Remco press

Says easy to own, but in 1938, minimum wage in the US was 25¢ an hour and the average hourly wage was 55¢ an hour. I expect not many of these made it into a home mechanic's garage or workshop.

Vintagemachinery.org has a short history of Remco/Manley.

 

Rise and fall of Ford tractors

 From a book on general technology as it looked in 1986. Wow that's 40 years ago! Ford had just purchased New Holland. The Ford-New Holland company went on to be purchased by Fiat in 1991, phasing out the Ford name by the late 90s. New Holland and Case then merged to become CNH and the Ford name was long gone. 

  Ford had gotten into tractors in 1917, rapidly becoming a industry leader with the Fordson and later the 9N, 2N and 8N tractors... 

Sunbeam S-7 cutaway drawing

 A nice cutaway of the inline twin said to be inspired by the prewar BMW twins... 

Mr Fooks was an British motoring artist who turned out drawings for magazines of bicycles, motorcycles and cars from the 1930s through the '50s.

Trident- electric ships log, 1938

 Definitely a must-have when you didn't have time to send a crewman aft to take readings on your minesweeper-sized yacht. 

Lube NSU

This is the first Lube-NSU I've seen. Parts are probably close to impossible to find, these bikes were made in Spain and do not show up often. Previous post on a Lube race bike here. Tank logo below.

 

David plane

Here's a little hobby trimming plane made in Holland. By the wing nut and the groove on the bottom, it must be part of a system but I can't find much information on it. Its different than the one in this old post and appears to be very similar to the Australian-made plane in this ad.

 

Discard sculpture?

  I was skulking around an industrial area of Toronto and came upon these statues out behind a factory. I just have to wonder, are they factory seconds, defective castings or ??? They don't seem to be cared for...

 

Sidecar Sunday

     Officers from the West Riding Police Force in Yorkshire taking delivery of seven new Brough combinations from the Brough Superior factory in Nottingham. 1933

License plate set

 In Ontario, 1966 was the last year the Ministry of Transport required 3 license plates on a motorcycle. One on each side of the front wheel and of course the rear. Predictably, complete sets are rare these days and rather expensive.

Honda Motocampo

 The Motocampo was a 50cc folding scooter made by Honda as a an option for the 1981-83 JDM Honda City. The unit fit in the trunk and was intended to be used as a "last mile" commuter. 53,000 units were made and they are considered to be a collector item now. They were never imported in North America.