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

with apologies to Ogden Nash...

Sunday, June 14, 2026

Sidecar Sunday

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 The Hawker motorcycle racing team at Brooklands circuit. AI tells me  that's Leslie “Red” Parkhurst with the passenger named for once, ...
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Saturday, June 13, 2026

Used and abused...

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 Here's an old "multitool", a combination monkey wrench and hammer. Looks like the outer jaw is adjusted by rotating the handl...

Driving test

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  With the blast furnaces in Gary, Indiana in the background,  this ore carrying laker is making use of the turning basin, no helpful tugs p...
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Friday, June 12, 2026

Vacuum power brakes

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 And there you have it. Modern power brakes, pretty much all there by 1936. Some car manufacturers were still deciding whether brakes were r...
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One of my vices is vises, Rockford

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That is a large heavy 4 inch vise. Once again, very little history on the company that I can find.   
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1930s Wyandotte pressed steel Streamlined Speedster (updated)

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Gorgeous! Another toy I would have appreciated less as a kid.  Update; Claus sends these images of his car/trailer combination. I agree with...
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Thursday, June 11, 2026

MGB GT

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Probably 1973. In factory correct Harvest Gold, looks like sandy brown to me.    Update; Derek sends some images of the original harvest go...
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Know your roller bearings

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I'd suggest that t he cage should have been illustrated as a separate part. I do approve of the handlettering...
Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Big casting

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Robert Gordon, Patrick Mahone, The Texture of Industry, Oxford Press 1994   In this photo foundry workers pose with a mine hoist sheave whe...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Standard Guilford C clamp

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 This rarity was found at Liberty Tool , very little information on the company that I can find, but by the items found on ebay, it seems th...
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