It looks like the business guys are cheering on the kids who seem to be running a baton passing and the cops might be acting as a race escort.
Found on http://www.shorpy.com/node/18028
Sabtu, 28 Februari 2015
1922 kids, cops, business men and a street car in Washington DC
It looks like the business guys are cheering on the kids who seem to be running a baton passing and the cops might be acting as a race escort.
Found on http://www.shorpy.com/node/18028
fire stations still had steam pumpers hanging out in back, though they had new fire engines
Found on http://www.shorpy.com/node/18056?size=_original#caption
often on Shorpy the commentors are very highly focused on the details and point out some cool things you might not notice... in this photo, they noticed that the steam pumper is facing the back of the room, probably because it's retired, and that the fire truck is a Seagrave from about 1916, and look at the really bad tire rubber on the left front.
the 1933 August storm flood took out the center bridge support, and the photographer took a photo from both ends of the track near Kenilworth
The Crescent Limited operated from New York to Washington on the Pennsylvania Railroad, on the Southern Railway from Washington to Atlanta
Details and photos on http://www.shorpy.com/node/18074?size=_original#caption and http://www.shorpy.com/node/18075?size=_original#caption
tank warfare, WW2, account of a Sherman and Fireflys taking on 3 Tigers and a Tiger Royal
On 18 July 1944, near Cagny, Lieutenant John Gorman was in his Sherman tank when he was confronted by a far superior German Tiger tanks
"We had been warned of the existence of such a monster. Corporal Baron and I had discussed it. We had rather light-heartedly concluded that, if confronted by a Tiger Royal, there was only one thing to do and that was to use the naval tactic of ramming, which my Portora hero had demonstrated. Baron agreed that it would be right to use the Sherman’s speed to counteract the rather slow traverse of the Tiger Royal’s 88mm gun turret. We concluded that, mad as it seemed, the only hope in a 75mm Sherman was to ram. When the Tiger Royal came into view its turret was at 90o from us, with the gun towards the 2nd Battalion tanks..."
Read the whole account of ramming the Tiger Royal with a Sherman, and how they kept fighting, and survived, while doing heavy damage to the 4 Tigers at http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/crazy-irishman-rammed-a-tiger-ii-with-his-sherman-then-went-off-looking-for-a-firefly-to-make-sure-the-tiger-wouldnt-be-going-anywhere.html
Or in the book this was excerpted from "Always a Mick"
http://www.amazon.com/Sir-John-Gorman-Times-Life/dp/0850529069/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1425180003&sr=8-3&keywords=John+Gorman
After serving in the Irish Guards in NW Europe (where he won a legendary MC for ramming a King Tiger tank), John Gorman's career included being Head of Security with BOAC before entering politics and becoming Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
one hell of a cool view of the flying wing
Found on Marc's Facebook page... he finds some of the most amazing stuff! https://www.facebook.com/marc.tudeau?fref=nf
trucker vs little car who knows one thing the trucker doesn't
Though the little car shouldn't have forced this... the trucker is at fault for not preventing a collision that was avoidable.
The National Safety Council, defines a preventable collision as one in which the driver failed to do everything that they reasonably could have done to avoid it.
The American Trucking Association, uses the following rule to determine the preventability of a collision: “Was the vehicle driven in such a way to make due allowance for the conditions of the road, weather, and traffic and to also assure that the mistakes of other drivers did not involve the driver in a collision?”
Here on this video you can see that the trucker didn't back off, allow the car in, and prevent the collision.
I bet everyone knows that the most important rule in every US state is that you are guilty if you could have reasonably done something to prevent a collision, and didn't.
That's the law. You are at fault anytime you could have prevented a collsion and didn't. Found on http://truckviewtv.com/redneck-trucker-says-no-to-this-blonde-trying-to-merge/
this week’s Archer also featured a wonderful tribute to the 1968 Steve McQueen crime thriller Bullitt.
Thanks to Richard who emailed me about the post over at http://uproxx.com/tv/2015/02/a-look-behind-the-awesome-tribute-to-bullitt-on-this-weeks-archer/?sf7717801=1
and last week sent me some images so I could post about the cool vintage vehicles on the tv show Archer http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-cars-and-background-city-scapes.html
100 years of Service Stations, a book by a lifelong collector
Here's the start of a lifetime fascination with petroliana
his book looks like something I need to get my hands on!
Notice that great gas station? It's something I just coincidentally posted yesterday http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/02/a-wow-photo-servicar-harley-steam-pump.html
For the book. It's about $50.00... and I can't afford that. If anyone has a used copy for $20.00, let me know!
A Nimbus in Japan, /or/, meet Kim!
I was wondering about a cool guy that comments now and then, and he can spot an Indian in a 1948 photo like nobody else you'll ever meet... when I learned by clicking on his Google profile that he has blogged about his trip to Japan with his Nimbus
One of the first things on his blog just cracks me up:
"so here I walk along in the darkness, jetlagged out of my mind, speaking French with an 80-year old Master Yoda clone on a bicycle. Good start." ...
"In some places the town reminds me a bit of New York City, in others even about the movie ‘The Fifth Element’, because it is humid and hot, and there are people and traffic everywhere. It also has all the charm of Hamburg (i.e. none), which was bombed to bits in WW2."
Third party coverage for two months is a modest 6,000 yen, probably less than it cost the insurance company to have 4-5 of their people taking are of my business. Fine service, though, deep bows all around. Even less expensive is a 1:200,000 road map that I finally track down. It is completely devoid of those ugly Latin characters, which no doubt will make it interesting to use when out there.
So, if you want a funny read about a road trip through Japan on a Nimbus (you can't make this stuff up folks) to pass the time while you are stuck on the bus, train, or in line waiting at the DMV ...
http://nimbustripinjapan.blogspot.com/
I helped solve a mystery! Wahoo!
Found on http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=495197
Because I took a moment to post http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/05/vw-engines-identification-info.html from my desire to help share car info, found on http://carrosehistorias.blogspot.com/2010/08/numeracao-de-motor-boxer.html
Jumat, 27 Februari 2015
a "wow" photo, a servicar Indian, a steam pump, a gas station in 1948, and the coolest neon sign I think I've ever seen
Texaco Station at the Last Frontier Hotel
Found on https://www.facebook.com/groups/353785941367129/ the Service and Fillin Stations facebook page
Rabu, 25 Februari 2015
Sabtu, 21 Februari 2015
Senin, 16 Februari 2015
The new BMW 2 Series Gran Tourer
BMW is set to launch their new BMW 2 Series Gran Tourer this summer.
This spacious seven seater is clearly targeted at families and features large windscreen, optional panoramic roof and intelligently redesigned pillars to provide superior all-round vision. You can create even more space by folding down the third and seconds rows.
This extra efficient car has Auto Start-Stop (as standard) which reduces emissions when stopping temporarily at lights or in traffic. BMW also claims that their Aero Curtain provides optimised aerodynamics, thereby reducing emissions and improving fuel consumption.
There will be a range of preferences and driving styles to choose from including a range of petrol and diesel engines. Extra options include the xDrive 4 wheel drive and the latest generation BMW TwinPower Turbo engines which offer enhanced performance and efficiency.
Minggu, 15 Februari 2015
BMW M5 (E61) Touring Hurricane RS by G-Power
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