Racing in France

In an unknown postwar sports car race in France, a Delahaye duels with a Delage. Below, a better view of a 3.0 litre OHV Delage. Both makes are virtually unknown on this side of the Atlantic...

 

W. Boddy, Continental Sports Cars,  G.T. Foulis, 1951

Unboxing your 1982 Katana 1100

Posted as we will probably never have the experience of unboxing a new Katana...

In about 1987 we stopped at the Suzuki dealer in Amarillo to see if they had a new speedo drive, mine had failed on a cross country trip. " Have to order" he said, "but why don't you just buy a new bike, I have 4 of those in crates in the back."

That counts as one of my many lost opportunities...

A few years later I passed through Amarillo again, the dealer was gone. 

 

The original Ford Bronco

 

Sidecar Sunday

Found here with no explanation

 

First US stamp to feature a motorcycle

 This stamp was issued in 1922, replacing an earlier stamp (issued in 1902) with a bicyclist making the delivery. 

 More than you ever knew or wanted to know about the creation of the stamp at https://sdproofs.wordpress.com/

One of my vises is vices, Homemade anvil vise

 

 Ebay

This one, seen on Ebay, looks like someone made it from a section of rail, but nicely done.

Egli in orange

 

leDepassionne

If I win a big lottery, this is it. More here at Godet

More multitool, Bonney Tomahawk

Looks a lot like the National Hatchet multitool, No patent text on the tool but patent 607,448 could be  relevant or possibly 770,388. They all look similar. (thanks Ski!) 

But, where's the bottle opener?

 

 

Hot custom accessories

Pick a colour, any colour, you need these fuzzy dice...

 

Massey Toronto Light Binder

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 In the late 1800s, farm equipment trials were the sporting spectacles of the day. In 1889 Massey went to the event in Paris with their "Toronto Light Binder" and came home with not only a gold medal but also a Grand Object of Art Award.

1966 Dodge Coronet

Tastefully done... 

Velocette in California

 

Sikorsky S-38 "Osa's Ark"

 The S-38 was a well performing 10 seat flying boat introduced in 1928. It was able to cruise at 100 mph with a range of 600 miles with good landing and takeoff characteristics. It could also fly on one engine (important at that time).

  101 were produced, including this zebra-striped one used by Martin and Osa Johnson to explore Africa while making safari movies and books.  No idea why the paint job was necessary, I don't think it fooled anyone, but they also had a S-39 named Spirit of Africa in a giraffe pattern. More here at Youtube.

In the 1990s, two replicas were built, one of which is owned by Kermit Weeks, who also replicated the zebra stripe paint job.

1956 Cadillac

In this ad the woman's gown is featured more prominently than the car- and no gown credits even given... someone slipped up.

 

Goodyear airship, Pilgrim

Aircraft of the National Air and Space Museum, Smithonian, 1985

 In the mid 1920s Goodyear constructed a number of small scale airships designed to demonstrate and train pilots in lighter-than-air craft, the Pilgrim was one of these. It was made of a magnesium coated steel tube frame with a rubberized fabric balloon. The envelope had a capacity of 55,000 cubic feet of gas and was the first airship designed to utilize helium as the lifting gas. 

 The engine was a single Lawrence air-cooled three cylinder engine of 40 hp, with a 40 gallon fuel tank, giving it had a range of 525 miles. Launched in 1925, it made 4765 flights before being retired in 1931.

  Below, landing atop the M. O'Neil department store in Akron, Ohio. That must be the railway terminal on the left in the background.

Monday medal mystery

 

Here is a medal, more of pin or badge, I guess...  with the word Transeuope, a limousine or early bus and a strong male figure holding what may be scales? The only Transeurope I know is the train, was there a car company or a limousine/bus service? See below, AI doesn't know either:-) Any ideas?

Marion Model 35

Mike Filey, Victor Russell, From Horse Power to Horsepower, Toronto 1890-1930, Dundurn Press, 1991

This Marion steam shovel cost the City of Toronto $8665 in 1911 and was described as a "self propelled, full circle" steam shovel. It was used to prepare the right of way for the Gerrard St. streetcar line.

 

Sidecar Sunday

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 Apparently just a random photo... No idea who they are.

White House renovation

 

Decades of poor maintenance, the construction of a fourth story attic and the addition of a second-floor balcony over the south portico took a great toll on the brick and sandstone structure of The White House built around a timber frame. By 1948, the house was declared to be in imminent danger of collapse, forcing President Truman to commission a reconstruction.  The work required the complete dismantling of the interior spaces, construction of a new load-bearing internal steel frame and the reconstruction of the original rooms within the new structure. Some modifications to the floor plan were made, the largest being the repositioning of the grand staircase to open into the Entrance Hall, rather than the Cross Hall.  Central air conditioning was added, as well as two additional sub-basements providing space for workrooms, storage, and a bomb shelter. The Trumans moved back into the White House on March 27, 1952.  While the house’s structure was kept intact by the Truman reconstruction, much of the new interior finishes were generic, and of little historic value. Much of the original plasterwork, some dating back to the 1814–1816 rebuilding, was too damaged to reinstall, as was the original robust Beaux Arts paneling in the East Room.   Source: whitehousemuseum.org

Buick Electra Ad, 1967 vs 1963

 Slightly different tone from 1963.

Oliver Table saw 1921

 Looking at this saw, it's apparent that even though a hundred years have gone by, except for the cast iron construction, table saws haven't changed much. The company is still in business today, moved to Seattle in 2000. Oliver Heritage Pages

Bug-atti

 

    A travesty or a fun thing to do with a dead VW?

Fords for '55

‘55 Chevy get all the love but this is a great looking car.
 

Monet Goyon

 Great logo!

Planes in formation, B17s

 

Touring BMW 1976

 Swoopy! Then came the Gold Wing.

Gisholt turret lathe

Le Depassionne

 Gisholt Machine Co. was started by John A. Johnson of the Fuller and Johnson farm equipment company, he started the company to build production machinery for making the farm machinery. Their display at Columbian Exposition in 1893 resulted in a sale of a turret lathe to Germany in 1894. After a rocky start, the business grew from there. Mr. Johnson passed away in 1901, his sons continued the business and the company ran on for another 6 decades making mostly production lathes. History at the Norwegian American history site.

John Crerar Library

Always important to show the factory with smoking chimneys. Prosperity!

Vintage Machinery

Know your desmodromic systems

 

Q.S. Backus angle extension

Here's a handy angle extension accessory for your brace and bit, made to 1872 patent 132,790 by Quimby S. Backus. As the patent description reads, "a device for holding a bit-brace for boring at an angle firmly at the desired angle.."