1964 Cars, Bikes Trains and Planes
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Seen recently beside a garage repair lot. Seems it was found stored in a barn for 30 years or more. It was classic family road trip car, a Chevy Impala Station Wagon. The bullet holes? no one knows!
Located at the northern end of Monterey Bay, Santa Cruz Harbor is a haven for fishing craft and vessels. A harbor light, located at the west jetty, has marked its entrance for forty years. The original light was a box light structure which served from 1964 – 1996. It was replaced by a cylinder nicknamed “the water heater” which was used from 1996 – 1999. From 1999 until May 2002, a simple pipe structure held the light which marked the way into the harbor.
In 1998, the Santa Cruz community, under the leadership of Bill Simpkins and Jim Thoits, proposed replacing the unsightly harbor light with a lighthouse of classic design, adding a little more character to a community renowned for its characters. Fundraising efforts began in earnest, and with the contributions of many people, including a major donation from Charles Walton of Los Gatos, enough money was raised to begin construction of the new lighthouse in 2001.
The lighthouse, designed by Mark Mesiti-Miller and constructed by Devcon Construction, Inc., stands 41 ½ feet tall above the level of the west jetty, and 59 ½ feet above the mean low water mark. It weighs 350,000 pounds and is built to withstand a quarter million pounds of wave energy.
The construction began with a cylindrical inner core which houses electrical equipment and a circular staircase of forty-two steps which lead to the top of the lighthouse. Surrounding the inner core is a network of reinforcement rods, onto which “shotcrete” was blown and then hand-troweled to form the conical shape. These shotcrete walls are 4 ½ feet thick at the base. Finally, a durable weatherproof white finish was applied to the exterior of the lighthouse and a copper roofed lantern room topped it all off.
On June 9, 2002, the new harbor lighthouse was dedicated, and the signal, a green light flashing every four seconds at a focal plane of thirty-six feet, was activated. It is named the Walton Lighthouse, in honor of Mr. Charles Walton’s late brother, Derek, who served in the merchant marines and was lost at sea during World War II.
1964 Pontiac GTO on display at the Plant City Strawberry Classic Cruise-In in Historic Downtown Plant City in Hillsborough County Florida U.S.A.
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Always loved the early Buick Riviera design. This one was on display at the Blacktop Nationals event in Wichita quite a few years ago. The owner was nowhere to be found or I would have had him close the hood so I could get a clean shot of the nose and its fabulous paint job. The Riviera cost $4385 in 1964, which would be the equivalent of $42,118 today. I've seen several for sale on the Hemmings website for around $29,000 to $49,000 recently.
I snapped this back in 2016, its still in the same spot, th reg was ACD134B which now shows up as being the reg for an MG Midget....
38ème Salon champenois du véhicule de collection
Parc des Expositions
Reims (51), France.
Video: youtu.be/l2WbctvJfWk
Immer Mittwochs und Sonntags fährt Medway einen Zementzug von Gaia-Devesas nach Godim und zurück. Eine der Stammloks des Zuges ist die Lok 1964, die letzte betriebsfähig erhaltene Maschine der portugiesischen Baureihe 1960.
Mit Mercadorias 50232 Godim - Gaia-Devesas ist die 1979 in Kanada gebaute Lok kurz hinter ihrem Startbahnhof unterwegs und beschleunigt mit beachtlichem Sound zu ihrer Fahrt entlang des Douro an die Atlantikküste.
For my video; youtu.be/Nay7Ap7PjB0,
Vintage Car Club of Canada, Vancouver Chapter,
VCCC Easter Gathering,
April 17, 2022,
Trev Deeley's, parking lot,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada