Wednesday, May 20, 2026

some crap metal art!

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  https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1350913753758319&set=gm.36739717065627812&idorvanity=107560572603590

someone in Prosper, TX needed a cheap culvert bad enough to weld together a couple railroad tanker cars!

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https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1358487119432790&set=pcb.27448459111427577

a terrific restored station in Ripon, WI

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1698541464926815&set=pcb.1941867423180761

unusual front tire situation... is that a wire cage to prevent problems, or improve traction for steering?

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122255898890905122&set=a.122255623292905122

a Ford dealership in Kansas has a bird problem...

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a robin built a nest directly on the top of an F250 tire on the dealer's lot.  Since then, a group of baby robins have hatched, immedia...

thank you Phillip M for filling my tip jar!

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(Sample photo, I don't have a square tip jar!) 

it's turning out to be a Smokey Yunick day, by coincidence! Lance is putting together a 55 Chev for his son... magnesium ZLI block, mag trans, mag Ramchargers Dana 60 for it, mag Hurst brakes, and mag Halibrands.

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Lance says he bought these magnesium T10 cases for 20 bucks at a garage sale. He doesn't say that it wasn't Smokey's Garage sale...

A new story about Smokey clashing with Nascar

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Smokey's stock block 207 CI twin turbocharged Chevy engine in an Eagle chassis (no modifications) Everyone gathered around to look at ...
Tuesday, May 19, 2026

no doubt these have been on a farm since the day they arrived, never leaving the farm for repairs. Those were done in the barn. Never taking a day off, until something broke that couldn't be fixed. Then they became the parts to fix the replacement.

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https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2026/05/projects.html

vintage Blackhawk SJ80 floorjack handle with the original key still in it

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https://www.facebook.com/englebrosfabrication/posts/pfbid02NnTT1jKnNshNCvtNPRa9qa1vaP6nv3Z9sHS3PVR1GvWbLcyxFir8nvXViM465sNQl

a "Jeem Smeeth" (Jimmy Smith) cartoonish drawing from the cover of Rod N Custom some +16 years ago finally came to life courtesy of Sqeeg's Kustoms! !!!

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https://www.facebook.com/reel/2018022462092447 https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1580241081026.66168.1685655614

"Snoopy I" a modified Convair B-58A Hustler nicknamed for its distinct 7-foot drooped nose, which housed the experimental AN/ASG-18 radar and AIM-47 Falcon missile system later used on the YF-12 and F-14 Tomcat.

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https://www.facebook.com/travis.perrin.92/posts/pfbid0fTjPyyupNs5XGBwFJHZLoerRciYj9kmqSYax1qZR7C8PiZ98zM4tDirCDPPMjYEnl
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Flossie Beadle's attempt to stop the destruction of the cork elms 1960s, trees that were doomed by the road expansion from horse and buggy use to 4 lanes wide

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Lakeside Historian Flossie Beadle blocking the excavator Flossie Beadle tried to save them from being cut down on Woodside but in the end ev...

shout out of respect for Kenny from Dakota Fluid Power in Rapid City, SD

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Luke hit a pot hole that destroyed the front hub.  A part that you CANT buy new and is insanely rare to find used.  Kenny literally picked i...
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Monday, May 18, 2026

the most adorable movie you're likely to see soon, Mrs Harris Goes To Paris (1958 book)- has two adorable leads and great 1950s cars like this Renault, and Vespas

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the main character goes to Paris to buy a Christian Dior dress, and meets one of the models and quickly becomes her friend... she drives thi...
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a very small pop up camper, for a mini!

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https://newatlas.com/pickup-campers/ovrlnd-tiny-mini-pickup-camper/

according to what I read on a facebook post, this is a 1928 aftermarket hub cap

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manufactured by National, their catalogue said fits all Chev 4s they used the 1928 Chevrolet winged wheel emblem so they avoided paying roya...

movie night in the back of an old Ford

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10107377191508078&set=gm.2472163493251165&idorvanity=580149545785912

there were so many VW Bugs made, that junkyard parts show up as car parts art

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https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=27142889138694074&set=p.27142889138694074&type=3

here's what a pile of unobtanium looks like

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https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=122296212182235672&set=gm.2310785383072335&idorvanity=890839631733591

Harley Davidson seems to have gotten a good look at the economy, and sees that it's time to get affordable for the masses again, the golden era of yuppies is over.

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The new chief executive said, the name of the game is volume sales—and affordability.  HD confirmed plans to revive the iconic air-cooled Sp...

the new Evel Knievel Experience in Las Vegas is set to open June 27 (thank you George!)

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the new museum will be similar to the original Topeka museum, but much larger because it was too small to display all the Knievel items th...