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Saturday, December 23, 2023
it's pretty cool how much stuff shows up on the internet, like guys who have been reunited with their 1960s and 70s soap box derby winning cars
Above, Myron Neff won the Logansport Soap Box Derby in 1957, at age 14, and went to Akron for the finals, but the shipping company lost his car after that, and then it recently was discovered by Mike and Frank on American Pickers, and Myron bought it from the current owner
Jack Littleton captured the second Corning Soap Box Derby in 1966, Frank Hamm on the right, was the race director.
A planned 1972 competition was washed out by the Tropical Storm Agnes flood, and that, combined with the loss of Chevrolet as a national sponsor, contributed to the demise of the Corning race.
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Tire racing in Scarborough, Maine, 1920
I tried finding more photos or interesting info on this obsolete county fair contest, but didn't find a thing online
1977 Yamaha XT500 whose owner died soon after buying it, only has 900 miles on it, and was then carefully stored away for 45 years, only recently being put up for sale on eBay last month
The XT500’s legendary status was solidified when it secured victories in the early years of the grueling Paris-Dakar Rally. In 1979, ridden by Cyril Neveu, the XT500 clinched its first victory. The following year, both Cyril Neveu and German rider Herbert Schek rode XT500s to finish first and second respectively, showcasing the bike’s endurance capabilities.
It was bought at the estate sale, and listed on Ebay for 13,500
Cummins Inc. has been fined with a $1.675 billion penalty in a settlement for installing defeat devices on the engines of about 960,000 2013 to 2019 RAM 2500 and 3500 pickup trucks,
The Department said Cummins allegedly installed so-called "defeat devices" to bypass or disable emissions controls such as emission sensors and onboard computers.
"The company has seen no evidence that anyone acted in bad faith and does not admit wrongdoing," Cummins said in a statement.
I'm not surprised that there are time lapse videos of fundamental mechanics fixing collision damaged trucks in India... it's amazing to watch the blacksmith style repairs to vehicles
these guys sure could benefit from a big mag drill, socket wrenches, and welding helmets
So, 1st, disassembly to the very frame C channels, and removing everything from those
without a magdrill, or a shop with an overhead hoist, and drill press, they worked up a two hand drill and some ingenuity to create a "where ever it's needed" drill press from a 2x4 and chain
and the frame straightening for the squared off welding... impressive simple hand made big clamp,
and this square steel box for using with a 10 or 20 ton press... wow
