Moko Lesney #12 Land Rover

These were made between 1955 and 1959.  Originally sold and distributed by Moko (a partnership between Lesney  (Leslie Smith and Rodney Smith) and Moses Kohnstam.
 

Cutaway from How to Keep Your Volkswagen Rabbit Alive: A Manual of Step-by-Step Procedures for the Compleat Idiot.

Not your average cutaway drawing of the VW Rabbit engine and the illustrator is not R. Crumb. This was an illustration Peter Aschwanden did for the book How to Keep Your Volkswagen Rabbit Alive: A Manual of Step-by-Step Procedures for the Compleat Idiot. by Richard Sealey. It followed an earlier book by John Muir called How to Keep your Volkswagen Alive with technical drawings done in the same 60's counterculture style.  His drawings are accurate but not technical in nature, they really make mechanical work seem less intimidating. Anyone in the sixties or seventies trying to keep his VW running would have felt completely at home with the style. 

More here.

Hemmings

 

1927 McEvoy Special

Peter McManus, Motorcycles, Merlins, and Mosquitos, Breedon Books 2009

 The caption described this as a 1927 McEvoy later fitted with a V twin made up of two JAP alcohol speedway cylinders on a common crankcase making 78 hp. It was apparently raced by George Patchett but no pictures are turning up...

1931 Hupmobile

 

Shelby Cobra for sale

 Doc Holliday, seriously?

1971 Yamaha 90

The gamechanging dual purpose 250cc DT-1 comes in a smaller size.

 

Diamond wrench

 The wrench seems to be of reasonable quality, the raised panels look familiar but the stamping seems crude and overdone. I don't think it's from the Diamond Calk company. and I suspect it's a product from India or China though the CoO is not marked.

 

Naked Ferrari 1953

Ian Dussek, Sports Cars 1910-1960, Shire Publications, 1987

    The chassis of a 1953 Ferrari 250 Mille Miglia at an unknown exhibition stand. It looks better with its clothes on. 

Goodell Tools glass cutter #1

 Brothers Albert and Henry Goodell left the Miller Falls company in 1888 to start the Goodell Tool Company. Albert's patents formed the basis for the new company's tools, mostly in the drilling and automatic screwdriver sector. 

Albert soon left the company to pursue other tool manufacturing, but returned to Goodell within a few years to make a newly patented breast drill design. The glass cutter was patented about the same time, starting a new line of tools for the company. The company later merged with William Pratt’s investments to form the Goodell-Pratt Company, which continued producing glass cutters and other tools until the mid-20th century despite the fact that Millers Falls had acquired the company in 1931.

 I'll look for this tool in one man's glass cutter collection.

datamp.org

 

Champion Anti-Rattler Co.

 Interesting name for a company, but the Champion Anti-Rattler Company was an automotive aftermarket parts manufacturer founded in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1929. It produced window shims for the Model A Ford and is best remembered for manufacturing small, specialized hardware and service parts to fix noise, wear, and suspension issues in older cars. The name was changed to Champ-Items at some point and in 1972 the company was sold to Standard Motor Products. 1947 Washington Ave is no longer an address.

Ducati for sale...

  For sale at the CVMG swap meet.  A mere $4100. Lots of questions. For instance...What model is it? How did something so exotic and expensive end up in this condition?  Why would someone buy it? How negotiable is the price? the list goes on...

 It would certainly make a good subject for a creative writing class.

Sidecar Sunday

 Nimbus with sidecar, seen at the Canadian Vintage Motorcycle Group rally.

AJW Super Four

 This unconventional bike was made to chase world speed records. It drew huge crowds when it was shown at the Olympia Motorcycle Show in 1928. Despite its straight line performance it was unstable enough that it was not used. More here.

Gray Bonney 3/8 ratchet

 I picked this up today for 75¢. The reversing lever is broken off but it works ok in both directions. Checking Alloy Artifacts, they suggest the ratchet was introduced in 1936 and show a slightly different version with just the Bonney name. Another difference is that this version is assembled with screws opposed to the Bonney's rivets, might be innovation from Gray.

 I might try to renovate the thing just for fun. 

 

Corvette!

Sweet. I'll guess, 1960? 

 

The G man meets C & B Rods

  No relation to me, but Clawson & Bal's business practices led to a 1939 tax lawsuit regarding whether a connecting rod is a taxable item.

 

Bone chisel

  I always get a bit queasy when I find these surgical tools, I would definitely need anesthetics for this one. Nasty. Text stamped in the handle looks like Teur a Paris, Google Translate says Author in Paris but we'll just leave it there. Futuristic (for twenty years ago) Ridgid hammer included for scale.

 

Early farm innovation...

 As Wilbur tested the new machine gun mount on his biplane, it occurred to him that it would make an excellent rowcropping agricultural tool, battling both potato bugs and groundhogs.   

This picture was taken while I was flipping through a book at an antique market, so I don't know what's actually going on.

Google Lens tells me this is a Blériot XI- the first plane across the English Channel, it it is obviously not.

One of my vices is vises; Lakeside

  Lakeside was a brand name that Montgomery Ward used for their tools, a little googling shows people certain that they were all American-made but this 3" one comes from Belgium! Too bad the swivel base is missing, it looks like a nice home workshop vise.

 

Trackmaster Triumph

 Just a nice side view of a cool flattracker. But what's with the front brake?

Did I need this?

Suddenly I have acquired a 1937 Allis Chalmers B. Not completely stock but very nice. How could someone say no to this?

 

Henley Filson wrench

According to this Garage Journal thread, the Henley Filson Company was located in North Vernon, Indiana where they were listed as a maker of dies and forgings. The tools appear with different labelling, this earlier post shows a very similar wrench with just the Filson name. Other than the GJ thread there is not much info online about the company or products.

 

Magazines come and go... Superbike Illustrated

 A nice high quality glossy magazine from 1986, covering a range of of notable motorcycles, modern and historical, even a bicycle! It seems to have been shortlived, this is Volume 1 Number 2 and is the only issue appearing online in 2026. I don't recognize any of the staff names. R.I.P.

Monday Mystery

I can't even guess. No name, no hints whatsoever.

 

Stuka engine installation

 The engine is a Junkers Jumo 211 inverted V12 putting out 1000-1400 hp depending on the model. 

Landmarkscout

Sidecar Sunday

 The Hawker motorcycle racing team at Brooklands circuit. AI tells me  that's Leslie “Red” Parkhurst with the passenger named for once,  Fred Ludlow.

Used and abused...

 Here's an old "multitool", a combination monkey wrench and hammer. Looks like the outer jaw is adjusted by rotating the handle. No manufacturer's name that I could find but it looks like it has seen a lot of use.

 

Driving test

  With the blast furnaces in Gary, Indiana in the background,  this ore carrying laker is making use of the turning basin, no helpful tugs present. I think this might be a defining moment for any aspiring captain. 

Vacuum power brakes

 And there you have it. Modern power brakes, pretty much all there by 1936. Some car manufacturers were still deciding whether brakes were really required on all four wheels...

One of my vices is vises, Rockford

That is a large heavy 4 inch vise. Once again, very little history on the company that I can find. 

 

1930s Wyandotte pressed steel Streamlined Speedster (updated)

Gorgeous! Another toy I would have appreciated less as a kid.

 Update; Claus sends these images of his car/trailer combination. I agree with MARSHALL in the comments, this needs to be a full scale replica.