Saturday, December 30, 2017
November 1912 in a Parisian Theatre, they were really in for a show! This looks like the #1 car goes for a flip and landing, and the #2 car races under it
https://www.facebook.com/isabelle.bracquemond.7?fref=photo
They did stunts like this around 1905-1915 http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2014/02/from-glory-days-of-circus-acts-loop-loop.html
the Lovejoy shock absorber? That's a weird name for a shock absorber
could that have inspired the Delco company to name their air shock the Pleasurizer?
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/02/delco-pleasur-lift-air-shocks-1969-1970.html
they pulled it over for not having mirrors, no one was surprised it wasn't insured (thanks Steve!)
no windows, no bumpers... these are simply things removed to enter it an the demolition derby... but mirrors? That's something the cops are certain to want you to have. You know, in case you can't turn around and look out the .... missing windows. I bet there is a hell of a nice unobstructed view from inside this car!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/30/police-pull-battered-car-driven-roads-without-windows-mirrors/
1920 Velie model 34
William Lamb Velie, the grandson of John Deere, started the Velie Carriage Company in 1902 in Moline, Illinois. By 1909, he switched to automobiles and incorporated the Velie Motor Vehicle Company.
While the Velie used supplied engines in its first two model years, the company switched to its own four-cylinder engine in 1911, the same year a Velie driven by Howard Hall entered the inaugural Indianapolis 500.
The company continued to build automobiles – including a six-cylinder and an eight-cylinder – through 1928.
http://aacalibrary.tumblr.com/page/13
When you are built to last, but your foundation isn't, the bridge over the Williams River in Chester, VT. The flood caused by tropical storm Irene moved the 112-ft-long through truss on Green Mountain Railway (thanks Burkey)
just a symptom of a lack of infrastructure inspections and spending in 113 years, and one tropical storm Irene which caused 5 inches of rain
Pushed off it's moorings about 25° and only two bearings (of four) were in contact with the ground and the east side of the bridge had dropped several feet. Fortunately, the superstructure had sustained no damage, except for the bearings.
http://darkdraggon.tumblr.com/page/498
https://www.engineersconstruction.com/2011/09/15/eci-repairs-gmrr-bridge-114-in-chester-vt/
for you other Californians curious about where the DOT will be working on roads, there is an online map
below is just the state projects
and below are the city and local projects (just change the setting selection on the map)
http://www.rebuildingca.ca.gov/map.html