Saturday, March 03, 2018
a ' Hucks Mobile Aircraft Engine Starter ' mounted on a Ford Model T
invented by Captain Hucks, who was the first British Pilot to complete a ' Loop the Loop ' aerial manoeuvre
http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/topic/173218-ww1-military-motors-1916-set-x-50-cards/?do=findComment&comment=2389627
Friday, March 02, 2018
gold plated Snap On socket sets, top salesman awards
the above was on Ebay and they are trying to get $1000
http://www.thegaragegazette.com/index.php?topic=16021.0
The NASCAR hauler parade returned to the Las Vegas Strip last night.
About 40 brightly colored 18-wheeler trucks made their way up Las Vegas Boulevard from the south end of the Strip to Sahara Boulevard then proceeded to Interstate 15 to head to the speedway.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/motor-sports/nascar/nascar-haulers-roll-down-las-vegas-strip-photos/
there is a website that pays homage to of NASCAR drivers who finish last
Ironically, Front Row Joe has finished last the most.
Joe Nemechek — dubbed “Front Row Joe” by former teammate Wally Dallenbach Jr. for his proclivity of putting middling cars near the front of qualifying grids — has finished last 33 times during a Cup Series career that began in 1989.
Joe Nemechek — dubbed “Front Row Joe” by former teammate Wally Dallenbach Jr. for his proclivity of putting middling cars near the front of qualifying grids — has finished last 33 times during a Cup Series career that began in 1989.
Finishing last is not exactly an indictment of driver skill. Joe Nemechek also has four Cup Series wins, 10 poles and 62 top 10s.
Between them, Cale Yarborough and Darrell Waltrip have combined for six Cup Series titles. They also have combined for 33 last-place finishes.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/motor-sports/nascar/website-keeps-track-of-nascar-drivers-who-finish-last/
The mission of LASTCAR.info is to fill in these missing pieces one week at a time, especially regarding the least-covered racers in motorsports - the last-place finishers.
Since 2009, LASTCAR.info has covered the untold "race" for the most last-place finishes in NASCAR history - and, in doing so, continues to chronicle the trials and triumphs of those who race for something more meaningful than victory: survival.
http://brock.lastcar.info/
one example why every tool box and garage should have a roll of good quality duct tape/gaffer tape
because somedays, you need to hold a wrench somewhere and that place is out of reach
http://carmechanicfails.tumblr.com/
the only car she HAS ever driven, the only car she WILL ever drive
If I was Ford, I'd offer to pay for a complete fricken restoration to Pebble Beach standards, and hire her a chauffer while that's getting done, then thank her for being a customer and hand her the keys to her like new Fairlane.
Wouldn't you?
The annual first sign that spring is around the corner, the ice gets thin enough to embarrass someone, and the DNR fines them 10000 a day until it's out of the lake
Ice fishing for 3 hours on 23in of ice, catching fish all day with people all around them... On their way off the ice is where they hit a patch only 3-4' in thick. And fell into 6ft of water. They got out in time through the window..
it's $1250 to get out
https://www.facebook.com/OnalaskaSpillway/photos/a.112455712258014.1073741827.111021462401439/758506974319548/?type=3&permPage=1
skip the first 34 seconds, then check out a high tech recreation of a car... with a cardboard version by Liam Hopkins of LAZERIAN
With a real car to work from he recreated each panel from scratch, and it took about 100 weeks and about 600 hours. I'd rather they made a 10 minute video of him creating the cardboard car.
https://lazerian.com/blogs/projects/cardboard-skoda-karoq
the Plymouth Belmont
unlike most prototypes, which were routinely destroyed once their useful life was over, Virgil Exner adopted the one-of-a-kind model for several years.
It is a fiberglass-bodied concept car with a 241cu in and a 3 spd trans that Chrysler never intended to produce.
https://www.designboom.com/design/1954-plymouth-belmont-concept-car-barrett-jackson-scottsdale-auction-01-03-2017/
nose art on a WW1 tank !
in 1917, a wealthy Malaysian businessman Mr. Tong Sen, donated sufficient money for the purchase a Mark IV Tank from William Foster and Co., of Lincolnshire, as his personal contribution to the WW1 British war effort. (resulted in his being awarded the OBE in 1922)
One of Mr. Tong Sen's strict stipulations, was that his donated Tank would be painted with a ' Seeing Eye', which in Chinese mythology would ' ward off evil '.
Mr. Tong Sen's Mark IV Tank also had a ' Dragon' painted in the Tank's front panel
Tank F56 is known to have used two names ' Fan Tan ' and ' Firefly ', with Fan Tan probably being it's original name.
http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/topic/173218-ww1-military-motors-1916-set-x-50-cards/?page=191
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