Marion, Indiana, Dec 1958

 Found on dozens of Tumblrs and below, on Googlemaps in July 2023.

Sidecar Sunday

 

OW1 Poster 66, Office of war Information, Washington, 1943

GSXR-1100 auction find

 Hard to believe this thing is 40 years old, knocked us all for a loop when it was released. Missing some fairing pieces, but surprisingly complete otherwise.

Cleveland Discol gasoline

   Tetraethyl lead was introduced into gasoline as an antiknock additive in the 1920s, it made possible high compression engines, greatly improving efficiency and power.

  Discol gasoline was introduced in 1932 by the Cleveland Petroleum Company, using ethanol as the anti-knock additive. "Discol" was a contraction of the Distillers Company which produced the alcohol. Who knew that the additive would replace leaded gasoline 60 odd years later.

 

Fashion Friday

Vignacourt 14-18

 WW1 Australian soldier posing... I expect that is not a regulation uniform. 

Sandcasting Greeves frame components

Pretty labour intensive. Doesn't look like high volume production to me. Safety definitely not first but at least they're wearing gloves.

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Steam-powered embroidery

Those inventive Americans, National Geographic Magazine, 1971

 At a county fair in the 1970, a small steam engine is driving a sewing machine to embroider children's names on pieces of cloth for souvenirs. Apparently, the embroidery process is more interesting than a working steam engine.

Nicholson wrench

 

  Little implement wrenches like this show up all the time at antique stores, generally part of the tool kit supplied with agricultural equipment, in this case one of products that W. N. Nicholson and Sons of Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire exported to Canada.

 The company was formed in 1825, as a malleable iron and steel foundry and according to Grace's Guides, they were still in business to at least 1960. Over the years they manufactured agricultural machinery and food mills of various kinds, also boilers, steam engines and stationary gas engines. 

Graces Guide

1960

Leon Lauthier Stayer

  In bicycle racing, Staying is an event where a bicyclist pedals in the slipstream of a pacer- a motorcycle or car- in an attempt to obtain high speeds without the problem of wind resistance.

   In 1924, Belgian Leon Vanderstruyft broke the existing speed record at Monthléry with a speed of 115 kph, which was the impetus for Frenchman Leon Lauthier to try to return the record to France.

  He built this 2400cc V twin stayer with aerodynamic aluminum bodywork for the attempt. Professional cyclist Jean Brunier was hired to ride the bicycle and on November 1 1925 they raised the world record to 120 kph. 

  Leon Lauthier continued building stayers and according to this site, there were at least 25 made.