Tuesday, May 26, 2026

the Robb Report says the new Dodge sports car was not shown, only described, and it sounds like the Copperhead concept car from 29 years ago

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well it's about damn time.  "Dodge wouldn’t let those reporters share images of the car, but they were allowed to describe it. And ...

amazing tin toy airplane

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https://cdn.drouot.com/d/catalogue?path=1/178371/411-260602-cat-mascottes-Web-V3.pdf

hell of a cool lighter from Dunlop!

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https://cdn.drouot.com/d/catalogue?path=1/178371/411-260602-cat-mascottes-Web-V3.pdf

Gilera 150 Sport

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https://cdn.drouot.com/d/catalogue?path=1/178371/411-260602-cat-mascottes-Web-V3.pdf

Rene Gilet Type K

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https://cdn.drouot.com/d/catalogue?path=1/178371/411-260602-cat-mascottes-Web-V3.pdf https://smworld.us/motorcycles/rene-gillet-750/

a Geo Ham poster I haven't seen before

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https://www.gros-delettrez.com/lot/178371/33662288-geo-ham-1900-1972-jerome-cavalli-un-des-meilleurs Jérôme Cavalli, (1905-1943) a famous te...

getting helium to the US Navy, probably for blimps, produced by Exell, in 1943

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Did you see and hear about this travesty that Ferrari will regret for decades, until (or IF) it's ever forgotten? Ferrari stock instantly DIVED 10%. 600k electric car that looks terrible. Utterly unlike anything Ferrari ever made, because Ferrari never made anything this ugly before

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  Anthony Dick, an auto analyst at Oddo BHF, added that Ferrari's stock drop is “by far the sharpest reaction we’ve seen for a car desig...

icing up the refrigerated rail cars in the 1950s

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=4608608436040918&set=gm.873697148363520&idorvanity=751896323876937
Monday, May 25, 2026

a 1930s Mack ED stored for over 50 years, finally gets hauled out of the New Jersey shed it's been stored in to be added to the Mahan museum. This plumbing and electric supply service truck was last registered 56 years ago, and was about to go to a junkyard

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see the video at   https://www.facebook.com/reel/2035365030689346
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the last time I posted about the Mahan collection (of Macks and Cats) 7 years ago, I didn't see these photos of their museum

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Last time I posted, they had this 16" gun from the battleship New Jersey, but they hadn't made it this nice https://justacarguy.blo...
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the Oreti Railway in New Zealand which opened in 1864 used wooden rails

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This isn't to say that they didn't put iron strips on the top of the wood rails.  the first Locomotive in Canada ran in wooden rails...

Jun Cheng Manufacturing in Baoying China

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https://www.facebook.com/Larry.Chen.Driftfotos/posts/pfbid02n96sNGXxkSAvqPWn2WSUBhycnKsiG79S4BSDriLDD9n8ArmYtP84MwBLnsEQ3NZ7l
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"The Chemical Guys" have a really good commercial on Facebook

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https://www.facebook.com/ChemicalGuysMfgCo/videos/2031428321087092/  it's cleverly worded about how a guy cleans his car, from the back ...

Empire Strikes Back commentary track had this info .

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C-3P0’s walking sounds were made with the window motor of an old Chrysler. The snow speeders flying is the LA highway recorded through a vac...

the war with Iran over it's offensive launches on Israel, and now over the Strait of Hormuz, is set to cause another headache for car owners; it's leading to a shortage of synthetic oil according to Automotive News

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automakers have begun rationing synthetic oil while dealerships and distributors are stockpiling it amid a severe reduction in supply.  This...
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new to me ads for Phillips 66 (now has me wondering... what is the 66 representing?) And Steve has the answer! The story the museum tells is that the car testing the Phillips gas did 66 miles per hour while running on Route 66.

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10224954192362288&set=gm.1722943422216820&idorvanity=319578812553295 Phillips Petroleum Company...
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North Platte, Nebraska

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