Tuesday, July 02, 2024

One of the 4000-year-old well-preserved wagons unearthed in the Lchashen village in the vicinity of Lake Sevan. Made of oak, they are the oldest known wagons in the world.


Technical Sergeant Leo Coldstead, of the XXth Bomber Command, standing beside his creation that he named the "Super-Duper Put Put". He built it from spare parts of planes and scrap.


A Vultee Stinson L-5 about to be un-crated upon its arrival at a base in Burma. You can see the plane was proudly sponsored by the Parkman School in Detroit, Michigan.

 https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=8021496851224411&set=pb.100080966302726.-2207520000

YR-6A helicopter initial production was by Sikorsky, but most examples were built by Nash-Kelvinator.






by the way, Whirlpool made the BREN light machine gun, and Vietnam era mortars. 

I love how some creators, artists, authors, are autographing their stuff in stores, first I saw was Neil Gaiman signing books in an airport's bookstore incognito, now, here's Daniel Simon signing Hot Wheels in a grocery store



you might not recognize the name, but you're seen his art:


the California Attorney General warned police about the license plate data law. They ignored him, and sold or shared the data with as many as 130 other agencies... illegally

The police department for El Cajon, a city near San Diego, made the information available to more than 130 non-California agencies.

The College of the Sequoias District Police Department, in the Central Valley, was second with 91.

The Menifee Police Department, in the Inland Empire, was the third highest with 30.

A report published Wednesday by the Sacramento County grand jury found the Sheriff’s Office and Sacramento Police Department both recently shared license plate data out of state.

Law enforcement agencies say the readers are a powerful aid to solving crimes. Along with scanning license plates, police tout how the cameras can capture other information about vehicles, such as their type, which can help quickly track down suspects. Accessing another department’s data, they add, can be critical to making an arrest. Beyond that, agencies’ desire to share the information centers around a dispute over state law. In 2015, the Legislature passed a bill that said California police departments are only allowed to share license plate data with other public agencies. The Attorney General’s Office argued in an October bulletin that the bill’s definition of a public agency is limited to only those in California. But state police associations countered that the law does not explicitly prohibit the sharing of data outside the state.


https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article288926148.html#storylink=cpy

3 Fords that Consumer Reports has on it's list of used vehicles that it believes one should avoid purchasing...

the 2017-2019 Ford Expedition, 2020 Ford Escape Hybrid, and the 2021 Escape, each vehicle has much worse-than-average reliability compared to the rest of the pack. 

These are the vehicles used shoppers should avoid, based on rankings Consumer Reports derived using data from a variety of sources, including Consumer Reports Annual Auto Surveys submitted by owners, which notate any problems those folks have experienced with their vehicles. 

The 2017-2019 Ford Expedition made the cut this year after ranking dead last among its peers in the full-size SUV segment in terms of reliability

Jeep train running from Myitkyina to Mogaung, 1944

 

compliment of the day!

Always love the banner review. Thanks for taking the time to find such great pics, and thanks for such a great blog Jesse!!

TheBeaversDad

Monday, July 01, 2024

this 1970 Lamborghini Miura P 400S with only about 26k miles was off everyone's radar for the past 4 decades



This was just removed from a living room, by removing a wall or two, of an East Rockaway NY house where it had been featured, since 1980. 40 years as a feature of a living room! 

Gooding and company will be auctioning this, and expect it to fetch about 2 million or more

this is so true


https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2215283662163910&set=gm.2284355238579220&idorvanity=442360052778757

history and evolution of wheels

 

a car museum in India had it's exterior designed like a tire, very cool!

https://www.team-bhp.com/news/pics-visit-payana-vintage-car-museum-mysuru

a neighborhood in Mexico City was the focus of ABC news because of it's commitment to keeping VW Bugs running



https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/mexico-city-neighborhood-iconic-volkswagen-beetle-alive-111345927

C-46 named "Hump Haven" serves as a Mess for the 1338th AAF Base Unit, Yunnanyi, China, 1945


https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=8201522859888475&set=pb.100080966302726.-2207520000

June's banners