Bikes in the 'hood...

 Euro Cup fever.

 

Sidecar Sunday

Len Squires (on the bike) and his older brother Harry, all dressed up. Taken in Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia in the 1920s. Both Len and Harry worked as printers at the Swan Hill Guardian newspaper when this picture was probably taken. The outfit is probably the same one shown in this earlier picture.

Hasbro Ricochet Racer

This odd 3 wheel sports car was part of a set that included a gun that fired the cars out and along the floor. At least that's my vague recollection of a toy I only saw in the Sears Christmas Catalog.

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Ebay

Details at the Chicago show, 1912

 

TTC PCC car

 Both these must have been prototypes. The windshield was different in the production versions.

Wikipedia

We used to make things in this country #363; Chemical Specialties Assoc.

Wonder what nasty solvent is in it? Not much info online about the company.

 

Castrol and your OHC Norton

 

Happy belated Fourth of July

Leverage tools Inc. Lever Wrench

  A variation on the Vise grip (or Mole grips) made in the mid-sixties, purporting to automatically adjust to the right size, I find they don't grip tight enough to be really useful... 

 

Patent

Children's driving lessons

 England 1939...

Velocette MSS motor and transmission

Paris Vintage 2024

 Looks like the beginnings of a project...

Steinadler adjustable wrench

In 2018 we did a post on various German and Austrian toolmakers, Steinadler (Golden Eagle?) was mentioned but without any real information. Here we are 8 years later, and this nice adjustable wrench has turned up but there still seems to be almost no info on the brand, we might have to politely ask our German audience if they have any info..

 

More Murray Black, a holster?

A reader sent these images, she asks what is it and how old? It looks to be some sort of holster, The diaper pins are an odd touch, I've added the images to the Murray Black post but also I'll post this separately for some fresh eyes. 

 

The joys of working with junk

I'm in the middle of my annual haying frenzy, a day or two of cutting hay, waiting a day or two, glued to the weather channel, rake and bale, get it in the barn. If the weather holds. 

Not a high buck, modern process, most of the equipment dates to the 1970s (the raking tractor is a 1948 Ford 8N) and we bring in less than a thousand small squares, but it's enough for the sheep, goats, horses and whatever else my sister finds at the sales barn... I came out today to find the sun shining and a flat tire on the old 3rd or 4th-hand New Holland ground-drive rake.

 Ok, it's been neglected... Hmmm, what to do. A quick perusal of the used tire pile failed to produce a 165x 13 tire... but it's a tubeless tire... Somehow I coaxed the bead to reset and magically, it appears to be still holding air. Just for safety, I put in a partial bottle of Slime stopleak and got my raking/baling done. 

 But now the dilemma. If this was 1985, I could head to any wrecking yard for a used 13" tire from a Honda Civic or Toyota or whatever, but when was the last time you saw a 13" radial tire? A glance at the other wheel revealed an even older weather-checked but intact tire, a tube-type 5.60x15. That might even be original? But where would I find an affordable VW Beetle sized tire?  And the mismatched sizes isn't an ideal situation. Stay tuned...

 

Moto Guzzi and Dunlop

 

RGM aluminum case

 I found RGM motorcycles- all things for Nortons, I did not see this case- I assume its  a special gearbox side case for soemthing? Wonder what it fits?