Interesting photos I have run across.

[pflaming]

. . . So then what happened was that these poor kids cars were often built with "borrowed" spare parts thus the name "hot rod"! Well. . . That's one version. Another version is that after that poor kid in that bucket car smoked the rich kid car in a night race, the chicks changed cars and now the hot chick is sitting in the the bucket car and the name " hot car" took on a double meaning.

The up shot of all this was that the rich kid, who couldn't build any thing, went to Harvard, became a politician and got even wealthier while the poor kid built skyscrapers and is finally impacting "politics" as we've known it.

IF perchance you have read this far, I have coastal and foothill property 4 sail, out here on the left coast!

[pflaming]

When the Amish lad pushed the tractor rear wheels up off the pavement, with the three point hitch, the truck axle and the pto became rear axle! , ! , clever.

Edited March 18, 2016 by pflaming

[Plymouthy Adams]

. . . So then what happened was that these poor kids cars were often built with "borrowed" spare parts thus the name "hot rod"! Well. . . That's one version. Another version is that after that poor kid in that bucket car smoked the rich kid car in a night race, the chicks changed cars and now the hot chick is sitting in the the bucket car and the name " hot car" took on a double meaning.

The up shot of all this was that the rich kid, who couldn't build any thing, went to Harvard, became a politician and got even wealthier while the poor kid built skyscrapers and is finally impacting "politics" as we've known it.

IF perchance you have read this far, I have coastal and foothill property 4 sail, out here on the left coast!

could use of the 4 sail      is one about 13 x 9   hopefully Dacron

[pflaming]

Cash only on left coast property "sails"!!!!!

[Plymouthy Adams]

BS meter pegged for the day

[pflaming]

Above is not BS, documented in Wikipedia!

[Plymouthy Adams]

tractor would require external mounted rams on the 3 point for such feat...3 points are normally gravity down, power lift..

[pflaming]

Not so on the large tractors. Will do my research to make certain but modern equipment, such as minimum til seeders require controlled depths and skip loaders also require two way hydraulics.

[Plymouthy Adams]

you made you reply general to the hot rod era..lets not start throwing new modern huge four wheel drive tractors that can drag a house around behind them

[pflaming]

My reply was to creative transportation, the Amish boys as an example. Minneapolis Moline made a tractor car which would go 30+ mph on the road.

 

Dad did not have the car model but did have the 30 mph model. In hindsight, that was a dangerous tractor at 30 mph, yet we used that 5th gear as often as we could.

 

 

 

 

[Jeff Balazs]

There was a time when the only way a young man could have any car to drive, was to build one from junk parts. I give them a lot more credit for their creativity and persistance than others do. These shade tree mechanics may well have provided more changes in the automotive industry than the perfectionist engineers did.

 

I applaud the rat rodder, the customizer, the 'get it back on the road' enthusiast, and the perfectionist. None has more leverage than the other. The Mennonite boys in Ohio and other places could not drive a car, so they put a truck rear axle on the three point hitch of their tractors and powered it from the PTO shaft. Now that is a CAR ENTHUSIAST!.

Paul;

While they may have got their contraptions to move under their own power most were definitely not better than what the factories produced. If you had ever owned a real 50's era hot rod you would know what death traps most really were. And this is true of at least 99% of the cobbled together stuff. It might go fast......but some "nasty surprise" can almost always be found to negate all that hard work. Just because someone is creative.....doesn't mean their creation is good or even appropriate.

If you want to understand the real refinement of automotive design and manufacturing you need to look more closely at the real automotive engineers that have shaped things as we know it. And if you want to look to outsiders that have contributed heavily......... much has come to us from the aeronautical boys.

 

Jeff

[Plymouthy Adams]

my tractor of the era, Ford 9N had the Simpson two speed transfer case built in...fly down the road it did with what safety the tractor brakes did allow...as PTO did not over run from the factory, any PTO implement or driven aux axle speed of that era tractor rendered the brakes worthless... if PTO driven, you best have an aux over run clutch on the output shaft

[pflaming]

Jeff and Tim, I agree with most. I had a 37 Ford V8 with mechanical brakes. it was the scariest car I have ever driven. Would like to have it back now.

 

Well enough of this, got to get Phoenix ready for the drive to the BBQ. Have a good one, if not that then maybe a cold one!

[Don Coatney]

Can anyone name this car?

 

 

 

[Don Coatney]

[Niel Hoback]

I name that car "Betsy".

[Plymouthy Adams]

that is the elusive Knickershot 6

[oldodge41]

"Betsy" may be a camel toe roadster. LOL

[Don Coatney]

[pflaming]

Interesting history of Dunkin Donuts all new to me.

 

Dunkin' Donuts is an American global doughnut company and coffeehouse chain based in Canton, Massachusetts, in Greater Boston. It was founded in 1950 by William Rosenberg in Quincy, Massachusetts.^[2] Since its founding, the company has grown to become one of the largest coffee and baked goods chains in the world, with more than 11,300 restaurants in 36 countries.^[3][4] The chain's products include doughnuts, bagels, other baked goods, and a wide variety of hot and iced beverages.^[5][6]

Before 1990, Dunkin' Donuts' primary competitor was Mister Donut, but in February of that year Mister Donut was acquired by Dunkin' Donuts' owner Allied-Lyons.^[7] After the acquisition of Mister Donut by Allied-Lyons, all Mister Donut stores in North America were offered the chance to change their name to Dunkin' Donuts.^[7]

As of 2014, Dunkin' Donuts is owned by Dunkin' Brands Inc., which also owns Baskin-Robbins and previously owned the Togo's chain.

[Plymouthy Adams]

Overpriced fat food chain....

[Ulu]

[Niel Hoback]

Now that's funny ! Don't believe anything that dog says.

[DonaldSmith]

Milton Berle had a schtick where someone would scold someone else, and would say "Look ashamed!"  

The dog and those guys would qualify for the "Look ashamed" look. 

[JBNeal]

Tucker Torpedo on display for the masses