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

with apologies to Ogden Nash...

Saturday, May 23, 2026

The Aeroplane magazine

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Moto Major

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 The Moto Major was built in 1948. Designed at an aerodynamic research facility, it was a carry over from the 1930s streamline styling trend...
Friday, May 22, 2026

Know your lead acid battery

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 Back in the day when batteries were rebuildable. Outside connectors for each cell, this is where this weird cell tester might be used for ...

BSA for 1971

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Totally redesigned for 1971. It was not good, maybe the least appealing of any of the BSA twins.  
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Thursday, May 21, 2026

Shop Tips

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  Hey, that's actually a good idea!   Hours of reading... o ne of a million or so "shop tips" from Popular Mechanics- BTW that...
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Better living through radioactivity

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  The atomic age is upon us, let's try radioactive piston rings. What could go wrong?
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Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Innovation from Alcoa

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 Aluminum beer cans were introduced in 1958, this ad predates Ermal Fraze's invention of the ring pull tab.
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J N Lapointe broaching machines

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When I was about 14 years old, the female spline in the rear hub of our old Allis Chalmers B wore to nothing and that was hay mowing done fo...
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Monday, May 18, 2026

Planes in formation, Vampires

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Advances in visors

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  We've all seen this before, I'm sure.... But every time I see it, I am always amazed that an engineering/marketing team thought it...
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