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Sunday, 13 May 2012

Bill loaned me a couple videos... of the 1st Daytona 500, and the 1961 Indy 500, here are some things I found interesting

here's the coverage that showed how hard ot was for fans to watch the Daytona race when it was on sand

not very fun

the #59 was a T Bird, and that is why I enjoy old Nascar, the cars were identifiable as something you could buy at a dealership or used car lot, and take racing yourself

Helicopters over the corners

Smokey Yunicks team was in the pits crewing on Firebalkl Roberts' Pontiac

And these windscreen / airfoils are something I've not seen or noticed before

and in this old film, he wasn't called Richard Petty, he was call Dick Petty. More interesting than that is the nickname painted on the door, "Squirrel Jr". Richard was 22 years old

He was in the pit row watching other cars race because he'd damaged the engine trying to keep up with the sedans... they had a 10 mph advantage over his convertible

In the Darlington / Southern 500 he drove this Plymouth

Dual shocks, and 9 plus leave springs

above is a kids pedal car from the pre race parade, and it's telling t-birds to get out of it's way

and fueling was very dangerous, on the left of the screen are TWO guys with 50 pound CO2 extinguishers while the guys on the right are holding the fuel nozzle on the gas tank

and at Indy, helmets were not boring, they had flying eyeballs, or sponsor stickers, or Dean Jeffries pinstriping

Wednesday, 16 November 2011

a rare use for a vehicle... as a mobile blimp docking station

photo from http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2011/11/15/goodyear-blimp-control-gondola-retires-to-smithsonian/ where this photo illustrates that the gondola on the blimp is going to be in the Smithsonian

But this is the first time I've seen an ordinary vehicle used as a mooring mast for blimps. It reminds me of the other unique aroe related truck in a museum... it was used to spin airplane propellers. I posted the photo before, and have no idea how long it would take to find, btu probably a lot longer than I have tonight

Sunday, 28 August 2011

great photos from 5 Window

see more cool photos at http://5window.tumblr.com/

Saturday, 20 August 2011

interesting variety of cars, blimps, trains, race cars and motorwheels found on The Old Motor.com

929 Packard and the Graf Zeppelin. For an amazing color gallery of the inside of the Hindenburg: http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2011/04/inside-the-hindenburg-in-colour/

This an unusual front door bus with a ladder in the back so people could ride on top, This is a steam powered bus built in Hoquiam, Gray's Harbor County, Washington in 1902. It was in passenger service between Aberdeen and Hoquaim for just eleven days when it slipped off the road and into a creek, breaking a passenger's neck in the process. The lawsuit drove the company out of business (Steve found this out with magic!)

1905 Matheson

1908 Corbin

1919 series 9b franklin with 4 piece wedge windshield

1920's Locomobile model 48 with Farnum and Nelson coachwork

Naptha fuel in 1927

1938 REO delivery van

American Underslung

I didn't make a note about this photo, but probably the wrok of Stephan Marjoram

Above and below show just what a lack of border security there was between San Diego and Ti Juana... passing over was not even noticeable. Now, it's normally an hour or 2 of sitting in traffic, at least, to get into the US.

Only 1915 Indian registration I've ever seen

chain drive AC Mack tow truck delivering to the junkyard

Columbia Electric Vehicle with 2 coachmen riding on the back

Keeping the car high and dry during a flood

1922 Frontenac Indy race car and Duray the driver.. I like the grill design

A 1913-14 GMC Electric

interesting double globe gas pumps

wow, that is a fancy art deco garage facade

the private collection of the Indian Govenor of Rampur

The Hassler shock absorber salesman pointing out options and upgrades this car has, like the solid disc rims, the upgraded Hassler shocks, the sunscreen, and front bumper