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

with apologies to Ogden Nash...

Thursday, July 30, 2026

Airplane engine parts

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Cyril Donaldson and George LeCain, Tool Design, Second edition , McGraw Hill, 1957   I nteresting, the mix of fractional and decimal measure...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Donington racing, 1935

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  Another candidate for a T shirt illustration...
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Waterbury Farrel double action press

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  Another long lost production machine manufacturing equipment company, I thought when I saw this image of a double action press in a 1919 m...
Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Vickers Vernon transport

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This bulbous transport plane was introduced in 1921, the 11-passenger aircraft had a short life, being replaced by the larger but similar Vi...
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Fiat 500 Giardiniera

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  Here's a Dutch pamphlet for the Fiat 500 Gardener (sounds better in Italian).  Four people with luggage seems optimistic, and the cuta...
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Monday, July 27, 2026

Billings Life-Time M-2022 wrench

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This appears to be a tappet wrench, 1/2" on one end, 5/16" on the other. made by Billings and Spencer probably in the 1930s. No in...
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Monday Mystery, a powered sieve? (Repost)

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We posted this 6 years ago, the owner of this model has still not found any info.  We'll repost, hopefully we've accumulated some ne...
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Sunday, July 26, 2026

F N Motorcycles 1925

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   "Only the shadow knows...+, said the passenger, applying her lipstick. Strange poster by Italian designer and artist  Marcello Nizzo...
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Sidecar Sunday

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This could be a "we used to make things here..." Hannigan started in Oakville Ontario but  moved to Kentucky some decades ago.. I ...
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Not for legal trade...

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No manufacturers name, unfortunately.
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