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

with apologies to Ogden Nash...

Friday, July 17, 2026

Norvin!

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 John and his dad Jack admiring a Vincent-engine Featherbed special outside of Jack's motorcycle business.

Barcalo specialty wrench

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I figured this was another Ford model T related tool, but Google Lens tells me it was actually made for the Delco Light Co. of Dayton, Ohio,...
Wednesday, July 15, 2026

The Grand Prix des Frontières

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 The race at Chimay, Belgium was a road course and saw racing from 1926 through 1972. The 1951 event was a non-championship Formula 2 event ...
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A find!

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  Found! Two pieces of 8 inch angle, 1/2inch wall, 6 inches long.  " Leave them there, y ou don't need them. What do you want with ...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Spot the differences...

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John Feirer and Earl Tetro,  Machine Tool Metalworking , McGraw-Hill, 1961  Seriously...? This required an illustration?  We pause for a com...
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Auburn for 1934

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The price is indeed affordable, the average income in the US was about $946 in 1934.  
Monday, July 13, 2026

Propeller for the Queen Mary

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  One of four propellers destined for the liner Queen Mary. Each propeller was 20 feet in diameter, made of bronze and weighed 35 tons, pour...

"Hey, Joe" Gelatin silver print, 1959

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Artist,  Jan Saudek (born 1935).    Saudek made many copies, some hand-tinted, from 1959 into the 80s.
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Sunday, July 12, 2026

Two stroke Jimmy diesel

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 No action without the supercharger.
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Sidecar Sunday

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  Drama on a 24 hour rally. No one died.
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