https://www.hotcars.com/custom-v12-ferrari-build/
S Klub didn't ring a bell in my memory, but, the visual style did, so I looked in my archives, and their archives, and found that yup, I've posted a couple of their cars in the past
A Fram brand filter wrench. I don't think it's big enough for a PH-8, but I'll find out eventually
A test light, doesn't seem to have been used, but was seriosuly made well to last for ever
A Dunlap tire puncture electric hot iron?
A set of Wards Taskmaster (I think it was) or WardsMaster ignition tool wrench set. Built to last forever
A variety of lug nuts. Interesting that they are a mix of types, but all 7/16ths
and a very cool cigarette lighter flexi light!
I doubt I will ever use them, true, but, they were in a good ol Craftsman metal tool box from the 60s, with a lot of Craftsman tools, both 1/4, 3/8, and some 1/2 inch drive sockets, three 3/8ths socket wrenches, and you can never have too many of those, a 1/2 drive socket wrench, some 4, 6, and 10" extensions, a handful of pliers from some other brand, good ones, a set of Stanley screwdrivers, a few real vice grips not the bullshit knock off no name brand ones. And one hell of a nice 1/2 inch socket breaker, about 16-20 inch long handle. Also a LOT of craftsman combo wrenchs.
I didn't pass on these, even though I don't need them... because simply, no one makes good tools at this price anymore, certainly not the good Craftsman quality we are familiar with. They'll last forever, even used daily.
I figured a few of you might want to know, so you too can read the first dozen issues. I've only ever read the reprint of the 1st issue, and only found the late 1949 through to now, issues to get a collection of my own to blog from
This book can be bought on ABE books, or Ebay, or Amazon for between 30 and 50 dollars
In 1983 Ford shocked the world by introducing the Lincoln Continental 100 Concept. Much like Doc Brown‘s DeLorean, this exciting new concept erupted onto the scene seemingly from thin air. Packing more technology than we’d ever seen in one vehicle.
The centerpiece of this concept was, of course, Ford’s new Tripmonitor system. “In the future, motorists may not have to rely on their own sense of direction,” promised the Desert Sun in June of 1983. “Called a Tripmonitor, it employs a nine-inch, diagonal, eight-color cathode ray tube mounted in the middle of the instrument panel. Push a button and a map appears on the screen with the car’s location.”
the “Transit” GPS system. Initially created for operational use, mostly by the U.S. Navy, Transit slowly transitioned to civilian applications as well. The first satellite-based geopositioning system analyzed radio signals to track the movement of receiver-equipped objects. It was a criminally simple yet ultimately revolutionary idea.
The U.S. government restricted this exciting new GPS technology to military use until 1983, however. Thus, Ford’s Tripmonitor was the very first automotive application to incorporate what would eventually become a common feature we take for granted today.
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In the beginning of the blog, I had posted a lot about monowheels, as they started showing up in historic photos online... of course, like so much of historic vehicles, I was completely unaware they existed until the internet made most of the things, around most of the world, readily available to learn about.
If you haven't seen the monowheel variety I've posted in the past, take a moment... it's worth it https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/monowheel
I thought it was Eleanor Roosevelt. I was just fact checking to see what that was about, and verify it, and that's when I discovered that I was wrong.
A lot of gas station companies made a big deal about marketing their chain of stations as having the certified cleanest... but the 1st lady had nothing to do with that.
I am/was, under the notion, that Eleanor was on the road on some national tour to make a big deal about gas stations, and their bathrooms, getting with the times, and having clean, hygienic, bathrooms for kids and wives to use.
After all, us guys are animals, and most don't give a damn where we empty our bladder. Fishing, hunting, trapping, snow showing, hiking, snowmobiling? I've done it all, and when nature calls - we all know, we often are no where near a porcelain fixture
During the Franklin Roosevelt administration, with a significant push from Eleanor Roosevelt, the Works Progress Administration built 2.3 million sanitary outhouses in rural America to combat diseases like hookworm and typhoid fever.
These outhouses were an improvement on previous designs, featuring a concrete vault below ground, a sealed lid, and screened ventilation to prevent flies.
Conversely, or ironically, Eleanor Roosevelt High School has almost five thousand students, but bathrooms are often either closed or left in a state that simply isn’t usable. Why? Adult supervision and oversight is obviously lacking, because bathrooms - and students often using them for smoking, vaping, etc etc. So, the school found that cutting back on the number of bathrooms results in the stalls ONLY getting used for the intended functions, as the long lines and peer pressure don't let clowns screw around instead.
Emma Watson, familiar to everyone under the age of 60, already had 9 points on her license, when busted for 38 in a 30... and the system just autofines the drivers. They don't even have to show up to court, and what would be the point of wasting your time there anyway? The camera gotcha.
This time though, her record of speeding violations automatically resulted in the additional forfeiture of her driving privileges.
Hmmm, time to move, to where there are less damn speed cameras, where you don't have a revoked drivers license, and can still get on quite pleasantly, like Andorra, or the Virgin Islands, or Australia. Anyone who has earned over 50 million dollars can pretty much lie where ever the hell they want, and where the govt isn't a pain the ass to drivers, or just hire a driver/chauffer!
What regular person with a need for a job, wouldn't simply agree to have a couple hours of work a week, as a personal driver, and all the rest of the time off, in exchange for a living wage?
Hell, If I had over 50 million dollars in assets, I'd simply start a business were retirees with impeccable driving skills are on call for a client list. There's a LOT of retired drivers, retired ambulance drivers, retired cops, retired teachers, retired taxi drivers, etc... old people on the retirement plan, with little excitement, incredibly good driving skills, and able to cover 10-20 hours a week for a variety of clients who've lost their driving privileges temporarily or permanently - but who wish to avoid the unknown Uber or Taxi driver, and instead, have a long term arrangement with some driver who's basically sedentary
The ban will hit the working class hardest - motorcycle taxis in Hanoi, delivery drivers, commuters and ride-hailing services, all the people who rely on motorbikes to earn a living
A second phase, set to begin in January 2028, will expand the ban to a wider area and include all fossil-fuel two-wheelers, while also restricting some gasoline-powered cars
