assembly instructions on a hippy hair puller, Brad has his grandfathers preassembled kit on display... very cool

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2695731877370740/permalink/4522423361368240

hell of a stack of oil bottles!

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2084289715734083&set=gm.1820385511995620&idorvanity=892215761479271

Perhaps the most obscure rivaly trophy in college sports, is The Old Oil Can

the best telling of the story is that during a game in 1930, some co-eds stole the oil can from the Fresno Bulldogs college football team bus... and that prevented the Bulldogs from making a trip home on time, because of the extensive oil use of a 1923 engine (total loss design). 

The oil can was hidden at the SDSU stadium, and never found until the stadium was demo'd and the new stadium built... and since then, the Old Oil Can IS the trophy, of the nearly 100 yr old rivalry game

There's a lot of "tall tale" involved in that story, but, it's very entertaining... and the trophy really is an old oil can. 

The "Battle for the Oil Can" was coined as the result of a contest that was run jointly by the Fresno State and San Diego State Alumni Associations this fall.

About the contest

Entrants were asked to suggest a name for the rivalry game and as well as a trophy to commemorate it. Of the 65 entries received, one stretched back into history telling about the discovery of an oil can from Fresno (circa 1935) that was supposedly recovered during a San Diego State campus building project, discovered in the foundation.

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The Oil Can trophy comes from a 1930s-era oil can hailing from Fresno that was found at a construction site at San Diego State. 

"The oil can likely came from a time when Aztec and Bulldog fans traveled to football games between the two schools via the old, twisting, precipitous Grapevine section of Highway 99 over Tejon Pass," said Jacquelyn K. Glasener, executive director of the Fresno State Alumni Association. 

"Cars in those days carried extra oil and water to be sure they could make it through difficult trips," added Jim Herrick, executive director of the San Diego State Alumni Association.

The two alumni associations made the oil can into a trophy and the teams started competing for it during the 2011 season.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQMueH5D8w8/

https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/bulldog-sports/dogs-slip-up-in-old-oil-can-game-shutout-23-0-by-sdsu/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresno_State%E2%80%93San_Diego_State_football_rivalry

https://goaztecs.com/news/2023/11/26/aztecs-claim-old-oil-can-in-hokes-farewell

https://www.sdsu.edu/news/2011/11/sdsu-fresno-state-battle-for-oil-can

https://www.mwcconnection.com/mountain-west-football/2016/10/13/13270170/the-prestige-of-an-old-oil-can

https://gobulldogs.com/news/2023/11/21/football-dogs-close-out-regular-season-in-san-diego

Being a Mayor of Ventura and Santa Barbara, used to be fun

Don MacGillivray (left), the Mayor of Santa Barbara, after a Soap Box Derby against Charles Wesley Petit (centre), the Mayor of Ventura, in California, 3rd July 1965.

https://www.fineartstorehouse.com/michael-ochs-archives/fastest-mayor-west-41353319.html

32 years after purchase, a 1920s Cities Service gas station's restoration is complete

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10238828151633276&set=pcb.10238828181274017

it's surprising how many things were bought, or gifted, and never opened, and now are for sale on Ebay... like this Mickey Thompson Team jacket from 1969 or 70

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/325851634699

The spotter’s stand was once inside the Union 76 advertising ball at the Daytona 500

One of the Unocal 76 Spotter stands from Daytona has been restored and permanently on display at the Brumos Collection in Jacksonville.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10232857248279014&set=gm.1513082493202915&idorvanity=319578812553295

https://www.reddit.com/r/NASCAR/comments/17svmny/one_of_the_unocal_76_spotter_stands_from_daytona/

this is a fun accessory to discover, I've never seen or heard of before... a 1933 window defroster, that used a cigarette lighter heating element mounted in an adjustable armature to warm the glass

The Schwarze Electric Company Safe Ray 12v DC car heater of 1933

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10230098879602624&set=pcb.1864983014082612

no Shell petroliana collection is likely to even be complete, until they have made this 1933 diorama

https://www.flickr.com/photos/taffeta/albums/72157632994363315/

lots and lots of products for making your car shiny in the 1940s-50s

I saw this at the LA Roadster swapmeet... and wanted it just for it's cool factor, for my garage. BUT, the seller wanted about 80 bucks more than I figure it's worth

 I was right on what it's worth, there are a couple examples on Ebay for around 30 bucks. 

But damn, look at this more advanced one, also on ebay, but for a thousand bucks

https://www.ebay.com/itm/122252457935

just slip the winch baseplate over the hitch, and get to reeling in the cable! very simple!

someone got a cool piece of racing legend history here... the damaged hood off Dale Earnhardt's car from the '86 Firecracker 400 at Daytona

 https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=4186741578204110&set=pcb.1061650919332327

A Sun brand licensed set of Kal Equip diagnostic meters, and a Sun timing light, is coming to auction

https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2025/01/kal-equip-co-of-otsego-michigan-maker.html for my recent post on these cool vintage diagnostic pieces

https://www.mecum.com/lots/1144014/vehicle-inspection-kit/ it will likely sell for more than the similar sets you can buy on ebay for around 150 dollars

This 1965 Ford dealership sign from Yockey Friendly Ford dealership in Roselle, Illinois is set to be auctioned off at Mecum’s upcoming Indianapolis, Indiana sale in May

https://fordauthority.com/2025/04/1965-ford-dealership-sign-heading-to-auction/

1920s card stock and oak frame accordion display for flashlights

 https://issuu.com/morphyauctions/docs/flipdoc_feb_21-22_gas?fr=sMDBjOTY0OTU4MTA

Diesel Starter Fluid Capsules... new to me!

https://www.thedrive.com/news/diesel-starter-fluid-capsules-were-the-automotive-tide-pods-of-another-era

I just noticed my battery water jug (inherited from a good friend) was made by some company with the last name Hennessy... it had me wondering, is there any connection to the Hennessy in Texas that makes cars a lot faster? Answer nope. But there is some cool history here

 So, this has me wondering which Jack P Hennessy had the company that made this water jug. 

This Jack P Hennessy was born in 1919, (died in 2001 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/257088653/jack_patrick-hennessy ) and after university, as World War II escalated, he enlisted in the U.S. Army seeing active duty in the Philippines and Korea both during World War II. 

He attained the rank of 1st Lieutenant. After the war, Jack returned to Los Angeles but soon joined with his father to develop further what would eventually become Hennessy Industries, the leading manufacturer and manufacturer representatives of tire service equipment in the country for several decades. 

He and his wife were Hollywood types, played golf at the country clubs, and played golf with Bob Hope and his wife Dolores... possibly because after high school she was working in the mailroom at MGM Studios, followed by 4 special years at the MGM front reception desk in the administrative office building. She would sign-in all the stars, and executives who passed through alongside her desk each day.  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195384587/shirlee-hennessy

The Coats tire changer, Bada wheel balancer and Kenamental tire studs were among the top products produced or represented, with Ford Motorcraft products added in the latter years of the 1970's.  https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/jack-hennessy-obituary?id=28040643

In 1960, he was sued for copyright or patent infringement for improvements on certain devices known as circumferentially traveling type tire mounting devices.  https://casetext.com/case/moore-v-jack-p-hennessy-co  

During the 2nd World War the plaintiff, Roosevelt Moore, was in the Armed Forces of the United States, stationed in India. The problems of the Air Force in that significant area were complicated immeasurably by the high incidence of pneumatic tire trouble and the frequency with which tires had to be changed. The difficulty of mounting and dismounting tires on the planes caused inordinate delay, reducing the effectiveness of their operations.

Working with inadequate tools and hampered by the problem of supplies, the plaintiff herein, with surprising ingenuity, devised an apparatus which speeded up to a great degree the processes involved in tire changing, thereby facilitating the performance of the planes.

 
The defendants counter with the denial of infringement and assertion that the plaintiff's patent is invalid, having been anticipated in every respect by previously granted patents, notably the Dickey patent No. 1,587,634 (1926) and the Weaver patent No. 1,341,727 (1920), among others. 

His contribution to the effective operation of the airplanes was recognized by the military authorities by way of special citation, and after cessation of hostilities he was assisted in his efforts to secure a patent on the apparatus he had constructed. It is a tribute to his skill that under such unfavorable circumstances he should have succeeded in developing the tire mounting implement. A patent was issued on a limited aspect of the machine. Because of lack of funds the invention was not marketed. But on June 30, 1958, and June 25, 1959, plaintiff instituted suits for patent infringement against certain individuals who, the plaintiff deemed, were unjustly appropriating the fruits of his invention.

 

Since, then, it is the determination of this court that the Moore patent is invalid, there can be no infringement thereon by the defendants. And, further, even if the Moore patent were to be found valid, because of the findings above referred to with reference to the Dickey patent, the Coats device does not constitute an infringement.

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https://digital.hagley.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A2335320/datastream/PDF/download

this was 2 hours of research.