Thursday, December 25, 2025

Come for the train photo, stay to wonder about this very cool spiral staircase tower! Philadelphia’s Spiral Standpipe. I kid you not, if I hadn't started this blog on vehicles, I might have started one on history instead.

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https://www.shorpy.com/node/27858?size=_original#caption 130-foot spiral column that was to provide water pressure for the emerging neighbor...

Douglas Fairbanks made pirates cool (the Black Pirate 1926), Franklin caught the wave and named one of their models a Pirate, in 1930

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Even more photos of the Long Beach Fire Dept 1927 Graham Paige touring 621 with the Bright Bumper, and Woodlite headlight, aftermarket upgrades

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https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10236997922355032&set=gm.1951583148755931&idorvanity=197491484165115 I posted a lot of photos of...

Thank you Robert M for ka-chinging my tip jar!

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Companies would sometimes deface tool sets when selling on industrial contracts (such as trade schools, military, mining) so that they did not end up being warrantied at a local dealer level. The discount to the schools and students could be as high as 60% depending on the vendor.

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There's an original owner Miura in Hong Kong... Hard to believe that they haven't had a problem with China taking over the island in 97

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Who knew Ducati made radios? Not me

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Yay! Christmas present/early high school graduation present! And, it's a good mini me match with her parents car, without the "get into trouble" power and unaffordable insurance for a teen

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imagine doing the landscaping that's been put off for a 100 years, clearing out the bushes, shrubs, and hedges, and you find this... umm, wheeled thing!

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I couldn't figure out what the heck it was... except steam boiler powered... but the post went on to show what the thing had been before...

this is true... anything 413 cubes and bigger (413, 413 maxie, 426 maxie, 426 hemi, 440, 440 six pack) is a wonderful audible pick me up

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ice drags in Merrill Wisconsin

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they are breaking ground on an 1/8th mile drag strip in Callahan Florida (on the Georgia border), and it's expected to be operating by May 2026

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  https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/step-closer-reality-callahan-speedway-breaks-ground-dragstrip/2R6AXFPZDFAK5CJ2JSV7MCFLUM/

moviegoers in 1931 got to see a humorous look at “The Great Tractor Race” in which the Cat Ten, Twenty, Thirty and Sixty traversed rugged, hilly terrain and crashed through buildings (Skip the first 4 minutes)

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  https://www.equipmentworld.com/vintage-equipment/article/15754755/caterpillars-1931-film-the-great-tractor-race-shows-early-cats

this 1930 Caterpillar Thirty tractor is the most original operating Thirty known to exist

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Bought from someone in Minnesota, this rare, all-original Thirty that had been well maintained over its 95 years – and is still in top runni...

US Navy Albina Engine and Machine Works ( a shipyard along the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon ) Disney military patch

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The Albina Engine & Machine Works produced a number of freighters during World War I, but operated mainly as a repair yard during the 19...
Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Merry Christmas! Thanks for sticking around and enjoying the variety of the stuff I post every year

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Enjoy!

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The International Hot Rod Association has officially completed the acquisition of Memphis International Raceway and Memphis Motorsports Park

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the great Buster Keaton, 1928

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This shanty was right at the east end of the C&O passenger station platform, beneath the 9th Street bridge. Charlottesville, Virginia

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thank you Dan R for making the tip jar ring today!

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Zona-rapida blog, like so many others, has shut down. (I'm finally, after a decade, going through my list of recommended sites, only to find many quit posting years ago)

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Annualmobiles is STILL finding new year book ads from dealerships to share

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20 some years ago, this 69 Camaro (likely a real Z 28 based on parts) was bought, to give to a grandson. But the kid and grand dad realized it's better to sell it to someone with 50k or more to spend on restoring it, and use the sales money for college

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The teen was going to inherit the car, but he didn’t show much interest in it, so a reasonable decision was made. Instead of letting the cla...

1919 Dodge Brothers converted to a forklift with Hyster forks, loading a 1934 Ford 1.5 ton truck.

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this might be a tribute to Jack Brabham’s 1966 World Championship has been marked by Alliance Airlines, or it might be ai... I can't tell. The only time a driver has won the championship in a car bearing his own name.

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