Friday, April 24, 2020
The Eagle Lake and West Branch Railroad operated two engines and their 12 cars from 1927-1933. Then abandoned them, because that was cheaper than moving them to sell. The state of Maine didn't seem to care that the train company was leaving junk in the forest then. Try that now. They'd fine you for every penny you're worth
the Carll farm was abandoned for over 40 years, in Commack, Long Island. Marion Carll left her farm and its cherished possessions to the Commack School District. Seems they had no clue what to do with it.
all the farm has been bought up by a gold course, and it surrounds the farmhouse
Learning to Fly lyrics... I'll be darned, I never paid attention to the words before
Stretched to the point of no turning back
A flight of fancy on a windswept field
Standing alone my senses reeled
A fatal attraction is holding me fast how
How can I escape this irresistible grasp?
Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue tied and twisted just an earth bound misfit, I
Ice is forming on the tips of my wings
Unheeded warnings I thought I thought of everything
No navigator to find my way home
Unladened, empty and turned to stone
A soul in tension that's learning to fly
Condition grounded but determined to try
Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I
Friction lock, set
Mixtures, rich
Propellers, fully forward
Flaps, set, ten degrees
Engine gauges and suction, check
Mixture set to maximum percent, recheck
Flight instruments
Altimeters, check both
(Garbled word) on
Navigation lights, on
Strobes, on
Confirm three-eight-echo ready for departure
Hello again, this is now 129.4
129.4, it's to go
You may commence your takeoff, winds over ten knots
Three-eight-echo
Easy on the brakes, take it easy, its gonna roll this time
Just hand the power gradually, and it
Above the planet on a wing and a prayer,
My grubby halo, a vapor trail in the empty air
Across the clouds I see my shadow fly
Out of the corner of my watering eye
A dream unthreatened by the morning light
Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night
There's no sensation to compare with this
Suspended animation, a state of bliss
Can't keep my mind from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I
The 1968 Chevrolet Corvette L88 “Scuderia Filipinetti” Le Mans Race Car
With a coil spring front suspension and an L88 engine prepped by Zora Arkus-Duntov smuggled out the back door to circumvent GM’s ban on racing, the L88 was driven at the 1968 24 Hours of Le Mans by Henri Greder and Umberto Maglioli. The car dominated the Porsches and led the GT class until the 6th hour when a carburetion problem melted a piston.
https://www.corvetteblogger.com/2009/08/11/Auction-Preview-1968-Corvette-L88-Scuderia-Filipinetti-Le-Mans-Racer/
Thursday, April 23, 2020
a Studebaker fanatic has died, and his extensive collection is up for auction, Weasels, Avantis, etc etc even a towtruck and a zip van
and a lot of oddball stuff, a Nash Metro, a Kaiser Manhattan, AMC Marlin, a Tucker radio
and a lot of NOS NIB Studebaker parts, mirrors, trim parts, books, factory pamphlets, etc
and this Nash hideaway radio
https://www.vanderbrinkauctions.com/catalog/?auction=8319
https://www.hagerty.com/media/auctions/minnesota-mans-112-car-collection-bound-for-auction-is-nearly-half-studebakers-and-avantis/
part of the Marple Collection Auction on May 30th, 2020 (online only, but items must be picked up from Independence, MN ) by VanDerBrink auctions
neither of them run - but that's not the primary consideration.... are they rust free, and worth fixing up. Then, how much, then what will it cost you to get them fixed up in parts and how much you'll outsource for repairs to some shops - like of the engine needs to be rebuilt, or if welding needs to be done
https://www.vanderbrinkauctions.com/catalog/?auction=8319
a movie with a 69 GTO, a 68 Mustang .... and Paul Newman driving both (if only for a moment each) , plus, added bonus, it's on Netflix. Where The Money Is
Old bank robber Henry, paralyzed from a stroke, is moved from a prison hospital to a retirement home, where Carol is a nurse. She doesn't believe he's paralyzed and sees him as a way out of her boring life.
An armored car heist, one small car chase, but watch it for a mild old Paul Newman movie that doesn't have Robert Redford. It was Newman's second-to-last live-action theatrical release, and a box office flop, so, you probably haven't seen it, and certainly won't remember it
It cost 28 million to make, it only took in about 6 million at the box office.
Linda Fiorentino and Dermot Mulroney co-star
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0149367/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
http://mustang.is/index.php?option=com_jmovies&Itemid=65&task=detail&id=635&lang=en
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