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

with apologies to Ogden Nash...

Thursday, October 22, 2026

Edmunds custom heads

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  Eddie Edmunds was a mechanic in Portland, Oregon in the 1930s when he started developing and manufacturing intake manifolds and performanc...
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Siren Fire chief car

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Another windup car by Louis Marx, from the 1930s.  
Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Steam Yacht Lyndonia

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  A picture to hang in the mancave. The Lyndonia was a yacht built for Cyrus Curtis of the Curtis Publishing Company of Saturday Evening Pos...

Ford 5-Z-829 wrench

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 Another Ford Model T tool. The left end is for adjusting the bands in the transmission and the right end fits the oil pan drain bolt.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026

One of my vices is vises, Armstrong Pipe Vice

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    Frank Armstrong and Henry House started working in the sewing machine factories in Bridgeport Conn but formed their own company in 1870,...

Short C-23 Sherpa

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  To paraphrase interior designer Dorothy Draper "If it looks right, it will fly right".  This isn't one of those. It looks li...
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Bikes in the 'hood, KZ650

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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...
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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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