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mats were hanging in the box. Needed to pull the distributor box bar and dress the end of the bar point that allows one mat at a time out onto the distributor bar. Dressed down .002", mats now march out of the box in time.
There are still meat distributors in the Meatpacking District, 800 block of Washington Street, below the south end of the High Line.
Didn’t look much like a championship race car to me……….but sometime looks can be slightly deceiving. Read on……….
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1961 Arnolt-Bristol Bolide Roadster
With the American automotive industry concentrating on family cars after the Second World War, the country's sports car enthusiasts were forced to turn to imports. Stanley Harold 'Wacky' Arnolt picked up on this trend and was one of the first American distributors for MG. Not only did he sell factory built cars, but he also had Bertone a custom body fitted to the MG chassis creating the Arnolt MG. He believed that the mix of Italian styling and British mechanicals would be very popular. If the Arnolt hybrids had not already proven this assumption, the Aston Martins of the late 1950s and 1960s sure did.
Arnolt had ordered 200 chassis and bodies, but MG could only deliver 100 TC chassis before they switched to a newer model. To make good on his agreement with Bertone, in which Arnolt had invested considerably to get production started, he turned to another upcoming British manufacturer to supply him with a chassis for the remaining bodies. After building thousands of planes in the War, Bristol had turned to car production shortly after and were very interested in Arnolt's huge order. A unique combination of a shorter 404 chassis with a 403 drivetrain was made available for the ambitious American.
The heart of the Bristol road cars was the old, but sturdy BMW 328 six cylinder engine. This engine was first used in the England in the Frazer Nash badged 328s before the War and would be used into the 1960s. Bristol tuned the engine to produce over 130 bhp, which was a power increase of 50 bhp over the original unit. For this sporty chassis Arnolt had Bertone's Franco Scaglione pen a new roadster body. At the 1953 London Motor Show the new Arnolt Bristol was unveiled and received universal acclaim.
There were three different versions available; the stripped down 'Bolide' racer, the luxurious 'Deluxe' road car and a coupe. Only a handful of the coupes were built, a fraction of the 142 car production run. It is believed that most of the cars were assembled in 1954 and 1955 with production pretty much ending in 1958, but one car kept for spares was sold to its first owner as late as 1968. In a fire at the Chicago headquarters at least 12 cars were destroyed, but around half of the remaining examples are estimated to have survived.
Whereas the Deluxe Roadster was equipped with Connolly leather upholstery, a proper windscreen and full weather production, the stripped down Bolide was as bare as it got. Mechanically these two were virtually identical and the Bolide's racing successes throughout North America showcased the road car's potential. Among the many victories a 1-2-4 finish in the two litre class in 1955 Sebring 12 Hours is one of many highlights.
The featured Arnolt Bolide was sold to a Chicago based racer. He campaigned the car well into the 1960s on the East Coast of the United States. After its racing career it was stored for over thirty years. In 1996 the car finally found a new owner. He subjected the car to complete cosmetic and mechanical restoration. The Arnolt was brought to full racing specification and has since been actively campaigned in many historic events in Europe. It is pictured above at one such occasion, during the 2008 Goodwood Revival Meeting.
I, on the other hand, recorded this car at the British Car Fest at Harper Junior College in 2023.
Engine
Configuration Bristol / BMW BS1MK2 Straight 6
Location Front, longitudinally mounted
Displacement 1,971 cc / 120.3 cu in
Bore / Stroke 66.0 mm (2.6 in) / 96.0 mm (3.8 in)
Compression 9.0:1
Valvetrain 2 valves / cylinder, OHV
Fuel feed 3 Solex 32 BI Carburettors
Aspiration Naturally Aspirated
Power 132 bhp / 98 kW @ 5,500 rpm
Torque 174 Nm / 128 ft lbs @ 5,000 rpm
BHP/Liter 67 bhp / liter
Drivetrain
Chassis steel body on ladder frame
Front suspension wishbones, semi-elliptic leaf springs, hydraulic shock absorbers, anti-roll bar
Rear suspension rigid axle, torsion bars, semi-elliptic leaf springs, hydraulic shock absorbers
Brakes drums, all-round
Gearbox 4 speed Manual
Drive Rear wheel drive
Dimensions
Weight 991 kilo / 2,185 lbs
Length / Width / Height 4,242 mm (167 in) / 1,727 mm (68 in) / 1,117 mm (44 in)
Wheelbase / Track (fr/r) 2,443 mm (96.2 in) / 1,318 mm (51.9 in) / 1,372 mm (54 in)
Performance figures
Power to weight 0.13 bhp / kg
Top Speed 175 km/h (109 mph)
0-60 mph 8.6 s
Auctions - Past sales
2022 RM Sotheby's Monterey ($329,500)
2022 Bonhams Les Grandes Marques a Monaco (€287,500)
2021 Bonhams The Scottsdale Auction ($224,000)
2018 Bonhams The Bond Street Sale (£264,500)
2018 RM Sotheby's Amelia Island ($401,000)
Source: Ultimatecarpage
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Peterbilt 379 with 40/20 fuel tanker doubles belonging to Farm Supply Distributors Inc. of Enterprise, OR on I-84 near The Dalles, OR in December 2014.
Nov. 2012 - The site of a future collector-distributor lane alongside I-5 at the Skookumchuck River.
View from Darling Harbour. Pentax ME Super; Pentax M135mm 3.5; Yellow K2 filter; Ilford FP4 125; Epsom V550.
Utility Warehouse Distributors from Swindon and Chippenham doing a Win A Mini Free Prize Draw event at the Chippenham Street Fayre on Monday 4th June 2012.
I needed a distributor to make 'spark' for my engine creations. This is the most compact arrangement I could come up with.
The request for "Gary sharing the oils with one distributor." I don't believe I have such an image.
I thought this might work.
Images to illustrate "Company/Mission"; idea of community, distributors sharing with each other and others.
I'm not sure what exactly Simms once distributed. They haven't been in business for many years, but their sign is still visible from the alley behind their former location.
You can find more of my photography on my web site:
Images to illustrate "Company/Mission"; idea of community, distributors sharing with each other and others.
Gary Young - Young Living Essential Oils founder, takes a moment to talk to members of the Silver Club.
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Alamat :
Jl Raya Pluit Selatan no 5
Jakarta 14450
Ph : 021 669 4524
Fax : 021 6694834
Info : 0811 887 012
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Truck : Volvo VNM with beverage deliver 1-axle semi-trailer
Company : Manhattan Beer Distributors from Bronx, NYC
Date : 13/08/2016
Location : Manhattan NYC
A LONG PARTNERSHIP
Downtown Hardware Knows It Can Rely on House Hasson Wholesale Hardware
Sometimes luck and good fortune can be combined with hard work and determination, and can lead to astonishing moments of success. That was the recent experience of Roger Clary and Ann Clary Bratton, a brother-sister team who own Downtown Hardware in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
When the second-generation owners of the 57-year-old business learned this past spring that a new Ace Hardware store was opening up less than three miles away, they were a little nervous. They already faced a Home Depot store three miles the other direction and they were still waiting for business to rebound from the sluggish economy.
Their luck was about to change. They learned that their store was going to be the subject of Oak Ridge’s first cash mob in March. They had already been talking to House Hasson Wholesale Hardware about doing a store reset, but this bit of good fortune created a more immediate need.
“We had been planning to do a truckload sale and Allen Winn made arrangements for us to get the truck in early. Kim Gibbs helped us with fliers and a banner sign,” says Roger. “They really worked with us to make sure we had plenty of merchandise, and everyone at House Hasson Wholesale Hardware bent over backwards to help us.”
Four generations of family members were on hand to help customers on the day of the cash mob, which received TV coverage from all three networks. They handed out free soda, water and cookies to a crowd that was standing room only for two hours. “It was the biggest sales day in our store’s history,” says Ann, with triple the usual traffic and sales quadrupled. “The news went out Thursday night, so we were mobbed some on Friday and some more on Monday.”
“We had the big House Hasson Wholesale Hardware truck parked out front for a couple of weeks, which created a sense of excitement with our customers,” says Roger. “The cash mob happened a month before the new Ace store opened, so we were able to gain some important publicity.”
Although the store has a lot of long-time customers, the cash mob—which was sponsored by the Young Professionals of Oak Ridge—helped introduce the business to some younger customers. “We’ve seen some of those customers return and heard a lot of comments like ‘We didn’t know you were here.’ We want to support other small businesses, so we help promote the other cash mobs they hold here,” Ann says.
The cash mob was a nice burst of excitement, but Roger and Ann knew they needed to do something to create a more lasting boost to the business. They continued talking with David Helfenberger and their House Hasson Wholesale Hardware sales rep, Ed Grady, to plan a store reset that would position their business for success in the face of the new competition.
“They knew how Ace merchandises their stores, so they were able to tailor our merchandise accordingly,” says Ann. “Rick Parker came and shopped our store and gave us a four-page checklist of improvements to make. Roger prioritized the list and we started doing those improvements.”
They took Rick’s suggestion and agreed to have store merchandisers spend two weeks fine-tuning their assortments and cleaning up their merchandise displays. No part of the store was untouched, and the improvements have been dramatic.
A Tradition of Loyalty
Ann and Roger’s father, Tom Clary, along with Ed Wayman, opened Downtown Hardware in 1955 in what was a new shopping center in Oak Ridge. The store stayed in that original location for 37 years. One of the employees from that first year, Parlee Mitchell, just recently retired at the age of 93 after working nearly 57 years for the store.
Although they had been buying a little from House Hasson Wholesale Hardware, they mainly bought from Belknap Hardware until that wholesaler went out of business in 1986. They followed their salesman over to House Hasson Wholesale Hardware and have developed a deep sense of mutual trust since then.
Downtown Hardware’s current location used to be the lawn and garden section of an old Kmart. “House Hasson Wholesale Hardware helped us so that we closed the old location one day and opened here the next day. We didn’t lose any sales. They helped us move and made it affordable for us,” says Roger. “We couldn’t have done it without their help.”
“When House Hasson Wholesale Hardware did the first store set, we had looked around and considered who might be able to help us. This time we didn’t consider anyone else,” says Ann. “We know we can depend on them for whatever we need. You build that trust and you find it throughout the company. They hold the same values we do. We don’t want to be a number and they know their customers.”
Roger gives an example of a simple thing House Hasson did that made a dramatic difference in their business. “Rick Parker came to the store and saw that we hadn’t changed the outdoor lawn and garden area much. He suggested we go up and put in pallet racking. We looked into that and it was expensive, but Don Phillips (vice president-operations) had access to some pallet racking at a fair price. We were able to triple the amount of merchandise we had on display and we’ve greatly boosted our sales per square foot in lawn and garden,” he says.
The store reset better positions Downtown Hardware to have what customers want, when they want it. “As a retailer we have to take advantage of what we do good. You have to work at it every day, but we know we’ve got House Hasson Wholesale Hardware on our side,” says Ann. “In the age of computers it’s nice to have a salesman here regularly. Ed will get answers for us or find products we need from other customers.”
Roger looks forward to attending the markets. “It’s an opportunity to see other dealers, get ideas and learn hands-on about the new items.” More importantly, he likes that there are no mandatory programs to participate in or add-ons to cut into his profits. “Being Trustworthy and Priced Right Everyday!® lets us retain our independence while still providing a brand identity. We like the freedom of choosing what will work in Oak Ridge,” he adds.