Saturday, February 16, 2019
I just don't see what sitting in this room would do for a prospective tire buyer
https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt702v2c8t1s_5669_1?f%5Bsource_s%5D%5B%5D=Lafayette+Studios+photographs%3A+1930s+decade&offset=3320&per_page=20
Turns out that this was opening day for Tayor Tire at East Vine and Southeastern Ave
https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt702v2c8t1s_262_1?f%5Bsource_s%5D%5B%5D=Lafayette+Studios+photographs%3A+1930s+decade&offset=4060&per_page=20
Thanks to Tim D, Greg S, and Frank M for clanging my tip jar!
and my new favorite, the stud service tip water cooler jug.
Of course, if you can toss in a tip that can clang off the inside of that monster jug, you'll have my complete attention.
I think mentioned before, that I'd post some stupid shit for a tip, no one took my up on the offer. Things like, Patriots/Orioles/Yankees suck more than the blizzard in New England, etc etc. If the tip is worth seeing the insult on the blog? That's something that has to be considered, of course.
Friday, February 15, 2019
The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation has been served with a sweeping federal subpoena seeking construction documents in connection with the $9.2 billion rail project
the subpoena covers all construction records for the rail project as well as all records that HART provided to the Hawaii State Auditor.
The rail line from East Kapolei to Ala Moana Center is the largest public works project in state history, and the city has struggled for years with cost overruns and construction delays.
The city signed an agreement with the FTA in 2012 that called for rail’s elevated guideway and 21 stations to be built for $5.26 billion by 2020, but the project is far over budget. Construction and financing of rail are now expected to total about $9 billion, and the rail authority expects to finish the system in late 2025.
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/02/14/breaking-news/feds-subpoena-honolulu-rail-authority-for-construction-documents/
The Rotary Club of Iron Mountain-Kingsford is hosting its car plunge contest as to when a Saturn will sink through the ice and fall into a local caved-in mine
The car has been altered to be environmentally safe by students at the Dickinson - Iron Technical Education Center under the supervision of Rich Henrion.
The engine, transmission, power train, battery, radiator, fluid coolers, master cylinder and heater hoses have all be removed. As have oils, greases, road grime, and other unintended vehicle contaminates.
The Saturn was then painted and lettered by the Technical Education Center’s Auto Body class under the supervision of Keith Stachowicz. The entire suspension system including inflated tires and steering gear remains intact to aid in placement and removal of the vehicle from the East Chapin Pit.
Back in the 1940s, civic groups like the Knights of Pythias and the Lions Club realized how incredibly satisfying it would be to put a car on top of the ice on the lake and wager when it’d crash through. The yearly tradition lasted for decades.
Back then, they’d rig one end of a rope to the car and wrap the other end around the electric cord of a wall clock at the adjacent gas station. When the car sank, it unplugged the clock, freezing in time the moment the car broke through.
https://www.mlive.com/news/2019/02/predict-when-a-car-falls-through-ice-in-upper-peninsula-win-1500.html
https://rotaryimk.org/car-plunge-contest/
We hit paydirt, it's a couple of parts department photos! This one is 1934
Click on it for full size to check out the details
or click through to use he zoom on the image https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt702v2c8t1s_2510_1?f%5Bsource_s%5D%5B%5D=Lafayette+Studios+photographs%3A+1930s+decade&offset=3220&per_page=20
a 1937 display of Chevy accessory parts, optional click for full size, it's a really big image with small details
or click on this link, as it's got a zoom feature on the image
https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt702v2c8t1s_4800_1?f%5Bsource_s%5D%5B%5D=Lafayette+Studios+photographs%3A+1930s+decade&offset=3200&per_page=20
Quite an unusual trailer, I don't recall seeing one before. Or, a stacked display like this, of the contents put on display so that at a glance it appears to be a lot of boxes... but it's only one box deep
Grant says this is a 1926 Cadillac Model 314 V8... it's a hell of a professional looking truck conversion!
https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt702v2c8t1s_346_1?f%5Bsource_s%5D%5B%5D=Lafayette+Studios+photographs%3A+1930s+decade&offset=3180&per_page=20
Hank Devlin says this:
Seems like most of these commenters agree that if you’re too lazy to clear your vehicle and drive around endangering others you deserve a ticket. You rail incessantly against law enforcement and government whenever you get the chance, but here’s an example of police enforcing a law the residents of the state overwhelmingly supported and still you’re not happy with the job they’re doing. What kind of run in did you have with the po-po that gave you this hard on for them?? To your other point, maybe instead of Portland everyone could move to San Diego, drive a car you can’t see out of like a Veloseter (did you see my cool 3rd door), pretend we’re gonna restore an old car (can’t afford to even with the money we begged strangers to send us) and sit in front of a computer for hours a day compiling cool stuff other people posted and passing it off as our own content
My reply?
slavery was also overwhelming supported. So was the Nazi party. Go ahead, ponder the ramifications of just why you support whatever the flavor of the day is instead of thinking for yourself. Then fuck off. You might as well be a nazi slave owner, to insist that overwhelming support means shit to me. I think for myself. If you could, you would too.
and a couple other paragraphs.
You take what you want from him wasting his time hating on my for what I put on my blog.
If you enjoy my occasional rant, read the rest at the bottom of the comment section: https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2019/02/oh-yippee-robocop-is-on-job-in-new.html?showComment=1550273949362#c3359334637348160168
My reply?
slavery was also overwhelming supported. So was the Nazi party. Go ahead, ponder the ramifications of just why you support whatever the flavor of the day is instead of thinking for yourself. Then fuck off. You might as well be a nazi slave owner, to insist that overwhelming support means shit to me. I think for myself. If you could, you would too.
and a couple other paragraphs.
You take what you want from him wasting his time hating on my for what I put on my blog.
If you enjoy my occasional rant, read the rest at the bottom of the comment section: https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2019/02/oh-yippee-robocop-is-on-job-in-new.html?showComment=1550273949362#c3359334637348160168
Santa Fe and Route 66 in Pasadena. The eastbound Chief noses past midcentury traffic on Colorado Boulevard (late 1950s?)
View looking north at the Colorado Boulevard Santa Fe crossing. The all-Pullman Chief, outbound to Chicago, is at center. Note the elevated flagman shanty, complete with warning bell, at center left.
a train derailment sure destroyed a lot of new cars... and I bet they weren't stripped for spare parts.
imagine having the job at the factory of tearing apart delivery wrecks to reuse good parts. Rims and tires for example, there's no harm in tossing those on new cars, and whatever doesn't get damaged in the train wreck, that doesn't have a VIN, seems like a good source of parts for new cars. Let a QA/QC check them out, and re-use them
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1007561329632762&set=gm.1672726446207298&type=3&permPage=1&ifg=1
is it me? Or does it appear that the VW Bug fenders influenced the Mercedes Benz designers on this?
Purchased new by a doctor in Indianapolis. The car remained with the doc until his passing in 2001 and is said to have been serviced by the same Mercedes-Benz mechanic from new until 2012, when it was acquired by the selling dealer from his family.
It was auctioned but the 400k high bid still hadn't racked the magic million reserve. Why do people think that somewhere there is a billionaire who wants to part with a million for a car that maybe 100 people in the world ever wanted enough to buy, new or used?
Investors? Maybe. Probably not. They have to be sure that they are buying low, and will find a buyer later that is desperately in need of the car/investment to pay far more than anyone else. Easy, if you've got a 62 Ferrari GTO, not so much for a funky Mercedes
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1957-mercedes-benz-300sc/ Thanks Doug!
It's been another good week for banners!
it's ridiculous how these photos are so heavy with action in the lower right, and void of interest in the upper left