Propeller for the Queen Mary

  One of four propellers destined for the liner Queen Mary. Each propeller was 20 feet in diameter, made of bronze and weighed 35 tons, poured in one shot, I presume... Those guys trust the rigging more than I do.
 

"Hey, Joe" Gelatin silver print, 1959

Artist,  Jan Saudek (born 1935).   Saudek made many copies, some hand-tinted, from 1959 into the 80s.

Two stroke Jimmy diesel

 No action without the supercharger.

Sidecar Sunday

 Drama on a 24 hour rally. No one died.

Qualikraft wrench

  Quali-kraft was a Japanese made tool brand made for the North American department store trade, the wrench looks and feels like a quality item.  I'm not sure about the odd-shaped jaw cutouts, it looks like they are trying to contact the flats of the nut instead of the corners, and also a feature to "ratchet" the wrench on the nut. And it's "patent pending".

 

Past Concept Cars of the Future! 1954 Pontiac Bonneville Special

A Corvette by any other name... It was not put into production...

 

Scintillators and Geiger counters

 Buy now! (1955) Atomics are the future!

Hesketh wrench

 These wouldn't turn up very often! Unless it was a part of the toolkit of the low mileage Hesketh you bought... Thanks, Derek!

McEvoy Vtwins 1928

 Those long strokes are expensive!

One of my vices is vises, a broken one

Seen on Marketplace. Rather disappointing for something that doesn't look very old or misused... I expect this is shoddy material rather than misuse?