Bikes in the 'hood, RV90

I never saw these oddball fat tire Suzukis back when they were new, but they must have sold enough of them because they keep turning up, and Suzuki has reintroduced the bike as a VanVan. I still don't get them. 

 

How use a "real" phone...

 

The very first Brough Superior

The new marque wasn't quite ready to show at the Olympia show in late November 1920, but by Christmas it was in the weekly motorcycle magazines. Powered by a 980 OHV JAP V twin, it was presented as a fast sporty solo mount and George Brough was eager to promote his "specially ordered" components in his "assembled" motorcycle.

 

Russian Oil Products

 Hope this was less cryptic to the informed consumer of 1933 than it is to me...

Monday Mystery, hand cranked thing

The casting is marked American S.M.&T St. Louis. The handle turns something that is missing, possibly a grinding wheel? The angled wheel is raised and lowered by a lever that may connect by chain or cable to a foot pedal? My initial thought is that it might be related to valve grinding... ideas?

 

End of the season...

The Cockshutt Model 30 was the Canadian company's first PTO tractor, produced from 1946 to 1957. Still earning it's keep...

 

Sidecar Sunday

 Teamwork.

1963 Corvette Stingray in front of the Theme Building at LAX

 I know this image is online already but it's an awesome picture. Wasn't the future wonderful?

FAO Schwartz, 1886

 Fabulous toy store, located then at Union Square. Their 5th Ave store closed in 2015, but has reopened and is now located in the Rockefeller Center.

Tilting tables were all the rage in 1930

Several pages of explanation were dedicated to the tilting table saw in the 1930 book, The Modern Motor-driven Workshop by the Woodworkers Educational Department (a division of Delta Manufacturing). We'll just enjoy the illustrations.