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So damn pretty. Notice the cog belt drive on the Merkel.
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one man's Automodule is another man's Pussymobile.
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Also this '08 Harley. An '07 sold last year for $715,000.
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A clever quick fix for a bad wiper.
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that's one damn big clothespin
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What V said.
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Ford's X-8 motors...
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This video shows a Rolex Submariner being disassembled, cleaned, and reassembled.
Looked to me for the first couple minutes he was turning screws clockwise to remove them. :confused: Maybe I'm drunk. |
It's a mechanical watch (autowind) with rotating gears. The left hand thread may keep the screws from backing out over the years from directional micro torque or vibration. They may even make all of them left handed; so, same size screws used for different purposes in the watch will be interchangeable and can be modified to different lengths.
It might be somewhat like one bicycle pedal being reverse threaded, even though the pedal rotates on its shaft, so it won't eventually back out. That's my guess. |
You may be right but I don't think they're all the same, after the first couple minutes he's turning the driver the other way.
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Yeah, meshing gears would turn in opposite directions.
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1942 Lincoln Zephyr, I guess a funeral flower car. Very few 1942 models were made of any model/brand but I guess the funeral business was booming.
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Turn the cab around and its the Batmobile.
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Pretty badass, they were doing a stroke of business back then though.
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The bodies do pile up when you're saving the world.
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He was a machinist specializing in bearings, didn't know anything about bikes so he had to learn, find missing parts and put it together.
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This is his jam:
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The importance of the man-machine interface cannot be overstated.
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Great idea, instead of hitting a critter in the road with the front wheel throwing you into the ditch, straddle it and crush that fucker with the rear wheel. Just a butt bump instead of a nose skinning.
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Wanna buy a motorcycle?
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Clever gas saving tip, only put 5 carbs on a 6 cylinder engine. :lol2:
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Had to count spark plug wires...
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This one time, I owned a car with an eight cylinder engine, and it only had one carb.
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Wow, you must have gotten great gas mileage.;)
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'35 Plymouth coup in a foot of snow at 25 below...
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More on the mailman...
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Tying off to the bumper and knowing it will hold.
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Yeah no fussing with that.
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Apocalypse machine, 300 mile range with three tanks, shovel, axe, saw, rope, and what looks like a high tech crossbow.
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Pedals to crank it over so you don't need a battery. I like it!
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New one on me, never heard on them. That's $459,000 2017 dollars.
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Given that the driving position is above the bogey axle, my first thoughts were that the vehicle had perhaps been designed for use in circumstances that required maximum manoeuvrability, eg cargo handling at ports, warehousing etc. However, flat bed vehicles always seem to get that job for obvious reasons.
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When it came to manoeuvrability, the Scammell Scarab was the machine for the job by all accounts. It was a peculiar little vehicle that was much used on the railways and in ports. I can't help but think that cornering at any speed above walking pace would have been a character forming experience. Attachment 63205 Attachment 63206 Link |
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Once, on a visit to the local fire station, one of the crew was talking about road accidents and the subject of the Reliant Robin came up. 'They burn quite nicely' was all he said. :eek: |
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I have! Funny clicky little gear lever. Cornering didn’t trouble me, but then I can’t ride a bike, and commuted to work in London in the early eighties on a Pashley trike ..... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
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I'd like to drive one. But, I don't think I'd be comfortable driving/riding in a car that fond of belly rubs.
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As if flying cars aren't bad enough, this one is Evinrude powered... :rolleyes:
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With a little help from his friends...
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God damn, I love this tractor. Chopped top, full fendered, big&littles, would look great in B-Gas. :yesnod:
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Yeah^^^, but do the windows roll down for summer plowing?
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The top comes off. One just sold for $200,000, I doubt it will be plowing.
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That is gorgeous. It's time for me to get in the vintage tractor business. I could get one of Dad's worked on but I'd rather get an old utility.
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Not all motorcycles were for racing or profiling, some were working bikes.
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Shoes horses as well, assuming the box amidships actually contains shoes.
Do you have a link for that image please, Bruce? A Google image search didn't bear fruit and I'd be interested to know the where and when of it. I'd hazard a guess at London about 1950. Pickfords is still going strong by the way. |
Don't know if it'll help, but, here's a TinEye link.
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I wish there was a story to go along with the picture.
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Thank you, Grav. That's brilliant!
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That has led me to another picture which is plastered with copyright warnings but viewable here: Link It's an old family firm run by two brothers, one of whom is 'the welter-weight wrestling champion of England'. One more image of Groom Bros at work here... Link As far as the location of the image in Bruce's post #345 is concerned, my assumption is that it is indeed Slough and probably the High Street. I've had a look at Street View but find that it is now a pedestrian area and unrecognisable. The captions describe Slough as being in Berkshire. At the time the photographs were taken it was in Buckinghamshire. There was a local government reshuffle in 1972 (I think) and county boundaries were shifted. The town is north of Windsor on the other side of the Thames so if any of you are going to Harry and Meghan's nuptials in May, you'll be able to nip across the river for the rest of the day and see the place for yourselves. Once again, thanks Grav. :thumb: |
That is great, nice finds!
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Where I found it there's just pictures with little or no information. I grabbed it because it's a cool picture. I figured it was Britain because the sidecar is on the left, and didn't look like Australia.
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A 1956 Popular Science had a little blurb on him too.
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But, this image is just insanity at its finest. Imagine riding down the street on yer murdersickle with a big ol' pile of red hot coals bouncing and jouncing around beside ya. I mean rfthere! What could possibly go wrong?:eyebrow: |
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No problem they have smooth roads over there. :rolleyes:
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Well they did have 440's... :lol:
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I don't think I can afford this shop...:unsure:
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where's the on button?
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It has overhead bins for killing puppies.
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