TREND AUTO CAR: 12/26/10

Minggu, 26 Desember 2010

airplane, Gas

I'd love to go see these gas stations with fighter planes and bombers

Above and below are the same place, six miles south of Portland Oregon the above is in Everett WashingtonFrom http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=920...

airplane, celebrity, Cord, Military, NASA

Cool airplanes interest almost everyone.

22.11

I wasn't sure what the aircraft on the ground was (above it you see the B52 that it used for piggy back rides to test altitude) , but 3 readers used the comment feature to let me know it was the Northrop HL 10, used to do flight research on aircraft design for unpowered reentry from space, utilizing the speed of falling to create lift for...

Harley, Harley Davidson, Indian, Motorcycle, sidecars, vintage

Early Harleys and Indians

22.01

The above Indian riders were relay riding from New York to San Fran, and I notice there are no front brakes. read about it here: http://www.shorpy.com/node/9225?size=_original from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=920...

advertising, commercial

The "Good Humor" truck... well made specific application cab

21.43

from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=920...

humor, informative, trivia

Reasons horses towed cars... cars got stuck easy, horses pulled them out... but did you know Nantucket outlawed cars from 1900 to 1918?

21.36

This is an interesting example of another reason on Wikipedia: "Clinton Folger's "Horsemobile" delivering mail, on South Beach Street, at Hayden's Hot Sea Bathhouse entrance.For nearly twenty years, from 1900 to 1918, Nantucket was the only place in the nation that successfully fought encroachment of the automobile within its limits. Opposing...