Thursday, October 08, 2026

I didn't get things posted today, I heard from an ol shipmate right after I got home, and we ended up texting for a couple hours

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some days I have a lot of spare time, and post a lot.  Probably most days, but not today. Anyway, as long as I'm talking, I figure it...

today's price comparison between (non oil producing) Monroe Michigan, and (pumping oil like we'll never run out of it) California

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10244362300942736&set=a.10202936454882475
Wednesday, October 07, 2026

Haas Boraxo Lola T332 Chev, 1975, SCCA / USAC Formula 5000

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https://www.facebook.com/groups/527146584145263/permalink/3251307371729157
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Prime Video, is making Jeremy Grows a Car: A Clarkson’s Farm Special.

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“Alongside his very own Diddly leather interior and wool carpets, Jeremy will attempt to grow a crop of flax fibre and turn it into a revolu...

the wing on an American Airline plane with with aluminum tape holding the panel together. Flying is the new Greyhound Bus.

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=3457286274453394&set=a.200189746829746
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May 1975

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  https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122215469276383499&set=pcb.122215469312383499

A dog was stolen from a trucker's can while she was in the station paying for the fuel

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At a truck stop outside Amarillo, Texas, Arlene Mabry, 63, a 22 yr long haul trucking vet, ran in to pay and left the driver's door open...
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clever design idea

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122127868197149342&set=pb.61584480260429.-2207520000

cool photo

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122128566705149342&set=pb.61584480260429.-2207520000

I wish I could read all those plaques, that owner was having a lot of fun

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122132555553149342&set=pb.61584480260429.-2207520000

shame the AMX 3 didn't work out, and no one kept on of the prototypes

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122140759983149342&set=pb.61584480260429.-2207520000
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first I've ever seen of Haring's Land Rover

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122143460667149342&set=pb.61584480260429.-2207520000

interesting... I don't recognize a single one

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122144662977149342&set=pb.61584480260429.-2207520000
Tuesday, October 06, 2026

there's something adolescent and fun about writing in the dust on some back window - these guys took it too far, everyone knows you DON'T do that on dusty paint, it'll permanently scratch the paint. We are better than that!

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https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10233501577898328&set=gm.2410726192787921&idorvanity=804065043454052

a 1967-68 Ford Mustang had four different factory steel wheels. A four bump four lug and a three bump four lug 14 inch x 5 inch wheel. Plus a four bump five lug and a three bump five lug wheel.

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  https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10217148882669924&set=pcb.10217148884029958

Brad Pitt and Mercedes put out a commercial last week

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the first American edition of the legendary Retromobile Paris—November 19–22, 2026, at the Javits Center (New York)

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https://www.facebook.com/retromobile.nyc/photos https://www.retromobile.us/

cool photo

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if you need to remove 1950s GM hood springs and don't have the correct tool - get innovative

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10238894949740003&set=a.1358470649558
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Cole Foster has a problem... too many hammers that Von Dutch owned. Hell of an issue to share publicly!

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https://www.facebook.com/cole.foster.566/posts/pfbid0258FfkBN5gLkho8BcMcGu9uoZ4DdSJ5j9r5M1RwsAyUY8KnVBdPovfSSe7sSaF5qwl

I might be easily impressed, but I like big n little under a supercharged mopar (Loving the side exhaust, looks like a 3" pipe made oval)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7VSKQSkwy8

a Panzer IV captured in Syria by the Israeli Army in 1967.

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1578339884310687&set=a.677199514424733
Monday, October 05, 2026

Fritz Schiedel was a bit obsessed with making this Porsche 550A as light as possible for racing ( bought directly from Porsche competition director at Sebring in '58, never raced, a backup car for the new RSK) Thank you John!

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I'm surprised he didn't swiss cheese the dash, but I get a kick out of the lack of decorative trim around the instruments, and the h...

An 18-year-old from was arrested after police said he stole a Star Brass steam whistle before it was stolen from the 1921 Cooke steam locomotive at Central Park in Sutherlin, Oregon. (thank you George! )

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a distinctive five-chime Star Brass steam whistle, stolen, not yet recovered.  https://krcrtv.com/news/local/redding-man-arrested-after-hist...
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Back in 2016 they found Furthur on the farm, and now, they've gotten it brought to a museum, and are going to try and raise the ridiculous amount of money it'll take to restore it ( a 1939 International Harvester)

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ken-keseys-original-furthur-bus-on-its-latest-trek/

185 speed cameras are going live in Los Angeles

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Over a single week in September, Malibu's handful of speed cameras clocked about 100,000 speed violations https://patch.com/california...

an abandoned auto repair shop near Kyrkö Mosse in southern Sweden

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https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/galleries-and-exhibitions/no-polar-bears-no-wind-farms-this-outdoor-exhibition-asked-20-photo...
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A federal judge in Oklahoma has ruled that a warrantless search of a vehicle’s monthlong location history through automated license-plate reader databases violated the Fourth Amendment, that Flock cameras pose an unconstitutional surveillance risk,

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A Tulsa County deputy’s search of her license plate through Flock and VehicleManager systems amounted to an unconstitutional search. A deput...

two 11-year-olds, founders of TJ & JT Mowing Service, completed a 50 Yard Challenge in Alabama, to mow 50 yards for the elderly, veterans, and people unable to care for their lawns for free.

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Rodney Smith Jr., of Huntsville, Alabama, known as “The Lawnmower Man,” had been told of two klds sharing an old lawnmower that a neighbor...
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Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that aimed to boost oversight of California’s High-Speed Rail Authority.

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Newsom’s veto comes two weeks after the investigative office released a scathing report in which its auditors found that the high-speed rail...

govt is always looking to make people use mass transit... and Vancouver had a proposal by TransLink to charge all vehicles in Metro Vancouver a yearly fee between $100 to $200 a year, on top of their insurance costs to help fund the region's transit system.

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For the last 18 months, a vehicle levy has been talked about by TransLink as a potential way to create a more sustainable funding model, as ...
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The 55th annual National Stearman Fly-In, a six day event, brought 91 Stearman owners and pilots, together with enthusiasts at Galesburg Regional Airport in Illinois from Sept 7-12, 2026

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the six-day gathering featured fly-outs, a Poker Run, landing and aerobatic competitions, formation flying, restoration awards, and the lon...

a canoe with an odometer! When mapmaking in the everglades in 1897, Ed Brewer wanted to know exactly how many miles had been traveled

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https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10168508082232782&set=pcb.10168508083127782   via the Antique Overland facebook page   https://www.f...

Harriet the Housecar

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Sunday, October 04, 2026

building a road through a forest

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I can't understand a word, but, there is a race, between 6 fantastical vehicles, driven by a variety of people, robots, and anamorphic creatures, including kitten girls in a vehicle that transforms into a jaguar robot - across 5 environments (skip the first 4 minutes)

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for some stupid reason, they overlooked that kitten girls would not have both human and cat ears every scene starts at the ankles, HA!  Kitt...

1987 Buick GNX just sold for 427k, because it's a real time capsule, with only 30 miles on the odo - that's a car that people only see as a proven investment, but who is going to buy it for more, and make this buyer a proifit?

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https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1987-buick-gnx-70/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=September2026_Market_Snapshot