vintage etiketine sahip kayıtlar gösteriliyor. Tüm kayıtları göster
vintage etiketine sahip kayıtlar gösteriliyor. Tüm kayıtları göster

3 Ekim 2014 Cuma

good reason not to safari across Africa. Sleeping leopards


 In 1914 this Belgian F.A.B. of Reinelt and Evanepoel set out from Cape Town for Cairo... with an 80-gallon fuel drum. They turned back after just 37 miles on hearing that a rival crew parked under a tree, disturbed a sleeping leopard, that promptly killed and ate the driver

Found on http://www.africarecordrun.com/history.html

1924 Oil delivery, Iron river Michigan


Manny Krans in 1924 with his Nash bulk oil delivery truck - "Red Crown Gasoline - Standard Oil Company" 1924 Iron River, MI

Wood spokes, solid rubber tires

Found on https://www.facebook.com/groups/447886021929743/

29 Eylül 2014 Pazartesi

just a step away from a horse drawn carriage, a 1912 Aberdonia, Landau


The Aberdonia was an English car manufactured in Park Royal, London from 1911 to 1915 by the coachbuilders Brown, Hughes and Strachan. The engine was a 3160 cc, 4 cylinder, 20 hp (15 kW) unit, it cost £500 with seven-seated touring coachwork, or £700 with "special landau body". At the 1911 London Motor Show a one-off design, mid-engined and forward-control with the driver ahead of the engine was displayed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberdonia_(car)

10 Eylül 2014 Çarşamba

Johnson's Ranch and trading post on the Rio Grande, from 1929 to 1940, also had a small landing strip


The Johnson Ranch airfield was the first permanent installation by the Air Corps in the lower Big Bend. It was distinct from other airfields in the area in that it was neither an auxiliary nor emergency field. It was established solely due to its strategic location, where combat troops and aircraft could be deployed in case of a border emergency. It was also unique in that the ranch house became the airfield headquarters, and Elmo Johnson—with neither rank or authority—provided a quaint civilian dominance over the field's operations.

The closure of the Johnson's Ranch airfield ended an era of military aviation. The era of the members of the “order of the white scarf”—those who built America’s aerial armada, trained the pilots, and led them to victory in World War II—was forever past. The jet age Air Force that followed bore scant resemblance to the Army Air Corps that established Johnson's Ranch.

photo and info from http://www.nps.gov/bibe/historyculture/johnsonsranch.htm

the airplane is a DeHaviland, and was the first to land at the Johnson's

4 Eylül 2014 Perşembe

reel lawn mowers, vintage and pinstriped. That's all I need to post a cool image


I was a kid and used my aunts once... about ok as far as getting the grass cut... but kinda cool in the pure mechanical fashion of not having any engine

Photo found on http://reellawnmower.com/chronicle.html via https://www.facebook.com/LAGTMagazine?fref=nf



Did you know that the horse power lawn mower was first produced in 1842?