Model K; Ferguson; (3)Fordson; Fordson Half Track Conversion; Fordson Track Conversion with Winch; Fordson Wehr One Man Power Grader; Fordson with Shovel Conversion;
 Fordson with Solid Cast Front Wheels;
 Fordson with Williamette Winch; Gibson Model D; Graham-Bradley Tricycle Tractor;
 John Deere 420 Crawler;
 John Deere AR;
 John Deere BO;
 John Deere D;
 John Deere Styled G with Wide Front;
 (2) John Deere Unstyled D;
 McCormick Deering 0-12; Oliver Hart Parr 70; Oliver Hart Parr 70 Orchard; Prescott Tractor conversion; Samson Model M; Silver King Standard; Silver King Tricycle; Thieman Tractor; Vaughn Flex-Tread Walk Behind; Windolph Crawler Tractor

Engines

 Corliss 600hp Steam Engine
Foos 8hp Hopper Cooled Disc Crank
International 8hp Famous Winch Engine
HUGE Steam Donkey
Howell 4.5hp Side Shaft
Hall-Scott #175 6 cylinder Engine
Harris 25-30 Stationary Engine
Samson 1.5hp Side Shaft Tank Cooled
Sieverkropp 1 cylinder Horizontal
Sieverkropp Vertical
Stickney 1.75hp

1948 Fairbanks 225hp 4 Cylinder Diesel Engine with Generator; Ames Iron Works Steam Engine with Genset; Associated 1.75hp Hired Man; Associated 8hp Portable; Assoicated 2.25hp Hired Hand; Atlas; Imperial 75hp Stationary Engine; Buffalo 2hp; Climax R41 4 Cylinder Stationary Engine; Cushman 4hp Binder Engine; Detroit 1 cylinder Vertical; Eclipse Pumping Engine with Fairbanks Pump; Economy 1.5hp; Economy 1.75hp E; Empire 7hp; Fairbanks 2hp Z; Fairbanks 3hp with Fleck Pump; Foos Type J 1-2hp; Fuller and Johnson 1.5hp; Fuller and Johnson Engine with Meyers Pump; General Electric Genset; (2) Gray 1hp; International 1hp Titan; International 1hp Tom Thumb; International 6hp Hopper Cooled Famous; John Deere 1.hp E; John Deere 3hp E; Large 12 Cylinder Industrial Engine; Monitor VJ Pumping Engine with Baker Pump; New Way 3.5hp Model A; Page Cream Separator with Gas Engine; Regal Boat Motor Enge; Reid 12hp Engine; Sandow Vertical; Standard 3-4hp Gas Engine; Standard Air Cooled Vertical; Stover 1.5hp

Steam Engines

English Iron Works Stationary Steam Engine;
 Ericsson 8” Hot Air;
 Erie City Engine Works Stationary Steam Engine;
 Houston, Standard, and Gamble Stationary Steam Engine;
 Jewell #2 Stationary Steam Engine; Reliable Stationary Steam Engine;
 Worthington 8x10 Stationary Steam Engine

https://www.aumannauctions.com/project/details/45913

even a Thickstun intake with a pair of Stromberg 97s

small tugs at the Lockheed Martin plant in Fort Worth

https://texashistory.unt.edu/search/?start=96&t5=dc_subject&q5=%22Lockheed+Martin%22&searchType=advanced

Marvin came across one heck of a home built looking scooter, a Honda Ruckus maybe? That appears to be held together with duct tape and electrical tape

Thanks Marvin! 

there's not very much known about the upcoming Cruella movie, but until we see what cool car she's going to drive, we can see one of her goons rides a scooter

https://twitter.com/DisneyStudios

Vinne Jones and Nick Frost would have been terrific goons for Cruella

Scooter 1, asshole in a cage 0

https://viejospellejos.com/page/3

Two San Diego men took the initiative to create the company Scoot Scoop and impound 14,000 scooters to date which are illegally parked, left littered across the city on private property - endangering pedestrians

Heinkel, a former Marine who runs an international repossession business and towing company, and Borelli, are dressed in matching blue "Scoot Scoop" polos

Last year, Heinkel was on a bike ride with his daughter along the Pacific Beach boardwalk when a tire popped. They stopped at Borelli's electric bicycle store, located inside the Promenade shopping plaza, among T-shirt shops, phone stores, and Mexican restaurants, to fix the flat.

While they were inside, Heinkel says scooter chargers staged a few newly charged scooters directly in the entrance of bike shop, then flashed middle-finger salutes in their general direction.

"Watch where you point that finger, kid," is what Heinkel remembers saying.

The chargers told Heinkel they were flipping off the store, a response to Borelli's complaints about them parking scooters near his store, blocking his sign. It gave Heinkel an idea. By the next week he had Borelli as a partner and a tow-authorization agreement from the plaza's owner, who already hated scooters and had asked tenants to simply throw them in the dumpster.

Borelli describes ScootScoop as a start up in its own right, with he and Heinkel the only full-time employees. Like many start-ups, ScootScoop is not yet profitable, and got it's start in Pacific beach were the scooters were annoying local business owners, and where Borelli owns a bike and skate rental shop

ScootScoop's owners say neighboring businesses in San Diego "reached out to us and said we can’t take these scooters anymore," according to Borelli.

Most of the scooters the firm has impounded in San Diego are from Bird and Lime, but those companies are refusing to pay to retrieve their vehicles and are fighting ScootScoop by suing them in California state court, Borelli said, accusing ScootScoop of unlawfully impounding the scooters and then demanding a ransom to get them returned.

In just over a year of operations, they have impounded more than 12,500 electric scooters, Borelli said.

The battle between the men and the scooter companies underscores the chaotic legal landscape for the vehicles

“Their attempts to deputize themselves as an extension of the city is not only unlawful, but it is nothing more than a property theft scheme to generate income,” Lime said.

ScootScoop claims the right to impound scooters under California law when they are improperly parked on private property, and it invoices the scooter companies at least $50 per vehicle to return them, Borelli said. ScootScoop plans to auction off some scooters if it doesn’t get paid.

ScootScoop charges the companies $30 to release each e-scooter. Its freelance workers will also move or stand up a scooter that's blocking walkways or roads. The cost to the scooter firms is $3 to $5. ScootScoop contractors take photos to show their homework.

ScootScoop is also developing an app where San Diego business owners can drop a pin on a map to alert the "scoopers" to an interloper that needs to be impounded within 24 hours. The pair also hopes to go global by using a model whereby satellite operators pay licensing fees.

San Diego was the land of the beach cruiser," Borelli said, describing the classic bicycle with balloon tires and motorcycle-style handlebars. "It was the ideal thing to get around here at a leisurely, safe pace. The e-scooter has been put it in the rear-view mirror."

A suit filed in federal court on behalf of four disabled San Diegans names the city as well as Bird Rides, Lime and other e-scooter companies, alleging they're violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by allowing the vehicles to pile up and inhibit access to sidewalks.

The suit seeks class-action status, undisclosed cash damages and an end to e-scooters on walkways.

Last fall, for instance, Bird paid the Scoot Scoop guys about $50,000 to get 1,801 confiscated scooters back

The public has never liked a towing company as much as they seem to like these guys. Old ladies, the ones terrified of scooters zooming past them on sidewalks, give the guys coffee gift cards. Police officers cheer them on, hooting "Scoot Scoop!" from their cruisers as Borelli and Heinkel conduct business.

Jim Bostian, the co-owner of the Crystal Pier Hotel and Cottages, says San Diego's ride-share scooter infestestation has become the biggest public nuisance he's had to deal with since he started working on the pier a half century ago.

Scoot Scoop's attorney Matt Souther claims that "tow-away" signs on private property are legally sufficient because Scoot Scoop isn't dealing with parking spaces — it's dealing with fire lanes, entrances and exits. You don't need to give notice to tow a scooter from those locations, he said.

Since scooters don't have vehicle identification numbers, the state department of motor vehicles won't allow Heinkel and Borelli to sell them to satisfy unpaid impound fees. Plus, they've got to keep them as evidence in the lawsuits.

On July 1, San Diego instituted laws for electric scooters: There is now a geofence-enabled 5 mile-per-hour zone on the boardwalk next to the ocean, and city employees are now responding to complaints logged via a city app and even impounding scooters left on sidewalks rather than in the street, and elsewhere on city property. The city charges a $60 impound fee, and stores them at the city dump, according to Borelli.

The Scoot Scoop guys welcome it.

"It's made our position a lot stronger," Borelli said, "it's one hundred percent validating everything we're doing."

https://www.scootscoop.com/
https://101kgb.iheart.com/content/san-diego-men-impounded-scooters/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-scooters/san-diego-duo-takes-on-electric-scooter-industry-idUSKCN1UR47F?il=0
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/san-diego-startup-impounds-wayward-e-scooters-n973841
https://patch.com/california/san-diego/will-san-diego-scoot-scoop-guys-slay-electric-scooter-goliaths

The escape artist (cue yackety sax music)

https://darkdraggon.tumblr.com/

Usain Bolt, has a mobility company and it has a fleet of electric mobility devices; the Bolt Original, the Bolt One, the Bolt Chariot, and the Bolt Nano just launched in Paris.

It seats two, one behind the other like a motorcycle.

it has a swappable battery, allowing the battery to be replaced instead of being stuck to a charging station. It's range may be only 15km though, but, for a city rental on a phone ap based system? It might be a great replacement for the larger leave it where ever type rental cars that preceeded it.

https://mikeshouts.com/bolt-mobility-bolt-nano-electric-vehicle/
https://www.micromobility.com/

I know which one is better at zipping through crowds at Comic Con

The Japanese Air Force ground staff formed their own display team…but as none of them have a pilot’s license, they do it all on Honda scooters – the Blue Junior display team. (The Blue Impulse are the pilots and planes)

https://thevintagent.com/2019/07/09/blue-junior-flying-scooter-display-team/

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee is a month away, well, they're not all comedians, as we saw in the last season, but probably still interesting to watch get interviewed by Seinfeld. And they won't all be in cars... a Lambretta appears

When I say, not all are comedians, I'm talking about Matthew Broderick and his wife Sarah, President Obama, Christoph Waltz, Lorne Michaels.

I get it, they're big in tv, or movies, or just A list star power. But, they ain't comedians. And a scooter ain't a car. Is that being grouchy to bring that up? Well, I'm more about honest and real than I am about celebrity pals doing you a favor so you can make some episodes... ain't there enough comedians that would go for a ride and do an interview?

https://www.instagram.com/jerryseinfeld/

Kim sent me a couple photos of Vespa based scooters from Indonesia

thanks Kim!

there was a book when I was a kid that was popular, the End Of the Sidewalk... but I never came across one. This electric scooter did

http://knuckledraggin.com/2019/06/end-of-the-line/

100 years ago this was made, and they didn't evolve much since. They did have a nifty parasol accessory back then

https://silodrome.com/abc-skootamota/