Tuesday, July 14, 2026

next month, JCB will be trying for a world land speed record

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https://hpj.com/2026/07/06/jcb-hydromax-keeps-pushing-ahead-for-speed-record/

looks like a good movie, about how some might survive an EMP, or a worse case of COVID screwing up civiization, by getting away from the cities

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so the VP of the USA was getting a police escort through the Cotswolds of England.... when a tractor was using the road. Caleb... from Clarkson's Farm

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The viral story from The Times involves Clarkson's Farm star Kaleb Cooper telling US Vice President JD Vance's security detail to ...

a third-party inspection of a blown Toyota Tundra engine, the twin-turbo V6 that keeps failing without warning.

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Officially, Toyota blames manufacturing debris left inside the oiling passages, which is impossible to verify independently without getting ...

Can O'Reilly parts, buy NAPA? For about 10 billion dollars, yes

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  https://www.thedrive.com/news/the-10-billion-takeover-that-could-turn-the-auto-parts-business-upside-down-explained

San Diego PD busted by the city’s police oversight commission, for harassing blacks 4 to 1 instead of whites

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Black drivers stopped for low-level traffic violations in San Diego were more than four times as likely as White drivers to be frisked and m...

reboot of Rockford Files update

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Boreanaz then said how The Rockford Files reboot will retain classic elements from the beloved detective show, ranging from the lead charact...

THIS is big brother watching, and too many bullies with badges abusing their access to Flock. Greene County, Georgia, deputy arrested after audit shows she used Flock cameras for personal reasons, sheriff says

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 the cowards in Georgia won't even state what she did, when she repeatedly accessed Flocks database without authorization, illegally.  I...

69 R/T stolen, and abandoned decades ago, in San Bruno California right off San Bruno blvd and Burrows st.

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It a community garden center that I saw this 69 Coronet R/T laying there, it was abandoned decades ago right there and they kept it there as...

I finally watched the movie Ferrari with Adam Driver last night...

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 good movie for the inside look at how he struggled with his wife, hating him for their son's death, and his mistress, wanting THEIR son...

Lansing, Illinois is going to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Henry Ford's airplane hangar that produced Ford Tri-Motor airplanes, and connected Ford's Chicago manufacturing plants with the automaker's facilities in Dearborn

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https://fordauthority.com/2026/07/illinois-village-to-celebrate-ford-hangars-100th-anniversary

Don't you just hate it when it's a sluggish Monday, you're driving down the street in your steam locomotive, and you hit a telephone pole. It really ruins your day

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  https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1971107123145747&set=a.1513811688875295
Monday, July 13, 2026

Why cats are like cars... thank you Mike!

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these people that are asking to join my team at comic con... omg, do they WASTE my time with stupid questions. So, I want to apologize you you wonderful people whom I should have been taking better care of instead. Here's all I have time to post today

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https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2026/07/reuse-restore-rework.html  
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Sunday, July 12, 2026

I just learned more about Janis's 356... her roadie painted the designs, and it was stolen in '69, during a gig at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco.

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https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/christophorus/porsche-356-sc-janis-joplin-12303.html

California's high-speed rail officials approved the contract to begin laying tracks along the 119-mile segment under construction in the Central Valley.

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Track installation is expected to begin later this year from the Southern Railhead in Kern County, which will serve as the staging and distr...
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good news, According to an Indiana State Police announcement, a team of Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division troopers has recovered about 12 semi-trailer loads of stolen cargo since April 2026.

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https://www.freightwaves.com/news/indiana-state-police-recover-12-stolen-truckloads-worth-more-than-11-million
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A group of students from Italy’s University of Pisa built the largest paper airplane with paper and some glue, 23-foot-long and 65-foot wingspan

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“In the end we managed to bring back to Italy a world record that had stood for thirteen years,” the team added. https://www.popsci.com/scie...

The Los Angeles Police Department is ending its agreement with Flock

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  https://abc7.com/amp/post/lapd-ending-agreement-surveillance-company-flock-safety/19483200/

when you pay for a paint job, it looks this swEEET, and the body shop hooked up the trunk light so you can enjoy standing there are looking at it

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https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1801565564555375&set=gm.27171185175910120&idorvanity=996045710517424

Briggs Cunningham, 1958 Lister-Jaguar 'Knobbly' @ Lime Rock

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10227361892833317&set=gm.3159023344290894&idorvanity=527146584145263

Mechanic's missive for Jacques Villeneuve before Can Am @ Road America 1983. He finished 2nd, Frisbee GR2.

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10227371251627281&set=gm.3160045184188710&idorvanity=527146584145263

Allentown PA

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=27421432630831488&set=gm.1726504361630596&idorvanity=352404969040549

Back in the 50's it was not uncommon for car manufacturers to show up at the Sebring 12-Hour race with some of their concept cars like the Oldsmobile F-88 Mark II

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https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=27294882026804994&set=pcb.27498344786495263

ever heard of the Viking Special Dodge truck?

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10233412938321718&set=pcb.10233412941321793
Saturday, July 11, 2026

the Bronco is tring so hard to be a Jeep.. look at this copy cat

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https://fordauthority.com/2026/07/ford-bronco-roadster-concept-live-photo-gallery
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Friday, July 10, 2026

wow - this is very cool, and unexpected in the graffiti world!

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2018487642368097&set=gm.37263864419894303&idorvanity=889066631134208  

and now for something different, sign language graffiti

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https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=883705844790122&set=gm.37260734906873921&idorvanity=889066631134208

this 70 Chevelle SS was won as a game prize at the Swift/Kelce wedding

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Displaying the car during the wedding reception was reportedly a tribute to where their relationship first captured the public's imagina...

Matchbox: The Movie will be a live-action action-comedy on Apple TV+ on October 9, 2026.

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Starring John Cena and Jessica Biel, where an undercover CIA agent Cena) returns to his small hometown and his group of friends since child...
Thursday, July 09, 2026

the Duke of Goodwood, has announced something vague about a Goodwood Road Racing Club of America, starting in California. Here is EVERYTHING ( very little ) that they tell us about it, but, it has 3 founding patrons: Sir Jackie Stewart, Mario Andretti and Richard Petty

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I'd like to know why there's a disclaimer about a "privacy notice"  https://grrcamerica.com/ after signing up (Hey, I have...

the goodwood festival of speed is ON~!

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exemplary license plate art

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https://www.facebook.com/groups/1017520626826097/permalink/1551192336792254/

the backwall of this garage, is a photo of the racing at Bathurst 500, in 1969

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https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=122307053456220535&set=p.122307053456220535&type=3

using a really old jeep body as a bar back in your mancave... is pretty cool

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https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1055550833676377&set=p.1055550833676377&type=3

I hope they scan this and make it available online...! Lauren, the Archive Intern for the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad Museum, came across this paint book for Union Pacific from 1887.

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https://www.facebook.com/groups/1886828738255343/?multi_permalinks=4571131046491752&hoisted_section_header_type=recently_seen https://ww...

car guy humor, I love it

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https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1456166573215602&set=a.453704766795126

Damn HOAs

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1456166929882233&set=a.453704766795126
Wednesday, July 08, 2026

A nuclear engineer raised in the big city miles from the nearest farm, rebuilt and modified a superb corral of classic Cub Cadet tractors, and garnered 5.5 million views on YouTube

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Cub Cadets were introduced in 1961 by International Harvester (IH) as heavy-duty, compact garden tractors for rural homeowners. Initially, s...