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

with apologies to Ogden Nash...

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Bikes in the 'hood KZ50

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Considered fast in its day, the KZ650 followed the styling lead of the Z1. I remember them mostly in the green. Get a front fender, man!  
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Monday, October 19, 2026

Utica Tools 2001-8 pliers

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  Difficult to read the stamped text, but these are "Side Cutting Pattern Button's Pliers" made by Utica Tool. The wire cutte...

1968 Fiat 850 cutaway drawings

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 Some nice technical cutaways from the Dutch 850 Fiat Special instruction book.
Sunday, October 18, 2026

Swallow Sidecars, Model 4, 1928

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Saturday, October 17, 2026

We used to make things in this country #381; Cast iron kettles

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  Here's a cast iron kettle made by the Terreau and Racine company of St. Paul St., Quebec City, a maker of kitchen kettles and other co...

Exact C Clamp

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  These "Exact" C-clamps were manufactured by the Exact Level & Tool Manufacturing Company, which was better known for their t...
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Friday, October 16, 2026

Locomotive Catawissa

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  The Little Schuylkill Navigation, Railroad & Coal Co. was incorporated in 1826. Amazingly, that was 200 years ago.   As that time pred...
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Fashion Friday, riding gear

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Norton Commando, for the space race?  
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Motor Cycle May 1967

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Developing the Triumph Daytona bikes ...

Grapple Hook

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    This hook is actually shown upside down. The hooks are intended to grab into the sides of a barn beam to give a hooking point for a pull...
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