It's all done at 2:25, the rest is gratuitous applause footage, and no jokes or visuals.
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
one of many reasons Conan O'Brian still is a favorite talk show host... he lets loose and has fun
It's all done at 2:25, the rest is gratuitous applause footage, and no jokes or visuals.
Consider this fact.... roads were not built for cars.
A fascinating insight into the origin of roads breaks down some road ownership issues, and helps promote harmony for all road users whether on four wheels or two.
http://www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com/
http://www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com/
New Jersey inventor Arthur Hotchkiss came up with the bike railroad, and this bike, before ordinary bicycles were invented
Before the modern bicycle (technically called the safety bicycle) came along, New Jersey inventor Arthur Hotchkiss came up with a very different kind of idea for making bike commuting practical: the bike railroad. His 1892 invention was essentially a fixed metal track that riders could pedal specialized bikes along.
He soon convinced inventor and manufacturer Hezekiah Smith to finance and built a prototype — a two-mile rail stretching from the latter's HB Smith Machine Company in Smithville, New Jersey to Mt. Holly, the home of many of the company's employees. Smith and Hotchkiss spent $10,000 on the track and charged workers two dollars for monthly passes, which allowed them to get to work in roughly six minutes.
Found on http://www.vox.com/2015/6/30/8861327/bike-lanes-history via https://www.facebook.com/historyprizeludington
The electric one wheel motorbike is in production, the Ryno
Learned about it on the Finland Motorcycle site that has incredibly good variety http://www.motouutiset.fi/fi/moottoripyorat/uutiset/509/Ryno---huikea-yksipy%C3%B6r%C3%A4inen-s%C3%A4hk%C3%B6city-mp-nyt-ennakkotilattavissa-Ryno.htm
the American Dream Project
In July 2014 these two guys went for it, to see about the American Dream, biking across the states on Indian motorcycles, with 250 cash, and no credit cards, relying on charm, personality, and the kindness of strangers to get them from coast to coast, while the make a series of online mini films to chronicle the adventure.
If you watched Road Rules back in the 1995-97 era, it's a little like that
They planned to hit 8 cities, and visit with people met on Facebook and other social media
Read all about it at http://www.colehaan.com/americandream
of watch the episodes on their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-American-Dream-Project/1518923528329652?sk=timeline
If you want to sign up for Amazon stuff, you can watch the series free on a larger format http://www.amazon.com/The-American-Dream-Project-Season/dp/B00W3DQADI
Do You Vespa? Then Vespa would like to connect with you
IT MAY SEEM AN ODD QUESTION
But we're an odd breed aren't we?
QUITE HAPPY TO RIDE OUR OWN PATH
Even when it goes in the opposite direction to everyone else. Trends come and go
BUT THEY'RE NOT FOR US.
We welcome change but on our own terms.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BE DIFFERENT, BUT WE KNOW WHO WE ARE
And we know what we want. That's the mark of a Vespa lover.
http://www.doyouvespa.com/
the 1971 Star Streak motor homes and 1976 Star Streak II, built on a Caddy Chassis with an Olds Tornado 455 engine. The small variations aren't easy to pick out
Please note the aluminum colored trim piece at the top of the side in the above images does not appear on the RV at the below images... or the 5 circles on the beltline next to the side door, and full length sidewindows on one, and the other has windows with about a foot of exterior paneling between the back corner of the rv and the back edge of the side window
The above one is in the Motorhome Recreational Vehicle and Motor Home Hall of Fame in Elkhart, Indiana
Found on https://www.facebook.com/HCCCmagazine I posted this years ago in a gallery of unusual things, but it seems to deserve a place of it's own.
This one is in the California Automobile Museum in Sacramento permanent collection. It has been for at least 5-6 years. It is a hand built, one of a kind RV built by an Air Force officer with several engineering degrees.
It is based on a 1971 Olds Toronado chassis and has OEM trim from Cadillac. The panels, glass and such was all hand fabricated. The drivers location feels very much like an aircraft cockpit. It was designed to fit in the mans garage and after he and his wife put over 100,000 miles on it touring the U.S.
Thanks to Lou, who is a docent at the Cal Auto Museum in Sacramento, and told me that info!
Zack Snyder, director of Batman vs Superman, drove the new Batman Tumbler to Comic Con Friday night to toss some t-shirts to the Hall H line overnighters
Images from various instagram or twitter feeds at http://www.comicbookmovie.com/batman_vs_superman/news/?a=122686
He didn't go down the mile long line, I can promise you, but to show up to Comic Con and give some fans a thrill with driving the Tumbler, no matter how few people you up close with, is a very cool thing to do. It was around 11 pm
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
How the General Lee was made by Bo n Luke Duke
And Cooters garage sold Hoggoco Gasoline
Found on http://powernationtv.com/post/how-the-general-lee-was-born
Fwiw, don't bother vacationing in Michigan (hey, I grew up there, and you can do much better)
Michigan's pretty expensive for gasoline ranking — 28th.
Apparently, if you bring your car here, there's a pretty good chance somebody will steal it as the state ranks 37th in car thefts per 100,000 residents.
If you drive there it's an even better chance you could get killed — Michigan ranks 18th in fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles traveled.
And Michigan is listed as No. 30 for attractions and 33rd on "nightlife options."
http://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/index.ssf/2015/07/michigan_ranked_one_of_the_wor.html
Apparently, if you bring your car here, there's a pretty good chance somebody will steal it as the state ranks 37th in car thefts per 100,000 residents.
If you drive there it's an even better chance you could get killed — Michigan ranks 18th in fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles traveled.
And Michigan is listed as No. 30 for attractions and 33rd on "nightlife options."
http://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/index.ssf/2015/07/michigan_ranked_one_of_the_wor.html
horse carriage of the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island
Images from https://www.google.com/search?q=horse+carriage+passes+the+Grand+Hotel+on+Mackinac+Island&rlz=1C1LENP_enUS569US569&es_sm=122&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWoVChMItviT2dvbxgIVDBmUCh19xgE8&biw=1600&bih=731#imgrc=_
No motorized vehicles are allowed on the island, except an ambulance and a police car and snow mobiles in the winter. People get around on bicycles, on horse back, in horse-drawn carriages and on foot.
The island was the second U.S. National Park, after Yellowstone National Park, but it was turned over to the state of Michigan. Now, eighty percent of the island is Michigan State Park.
Opened in 1887, the Grand Hotel is celebrating its 128th anniversary this summer. Five U.S. Presidents have visited: Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Gerald Ford (who was raised in Michigan and helped to build cabins on the island as a Boy Scout) George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton.
Thomas Edison demonstrated his phonograph for the public for the first time on the hotel’s porch, as well as demonstrating other new inventions during Edison’s frequent stays. Mark Twain spoke frequently at the Grand Hotel during his speaking tours. In recent years, Russian leaders Vladimir Putin and Dmitri Medvedev have visited.
The Grand Hotel, is the largest summer hotel in the world and has the world’s longest front porch. The Grand Hotel is a National Historic Landmark and is considered by many travel experts to be one of the best hotels in the world.
The Grand Hotel charges ten dollars each to visit the hotel and grounds. The fee was instituted in 2011, probably because without the fee the hotel would be swarmed with the thousands of day trippers from the mainland who could take all of the seats on the porch. It may be the longest porch in the world, but it can’t fit everyone!
Info from https://catherinesherman.wordpress.com/2012/07/24/grand-hotel-mackinac-island-michigan/
Fuji Speedway
Fuji Speedway was originally established in 1963, as Japan NASCAR. At first, the circuit was planned to hold NASCAR-style races in Japan. Therefore, the track was originally designed to be a 2.5-Mile high-banked superspeedway, but there was not enough money to complete the project and only one of the bankings was ever designed. Converted to a road course, the circuit opened in December 1965 and proved to be somewhat dangerous with the banked turn ("Daiichi") regularly resulting in major accidents. After several deaths, the turn was closed in 1974
a woman in her 60's driving into oncoming traffic hits an ambulance head on, and the person being transported to a hospital for an appointment, dies from head trauma
So far the news hasn't interviewed anyone that knows anything. Not the driver of the Jaguar, or the ambulance.
Full story at http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Ambulance-Crash-in-Pasadena-Kills-Patient-314000161.html?_osource=SocialFlowFB_LABrand
There is no federal law requiring rental car companies to warn consumers if the vehicle they are renting is under a safety recall.
So... whip out your smart phone or tablet before renting a car, and see if it's been marked for recalls, then check with the rental car agency to see if they state that they have sent their cars, especially the one you are renting, to the dealership for recall work to be completed
http://4.nbcla.com/EAdgD6B
http://4.nbcla.com/EAdgD6B
in 1915 Edsel Ford and friends went across the country to the west coast, here are some photos he took of the journey
in the middle of June / July, the roads were this impassable
on the left in Ernest Kanzler, Edsel's uncle
https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/135699#slide=gs-342213
100 years ago, the petrified forest hadn't yet been stolen by souvenir hunters and stores that wanted to sell off America's natural wonders. I doubt there is a single stone log not protected and watched over by forest service or park rangers.
Found on http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2015/07/12/edsel-fords-wild-road-trip/30058739/
Monday, July 13, 2015
Framo TV 300 and LT 300, of Frankenberg Metalwerkes
Framo TV300 In 1926 the company developed a new, more substantial transporterwagen, the TV300. Largely constructed of wood with a rear carrying tray, it was powered by a 300cc DKW stationary engine mounted atop the single front wheel with a two speed gearbox. It retained tiller steering. A variety of body styles and engine sizes were offered. By 1928 the Frankenburg plant had built 1000 tricycles and employed some 700 people.
The TV was originally sold for a short time as the DKW Transportwagen, but DKW management objected so the name was changed to DGW. By 1928 the company settled on the name Framo as a contraction of Frankenberg Metalwerkes.
Framo LT300 In 1930 the transporter was modernised with a simple wooden cab and a three speed gearbox. Designated the LT300, it was still fairly primitive and retained its old fashioned tiller steering.
Found on https://www.facebook.com/anibal134?fref=nf
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