Thursday, July 03, 2025
a very remarkable bridge, one that no longer exists, except in a painting by Van Gogh. The original drawbridge was replaced by a reinforced-concrete bridge in 1930. Van Gogh claimed the painting as "something funny... I will not create every day."
Wednesday, July 02, 2025
Sometime in the 1970s, Don was able to arrange the purchase of this 32 with condition that the large tree not be harmed when removing the car, in Littleton, Colorado.
in Silsbee, Texas, a man stole a 2025 Ford Mustang directly from a dealership while performing a test drive. He left his drivers license though... so they didn't have any trouble finding the thief
It wasn’t long before the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office spotted the stolen Mustang and successfully executed a traffic stop, at which point the thief was arrested without incident. Luckily, no one was hurt, and now, the man is facing a litany of charges including aggravated robbery, unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, with bond set at $230,000.
in theory, this should work, and Garage 54 seems to exist to challenge the nearly impossible, and see it it can be made to work... a Lada with fourteen wheels
https://www.thedrive.com/news/42630/a-14-wheeled-lada-is-genius-on-paper-needs-work-in-practice
If you think "Garage 54" sounds familiar, it's because I posted about their attempt to power a car with AA batteries, and when they made a burn out car, like the Australians do https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2020/11/what-happens-when-australian-builds.html
The RAF Museum has launched a fundraising campaign to support the relocation of more than 50,000 historic artifacts to a new Collections Hub in the Midlands. "The Crate Escape"
Through The Crate Escape, supporters can choose to fund a packing box and, in doing so, help preserve and share stories of courage, innovation, and sacrifice.
The new Collections Hub is part of a broader transformation of the RAF Museum Midlands, scheduled for completion in the summer of 2027.
https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/
So, why have several 10s of thousands of historical items been stored, instead of on display, by a museum - which only exists to show and share the items, (that's why they charge admission) but now they want to charge a lot more, to let people know what's in storage.
Huh. Have I got that right, or missed something obvious? In the video that explains it all... they say they made a new museum location, with a new exhibition, a lot of new green space, and a learning center.... but they don't mention that these items in storage, that they want to fundraise to move, will be given a place to be displayed.
See? new green space, new exhibition, and new learning center... nothing about new exhibit halls expansion the size of several warehouses, as that is what it would take to display all the stuff they want you to pay to move, that's stored in the warehouse. That's pretty cheeky
if New York govt employees are involved, I bet they are corrupt, and somehow making a lot of untaxed income from their job.... 3 New York DMV employees, and a driving school were busted in driver's license scheme, Staten Island DA says
Detectives say the T&E Driving School on Roosevelt Avenue in Queens charged people $1,600 to $2,000 each to falsify driving exams. Investigators say the school's owner worked with three DMV examiners and a substitute driver who posed as other people to take tests.
General Motors agreed to a $150 million class action lawsuit settlement over the excessive oil consumption problem in 2011-2014 Avalanche, Silverado, Suburban, Tahoe, Sierra, Yukon vehicles equipped with LC9 engines who live in California, Idaho or North Carolina.
Chevrolet and GMC vehicles are equipped with defective LC9 engines that consume excessive amounts of oil. Plaintiffs in the case say that GM knew about the defect but failed to disclose it to consumers.
Class members will receive a proportional share of the net settlement fund based on the number of vehicles they own or lease. According to the settlement website, each class member is estimated to receive at least $2,149.
New Crate Engine: These are typically the most expensive option, with prices potentially exceeding $7,000 for a new GM Goodwrench LC9 long block.
Class members will receive a proportional share of the net settlement fund based on the number of vehicles they own or lease. According to the settlement website, each class member is estimated to receive at least $2,149.
Lawyers got some outlandish amount of money instead of sticking GM with a RECALL where all affected parties get a new engine.
Seems to me that is a tenth of the cost of the engine rebuild or replacement.... because my Veloster had that "Excessive oil consumption" problem and the warranty replacement cost about 15thou... for a 2 liter Hyundai engine.
A LC9 engine replacement cost?
Remanufactured Engine: Remanufactured engines offer a balance of cost and quality, with prices ranging from around $3,000 to $5,000.
Dave Bautista's new movie "Afterburn"
I hope they hired better writers, and a good director. That's all he needs. Did you see "Knock at the Cabin"?
Tuesday, July 01, 2025
133 communities West of the Mississippi are recognized as a “Train Town USA” by Union Pacific Railroad, for preserving authentic railroad heritage while maintaining operational significance.
https://www.up.com/aboutup/train_town/index.cfm is where you can use the interactive map
Museums, trains, depots, and significant things like the Tehachapi loop get places qualified to be a “Train Town USA” by the Union Pacific
Union Pacific developed the Train Town USA registry as part of its sesquicentennial celebration
I'm pretty sure this gives cops all they need to know when looking for someone to keep an eye on in traffic
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I'm guessing the license plate was chosen for a specific meaning too.. .
The Norfolk & Western Class J #611, is the only surviving Class J steamer
made in 1950, retired in 59, moved to the Virginia Museum of Transportation, in 62, restored in 81.
politicians sure don't miss a chance to frame a narrative to use propaganda to their benefit... and new outlets let them get away with it. Key issue? California governor decided to divert gas tax revenue to 'VIP lanes for Olympics' instead of getting them to the damn games early to prevent getting stuck in LA traffic
"The repurposing of lanes isn't going to change the infrastructure at all. The infrastructure will be exactly the same when they're done as it was before they start – and gas tax money is intended for infrastructure improvements; new infrastructure; repairing infrastructure, and that’s not what they’re doing here," said state Sen. Roger Niello, of Carmichael.
The "Games Route Network" the California Governor aims to set up mirrors what the United Kingdom did for London’s 2012 Olympics.
"When we're talking about VIP lanes, we're not talking about stretch limos here. We're talking about being able to move teams and coaches and players and people who are participating in the Olympics from their home base to their venues efficiently throughout the LA basin."
(Then fix the damn roads, and since you can't do that, learn what it's like to be the rest of us, and leave a lot earlier to get where you're going in time, in spite of the damn traffic jams politicians won't find a way to prevent)
"While Californians are being forced to pay even more at the gas pump on July 1, Democrat politicians are diverting those additional tax dollars to chauffeur Olympic elites around Los Angeles," he said.
"This is exactly what’s wrong with Sacramento," Jones said.
"Instead of fixing our roads or providing relief to struggling families, the wealthy political class finds new ways to reward insiders while working Californians foot the bill. They raise your gas prices so VIPs can ride free."
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/ca-lawmakers-outraged-plan-divert-gas-tax-revenue-vip-olympics-lanes
update on the Hyundai's with pealing pearl white paint - Hyundai did a recall! On June 28th!
this is cool, Andrew credited my blog with being the source of the image he used on his Linked IN profile!
the original photo was made by Jesse Alexander, famous photographer!
I posted it in 2022, and today, Chistopher was asking about it
Monday, June 30, 2025
a new documentary series (not yet released), is shining a spotlight on the dedicated professionals behind the wheel who keep the nation rolling as part of its Nothing Without Trucking campaign.
the pilot episodes deliver a compelling journey chronicling the lives of three extraordinary professional truck drivers who keep America moving. Later this year, the series plans to expand its aperture to profile the vast ecosystem and intricate network of roles throughout the trucking industry that work in tandem to move the U.S. economy.
Meet the Stars
Roland Bolduc – A professional driver for FedEx and two-time National Truck Driving Championships Grand Champion. His impressive achievements are the culmination of meticulous preparation, countless hours of practicing precision driving, and a relentless pursuit of safety.
Tiffany Hargraves – A single mom who drives the Dalton Highway, an iconic stretch that runs up the North Slope of Alaska to the Arctic oil fields. Making the 24-hour roundtrip route requires an indomitable spirit of independence and resilience that defines the trucking industry.
Germany Wiliams – A professional driver whose fortune changed after he earned his CDL. Germany’s story inspired the founding of the South Dallas Driving Academy, a non-profit that is breaking through the systemic barrier of driver’s license access in underserved communities and launching careers in the trucking industry.
beware, Hertz is getting exceptionally meticulous on how it finds damage on rentals, and will bill accordingly, because they are installing UVeye inspection portals at its biggest U.S. airports this year. Atlanta was the first, but they expect to hit 100 airports before 2025 is oer.
Now they scan cars as they’re being returned – vehicles drive through a camera‑and‑sensor tunnel
It also finds hard to spot damage such as under the vehicle, uneven tire wear, hairline cracks in the windshield.
So, if you're renting from Hertz, make them scan the car, BEFORE you leave, so you have THEIR data on the car as it leaves, and they can't blame you for pre-existing damage from the last renter.
someone found a Hudson Italia in bad condition and sold it on BAT...
It was displayed at the 1954 Paris Motor Show before being first registered in 1955 in Sweden, where it passed through several owners through the 1970s.
The car then spent 22 years under the stewardship of one Swedish owner before being purchased by its current owner and imported to the US in 1999.
Sunday, June 29, 2025
there are four replicas of the seaplanes that raced in the Schneider Trophy, because of a theme park. How odd is that!
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In 1908, Wilbur Wright took an airplane that he and his brother Orville constructed to Le Mans, France, for demonstrations before the European aviation community proved the feasibility of the airplane.
Schneider could see the future of flight, even as the airplanes of his time were underpowered and fragile machines crafted by hand.
When Schneider was severely injured in a hydroplane boating accident in 1910, his flying career came to an abrupt end. Though his body was broken, his fortune was intact, and he was determined to remain a benefactor for the burgeoning aviation community.
Schneider was certain that the future of air travel and commerce lay with seaplanes. With so much of the earth’s surface consisting of water and concerned with the lack of dedicated flying fields for land-based airplanes, Schneider believed that seaplanes would become more reliable, have longer ranges, and carry greater payloads than their land-based cousins in the air.
On December 5, 1912, at a meeting and banquet of the Aéro-Club de France in Paris, Jacques Schneider announced the creation of the Schneider Trophy for seaplane races
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Besides the static replicas of the Deperdussin, Curtiss, Macchi, and S.6B racers, Thorpe Park was also home to an airworthy replica of Supermarine S.5, RAF serial number N220, the winner of the 1927 races held in Venice, Italy, a replica of a Vickers Viking amphibious flying boat, and numerous airworthy and static replicas of WWI fighter aircraft.
The WWI aircraft consisted of two Airco DH.2s, one Albatros D.Va, one Bristol M.1C, two Fokker Dr.I triplanes, three Fokker D.VIIs, one Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 two-seat floatplane, two Sopwith Camels, one Sopwith 1 ½ Strutter, one Sopwith Triplane, one Sopwith Baby, and one Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a.
Many of these depicted the aircraft flown by famous aces of the First World War, such as Manfred von Richthofen, Arthur Roy Brown (the Canadian ace officially credited by the RAF of shooting down von Richthofen), Raymond Collishaw, Hermann Göring, Ernst Udet, and others. when Thorpe Park re-evaluated the space the exhibits occupied and decided it would be better instead for them to remove the WWI aerodrome in place of new rides and attractions for a younger audience.
By the mid to late 1980s, the aircraft were sold off, and the Deperdussin, the Curtiss R3C-2, the Macchi M.39, and the Supermarine S.6B, were bought by the founder of the Chino Planes Of Fame museum, who intended these and other aircraft to be displayed in a new museum in Reno, dedicated to air racing.
A Guide to WWII USAAF Flying Helmets
Read the article for the info, if you like, I figured you might want to know there's a good article about the evolution of the Army Air Force helmet, I just wanted to pass along the photos
what does the A10 Warthog have to do with photography?
the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
it's that Fairchild part that is the key factor,
Fairchild Aviation Corporation was created in Long Island, New York, in 1925 to address a specific need for aircraft designed as aerial photography platforms.Led by Sherman Mills Fairchild, who enjoyed both wealth and talent, Fairchild and its iterative companies fast became a reliable part of American aviation industry.
Sherman Fairchild invented a synchronized camera shutter and flash mechanism when he was a freshman at Harvard. A troubling bout with tuberculosis made Sherman ineligible to serve in the U.S. military during World War I, but he endeavored to be of value with his lens shutter inventions, particularly suited to aerial photography.
Fairchild’s use of existing generic aircraft as camera platforms disappointed him, and the bright inventor went to several aircraft manufacturers with his ideas for a photographic survey aircraft.
The responses Fairchild received for building such an airplane sounded too expensive to him, so Sherman created the Fairchild Aviation Corporation in Long Island, New York, in 1925 to build his FC-1.
And the long term result, the Fairchild Republic Warthog.
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