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

with apologies to Ogden Nash...

Monday, September 21, 2026

Lark Finalwrench

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  AI is suggesting this was a Whitworth wrench made by Thomas Smith & Sons in Birmingham. b ut it's actually a standard 1/2- 9/16...

Monday Mystery, big hook thingy

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 This comes out of rural Maine, looks like blacksmith-made it so it could be part of any sort of old farm or logging machine but the 4 bolt ...
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Sunday, September 20, 2026

No prince of darkness jokes please

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  They're trying!
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Sidecar Sunday

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Seen at the 2026 CVMG Rally .
Saturday, September 19, 2026

The times are a'changin...

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  The four masted Star of Shetland passes underneath the partially constructed Golden Gate Bridge on September 19, 1936, as it is towed outw...

One of my vices is vises, York 125

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The York 125 is a heavy duty vise with a 5" wide jaw made in the Czech Republic, probably between 1934 and 1956. Rumour has it the shap...
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Friday, September 18, 2026

Renault 40

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  This was the flagship Renault from 1911 to 1928, wheelbase of 3.9 meters, (156 in) with another huge 6 cylinder, this one coming up short ...

Fashion Friday, 1917

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The Saturday Evening Post, 1917 Relevant a hundred (plus) years later....  
Thursday, September 17, 2026

Bentley Eight Litre

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    Introduced in September of 1930, the new Bentley luxury car cost about $15,000. Powering it was this 487 cu. in. 6 cylinder overhead cam...
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Gellman polly wrench

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  Polly wrench because the top jaw looks like a parrot's head? Ok. The wrench was patented in 1923 by Israel Gellman  of Rock Island, I...
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