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

with apologies to Ogden Nash...

Monday, July 13, 2026

Propeller for the Queen Mary

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  One of four propellers destined for the liner Queen Mary. Each propeller was 20 feet in diameter, made of bronze and weighed 35 tons, pour...

"Hey, Joe" Gelatin silver print, 1959

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Artist,  Jan Saudek (born 1935).    Saudek made many copies, some hand-tinted, from 1959 into the 80s.
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Sunday, July 12, 2026

Two stroke Jimmy diesel

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 No action without the supercharger.
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Sidecar Sunday

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  Drama on a 24 hour rally. No one died.
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Saturday, July 11, 2026

Qualikraft wrench

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  Quali-kraft was a Japanese made tool brand made for the North American department store trade, the wrench looks and feels like a quality i...
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Past Concept Cars of the Future! 1954 Pontiac Bonneville Special

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A Corvette by any other name... It was not put into production...  
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Friday, July 10, 2026

Scintillators and Geiger counters

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 Buy now! (1955) Atomics are the future!
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Hesketh wrench

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 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

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  Those long strokes are expensive!
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Wednesday, July 8, 2026

One of my vices is vises, a broken one

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