Tuesday, April 23, 2024
this is nuts, a 65 Merc made into an RV... the Great Dale House Car is a car/camper conversion built of Denver, Colorado in the 1960’s. Estimates say there are a dozen of them still on the road today.
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a 2009 Solstice... damn, I didn't even know a 350 would fit in that engine bay! well, a 364, with 355 hp and 384 torque
this popped up on Facebook, in Montana... and sold for 65k.
I bet that rockets with the LS6 6.0L, Gen. 4 engine... shame it's not a stick shift though.
Wow, a Local Motors Rally Fighter is up for sale... I've never seen one sell used! At 31 k miles and 80k... it's not priced to move
I hadn't heard that LM went out of business in 2022. Well.. it was a really cool try at getting a non contemporary car company to flourish without a distribution system.
the federal Department of Justice issued a warning to the NYPD to stop illegally parking police cruisers on sidewalks... for a good reason, but not as simple as "be professional, stop breaking the parking laws, you mooks!" Instead, it's quite legal... the federal law about the sidewalks must be clear for wheelchairs! Huh! I like that!
The U.S. Department of Justice issued a letter to the police department last month warning that illegally parking in that manner is a violation of the American with Disabilities Act, and gave the NYPD two weeks to respond and comply
You'd expect that the police department would comprehend what that means... that they are acting illegally, have been busted, and must toe the line, LEGALLY, and learn how to PARK
When confronted by CBS news, the police relied on the excuse it will not accept from citizens who illegally part, and I quote "there is limited parking space near its police stations."
So, the lack of parking justifies illegally parking as far as the NYPD is concerned, as long as it benefits them? It seems that is the only excuse they have. Mighty damn weak.
District U.S. Attorney Damian Wiliams cites a recent study that found city vehicles block sidewalks or crosswalks outside 91% of NYPD precincts.
This has almost nothing to do with wheels, it's the claw they'll be using to hoist debris out of the Port of Baltimore. But it is construction, and I do cover that.
A 200-ton salvage grab arrived in Sparrows Point over the weekend to clear wreckage from the bottom of the Patapsco River. The Dutch-made hydraulic grab has four independent claws that together can lift more than 1,000 tons. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
A massive hydraulic grab arrived in Baltimore over the weekend as officials planned a Thursday opening of the deepest alternate channel yet for vessels to travel through the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
Officials plan to open the 35-foot channel for only a few days to let deeper-draft ships through. Traffic won’t be let through next week as crews enter the next stage of operations, which will involve lifting steel off of the cargo ship that struck the Key Bridge last month as well as using the grab to clear debris from the Baltimore harbor’s 50-foot shipping channel.
In response to the vessel owners’ petition filed in U.S. District Court this month seeking to limit their liability...
the mayor an city council argued that Grace Ocean Private Ltd. and Synergy Marine Pte Ltd. “put a clearly unseaworthy vessel into the water," and they called the companies’ actions “grossly and potentially criminally negligent.”
The court filings also take aim at the ship's crew members, accusing the company of staffing the Dali with an "incompetent" crew that lacked proper skill or training, "was inattentive to its duties" and "failed to comply with local navigation customs."
the governor didn't have the spine to signal whether the state would get involved
Simply the most spiteful mother in law seat I've ever seen! It's the 1st I've ever seen the Welch touring car, which is nice, but this SEAT! WOW! Thank you Gary!
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How much spite and frustration would the driver have for the person that had to ride on this extra seat? There is NO VIEW! Not with the top down, or up, and this was made in the time before paved roads, so, that was a DUSTY place to ride along!
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This simply takes top honors for the the most spiteful mother in law seat ever made! Thank you Gary! It's terrifically funny to imagine the outrage anyone sitting here must have felt! Possibly, that was a very jouncey seat to ride in as well.
For the other Mother In Law seats, see https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-mother-in-law-seat-there-were.html and that 1910 Matheson in particular.
The Welch Motor Car Company was the first American car company to introduce an overhead cam shaft. (thank you Gary!)
General Motors Corporation was busy acquiring numerous automobile firms. Welch cars, with their many innovative and patented features, attracted GM's attention and was bought by mid-1910
thank you Jon T for telling me about the memorial to an Army biplane that went down in 1922, on the Airplane Monument Trail in the Cuyamaca Forest!
It's a Liberty engine (I've posted about them before, many of you are familiar with them) if you don't recognize it... what a perfect way to anchor a memorial to some flyboys, with a significant airplane feature of their era
Monday, April 22, 2024
Thanks to Gary L who's fallen into my rabbit hole of job searching and turned up amazing stuff, so I'm going to hopefully reward him, and all of you, with a cool post! Ever hear of the Justice Bell? It was carried on the back of a Model T for 5000 miles in 3 months around Pennsylvania!
Those are solid rubber wheels, with chains... that had to be HARSH on the driver!
The bell was a bronze replica of the Liberty Bell of the revolutionary war fame
Known also as the “Women's Liberty Bell,” or the “Suffrage Bell,” the Justice Bell was made the same size and shape of the Liberty Bell, but with two significant differences:
to the inscription on the original, “Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof,” Katharine added, “Establish justice and secure the blessings of liberty” to emphasize her own mission.
In addition, Katharine arranged for the bell's clapper to be chained to the side of the bell. It was silenced—just like women's political voices were then—and would remain silent until women were granted their right to vote.
After the attempt to get the vote in Pennsylvania failed, Katherine turned her attention to the national stage, and continued to tour with the Bell over the next several years at political rallies and events all the way from Illinois to Washington, DC.
it's not a surprise to any car guy that a great paint job is nearly endless prep, and intense scrutiny on the base layers of primer and sanding... but this is a new trick to me to see the scratches that have to be removed before paint (we've all seen WHY! No one misses the deep scratches under the paint and clear)
so, look at this, a powder puff for a guide coat that shows those damn invisible scratches so you keep at it until the primer is perfect, and the car is ready for the color paint: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1108005260479364
He's working on a 72 Demon... I get a kick out of that, I had one with a 340 and 727
The Museum of American Speed will embark on a "Sea to Sea in a Model T" road trip on the Lincoln Highway from New York to San Francisco in a 1924 Ford Model T on June 4th to mark the 100th anniversary
The ten-millionth Ford Car left the Highland Park factories of The Ford Motor Company on June 4th, 1924
Frank Kulick, who attained fame and broke many records as the pilot of Ford racing cars, was at the wheel during the trans-continental trip on the Lincoln Highway from New York to San Francisco,
and a recreation of that same vehicle is on display at the Museum of American Speed after it was donated by the family of the late Dr. Hathaway, who made the same exact trip a total of two times – to mark 50 years since Ford’s own road trip, as well as 75 years.
“Our team is excited to be part of a third trip in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the ten-millionth Model T Ford,” said Tim Matthews curator of the Museum of American Speed.
“The Model T Ford changed the world’s landscape and way of life forever. We are excited to take this 100 year old car out of its Museum display and prove it can make this monumental voyage once again.”
the 2025 Ford Mustang GTD, one of the few factory weekend track stars, is expected to sell for around $325,000, 1/2 down to reserve one for the approved buyers
The GTD — named for the International Motor Sports Association’s Grand Touring Daytona racing class — comes from Ford’s engineering department.
Since Ford no longer makes the GT, (2022 was the last) and the last few years of production weren't street legal, I'd say the GTD is their crown jewel.
the new preview for Deadpool 3 (Deadpool and Wolverine) was just released, and the 6 wheeled Hydra car from Capt America is now hot rodded, with a flame job
it's in the lower left behind a couple characters
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Thanks to John for sharing this memorial about a B17 crash site in Oregon's Blue Mountains, and it's crew!
The US Government retrieved the bodies of the crew and left the wreckage of the bomber at the crashsite. It seems that the wrecks are never cleaned up by the govt.
1st Lt Lewis Hubbard, Navigator
1st Lt Francis Stephenson
An engineer in the Army Air Corps, Lt Stephenson had been a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers while attending the University of Illinois. He took his basic training at Rantoul. He was also stationed at Rapid City, S.D., and New Haven, Conn.
1st Lt Walter Fitzmaurice, Eng
Mstr Sgt Phil Rogers
This airplane is Chapter 6 of the book Aircraft Wrecks of the Pacific Northwest, By David L. McCurry, Cye Laramie, Dan Thomas Nelson
Read the 2 pages, and see 6 pages of photos at https://books.google.com/books?id=vO3RDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=42-30655&source=bl&ots=P_NDLMf_D_&sig=ACfU3U3_lT6SEsR3zcHF0HCoNtzJrhWTLQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwih5NCu-dSFAxUWTjABHU1OBIo4FBDoAXoECAMQAw#v=onepage&q&f=false
there's a website made by a guy who is tracking down all the Oregon plane wrecks, and there are a lot of them, besides this B 17, there was a P 38, and an A 6, and a Hellcat on Deadman Mountain, there are at least 24 WW2 era crash sites in the Blue Mountains area
A6 above, and P 38 below
and another B 17 crashed on Cape Lookout
myself, I feel the govt is responsible for the equipment it knows of that litters the planet, as a result of crashes, or as a result of wars. There are many crash sites, on mountain sides, in swamps, in lakes, etc etc that the govt has never bothered to remove.
After all, try and tell the govt that you'll be expecting them to ignore the aircraft you relocate from some crash site to your museum or home.... and you'll see them get mighty protective of their ownership of the planes. You know?
But tell them they have some plane crashes to clean up, and they'll give you the I don't think so, "it's not in the budget" dead shark eye look while they wait for you to move along.
The govt has turned a blind eye to the crashed Army Air Corps planes for about 80 years, but if its YOUR cars and trucks in your back 40, that are on someone's hit list, you can guess who gets fined by the day until abandoned cars are removed.
After all, try and tell the govt that you'll be expecting them to ignore the aircraft you relocate from some crash site to your museum or home.... and you'll see them get mighty protective of their ownership of the planes. You know?
But tell them they have some plane crashes to clean up, and they'll give you the I don't think so, "it's not in the budget" dead shark eye look while they wait for you to move along.
The govt has turned a blind eye to the crashed Army Air Corps planes for about 80 years, but if its YOUR cars and trucks in your back 40, that are on someone's hit list, you can guess who gets fined by the day until abandoned cars are removed.
A radial engine developed for light aviation, but is a bolt-in for VW vehicles because it’s based on standard air cooled VW Beetle engine architecture, it puts out a 100 hp more though! (thank you Berend!)
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Archaeologists in Antwerp Belgium have unearthed a century-old train carriage, unfortunately there’s very little left of the relic, as it disintegrated while being excavated.
Nobody knows how the rare model ended up underground in the metropolis of Antwerp, 500 miles from the rail company’s English headquarters.
The old train car was found during excavations of a 19th-century fortress known as the Northern Citadel, according to a statement from LNER. Made of wood and painted dark red with yellow lettering, the wagon is a “removals” car, used for moving people’s belongings from residence to residence.
Stuart Thomas, LNER’s communications director, in a statement. “Just last year, we celebrated 100 years since the LNER came into being in 1923. In our 101st year, it is incredible to discover more of LNER history has been buried in a field in Belgium for so many decades.”
Because I went out on errands yesterday, I saw these...
this great old bug with 1967 or 68 Plates has cobwebs growing under it, it's not moved in a while
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