Saturday, December 03, 2022
Danny MacAskill just released a sweet video tour of San Fran
and the behind the scene "how it's done"
a CHP audit and investigation that found 54 officers exaggerated the overtime hours they had worked on late-night Caltrans details
The East L.A. office was the smallest in CHP’s Southern Division but accounted for nearly three times as much reimbursable overtime as the largest office in the division, according to a summary of CHP’s initial audit. By Thursday, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge had dismissed charges against nearly all of the officers — over objections from Bonta’s office — in a deal that allowed them to repay Caltrans for the unworked hours without admitting guilt. Fifty-two of the 54 officers agreed to the deal, while two planned to proceed to trial.
CJ 5 with a 70s paint job... that's not common
The Jeep CJ-5 had a lot of special edition models designed to boost sales
Models such as the 1961 to 1965 Tuxedo Park Series
The Camper in 1969 and 1970.
There was the 462 in 1969
The Renegade series from 1970 to 1983,
The Super Jeep in 1973,
From 1977 to 1983 the Golden Eagle,
in 1979 the Silver Anniversary Edition,
in 1980 the Golden Hawk,
and then the Laredo from 1980 to 1983.
This 1968 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 competed in the SCCA Trans-Am and NASCAR Grand Touring series between 1969 and 1970, and was just recently sold on Bring a Trailer
The 408 was built using a Dart block, a Crower crank and connecting rods, a Comp Cams camshaft and lifters, Brodix cylinder heads, a 950 Holley double pumper, and an MSD ignition system
I figure you all know what a Gow Job is, (I've posted about the term, and about the cars) but I just learned that 1st Lieutenant Loren Hintz named his P 47 Thunderbolt, "Gow Job"
this artistic rendering is by Gaetan Marie
On April 21, 1945, Hintz was shot down over Italy in his P-47 Thunderbolt while on a combat mission during the final days of World War 2.
Hans Wronka spearheaded a 12-year search that culminated in the recovery of the wreck of his grandfather’s P-47, dog tag, and bones from the crash site and resting place, beneath a farm field in Bologna Italy in 2016.
Hintz is no longer MIA.
The descendants and family of 1st Lt Loren Hintz cleaned dirt off pieces of metal, glass, and other material that was excavated from 18 feet below the field's surface.
Among the objects found at the location, his dog tag
a 50 cal
The carb, a good-sized piece of firewall, and the R-2800 engine
restored 78 year old P47 just fired up the engine, that had to be a nervous moment! The last time this engine ran, it was in New Guinea, 78 years ago, in 1944
The new 13-foot, wide-blade props were designed to take full advantage of the increased power available with water injection. However, they had the disadvantage of leaving only about 6 inches of ground clearance on landings and take-offs.
The P-47’s gained 400 feet per minute rate of climb with the new wider blade props, a huge performance improvement
well done Star Wars ad on an airliner
video of it getting turned around by the gates at https://ampervadasz.tumblr.com/post/702511683713794048
Friday, December 02, 2022
in the new Netflix movie release, Troll, this C 10 stands out in the queen of Norway's collection as her favorite vehicle... and it's just what the main characters need for the car chase scene at the end of the movie
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I do not know why the passenger side tail light is misshapen
