Thursday, June 17, 2021
a good actor, a great director (one of my favorites), but a terrific writer (which I wasn't aware of), I present for your enjoyment - Werner Herzog describing a parking lot
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Documentary) is great, Encounters at the End of the World (Documentary) is great, Rescue Dawn
is terrific, and I recommend them all.
Touring Europe at 18-mph clip on a leisurely 7,000-mile trek through Europe in a 1901-model one-cylinder antique Knox auto.
By Brendan P. Mulready | Stars and Stripes | Published: June 8, 1960
Believed to be the only car of its kind in the world that is still fully operational, the auto was one of 100 built in 1901 by the Knox Auto Mfg Co., of Springfield, Mass.
"I know of five others in museums but I have never heard of another still running," said Johnson, who, at 58, still wears a look of boyish enthusiasm when he talks about his car.
The Johnson travel saga really started in 1933, when he first laid eyes on the ancient auto. "It took me 18 years of persuasion to get the owner to part with it. Then it took another three years of careful work to restore it to working order. So, it was 21 years after I first saw it that we took our first ride it it," Johnson said.
On their previous tour of Europe and a. trip from Massachusetts to Florida, plus participation in various antique car rallies, the Johnsons put more than 10,000 miles on the old car.
The car has two speeds forward and no reverse. "We don't need reverse gear because we can turn around in a nine-foot circle. And from Cherbourg to Germany we have not had to shift to low gear at any time. We move along pretty steadily at 18 miles an hour, on the level, up hill and down grade," Johnson explained.
The power plant is an eight-horsepower "porcupine" engine. The name comes from the fact that there are 1,818 4-inch long threaded pins sticking out from it to radiate the engine heat as the car moves along.
https://www.stripes.com/news/touring-europe-at-an-exciting-18-mph-clip-1.63337
compliment of the day!
This blog is long being my favourite place to find cool things with or without wheels and spend many hours seeing older posts and old things. Keep on!
Aurelio
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Wheels on a helicopter, are pretty useless. Now, give that useless factor, and integer of 10 for being in snow, on a helicopter.
Wheels on a helicopter in snow are as useless as religion. Only practiced in a religious building, and left there after the meeting, only causes problems, doesn't solve any.
But when enough people agree that something useless must make some sense, and do something good, that no one can explain, and you simply are told to take it on faith that there was ever any evidence that there was any proof, for any religion, in any country, just like wheels on a helicopter, they get the stamp of approval and continue to be installed at great expense without ever justifying their existence.
Just my point of view. If you think I want to hear a contrary point of view on religion, you're as crazy as believing in some super power being that exists forever, but can't be seen, can't do anything humans can notice, ignores the prayers (you know, using your telepathic powers to send a one way communication to that super being) that it's believers send, and never has prevented or cured cancer, saved anyone from drying of fire, or drowning, or being murdered, or the misery of children, due to people's need for a father figure, that old men have tapped into to get rich and have many wives.
Most things that have wheels, need them for mobility. A helicopter, well, that's why it has the spinning thing on top. It can relocate itself, without using wheels - which is why a lot of helicopters have skids.
Are you as surprised to see Albert Einstein here, as I was to find this photo of him on the Jalopy Journal?
How cool is this? It's not often I find the most famous people to ever exist in a car photo so I can rationalize posting a photo of them here on my car guy blog.
This sort of uncommonly cool photo rarely comes up... it just makes my day to post something like this at the end of the day, to leave here as the first thing you'll see when you pop by to see what I've been up to lately
The six-speed manual 911 GT3 can't be sold in California... Porsche calculated the noise level to a legal limit of a standard CHP did not adopt.
at the bottom of Porsche's press release is this surprise: "The seven-speed PDK gearbox will be the only transmission offered in California with the 911 GT3."
The six-speed manual 911 GT3 can't be sold in California, sorta. It's more like they won't.
According to a Porsche spokesperson, the GT3 passes California's drive-by noise test when equipped with the automatic; with the six-speed stick, it fails, sort of.
It's based on which testing method California chooses to employ.
The California Code of Regulations specifies that highway vehicles must pass a drive-by noise test designed by the Society of Automotive Engineers—specifically, SAE J1470, "Measurement of Noise Emitted by Accelerating Highway Vehicles."
A vehicle accelerates past a microphone, and the sound pressure level, in decibels, is recorded.
SAE J1470 aims to measure "the highest noise level consistent with urban driving." The exact testing method varies based on vehicle size, power output, peak acceleration rate, and gearing, but generally, it involves a full-throttle run starting at 50 km/h (31 mph) and continuing until the engine reaches its peak-power rpm. Manual-transmission vehicles are tested in either second or third gear; given the GT3's curb weight and power output, the procedure calls for third.
You see the problem here. The GT3 automatic can do nearly 80 km/h in first. Certainly, flooring the accelerator in an automatic GT3 would trigger a multi-gear downshift all the way to first. So while the procedure calls for the manual GT3 to run full-throttle nearly to redline in third, the same procedure prohibits full-throttle acceleration in the automatic version of the very same car.
Hence, the automatic passes the test, while the manual fails.
But the SAE J1470 is no longer the most up-to-date testing method when it comes to measuring drive-by noise.
SAE J1470 was first published in late 1984. The paper reveals itself to be relatively out of date when it comes to automotive drivetrain technology: the standard test procedure assumes that the typical stick-shift vehicle is "equipped with a manually operated gearbox having not more than four forward gear ratios."
There are alternative testing parameters for vehicles with new gearboxes with more than four forward ratios, and SAE has published updated versions of the test method since 1984. But the basic framework of J1470 seems insufficient for testing modern vehicles in 2021.
The SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) addressed this with an entirely new vehicle standard: SAE J2805, published in 2008 and updated as recently as May 2020.
J2805 completely revamps the drive-by test procedure. Rather than a full-throttle (or nearly full-throttle) drive-by, J2805 lays out a hugely complex method of calculating the appropriate rate of acceleration for each individual vehicle being tested. As the very first paragraph of J2805 states, this updated procedure "is based on extensive statistical investigations of vehicle operation in real traffic." J2805 includes techniques appropriate for hybrid vehicles and other advanced drivetrain designs that did not exist when J1470 method was published. Long story short, J2805 more accurately simulates "acceleration at a partial throttle condition in urban traffic."
But California doesn't use J2805.
Vehicle noise testing is performed by CHP, as defined by California Code of Regulations Title 13, Section 1046, which specifies SAE J1470 as the official testing procedure.
So while Porsche assumedly engineered the GT3 to pass the updated J2805 test with both available transmissions, in California, the old method is still the law of the land. (Porsche's spokesperson indicated that CHP has been planning to update its testing regulations to incorporate the new SAE procedure)
So for now, Porsche can't sell you a 911 GT3 with a six-speed manual in California—despite the fact that the automatic equipped GT3 has the same engine, the same exact exhaust system, and, makes the same amount of noise.
"We don't know when the new SAE J2805 procedure will be adopted by California, therefore we can't guarantee the sale of the manual gearbox on the 911 GT3—and where there's doubt, we're always cautious," Porsche's spokesperson told Road & Track
Happy Birthday Gene Winfield! (he was born in 1927)
oh, it's so on! You don't make vrooom vroom noises at another trucker at a stop light, without the challenge being accepted!
I'd post the video if I had an embed code, you know... but some sites are run with other software that doesn't operate the way I need them to so I can get the code
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Ralph McQuarrie, one remarkable artist, and Korean War combat vet, that you might not recognize the name of, but are very likely to recognize his art. After all, only one artist created the look of a galaxy far far away and was essential in it coming to movie screens in 1977
His career included work on the original Star Wars trilogy, the original Battlestar Galactica television series, the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and the film Cocoon, for which he won an Academy Award.
Without Ralph McQuarrie, there would be no Star Wars.
He served in the United States Army during the Korean War, surviving a shot to the head. After returning from the war, McQuarrie moved to California in the 1960s, studying at the Art Center School, then in downtown Los Angeles.(it is now known as Art Center College of Pasadena )
He got his 1st job in art as an illustrator for Boeing, in the parts catalog. (Hence my legit reason to post about him here).
He then went to work for defense contractor Litton Industries, drawing guidance and control equipment
Then he went into storyboarding for Boeing, who were making films for presentations, as well as diagrams for a manual on constructing the 747 Jumbo Jet
That led to working for CBS and NASA designing film posters and animating CBS News' coverage of the Apollo space program.
He was working on a film for Encyclopedia Britannica, when they had a screening of THX 1138.
The young filmmaker George Lucas was impressed by McQuarrie's work and met with him to discuss his plans for Star Wars. Lucas sought visual reference material to support his pitch to film studios.
Lucas knew it would take more than his words and descriptions to convince a studio to support such an ambitious project, and reached out to McQuarrie to help visualize the planets, vehicles, and characters he only saw in his head.
McQuarrie's concept paintings were instrumental in helping Lucas to win approval from 20th Century Fox; armed with vivid illustrations of his planned movie, Lucas was able to convince Fox executives to take a gamble and fund his Star Wars project.
McQuarrie’s style crafted the visual design of the entire galaxy to come. As Lucas said “Ralph’s contribution to the Star Wars world is incalculable. His genial contribution, in the form of unequalled production paintings, propelled and inspired all of the cast and crew of the original Star Wars trilogy. When words could not convey my ideas, I could always point to one of Ralph's fabulous illustrations and say, 'do it like this'."
McQuarrie designed many of the film's characters, including Darth Vader, Chewbacca, R2-D2 and C-3PO
https://www.ralphmcquarrie.com/
https://www.starwars.com/news/ralph-mcquarries-most-memorable-masterpieces
Monday, June 14, 2021
A trucker tells the full, honest truth about laying on the horn for eager kids in this quick video.
@joeywhispers I will never say no to that ##truckdrivers ##fypã‚· ##fyp ##Peterbilt ##truckersoftiktok ##driver ##trucktok ##kids ##airhorn
♬ original sound - Joey Whispers
If the above doesn't operate, as coding isn't my forte, just click this link:
via https://cdllife.com/2021/watch-trucker-tells-the-honest-truth-about-pulling-the-horn-for-kids/
One Girl Power, another cool piece of Coles Phillips art, and somehow I haven't seen it before
5 years ago I posted all I could find that Phillips had done with automobiles https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2016/10/coles-phillips-1880-1927.html and didn't run across this one.
Compliments of the day!
Shas said:
I did not found any better automobile-centric quality stuff then yours blog. So keep it coming.
RLK (who should blog!) said:
I’ll second your motion for a shout out for Jesse! At the tender age of 80 I’ve just discovered that the older I get, my understanding of how little I know increases geometrically. “Just a Car Guy” is in significant measure a remedy to that shortcoming. A real source of joy for me is to fire up my pipe with a bowl full of good tobacco in the early morning hours, pour myself a Guinness XXX, turn on some good music and go looking for something of interest compliments of Jesse (I think I came up short once about two years ago). At any rate it’s always very satisfying to come across some tidbit of car stuff that’s of interest and new to me.
Kim said:
Years and years now, and JACG is still the first thing I check in the morning, when turning on the PC. I'm very good at making the Nimbus club magazine, but you beat me by miles.
Awww, you guys are great! I needed a pick me up, and you pegged the meter!
compliments to John and Hope on the 30th anniversary of Hennessey Motorsports!
since 1991 when John Hennessey modified his 3000GT for Pikes Peak, and set a class record at Bonneville with a car he drove there, and married Hope, their company has modified over 10,000 vehicles for performance enthusiasts from around the world.
HPE is the home to the a large lineup of late-model high-performance sports cars, muscle cars, supercars, trucks & SUVs
Sunday, June 13, 2021
it's a statistical fact that women live longer than men... why? Oh, I have an idea
video at https://www.humorguevon.com/post/651308512598769664/en-el-trabajo
PS, it's got wheels.
This is called a cement mixer ride
egg-laying hens being transported between two farms on a hot day, got overheated when the semi broke down, but were saved by a firefighter that sprayed them down with many gallons of water
If I were involved with the trucking company, or the farms, I'd make sure a dozen eggs got delivered to that firefighter weekly, for a couple years at least.
she is VERY excited, as she repeats a couple times, to learn how to drive truck with her dad
https://cdllife.com/2021/watch-as-dad-teaches-teen-daughter-how-to-drive-a-truck/
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