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

with apologies to Ogden Nash...

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Arnstrong Siddeley service card, 1927

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 A handy chart for the home garage. If I read the chart correctly, the driver did 15,760 miles that year with only a speedo cable failure.

Motorcyclist magazine Feb 1943

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Tough publishing a motorcycle magazine during wartime, just 16 pages. Two paid ads, one is for war bonds. A few classified ads, including on...
Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Know your drill press

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Parcel delivery express

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Unsafe at any speed?  
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Monday, March 23, 2026

Minidrill

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   Found in a 1965 British motorcycle magazine, this seems like a variation of the Dremel. The fact that it's being sold by a mail order...
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Fiat Dino V6 section view

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Nicely done section view of a Fiat DOHC V6, a detuned Ferrari engine. The signature seems to read G. Bettl, no luck on that...
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Sunday, March 22, 2026

BMW Telescopic fork section views

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Sidecar Sunday

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Re:  last Sunday ...  Anything you can do, I can do better...
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Saturday, March 21, 2026

Posing with a Norton single

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  Wonder who this is?  Looks like a drive in theatre in Toronto on the upper right. Date unknown. Google suggests Honor Blackman and she did...
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Wrench tips and techniques

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William H Cruse, Automotive Engines , McGraw Hill 1959 (From GM) That appears to be a  cylinder head as found on a  230 cu. in. six ...  
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