Decauville 16 cv - Concours de roues élastiques 1906
Found on https://www.facebook.com/isabelle.bracquemond.7?fref=photo
Saturday 25 October 2014
1906 prototype of an elastic rubber tire
Decauville 16 cv - Concours de roues élastiques 1906
Found on https://www.facebook.com/isabelle.bracquemond.7?fref=photo
Friday 24 October 2014
Les Machines de l’île, The Grand Éléphant
from the episode of les Carnets de Julie in which she gets to do her food show on the Great Elephant
Above images from http://www.lesmachines-nantes.fr/en/machines-de-l-ile/the-grand-elephant/
Hot Rod magazine just posted a gallery of a retired junkyard in the forest I featured this past February
that post I did in February http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2014/02/cashing-in-on-fascination-with.html
Full article from Elena, and a link to the gallery of 252 photos
http://www.hotrod.com/feature_stories/1410_old_car_city_usa_is_full_of_abandoned_muscle_cars_and_classics/
This qualifies as a "WTH?" photo
In order to counter the Sultan’s illness and because he was convinced that one had to go looking for the child in the land of dreams, an obscure engineer embarked upon the phenomenal construction of a Time Travelling Elephant, as far back as the year one thousand nine hundred.
A few months later, the Sultan sailed with part of his court in search of the Little-Girl-Giant who, in the nightmares he had, turned into a 5 meter high puppet. The journey was painful. However, a clue guided the crew. The Little Girl-Giant loved sewing : for example, she loved sewing cars onto the tarmac, boats onto the docks or trains onto their tracks and, from time to time, envelopes onto mailboxes.
The Elephant was running on the crew’s sweat. A love story can be a strange thing, and he felt the need to meet her, and he was so happy at times that he could defecate hundreds of live birds that disappeared into the sky with a roar of happiness.
Found on http://www.royal-de-luxe.com/en/pictures-wall/
dog sled races? Sponsored by Indian Motorcycles and Peerless Puncture Proof Tire Protectors?
Found on the facebook page of the always amazing source of cool vintage photos, Marc https://www.facebook.com/marc.tudeau?fref=nf
1906 French Gran Prix, narrated in a scholarly analytic way, about racing, tires, rims, and speeds of replacing a flat tire with each variety of design... fantastic historical educational piece
Also, the method and situation of racing in 1906 is discussed, as they raced as a team of 3 cars, the A, the B, and the C of a numerical designator for a team.
Listening closely to the narrator informed me that Mr Lancia was driving, and that the Mercedes were 18.3 liter engines
The wealthy elite were exchanging their place in motor racing as a sport, with hiring the very best drivers so their team won. The difference is enjoying the race, or doing what it takes to see it as a business of winning or losing. Sad, they realized they were sacrificing their happy pastime of racing each other, for a score and trophy. Tsk.
Thursday 23 October 2014
kids and cars, some in pedal cars
the windmill in the background is Moulin de la Galette, in Montmartre France, the street is rue Lepic.
why the old man is carrying a scythe is a mystery, but he's riding on a velocipede
All from https://www.facebook.com/pages/Good-old-days/598187423627161
And sometimes the experts are only half right
So I called AAA because my car key battery died and they showed me this little trick. Why would you hide this, VW
or not.
Found on http://twentytwowords.com/
Great photos from the Good Old Days Facebook page
Focus for a moment on the two busses' tires, and how drastically different they are. tall and narrow, shorter and wider, with rubber that is segmented.. one horse drawn (poor tired horse!)
airplanes and gliders
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Airplane with engine running on a White truck in Preparedness parade in New York City or Chicago 1916
All from https://www.facebook.com/pages/Good-old-days/598187423627161
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