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

with apologies to Ogden Nash...

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Remco press

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Says easy to own, but in 1938, minimum wage in the US was 25¢ an hour and the average hourly wage was 55¢ an hour. I expect not many of thes...

Rise and fall of Ford tractors

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 From a book on general technology as it looked in 1986. Wow that's 40 years ago! Ford had just purchased New Holland. The Ford-New Holl...
Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Sunbeam S-7 cutaway drawing

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  A nice cutaway of the inline twin said to be inspired by the prewar BMW twins...  Mr Fooks was an British motoring artist who turned out d...
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Trident- electric ships log, 1938

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 Definitely a must-have when you didn't have time to send a crewman aft to take readings on your minesweeper-sized yacht. 

Lube NSU

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This is the first Lube-NSU I've seen. Parts are probably close to impossible to find, these bikes were made in Spain and do not show up ...
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Monday, June 29, 2026

David plane

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Here's a little hobby trimming plane made in Holland. By the wing nut and the groove on the bottom, it must be part of a system but I ca...

Discard sculpture?

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  I was skulking around an industrial area of Toronto and came upon these statues out behind a factory. I just have to wonder, are they fact...
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Sunday, June 28, 2026

Sidecar Sunday

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     Officers from the West Riding Police Force in Yorkshire taking delivery of seven new Brough combinations from the Brough Superior facto...

License plate set

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 In Ontario, 1966 was the last year the Ministry of Transport required 3 license plates on a motorcycle. One on each side of the front wheel...
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Saturday, June 27, 2026

Honda Motocampo

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 The Motocampo was a 50cc folding scooter made by Honda as a an option for the 1981-83 JDM Honda City. The unit fit in the trunk and was int...
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