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So I looked it up, the Chery Tiggo is a Chinese built crossover SUV sold in Mexico
Monday, January 06, 2025
It's so rare to see a vehicle never sold in the USA
So I looked it up, the Chery Tiggo is a Chinese built crossover SUV sold in Mexico
Uwe Oltmann made a 5-cylinder Puch, it’s unrideable. It runs with all five cylinders firing enthusiastically, but once you get it going, it’s far too noisy and hot to be usable.
This moped also features a prototype swingarm and a set of race-spec WP Suspension, both from Ralf Waldmann’s 1993 Aprilia RS 125 R Grand Prix racer. The front wheel uses a heavily modified moped rim, the rear wheel is a magnesium item from PVM
The start sequence includes spinning the rear wheel to get the first engine going, then releasing each subsequent engine’s fly clutch with a wrench. The 350 cc Puch makes 127.5 decibels at full tilt, and the only way to stop it is to pull all five spark plugs.
Skip 2 minutes 25 seconds to get to the start up:
Because it can be done, and ought to be admired for the utter goofyness
sweet 73 Formula Firebird!
Cragars, spoiler and air dam, side pipes, and hood scoops, very cool! Thank you John S!
Sunday, January 05, 2025
a pre-production 57 Nomad with one of the first Rochester fuel injection units, was part of the Chevy 12 month showroom fleet before being sold to it's 1st owner in 1957... and 2nd in 2005, and that families daughter started a restoration business at age 13
The project became deeply intertwined with the next generation of automotive enthusiasts through Riley’s Rebuilds, a thriving restoration business founded by Dane Trask’s daughter Riley when she was just 13 years old.
Now 19, Riley has transformed her teenage passion project into a respected enterprise, while simultaneously pursuing degrees in physics, mathematics, and mechanical engineering in Connecticut.
Alongside her brother Graham, she’s carrying forward the family’s dedication to automotive excellence, even co-hosting “Repair 2 Rev” on Hemmings’ YouTube channel with her father.
Recently awarded Concourse Gold Certification at MCACN 2024, this remarkable 1957 Nomad is more than just a restored classic car through the dedicated efforts of Dane Trask and his team of restorers.
Damn, what a surprising scoop Carbuzz.com got, they found that the R35 Nissan GT-R was mostly engineered by truck experts from Isuzu
80% of the Nissan GT-R’s development team were former employees from Isuzu’s passenger car division. According to the post, the former Isuzu engineers were mainly in charge of transmissions and suspensions, two of the machine’s most celebrated and cutting-edge systems. This sparked discussions about the GT-R’s engineering and potential links to Isuzu's expertise in truck and diesel engines.
Kazutoshi Mizonu, the Chief Engineer for the R35 GT-R, popped into the conversation to clarify things. In a translated tweet, he mentions that the Isuzu engineers started out in that automaker’s truck division, not its passenger car division, and that they were inexperienced when it came to developing supercars. Thanks to teamwork training and determination, each was transformed into a world-class engineer in about 18 months, said Mizonu.
were Mopar models given the 440 name, (before the 44 cu in engine by the way) because 440 yards is a 1/4 mile? Nope
the 1962 Dodge Dart 440, and the 1963 Dodge 440, got the 440 model name known as a Dodge, and the 1966 Coronet was the last of the Dodge with a 440 model name
The 330 was the base stripper model and the 440 was the mid-market level. The Polara capped the lineup as the top entry.
But no, I don't think they had worked out the 440 yards = 1/4 mile, and planned to associate these models with drag racing... there was a lame numbering system for many car companies, and AMC for example, had this system: American: 220, 330 and 440 Classic: 550, 660 and 770 Ambassador: 880 and 990
The 440 cu in engine came along in 1967
Am I right in having the notion that bridges get inspected regularly to make sure they can safely handle the loads transported over them? Then how did this railroad bridge collapse when a freight train did the regular route?
The Marys River, a tributary of the nearby Willamette River, near Corvallis Oregon had a railroad bridge collapse after a freight train nearly finished crossing it yesterday around noon.
As the photos show, one railcar hadn't yet crossed the bridge, a couple fell into the river, but most of the railcars were over the bridge and onto the other side
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Corvallis police said there was a structural failure of the trestle, which was damaged in a fire a few years ago
did you know that if the California Coastal Commission hadn't objected, the NASA space shuttles would have launched from California?
For some reason, there was never been a manned space flight launched from Vandenberg until Falcon 9, unless I missed something.
just what sort of effect can a corporation have on traffic? It's stunning... 35% decrease in drive speed for commuters in general, when employees are forced to work in the office instead of at home.
Seattle has 50,000 employees back on the roads (as of Jan 2nd), forced to return to the office, in downtown Seattle.
Amazon maintains its headquarters in downtown Seattle as well as satellite offices in nearby Metropolitan Park, the Urban Innovation Center, and Bellevue.
When the company first called its employees back into the office three days a week in 2023, it led to a 35% decrease in speeds on the major east-west highway that stretches from downtown Seattle to eastern Washington state.
The latest census data show that a little more than one in five workers in the Seattle metro area were working from home in 2023
Saturday, January 04, 2025
Kal-Equip Co. maker of high quality automobile tuning equipment from 1955 to 1979 in Otsego, Michigan
And other companies licensed the equipment and sold it under their own brands, like Firestone, who I've previously posted, sold tools made by Proto etc
I missed out on winning this at auction/estate sale. Damn, it would have been a fantastic piece of garage art! The guy who won it at auction, got it for 70 bucks
Kal-Equip was 1st used as a trademark in 1955, and they filed for the trademark in 1958
Tunemaster was first used in 1960 https://trademarks.justia.com/720/62/kal-equip-72062399.html
Some equipment was labeled Kal Tunemaster, and some was BK Tunemaster, which I'll guess is Bal Kamp
similar to the Sun Electronic Engine Performance Tester/ Master Motor Tester / Tune-Up Tester, might have been bought by NAPA / Balkamp. The trademark was cancelled in 1988
It looks like there was an attempt to pivot, and work under the trademark Peerless, and then the company was sold to Actron who sold through Sears.
Albanite, a word on Edison spark plugs I've been curious about since 2007 when I saw it for the 1st time, just 6 months after starting this blog!
Occasionally I take a look to see if anyone has the answer online yet, and finally someone added the info to the internet.
It's still surprising to me that only 25 years after the internet kicked off in it's current form, people treat it like it's always been around, and that it has everything there is to know. But it's still in it's infancy, and facts, photos, and information are still being added and uploaded every day.
Anyway, Andrew commented on some forum, that Albanite is " was a trade name for the insulator material used by the company. The clay was mined from a specific site, and once baked into hardened porcelean, provided what they perceived as a special anti-fouling, superior insulative material for the core of the spark plug."
https://www.smokstak.com/forum/threads/what-is-albanite.72593
the new Wallace and Gromit movie (on Netflix) is a hoot, and looks like it's the best one yet "Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl"
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the getaway car is a bunch of fun, because the bad guys took the wheels, engine, etc from the delivery truck, so, the head bad guy, Feathers McGraw, had to improvise when he needed to use it for a getaway and had his robot minions power it
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this is another cool example of great woodworking, from Baldwin Toy Co of Nebraska, which has been making wood toys since 1976
Steve Baldwin has been creating wooden toys since the late 1960s. He started as an industrial arts teacher, which eventually led to a woodworking hobby. In 1976, that hobby became a profession when he started Baldwin Toy Co
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