Great leapin' cars!

 This is supposedly a 1921 picture of a leaping car fitted with what the French inventor said was a "propellant suspension".  But, and lots of buts...

Google is of little help.

Skywriting primer

 And do it quickly. the wind is blowing...

Sidecar Sunday

 

thanks, Ski... I think...

A Picture of newer things than I usually like to post, but some things are too ridiculous to ignore.

1954 Cadillac

 

That's cute...

Farmall Cub

Nice to see a little retired tractor out grazing in the late afternoon sun...

 

One of my vices is vises: Ridge Tool Co., 400R Utility Vice

Ridgid Tool timeline

Visual parts chart for vintage cars

 People immediately create jargon for their objects of interest, causing confusion among newcomers and less experienced people.  This collection of line drawings shows descriptions of parts and features of veteran cars. The list first appeared in the "National Used Car Market Report" probably from the mid twenties.   

  Reproduced in the Antique Automobile May June 1980

Novelties...

thanks, Ski!

 In between the serious tech advances and clever mechanical innovation there's always the novelties. Pull this thing out today and you'd probably get shot- for smoking in public...

Patent.

Handcrank grinder

Here's another handy little farm-type tool, clamps onto anything solid and with its 11-1 crank ratio, you can soon have the 4" wheel turning at a useful speed. Whether you can continue to do so while trying to accurately sharpen the knife blade you're holding with your other hand, I'm not sure. No name anywhere on the device, which used to be a nice forest green.

 

Not quite the same...

Ducati 4Valve Desmo head cutaway model

I can't identify the model its actually from, but four valve and liquid cooled, it must be fairly modern...

Thanks, Rolf!