Neptune Racing Team! Aust. early sixties. Mckeon(?)Cortina. Norm Beechy,Holden EH S4 and Peter Manton,Mini Cooper S. They provided spectacular circuit racing back then.
This pic is a real inspiration. Last dozen years I was spoiled by what I had at my shop: lift, lathe, mill, welders, etc. Now I am here in PT I have an enclosed garage a bit smaller than what this guy has and hand tools. Does not look like it even slowed this guy down...
Hello, Our 1940’ early tract home Craftsman Home had a small attached wash basin to the tiny kitchen. It was a part of the back of the house enclosed porch. The concrete basin had two deep sinks and on one side our mom attached the roller squeeze laundry machine. At first it was funny to see the flat clothes come out of the machine as our mom pushed the crank around, until the clothes came out. Then, I would put the flat clothes on a table until she was finished with the load that was being washed. Our dad’s clothes were washed first and then when they all came out of the machine, we took them outside to hang on the coated wires to dry. Some used wooden clothes pins, so as not to get the metal pins rust on the clothes. Eventually, those metal pins were thrown away as more wooden pins were bought at the store. I remember that on rainy days, one part of the garage was used to hang those still :wrung-out" clothes. But, if there was room in the tiny wash basin porch, it was wall to wall hanging clothes. very little water dripped as it was squeezed out with the funky machine. i got to turn it many times as part of the day's activities. Jnaki After we moved to a larger house 700 to 900 sq.ft. then add in a new study for 1100 total sq. ft. was like night and day. My mom stayed in that house from 1953 until 1998. But the whole time, the original roller water dryer/squeegee, was clamped onto the new dual concrete sinks in the garage. It was next to an open car space until we could start driving in a couple of years. So, our mom used that space to do the laundry. The concrete floor of the garage, on that side was spic and span. She did not want any clothes to drop on the floor after using the roller water remover. It was so clean we could “eat lunch” off of the garage floor… As soon as my brother got his first car, the roller squeegee mechanism had to be removed and moved to the sink that was farther back. It took up valuable car space in the tiny 2 car garage. Our dad’s big Buick sedans took up a huge amount and the Oldsmobile and then Impala had to be inches away from the concrete sink. If we parked too close to our dad’s Buick, we had to crawl out of the driver’s side window to get out. Note: If and when I washed the 58 Impala at home, I used a soft cotton cloth to wash with water. Then I used the old chamois skin cloth to dry the water spots. It is/was the best for soaking up the water. The next step was to use the roller/squeegee machine and the chamois skin cloth was dry and ready for the next portion of the car's surface. The rollers made the chamois totally dry, much dryer than a pair of hands twisting the water out. If there were any "things" still on the surface, the chamois cloth could be rinsed our and run through the rollers again. YRMV
Traffic Court On Wheels: This photo first appeared in the Ogden Standard Examiner on August 15, 1926. This roadside court was used for approximately a year in Inglewood.
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