Showing posts with label humor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label humor. Show all posts
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Kids and pedal cars
But have you ever seen a power converted pedal car? That's new to me!
from the great variety of cool stuff among the many posts at http://fifties50s.blogspot.com
Sunday, January 13, 2013
The "Sound Racer" easy way to reimagine your soccer mom van as a dragster
Thanks Jay!
it starts out a bit slow, but gets pretty funny at about 1 minute mark when the van starts up
I just found a couple more Pixar movies with Tow Mater and Lightning McQueen! Pixar Short Films Collection Vol 2
Air Mater where Tow Mater decides to got o flying school
and Time Travel Mater where Tow Mater goes back in time to the founding of Radiator Springs and saves the town from not happening at all, by keeping Stanley Steamer at the springs, and starting a business
the time frame is made clear by the sepia tone for the 1910's, then black and white for the late 20's.. .and they show a Radiator Springs you haven't seen before, when it was just getting settled and started
And in color for the wedding which was after the settlement changed to a modern city with brick buildings
http://www.amazon.com/Pixar-Short-Films-Collection-2/dp/B0091NWBK4/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1358124093&sr=1-1&keywords=pixar+shorts+volume+2
I love a B 17 bomber story, here is a good one , a surplus B 17, a guy who couldn't fly one, who wrote bad checks, and couldn't get a permit to move it and build a gas station
In Milwaukie Oregon, on the 99e highway, also known as McLoughlin Blvd, 6 miles south of Portland Oregon. Between I5 and the 205
Above is the "Before" photo referring to the current or recent restoration. Notice the great fluorescent lights under the wings
Below you can see that the nose and cockpit are removed for renovations
Shortly after WWII , Art Lacey went to Kansas to buy a surplus B-17. His idea was to fly it back to Oregon, jack it up in the air and make a gas station out of it.
He paid $15,000 for it. He asked which one was his and they said take whichever you want because there were miles of them. He didn't know how to fly a 4 engine airplane so he read the manual while he taxied around by himself. They said he couldn't take off alone so he put a mannequin in the co-pilot's seat and off he went.
He flew around a bit to get the feel of it and when he went to land he realized he needed a co-pilot to lower the landing gear. He crashed and totaled his plane and another on the ground. They wrote them both off as "wind damaged" and told him to pick out another. He talked a friend into being his co-pilot and off they went.
They flew to Palm Springs where Lacey wrote a hot check for gas then they headed for Oregon. They hit a snow storm and couldn't find their way so they went down below 1,000 feet and followed the railroad tracks. His partner sat in the nose section and would yell, "TUNNEL" when he saw one and Lacey would climb over the mountain.
They landed safely, he made good the hot check he wrote, and they started getting permits to move a B-17 on the state highway. The highway department repeatedly denied his permit and fought him tooth and nail for a long time so late one Saturday night he just moved it himself. He got a $10 ticket from the police for having too wide a load.
The plane weighs 32 tons, is 75' long and has a wingspan of 104'. Mr. Lacey worked on planes during WWII but he was not a great pilot. The gas station opened in 1947, followed by the Bomber Drive-In in 1948. The station started out with five pumps but eventually had 40. Although it closed in 1991, the original family still runs the restaurant and the plane is still on display
just 6 miles South of Downtown Portland on Hwy 99E. Just get on 99E (aka Mcloughlin Blvd.) and head South. About 1/2 mile out of Milwaukie you will see the Big B-17G Bomber. http://www.thebomber.com/
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Parnelli Jones was a van parts supplier in the 70's... who knew? Travis just learned of it and spread the word on his blog
Friday, January 11, 2013
Monday, January 7, 2013
the 70's strike back with a vengeance... the Travolta Fever Firebird... I bet you're laughing. I am
I wonder if this sort of thing embarrasses anyone in the years long after the impulse wears off?
Full gallery at http://flaviendachet.blogspot.de/2011/10/pontiac-travolta-fever-by-george-barris.html
What happened to the ideas about flying cars? Beni Bichof has a design idea. Old Mopars. Why not?
I think he may have decided that the faster you fly, the less cool air flowing into the radiator you need, and more lights are necessary http://flaviendachet.blogspot.de/2012/06/handicapped-cars-by-beni-bischof.html
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Holley Gearhead News caption contest photo
Nicklas wrote: "Toyota Starlet - now with launch-control"
Friday, January 4, 2013
I found a fun photo site the celebrates Americana and the wonder years of the 40's 50's and 60's
How come I've never seen any barber shop with this genius approach to kids haircuts?
How did this train get into this predicatment?
Rare photo of the Honolulu Clipper out of the water, for other Clipper photos http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/04/hawaii-clipper-1930s-photos-from-wj-he.html
For a lot more, stick around here for my selections of the best their photos, or see them all at http://fifties50s.blogspot.com
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