Progress is fine, but it's gone on for too long.

with apologies to Ogden Nash...

Thursday, December 17, 2020

SU-76i Assault gun

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The SU-76i was a Russian tank, converted from captured German Panzer III and StuGs, the "i" standing for Inostrannaya or "for...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Unusual fasteners, railway department

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Fasteners like these were removed from a Budd Rail Diesel Car that was being renovated for use on the Waterloo Central Railway . The thread ...
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Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Challenge Windmill

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 Be happy, buy a windmill.  Having, as a child, carried many, many pails of water to livestock, I'd agree with the sentiment.
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Monday Mystery, CTC wrench

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 These images of a metric wrench were sent to me with the question; Cincinnati Tool Company , or Canadian Tire Corp (a Canadian hardware and...
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Monday, December 14, 2020

We used to make things in this country #320 Imperial Furniture

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A friend recently acquired some fine mid-century chairs and upon turning them upside down discovered that he owned some good Canadian- made ...
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Sunday, December 13, 2020

Sidecar Sunday

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Thanks, Jon! The legend of Captain Doakes. (See the comments section...)  
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Saturday, December 12, 2020

Autoette

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  Images from a long Beach Craigslist Ad, now disappeared.  In production from about 1940 till 1974 and fully street legal for the time, thi...
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Modern rear linkage suspension

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 1919 3 1/2 hp Douglas, triangulated rear fork and rising rate!
Friday, December 11, 2020

One of my vices is vises, Fortis

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In my travels I ' ve never run across a Fortis vise but in the picture from an Classic Motor Cycle magazine above, the big heavy vise lo...
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B&O slow express

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  Washington is about 230 miles from New York. Modern trains make the trip in about 3 and a half hours. T hrough the mid century  B&O Ra...
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