Annual dinner

 Gorgeous poster, hope the food lived up to the poster quality!

Morris Woodie

 

Sidecar Sunday

 This is George Richard's 600cc Douglas Speedway sidecar outfit, the slanted wheel is supposed to give better traction.

We used to make things in this country; #333 Robot boltsetting tool

 Great logo, good name and intriguing company name. Despite the instructions and the diagrams, I'm not sure how exactly it is used but it does appear to be a device to set some sort of bolts into masonry.   

And of course, other than a mention of a patent, no information on the vanished company at all. 

 Update; Found on ebay, (bottom image) the missing info on the side of the box showing the various types of bolts available, I guess it was part of a whole masonry-fastening system. 
 

thanks, Vecair!

Oldsmobile Starfire GT

 Who wrote that copy? cringe.

 Who is this late seventies hottie named Mary Lou?

 This is the Oldsmobile version of the late seventies Chevrolet Monza. This rear drive H body GM was a pretty good looking car, I thought; though I don't think many agreed with me, and I expect few people would view them as collectable.  The Starfire GT wasn't near as successful in sales as the Monza, 750,000 vs 125,000 sold over 6 model years. The replacement model was the Firenza, just a Cavalier. 

Sterling hacksaw blades

 Diamond Saw and Stamping made power hacksaws and blades of all types, starting business in Buffalo in 1890. I was a little surprised to see they are still in business today. Now located in Chaffey, NY and apparently not building power hacksaws anymore.

Canadian Pacific Railway, 1943

 

Great word, we must strive to use the word "blunder" more in everyday conversation...

Spine-framed Monard

Jan 66 Motorcycle Mechanics

The Classic MotorCycle Nov 88

The Monard was a special built by Geoff Monty and Allen Dudley-Ward, first raced in 1964, the name combining elements of each last name.  Monty felt the British racing singles had reached the end of their development so the heart of this racer was a 500 twin, really a destroked and modified 650 Triumph, allowing a 9000 rpm redline.

   The frame was Monty's own design, based on his mid-fifties 250 cc GMS Special. The drawing above (squint at the drawing a bit) shows a large diameter main tube that curves down from the headstock to the swingarm pivot and rear engine mount similar to the Aermacchi horizontal 250 and 350 singles. This design keeps popping up, Guzzi in the early nineties and later Triumph. 

  Bill Ivy raced the bike in 1964 but moved on the next year. There were plans for mass production but Monty found that people weren't prepared to pay for a complete racer from a small company. The project was discontinued in 1966.

 

GMS Special

GMS Special

And again.

Flashbackfab
Aermacchi 350, (Harley Sprint)

Dr John's Guzzi

1993 Triumph Tiger

Shingle hammer

 Here's another tool I should have picked up, just because. 

No maker's name evident.

Another job you probably wouldn't want (your girlfriend) to do...