Magdraulic electric brakes

Electrically assisted brakes for your postwar Harley or Indian.

Pau Grand Prix poster

  Pau is located in the southwest corner of France. The 110-lap race was won by Maserati driver Juan Manuel Fangio after starting from pole position. 

650 Triumph, features for 1950

 

Steam tugboats

 Steam tug Pioneer among the squareriggers it guided to moorings at Port Gamble lumber mills in Puget Sound. Makes me wonder, how did these ungainly cargo vessels negotiate harbours and docks before tugboats?

 

Rolls Royce steak delivery

Car Collector magazine, Mar 1990

 Two of these unique refrigerated vehicles were constructed for the Gilbert Sirloin Store for local meat delivery in Rhode Island. They were apparently based on Rolls Royce chassis from the Springfield Mass factory. The body builder and dates are unknown but they seem to have been retired during WW2 as gas rationing came into play. No information online about these trucks or the store.

Schollhorn Company Lodi cutting pliers

These pliers feature the parallel action handle designed by W. B. Bernard shown in Patent No. 427,220. These cutting pliers were patented in Sept 25, 1894 and Nov 6, 1900. Patent 526480

 The Schollhorn company was founded by William B. Bernard in 1870 in New Haven, Connecticut, the company was active until being sold to the Sargent Co. in 1948. According to the history at Alloy Artifacts, W.B. Bernard had many patents with the Schollhorn company and was variously listed as engineer and salesman, even the vice president. 

1936 Bentley Airflow Saloon

 After those giant "truck-like" racers of the twenties, Bentley made elegant things like this car in the thirties.

 I'd drive a Bentley like this.. 

Monday Mystery meter

 The scale is in volts, there appears to be a resistance coil of sorts between what I assume to be the fixed probes so what is this meter for? I was pleased to find the company is still in business, making meters that don't look like this.

 

My, what big teeth you have...

 This tool looks a lot more exciting than it actually is, the head of a carpet stretcher.

Sidecar Sunday

D H Davidson with unnamed passenger (as always).