Friday, May 29, 2026

there's a bullet hole in his coffee cup which he was drinking from when someone shot at his rig when he was on the interstate near Lucedale, Mississippi, Feb 1974

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The shot went through the side window of Harold Jentzen's truck and through the cup.  He was not hurt, and did not stop to report the in...

ha... this has to have happened to "Florida Man"

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=26855504387452251&set=gm.2063847397868004&idorvanity=500539467532146

awesome welded art diorama

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122105126625304161&set=gm.36849393354660182&idorvanity=107560572603590

superb innovative idea - use guitar electric cord plug to run your airline through the frame!

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https://www.reddit.com/r/guitars/comments/ifptdo/made_a_custom_trem_arm_for_a_strat_so_its_not_in/#lightbox https://www.facebook.com/photo/?...

Catherine Bach, facilitated the acquisition of the Lambo, it belonged to John Schneider and Hal Needham rented it for Cannonball

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It was painted white with latex for the movie https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1484616537039628&set=pcb.1484616867039595

Hurst Cufflinks! Huh! Cool if you ever dress up that much, better to show a little personality than something boring

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Thursday, May 28, 2026

Carroll Shelby’s 1954 South American Racing — La Carrera Panamericana, Shelby entered the race driving this Austin-Healey 100S for the factory team Shelby Racing.

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 This 1954 edition was the last, it was discontinued due to safety concerns. At the 175-kilometer marker north of Oaxaca, Shelby T-bones a l...

Livio Bolis riding a special Tony Kart, designed and built by Antonio Bosio, powered by a 100cc rotary valve Parilla engine. 133 mph speed record, Monza Circuit 1965... where did he get tires that small that were able to stand up to 133 mph?

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it's so incredible to see what unusual and rare things people come across ... who would have guess that BF Goodrich was making this version of a hot water bottle

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cool blue print, or is this more accurately called a mechanical drawing

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I just love this part of a bigger photo... I had to slice off the water marked area. Then I learned how important the car in the watermarked area was... a Super Duty 421 Tempest at the Daytona 2nd Continental Race, a 250-miler.

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=26555912034081287&set=gm.1751308582811627&idorvanity=226675368608297 at the race when the all-...
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Raymond Mays, Vauxhall Villiers held the 1929 Shelsley Walsh record at 45.6 seconds.

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Louis Galanos photo of 1963 Sebring when the George McClure/Dick Semko TVR Grantura went off into the burm while the A.J. Foyt/Jim Hurtubise Corvette cornered

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10221021067276641&set=gm.2493052697554632&idorvanity=527146584145263 https://racepace.se/page27...
Wednesday, May 27, 2026

displayed out front to draw a crowd, but they didn't spell Kurtis with a K... weird

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clever way to cover a WW2 Jeep trailer, instead of canvas.

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One day in 1951, A.J. Watson put down his tools at the Lockheed aircraft assembly line in Glendale, California. He walked past his coworkers, past the time clock, he didn't punch out. He just left, and he never came back.

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After seeing his first race at Bonelli Stadium in Saugus in 1947, he built a track roadster and arrived at Indianapolis in 1948 as a mechani...
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the Northern Pacific train wreck on the "S" trestle 7 miles above Mullan, Idaho, on February 10, 1903.

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An avalanche had taken out a sizable section of the trestle just hours after the train with a rotary snow plow stopped partly on the trestle...
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Michigan Central Station, before and after the rennovation (thank you Marc!)

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1030206189506458&set=a.210188448174907 The main lobby of the restored Michigan Central Station, ado...

This 1954 Ferrari a museum in Marseille is a 150 cc 2-stroke, built by the Ferrari brothers (no relation to Enzo) in Milan. At some point the car company tried to stop them using the name, to no avail. (Thank you Kim!)

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this 1992 Ford Mustang LX last sold for 72.5k... and they are looking to see if there is someone out there who wants to pay more for it now. It only has 140 miles on it, but, does a 34 year old Mustang really rate new Corvette money?

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So far, it's bid up to 55k https://fordauthority.com/2026/05/1992-ford-mustang-lx-notchback-with-140-miles-up-for-auction/#comments
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Some officers in the 101st thought a 75mm pack howitzer could not knock out a German tank. The grunts ignored the naysayers and did it anyway

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On Christmas morning '44 the 463rd Parachute Field Artillery Battalion were dug in northwest of Bastogne. A German armored assault force...