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

with apologies to Ogden Nash...

Sunday, May 10, 2026

Jas. Clark Electric tools

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  When the company opened in 1892 the company was named after the founders, Cooper and Clark. L H Cooper retired in 1907 and the renamed c...

Sidecar Sunday

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 Passenger needs a windshield...
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Saturday, May 9, 2026

Supershort chassis SJ Deusenbergs

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  Apparently there were only two supershort chassis Deusenbergs made, one for Clark Gable (above)  and one for Gary Cooper.  I found these t...
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Caille outboard motors

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 Around 1906, the first gasoline outboard motor was designed by a Yale law student from Detroit named Cameron Waterman. Waterman asked the C...
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Friday, May 8, 2026

Fashion Friday, Dress like Nuvolari

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  Stylish. That's a look to aspire to.
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Aluminum tops the Washington Monument

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  The capstone of the Washington Monument is a 9-inch tall aluminum pyramid, placed on December 6, 1884, to finish the 555-foot obelisk. Alu...
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Thursday, May 7, 2026

1986 Nissan van

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 This van was introduced to North America in 1986, following a similar-styled Toyota product a couple of years previous. Being midengined an...

Overman Wheel bicycle wrench

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Datamp.org  I happened upon this surprisingly modern angular-style bicycle wrench at Datamp.org, a far cry from the usual wrenches of the da...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Hartness Flat Turret Lathe

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  Jones & Lamson grew out of the gun-manufacturing company  Robbins & Lawrence . Jones & Lamson was formed in 1869 and continued...

Reeving a Two Fold Purchase (a lost language)

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Boatswain, Royal Canadian Navy, Trade Group One, 1960  
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