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

Today I learned that those lovely little Maytag washing machine twins (and single cylinders) were two stroke!  

 Another German manufacturer! Here's a Melker monkey wrench dating from, at a guess, 1900-1920ish... There are a few for sale online but...

 Messerschmitt Kabinenroller on route to 3 speed records for sub-250 three wheelers. The modified 200 cc Sachs motor powered this machine to...

  They left out the pull cord check. It doesn't matter, you'll probably get stranded no matter what you do. Why do I want one?

 This is a "Gee Dee" German-made "multi-tool" - in all its glory - the handle is hollow. The head of the hammer unscrews...

 Snapped last summer... suddenly it's 1975...

  This was the most beautiful thing a rural kid travelling by bicycle could have imagined back then.

 Patent 433, 311  Datamp notes it was not known to be produced.

  Monsieur Bugatti (center, behind steering wheel) with staff and friends posing at Molsheim in 1930. I wonder what the chassis number is. B...

  Just not sure what they're selling here...