https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2988732504675724&set=gm.4572902372733709
Saturday, August 07, 2021
I don't think that the truck is going to be able to move that dozer, and if it could, would the dozer even make it through a corner?
https://www.facebook.com/groups/InternationalOperators/posts/1765906890266471 posted by Kevin Walshe, I wonder if he's related to Dermot, whose art I posted yesterday?
a variety of 80s radios
in a Cordoba
Pioneer stereo in the late ‘70s Isuzu 117
Ford Thunderbird SC/Mercury Cougar XR7
90s Oldsmobile Ninety Eight
91-92 Acura
hot damn! Banners are finally working again! Something to make me a bit happy
It's been over a damn month, hell, it's been weeks since I've even tried to see if it's been fixed
a tiny band of RAF pilots shot down over a dozen Luftwaffe planes, including 11 Messerschmitts and three Junkers Ju 88 bombers when secretly defending Murmansk in 1941 because Soviet dictator Stalin would not admit to asking the RAF for help. (thanks Steve!)
Stalin asked for Spitfires but Churchill refused, insisting they were too precious. He hatched a plan to instead ship out 550 Hawker Hurricane fighters — less agile than the Spitfire but more heavily armed.
“They had eight machine guns,” Eric recalled of the Hurricane. “A two–second burst was a heck of a thing. It would blow a hole through a battleship.”
They were based at the Vaenga aerodrome ten miles outside the port.
Yet despite the daily Luftwaffe attacks, they launched a staggering 365 sorties — averaging three missions a day — while also training Russian pilots to fly their Hurricanes.
One of the Russian fighter pilots, Zakhar Sorokin, downed a Messerschmitt by ramming it with his Hurricane before crash-landing miles from their base, and it took Sorokin a week to find his way back in -40C temperatures. He lost both feet to frostbite but was fitted with prostheses and continued to fly, shooting down nine more Luftwaffe planes.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/15720737/wwii-raf-pilot-secret-mission-russia-dies-101/amp
the Firearrow II, functional design without superfluous decorative elements and too much chrome, saved from junkyard destruction surfaced in the concept car collection of Joe Bortz.
the Firearrow I was a non-functional show car without an engine. For the planned second version, the decision was made to create a fully functional concept car that could also be used to take driving pictures.
The Firearrow II is a two-seat roadster with a jet-age design and frameless windshield. New details included two large round headlights instead of four smaller ones, likewise round taillights, a redesigned grille and chrome wire wheels. Ghia dispensed with door handles for visual reasons.
From Bortz it received an extensive restoration that emphasized correct materials and color scheme. As a result, not only was the light yellow paint color retained, but also the Nardi wood steering wheel and the Ghia logos.
Friday, August 06, 2021
look at this variety of cool art by Dermot Walshe! A Canadian who designs and storyboards animated projects for film and TV
That's effing photo realistic... black and white, but effing photo realistic. Effing cool!
A wildfire raging in Northern California exploded in size overnight, becoming the third-largest wildfire in state history, started on July 13 North of Sacramento
The Dixie Fire grew by 110 square miles between Thursday night and this morning, making the blaze the largest wildfire currently raging in the nation, locat3ed about 60 miles North East of Reno, not far from the 2018 fire in Paradise Ca
The three-week-old Dixie Fire was one of 100 active, large fires burning in 14 states, most in the West where historic drought has left lands parched and ripe for ignition.
The Dixie Fire had consumed about 432,813 acres, according to an estimate released this morning. That’s 676 square miles (1,751 square kilometers) — moving the blaze from the state’s sixth-largest wildfire ever to its third-largest overnight.
The fire’s cause was under investigation, but Pacific Gas & Electric has said it may have been sparked when a tree fell on one of the utility’s power lines. No injuries or deaths have been reported.
The blaze exploded on Wednesday and Thursday through timber, grass and brush so dry that one fire official described it as “basically near combustion.” Dozens of homes had already burned before the flames made new runs.
Driven to Care provides scholarships for those pursuing careers in automotive engineering, vintage automobile restoration, skilled automotive trades, and automotive dealership management, marketing, and communications.
John Weinberger had a passion for automobiles and a lifelong career in the automotive industry. His automotive passion continues through his scholarships. If you are pursuing a career in:
SAE-Chicago section automotive students enrolled in the engineering program at the University of Illinois-Chicago or Northern Illinois University
McPherson College students pursuing historic automotive technology
Lyons Township High School (Illinois) automotive students enrolled in a post-secondary school to pursue a career in the automotive industry
Illinois or Texas students pursuing a career as an automotive technician and enrolled at any in-state college/post-secondary school, such as Universal Technical Institute, that offers an automotive technician training program.
Northwood University students pursuing skills in car dealership management, marketing and communications
Schools integral in John Weinberger’s life, so if you're considering those schools, please apply for the scholarships.
John F. Weinberger was born in Illinois on April 18, 1932, in the backseat of a Chevy, and progressed from his humble beginnings as an apprentice garage mechanic to becoming the founder and CEO of Continental Motors, while racing cars and netting numerous podium finishes during the 1960s while competing in SCCA events.
He specialized in sales and service operations and his reputation among Chicagoland foreign car enthusiasts came to the attention of Triumph Motor Cars. and he became an authorized Triumph dealer, then Jaguar, MG, and Toyota. Then in the '70s and early '80s he added Honda, Nissan, and Ferrari.
He met his 3rd wife Lisa at a tollbooth as both were driving down the Illinois Tollway. As a research/marketing specialist she recognized him from a trade association magazine. John didn’t have the exact change that day, and she offered him the coins and her phone number.
John & Lisa were dedicated to social responsibility, and initiated the “Driven to Care” car giveaway program, which has resulted in 72 refurbished cars donated to deserving individuals who've triumphed over various challenges such as homelessness, substance abuse, and physical abuse.
https://www.johnweinbergerlegacy.com/
It's been a while since I've come across a charity I could share with you, they simply don't advertise. I think this one is particularly interesting because the founder was born in the backseat of a car, lived the adventure of racing and selling cars, and met his 3rd wife at a tollbooth. That's pretty amazing as a sum total!
Thursday, August 05, 2021
1 in 5 electric vehicle owners in California switched back to gas because charging their cars is a hassle.
Of those who switched, over 70% lacked access to Level 2 charging at home, and slightly fewer than that lacked Level 2 connections at their workplace.
"If you don't have a Level 2, it's almost impossible," said Tynan, who has tested a wide range of makes and models of PEVs over the years for his research.
https://www.businessinsider.com/electric-car-owners-switching-gas-charging-a-hassle-study-2021-4 via
Wednesday, August 04, 2021
In 1924, Lloyd Stearman, Clyde Cessna, and Walter Beech formed the Travel Air Manufacturing Company in Wichita, Kansas. How’s that for a who’s who of aviation pioneers? Thanks RLK!
Cessna provided the woodworking tools, although most of the construction was steel tubing. Stearman contributed designs; Beech ran the assembly line and demonstrated the models in air races.
The following year they made the Woolaroc, which won the Dole Race from California to Hawaii!
In summer 1929 sales began to slow along with the economy. In August Curtiss and Wright merged with Travel Air. The new corporation was made of Wright Aeronautical, Keystone/Loening, Curtiss Flying Service, and Travel Air.
Curtiss-Wright Corporation eventually became the largest air manufacturer in the U.S. Beech and Stearman went on to formed other aircraft companies in Wichita.
I didn't know any of this until this morning when RLK told me about the founders of the company, and I learned about the Woolerac months ago when I posted about the Dole Race https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-1927-dole-race-from-oakland-to.html
for a 500 photo gallery of the Dole Air Race see https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/albums/72157667480712492
I don't recall posting about the big-truck specialists of Pfahl’s Mack and Antique Truck Restorations
In all his time wrenching on big machines, Pfahl says there’s only been one that nearly beat him—a 1954 GMC Scenicruiser Greyhound bus. “We worked on that for seven years. It came in boxes. No motor, no transmission, no floors, no wiring. It was a million-piece puzzle and every piece was white. Took 25,000 hours and 45,000 rivets.”
https://www.hagerty.com/media/people/shop-takes-on-mack-trucks/
Pfahl is restoring a 1939 Mack FG C-cab, it's rare (162 built, he knows of six still in existence, and only this one is still owned by the company that originally bought it) and I found one and posted photos of it 8 years ago http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-last-of-c-cab-mack-trucks-1939.html I wonder if it's one he knows about
Roger Willbanks first became interested in cars at the Denver car show, in 1940, when his big brother lifted him up on his shoulders for a better look at the Chrysler Thunderbolt concept car, and right then and there, he decided he would someday own THAT car. He now does.
Not just a car LIKE that concept car, he owns THAT car.
That's pretty amazing
https://www.hagerty.com/media/hagerty-community/you-could-be-acorn-in-young-car-enthusiasts-story/
Tuesday, August 03, 2021
this drunk 22 year old idiot lost his mind, punched a flight attendant, and yelled about how everyone was gonna be sorry because "his grandpa" etc. He got the "taped to the chair" result, and spent the weekend in jail
for a cleaner video of this, https://o-kurwa.tumblr.com/post/658532882882740224#notes
Maxwell Berry, 22, of Norwalk, Ohio, was arrested Saturday at Miami International Airport and charged with three counts of misdemeanor battery, after two drinks while on the Frontier Airlines flight
everything about this dweeb is online https://heavy.com/news/maxwell-berry-frontier/
some one I mowed lawns for had one of these rotten Lawn Boys, in the 80s. It sucked
See how it has one wheel way out front on the far side, and one on this close side is mid way from front to back... that is not a good way to balance something you're pushing across an uneven yard.
on June 27th a a California Highway Patrol cruiser hit and run a 14-year-old boy, injuring him, and it was recorded on video. The driver fled the scene (thanks Kim! )
The boy was on a bicycle, in the street, crossing in traffic, at a car show when it happened. Luckily witnesses at the event not only saw what happened but recorded it as well.
After the officer's cruiser hit the boy, the police did not stop, they just kept moving.
The boy's shoulder was injured and he received a concussion
Several individuals tried to report the hit-and-run to other officers who were patrolling the area, but not a single officer would take a report.
https://jalopnik.com/cop-was-apparently-caught-on-video-hitting-a-kid-on-a-b-1847407758
1964 Rambler Marquesa show car
in Terry Gales' car collection known as Rambler Ranch that I posted about in 2009, and 2014 https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/03/worlds-largest-collection-of.html but the above link to the Drive's article shows a lot more of the collection