What I always called a carbon arc. I’ve got a couple around here somewhere. I’ll dig up a picture. I’ve had tremendous trouble getting pictures on here, lately.Fifty years from now..., I think I would agree.
By the way...., look what I found!
1945 Flying Wright Cyclone 18 ad
1945 Flying Wright cutaway ad
Electric torch, or carbon arc. This one is from the 1960s, I’ll guessing.People might laugh at the 30 day lubrication interval, not me. My wife has run paper routes since 1989, and needs a full LOF every 25 days. One Toyota, two Fords, one Pontiac, three Subarus, one Kia, three Nissans, one Cadillac, and two Hondas later, she has a well earned retirement coming on 3/31/24, and I have enough data points that I will never, ever, ever buy another American-made vehicle.
Found this today, 20 pages of tips. WTF is an “electric torch”??
Do you have a Karmann Ghia?For fans of old Gedore tools:
Text at the bottom right: Better customer service with Gedore tools
(I have this old edition because of an article on the VW Karmann Ghia)
First plane I ever flew in was a Connie, from this airport......when I was growing up we would go down to the airport on Sundays after church for lunch, the restaurant was on the upper floor and you could walk out onto a patio on the roof and watch the planes take off and land.My wife and I used to live in a loft that overlooked the old downtown "Municipal Airport" which now houses an aviation museum. Maybe the pride of their collection is a completely original TWA Connie. I always enjoyed seeing it take off or landing. Very distinctive sound that I instantly recognize if it's in the air.
Sounds like John Wayne airport in Orange County, CA, special takeoff plan in the evening/ night to avoid annoying the neighbors underneath. Really a thrill ride some days, they stand on it while on the brakes (power braking when I was a teenager), pop the brakes, then at some elevation, level off and throttle back to nothing.
Sorry, later in the day, evenings and such, edited for clarity.
On the floor by the doorway of the shop in that illustration there's a wooden box with 'Coopers Dipping Powder' written on it. The boxes like that contained 2 metal tins of powder..Early 1900's sheep dip advert.
The humble ancestor of the Nissan Titan. Can you imagine hauling around 2000# with 60 hp?
We’re doing some remodeling and found this postcard from the local Full O Pep feed dealer sent in 1946.Did anyone else notice in the above blurb, that this Nissan had "All Standard SAE fittings - no special tools needed" listed as one of the savings?
Great actual example!
I never knew. That would never go here in Ky. Or maybe it was a delicacy back in the day. Very intriguing to do some more research. Thanks.
I have one of those wooden grates with Heinz marks on it. Growing up near Pittsburg I grew up on their Ketchup.
1902 Heinz advertisement
I guess it doesn't surprise me. People are doing a lot more tragic things to draw attention to themselves. I am sure they are getting a lot of attention. The one blogger even records how many people have to verify like I have done.And now the real ad.
Many a word spoken in jest is true they say..
