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Thanks for the answers guys, This helps a lot. Kurt O.
Helping a buddy try and research some history on a car. Besides California, did any other states register cars against the engine number? This...
I have a metal case Twinmaster under my desk here. They aren't that modern, late '50s, early '60s. It's just a variation on a taxi meter. Parts...
Now all you need is a Halda Twinmaster or a Speedpilot. Kurt O.
I've met and talked to Jay a number of times. He's the real deal. A total gearhead who just happens to be talented and somewhat wealthy. One time...
I remember reading something awhile ago that really rang true. "Technology used to be expensive and skilled labor was cheap. Now it's reversed". I...
When I was a young'un, I worked with some of the guys who did work like this. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] Kurt O.
You might like to look at this thread on another site that I post to: http://forums.autosport.com/index.php?showtopic=84751 Some very talented...
I am a traditionally trained Technical Illustrator. Made my living doing illustrations for tech manuals in aerospace until about 1985 when I was...
That is the exact model of wagon we had when I was a kid. Dad bought it brand new in Indiana and drove the family out to Cali in it. Every one in...
That kind of looks like a grill for a Woodill Wildfire. Kurt O.
Well, actually a blimp is a dirigible. A dirigible is defined as a lighter than air craft which is powered and can be steered. The word dirigible...
Do you mean "The White Bird" (L'Oiseau Blanc)? Nungesser and Coli's plane that disappeared two weeks before Lindbergh's flight. Kurt O....
A couple of snap shots my Dad took as a teenager. This is either the USS Akron or the USS Macon flying over his house in Cuyahoga Falls, OH....
Thanks, I didn't know that. You learn something everyday on the HAMB! Kurt O.
Like someone already mentioned, it has radial engines, so not a Lancaster. I think this may be a Handley Page Halifax. Kurt O.
Fiberfab Avenger, probably VW based.
[IMG] My wife says this is my good side.
Those are great photos! I loved Riverside. I first went for the '72 Can-am and went to dozens of races after right up until it closed. Took...
I know what you mean. Just need to find a little time...... [IMG]
Doane Spencer.
That's a resonator guitar, also known as a Dobro. Kurt O.
I graduated in 1974, North Hollywood High School. The girls were just drop dead gorgeous, too bad I was just a dork. Cool old cars were relatively...
Our first "family car" was a 55 Chevy Bel Air Wagon we bought in 1989. It was fun for awhile but we finally broke down and got a new Astro van...
You mean this one...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlPfilnRDuI Although, not a 456, not even a Ferrari. It was a 6.9 Mercedes with the sound...
Back in the mid-60s we visited my Dad's favorite uncle whom I was named after. He was a retired blacksmith who lived in the little town of...
You'd be surprised how many people know nothing of or have no wish to have anything to do with computers. Lots of people will only deal face to...
Please place your tray tables and seat backs in an upright position.......... [IMG] Kurt O.
Just a note about McQueen and Revson at Sebring. Whenever that race is mentioned it is always about how McQueen finished second. Fact is, McQueen...
I've been a big McQueen fan for a long time. However, like someone mentioned he did very little of the actual driving in Bullitt or Great Escape....
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