Vintage shots from days gone by!

[LowKat]

[LowKat]

[LowKat]

[lewislynn]

Originally Posted by FritzJr

This is Salem, IL looking South.

If that's looking south you can take a right there onto Hwy 50 straight through Nevada (the loneliest hwy in America), through Carson City, South Lake Tahoe and right into Sacramento.

[lewislynn]

Originally Posted by Captain Freedom

That will never happen, for the same reasons they will won't make an efficient alternatively powered car that looks like a normal vehicle. It would upset the natural order of things.

Besides, cars/toasters/video games/shoes/etc. made today aren't designed to last long. Big timers back in the 50's realized that what they needed to do was re-sale the same products over again to the same buyers. They made things cheaper and were designed to fail, but not so soon that customers would loose faith in the product. This marketing strategy wasn't even kept a secret, and it has evolved today into making everything disposable instead of repairable. Look under a new Buick and tell me how many grease-fittings you see....
The genius mechanics in Cuba couldn't even make these new cars last half as long as they've kept our 50's model cars going.

Those poor geniuses pounding out car parts from scrap iron would give their left nut to drive that new Buick without grease fittings on a real hwy rather than one of their cobbled together pieces of shit they have to drive...Hopefully so would you.

A new Buick without grease fittings that's more efficient, runs cleaner, lasts longer and that could blow the doors off of any of those 50's cars, even when they were new is a sign of our freedom and progress.

A genius having to sit around half naked pounding out car parts for an already piece of shit designed to fail (your words) says more about how far we've come VS his Communist lifestyle than it does about those 50's cars he's working on.

[junkyardjeff]

I would rather work on those old piece of shits then have to pay for a new Buick or pay someone to fix it when the check engine light comes on.

Originally Posted by lewislynn

Those poor geniuses pounding out car parts from scrap iron would give their left nut to drive that new Buick without grease fittings on a real hwy rather than one of their cobbled together pieces of shit they have to drive...Hopefully so would you.

A new Buick without grease fittings that's more efficient, runs cleaner, lasts longer and that could blow the doors off of any of those 50's cars, even when they were new is a sign of our freedom and progress.

A genius having to sit around half naked pounding out car parts for an already piece of shit designed to fail (your words) says more about how far we've come VS his Communist lifestyle than it does about those 50's cars he's working on.

[junkyardjeff]

I wonder how they stopped it when it looks to have no front brakes and I doubt it has trailer brakes and then add the weight of it fully loaded,then add a non syncro trans on top of it.

Originally Posted by LowKat

[1935Ron]

just something about this picture......made my day

[NITROFC]

[Flatheadguy]

Originally Posted by JonnyAce

Lucky. The only thing I ever got that came remotely close to that was a Lionel train set when I was ten. And what do you mean "bomb"? The only way a steam engine becomes a bomb is when you keep feeding the fire and making more steam without releasing it in some way.

You just answered your question. Keep in mind that this "toy" was given to a 5 year old. Yes, I had great instruction on how to operate it safely, but...a 5 year old!! It was driven into my head that I HAD to release steam or.......
KABOOM!! As I said, never would be sold today for a child to operate.

[39cent]

Originally Posted by jonnyace

lucky. The only thing i ever got that came remotely close to that was a lionel train set when i was ten. And what do you mean "bomb"? The only way a steam engine becomes a bomb is when you keep feeding the fire and making more steam without releasing it in some way.

exactly

[raceron1120]

YIKES!!! Put a set of jackstands under it QUICK ! !

Gotta teach 'em safety early.

Originally Posted by NITROFC

[raceron1120]

Hmm, One workin', & three bossin'. . . Can anyone else relate??

Originally Posted by LowKat

[plym_46]

And one DIVA sittin the back waitin and waiting and waitin.........^^^^^

[39cent]

Originally Posted by jonnyace

lucky. The only thing i ever got that came remotely close to that was a lionel train set when i was ten. And what do you mean "bomb"? The only way a steam engine becomes a bomb is when you keep feeding the fire and making more steam without releasing it in some way.

exactly

[moTthediesel]

Originally Posted by JonnyAce

Lucky. The only thing I ever got that came remotely close to that was a Lionel train set when I was ten. And what do you mean "bomb"? The only way a steam engine becomes a bomb is when you keep feeding the fire and making more steam without releasing it in some way.

Well, that could be one way, but it's not the most common way to cause a boiler explosion. The most frequent cause of full-on boiler explosions in locomotives was when the water level was allowed to get too low, thereby uncovering the "fire" or "crown" sheet over the combustion area. At that point you're in real trouble, as the sheet will quickly overheat and lose strength. So just add water? Not so easy -- add feed water then and when the water hits the red-hot steel it immediately (and EXPLOSIVELY) will "flash" to steam. The results of that could be spectacular, and deadly.

Like this:

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/30105...image215-2.jpg

That's why even for small engines like this to be used in amusement parks, they had to be operated by licensed engineers.

"Hey kid, let's see your license --"

[Flatheadguy]

Originally Posted by moTthediesel

Well, that could be one way, but it's not the most common way to cause a boiler explosion. The most frequent cause of full-on boiler explosions in locomotives was when the water level was allowed to get too low, thereby uncovering the "fire" or "crown" sheet over the combustion area. At that point you're in real trouble, as the sheet will quickly overheat and lose strength. So just add water? Not so easy -- add feed water then and when the water hits the red-hot steel it immediately (and EXPLOSIVELY) will "flash" to steam. The results of that could be spectacular, and deadly.

Like this:

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/30105...image215-2.jpg

That's why even for small engines like this to be used in amusement parks, they had to be operated by licensed engineers.

"Hey kid, let's see your license --"

All very well understood. You do realize that this was almost 60 years ago? "Licensed Engineers"? For what it is worth, this was not in an amusement park It waw on our farm. 365 acres. (smiling) Think what it was like 60 years ago. We had lead based paint...no seat belts in cars...rode motorcycles with no helmets...palyed with real chemistry sets.... and so much more. Sure, we lost a few kids every now and then, but that was thinning the gene pool. (joke!!) It was a different world back then. I wonder how many who reply in a negative fashion to this posting are under the age of 50 and do not know what it was like back then. That was when each person took total responsibility for their actions and safety. Parents actually taught their children to behave and how to avoid danger. Ah, the days of no video games. We actually played baseball ...real time.

[JustplainJ]

Originally Posted by LowKat

Camel toe anyone....

[JustplainJ]

Originally Posted by LowKat

Bobby's right she does have bigger tits then me......

[396skip]

My Dad laying on the fender of the old Chev, the gal by the 33 Chev Coupe is our cook at our Ballroom in Kimball,she turns 85 on April 2nd....and My Grandpa Earl by his gas station in 1959