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(The glass is from the Swedish glass manufacturer Kosta, and their series Kent - it once belonged to my grand-parents. And I got a new camera lens at Christmas, so now I can take real close-ups.)
MP15DCs 251 & 252 with TE47-4E 253 rebuilt from Alco S-4 208 by Morrison-Knudson @ St Louis, Mo. (800157)*
Kodachrome by Jim Strain
The blog continues, In Search Of Americana On The Sprocket Rocket.
Black & White photos, some musings & a little guitar picking.
Conrail OI-12 shoves down the ex-CNJ Manufacturers Branch to swap cars at Benjamin Moore at the end of the spur. Benjamin Moore is one of three customers left on the Manufacturers Branch; the other two being Allied Plastics and Atlas Refinery.
Wikipedia: The Studebaker Champion is an automobile which was produced by the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, Indiana, from the beginning of the 1939 model year until 1958. It was a full-size car in its first three generations and a mid-size car in its fourth and fifth generation models, serving as the junior model to the Commander.
St. Louis Car Museum: With the anticipation of the World War II effort to begin, all automotive manufacturers ceased civilian production early into 1942 to focus production on military equipment and supplies. Production of cars and trucks halted on February 10, 1942. Approximately 300 vehicles built up to this period at Studebaker were reserved by the US Government to be utilized only for the Civil Defense Auxiliary and the New York Police Department. To conserve material, the usually chromed components were instead painted. These special vehicles were recorded with Studebaker as Deluxe Champion Model 90 “Black Out” Coupes and Sedans.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studebaker_Champion
www.stlouiscarmuseum.com/vehicles/1149/1942-studebaker-ch...
The mildly famous enginehouse and shop complex of the former Manufacturers Railway in St Louis no longer houses the attractive forest-green switchers it once did, but is being kept busy doing contract work on lease fleet units for new (as of 2011) owner Foster Townsend Rail Logistics. Inside is former CSX 4679.
Manufacturer: Learjet.
Operator USAF Europe, 76AS, 86AW.
Type - Learjet 35A/C-21A (84-0096)
Location: Gibraltar International Airport.
Comments: Climbing out of Gibraltar over the Mediterranean Sea.on a Navigational Flight.
MP15DC's 251 & 252 (the 253 is a former Alco S2 #208 rebuilt by MK), eastbound on the MacArthur Bridge in St Louis, Mo, Note the trainman in 253 waving his hat. (800130)*
Kodachrome by Jim Strain
Manufacturer: FIAT S.p.A. / Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (FIAT), Turin, Italy
Type: 500C Topolino
Production time: mid-year 1949 - mid-year 1954
Production outlet: 376,370
Engine: 569cc straight-4 OHV FIAT code 500C
Power: 16.5 bhp / 4.400 rpm
Torque: 29.5 Nm / 2.900 rpm
Drivetrain: rear wheels
Speed: 92 km/h
Curb weight: 580 kg
Wheelbase: 78.7 inch
Chassis: X-shaped profile frame / chassis (with holes for weight savings) with longitudinal beams and cross bracing and a separate steel body
Steering: adjusting screw and helical wheel via central screw with the control rod for each of the front wheels
Gearbox: four-speed manual / III and IV synchronized / floor shifter
Clutch: single dry plate disc
Carburettor: Weber 22 DRS or Solex 22 IAC-4
Fuel tank: 21 liter
Electric system: Marelli 12 Volts 38 Ah
Ignition system: distributor and coil
Brakes front: hydraulic drums
Brakes rear: hydraulic drums
Suspension front: independent single lower wishbones, lower triangular cross-bars, upper cross-leaf spring, transverse leaf springs + hydraulic telescopic dampers
Suspension rear: beam axle, sway bar, transverse semi-elliptic leaf springs + hydraulic telescopic dampers
Rear axle: live
Differential: spiral bevel 4.875:1
Wheels: 15 inch steel discs
Tires: 4.25-15
Special:
- In 1930, the Duce had called the senator of the Kingdom of Italy Giovanni Agnelli to inform him of the "absolute necessity" to motorize Italians with a cheap car that did not exceed the cost of 5,000 lire.
- The base “500” was designed (in-house Carrozzerie Speciali) by Dr. Dante Giacosa in the ‘30s, officially named “500”, but it became so popular, the Italians cosy named it “Topolino” (“little mouse”), in honor of Mickey Mous (1936-1948).
- All “American styled” C-Series 2-seaters has a sliding roof.
- The 500C Series was available as this Topolino and as Giardiniera (“gardener”) Belvedere (1949-1955: 122,837 units built).
It is a beautiful glass pyramid, with a golden miniature of an airplane inside, which was a gift from the airplane manufacturer McDonnell Douglas to the crew that was in charge of receiving an MD88, registration EC-FIG, which was the third to be delivered, fresh from the factory, for the Spanish company Aviaco Líneas Aéreas.
The delivery ceremony took place before dozens of journalists, workers from the manufacturing company and the receiving company in October 1991, at the Long Beach airport, where the main factory of the McDonnell Douglas company was located.
It was a noble and elegant airplane, with its virtues and defects, like any design produced by human beings, which hardly flies in the skies of this planet anymore.
I completed more than 12,000 flight hours in this formidable bird, first as co-pilot and then as captain.
It's funny that even though the manufacturer obviously didn't know about my interest in ancient civilizations, they gave me a pyramid as a gift...
Photo taken in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain.
UNA PIRÁMIDE MUY ESPECIAL, 2024
Es una preciosa pirámide de vidrio, con la dorada miniatura de un avión en su interior, que fue un regalo que nos hizo el fabricante de aviones McDonnell Douglas, a la tripulación que se encargó de recepcionar un MD88, de matrícula EC-FIG, que era el tercero que se entregaba, recién salido de la fábrica, para la compañía española Aviaco Líneas Aéreas.
La ceremonia de entrega se realizó ante decenas de periodistas, trabajadores de la compañía fabricante y de la compañía receptora en octubre de 1991, en el aeropuerto de Long Beach, donde se ubicaba la fábrica principal de la compañía McDonnell Douglas.
Se trataba de un noble y elegante avión, con sus virtudes y sus defectos, como cualquier diseño producido por seres humanos, que ya apenas vuela por los cielos de este planeta.
Completé en este formidable pájaro, más de 12.000 horas de vuelo, primero como copiloto y luego como comandante.
Es curioso que aunque el fabricante desconociese obviamente mi afición por las antiguas civilizaciones, me regalase una pirámide...
Foto tomada en Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, España.
There were more Hit & Miss Antique Engines at this show than I've ever seen. I didn't photograph even half of them.
September 14, 2019
Ozarks Steam Engine Association Show
Republic, Missouri
Manufacturer: Leonardo
Operator: Italian Air Force, 311 Gruppo/RSV
Type: Leonardo T346A (61-06)
Event/ Location: 2019 RIAT/ RAF Fairford
Manufacturer: Peugeot SA, Sochaux - France
Type: 403 Berline
Production time: April 1955 - October 1966
Production outlet: 655,935
Engine: 1468cc straight-4 8CV Peugeot XB2/XB5 TN3 OHV I-Head
Power: 58 bhp / 4.900 rpm
Torque: 101 Nm / 2.500 rpm
Drivetrain: rear wheels
Speed: 135 Km/h
Curb weight: 1056 kg
Wheelbase: 104.7 inch
Chassis: ponton, three-box and monobloc self-supporting steel unibody
Steering: rack and pinion
Gearbox: four-speed manual / all synchromesh / steering column shift
Clutch: single dry plate disc
Carburettor: Solex 32 PBICc
Fuel tank: 50 liter
Electric system: Ducellier 12 Volts 58Ah
Ignition system: distributor and coil
Brakes front: hydraulic 10 inch Lockheed drums (with two primary jaws)
Brakes rear: hydraulic 10 inch Lockheed drums
Suspension front: independent transverse wishbones, upper triangular crossbars, lower transverse coil springs + piston dampers
Suspension rear: beam axle, thrust struts, Panhard rod, longitudinal coil springs + telescopic dampers
Rear axle: live
Differential: 5,75:1
Wheels: 15 inch steel discs
Tires: 165/80-380 Michelin-X radial
Options: Indenor TMD85/XDP85 Diesel engine (1816cc straight-4, 48 bhp/4.000 rpm, from 1958), electro-magnetic Jaeger automatic clutch (activated when changing gear, from 1957), Neiman starter switch (the starter is initiated by a push-button mounted Bakelite at the underside of the dashboard to the right of the steering wheel, preventively against car thefts)
Special:
- With Carozzeria Pininfarina S.p.A.’s help the large body of the 403 Berline was created, presented on April 20, 1955 at the Palais de Chaillot (Trocadéro Palace) in Paris.
- Remarkable for that time was the thermostatically controlled fan, which stopped when the engine temperature came below 75 degrees and started as soon as the temperature rose to above 84 degrees.
- Another novelty was a heating system for the carburetor, responsive to switching on the heater in the car.
- The Peugeot 403 was the first French car with a diesel engine in mass production.
- The 403 Series was available as this 4-door Berline, as 403 B7 (Sept) Berline or "Berline Luxe" (1960-1966: 1290cc TM5 engine, 47bhp, 172,513 units built), as 2-door Cabriolet (1957-1961: 2,043 units built), as 5-door Familiale (1956-1962: 34,928 units built), as 3-door Fourgonnette Tôlée (1956-1962: 6,892 units built), as 3-door Commerciale (1956-1962: 112,601 units built), as 3-door Plateau-Cabine (1956-1961: 27,066 units built), as 2-door 403 U B8 Camionnettes Bâchée (1956-1962: 155,709 units built) and as Ambulance (826 units built).
- A total of 1,196,958 cars were assembled in France (Sochaux), Australia, Argentina and in New Zealand.
Manufacturer: Mitsubishi (Under Licence)
Operator: JASDF, Central Air Defence Force, 301 Tactical Fighter Squadron, Hyakuri Air Base Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
Type: F-4J Kai Super Phantom II (37-8315 )
Location: Hyakuri Air Force Base, Japan
Comment: Photo taken by my son William John Jardim.
Manufacturer: Airbus
Operator: Airbus
Type:A300-600ST
Location: San Pablo, Seville International Airport
Comment: Airliner modified to carry aircraft parts and oversized cargo. It received the official name of Super Transporter early on; however, the name Beluga, a whale it resembles, gained popularity and has since been officially adopted.
Manufacturer: Shorts
Operator: Royal Air Force 72 (R) Squadron.
Type: Embraer/ Shorts 312 Tucano T.1 (ZF378)
Event/ Location: 2017 RIAT, RAF Fairford.
SW1500 257 (ex Illinois Terminal 1514) @ St Louis, Mo. (May 1988)*
Kodachrome my collection, Daniel M. Schroeder photographer.
Manufacturer: Società Anonima Fratelli Innocenti, Lambretta / Milan - Italy
Type: Mini Cooper 1300 MK 4 Minimatic
Production time: mid-year 1971 - mid-year 1975
Production outlet: unknown
Engine: 1275cc straight-4 BMC Austin A-series 1275
Power: 76 bhp / 5.800 rpm
Torque: 108 Nm / 3.200 rpm
Drivetrain: front wheels
Speed: 157 km/h
Curb weight: 649 kg
Wheelbase: 80 inch
Chassis: front and rear subframes with all-steel unibody
Steering: rack & pinion
Gearbox: semi-automatic (clutchless) manual four-speed transmission / II, III and IV synchronized / floor shifter
Clutch: not relevant / single dry plate spring spacer on manual gearbox
Carburettor: twin SU HS2
Fuel tank: 36 liter
Electric system: 12 Volts
Ignition system: distributor and coil
Brakes front: powered Lockheed hydraulic discs
Brakes rear: Lockheed hydraulic drums
Suspension front: independent double wishbones with composite suspension (hydrolastic) with rubber spring cushion, damping valve controlled by connecting liquid, torsion bars for the longitudinal and transverse stabilization + telescopic shock absorbers
Suspension rear: trailing arms with composite suspension (hydrolastic) with rubber spring cushion, damping valve controlled by connecting liquid, torsion bars for the longitudinal and transverse stabilization + telescopic shock absorbers
Rear axle: live
Differential: spiral bevel
Wheels: 3J-10 inch
Tires: 145 SR 10
Options: four-speed manual gearbox
Special:
- The Mini (ADO15) was designed by Sir Alec Issigonis (who also designed the Morris Minor over 10 years earlier) and is generally considered one of the most important milestones in automotive history.
- Based on the 2-door Mini John Cooper (racecar constructor of Formula 500, Formula 3 and Formula 1 cars and a friend of Sir Alec Issigonis) developed a sporty model: the Mini Cooper.
- In Italy in the years 60-70 it often was too expensive, due to high import duties, to purchase an imported car, so that most Italians opted for an Italian car. BMC England signed an agreement with Innocenti Milan (famous for the production of Lambretta) and from 1965 Innocenti was allowed to built the Mini 850 for the Italian market. Since 1971, the Mini Cooper was also built under license.
- It is equipped with a unique "Hydrolastic" shock absorption system, invented by famous British rubber engineer Alex Moulton, in which the various fluid-filled shock absorbers, by means of conduits, are in communication with each other.
- The Innocenti was faster and more luxurious (interior with more accessories and better finished) than the British Mini and nowadays very popular in the USA, Canada and Europe.
- Many details of internal and external were produced by Italian brands (IPRA for the radiators, Carello and Altissimo for the headlights), so especially for the Innocenti Mini Cooper 1300 spare parts are hard to find.
Manufacturer: Boeing Co.
Operator: RAF 99 Squadron, Brize Norton
Type: C-17A (ZZ174) Globemaster III
Location: RAF Gibraltar
Manufacturer: Ilushin
Operator: Ukrainian Air Force, Ukraine AF 25th Transport Aviation Brigade
Type: IL-76MD Candid (76683}.
Even/ Location: 2019 RIAT/ RAF Fairford
Photo by William John Jardim
Manufacturer: Van Doorne's Automobielfabriek N.V. (DAF), Eindhoven – The Netherlands
Type: Daffodil 32FL Coach
Production time: October 1965 - September 1967
Production outlet: 53,674
Engine: 746cc 2 cylinder (in-line) boxer engine OHV (I-head) air-cooled / vacuum overdrive and engine brake
Power: 27 bhp / 4.000 rpm
Torque: 53 Nm / 2.800 rpm
Drivetrain: rear wheels
Speed: 104 km/h
Curb weight: 690 kg
Wheelbase: 81 inch
Chassis: integral frame with all-steel integral self-supporting A-body
Steering: rack & pinion
Gearbox: continuously variable transmission (CVT) stepless V-belt drive with kickdown / floor shift
Clutch: not applicable (automatic two-stage centrifugal clutch in drum)
Carburettor: Solex 34 PICS
Fuel tank: 33 liter
Electric system: 6 Volts 80 Ah
Ignition system: distributor and coil
Brakes front: hydraulic drums
Brakes rear: hydraulic drums
Suspension front: independent vertical guide tubes, lower transverse leaf springs + telescopic built-in Koni shock absorbers
Suspension rear: independent triangular trailing arm, pendulum axle with in rubber mounted coil springs + hydraulic telescopic Woodhead- Monroe shock absorbers
Rear axle: commute
Differential: V-belt drive MaxiGrip
Wheels: 13 inch disc
Tires: 145-330
Options: fog lamps (front and rear)
* notice the large negative camber of the left rear wheel in this corner ☺☺!
Special:
- The 32 is basically an improved 600/32 with a bigger and more powerful engine and was redesigned by Johan van der Brugghen (W. van den Brink designed it original in 1955).
- The body was re-styled by Giovanni Michelotti.
- DAF was the first car to have a Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) system - the innovative DAF Variomatic: a continuously variable gearbox transmission with an automatic two-stage centrifugal clutch in drum (with "het pientere pookje" - "the smart gear stick").
- An interesting feature: putting the car in reverse reversed the entire drive system. This enabled the vehicle, in theory, to reach the same top speed in reverse as forward.
- Advantage: it was the only small, affordable car with automatic transmission.
- Disadvantage: because the car had an unsportsmanlike image, it had often an "image" for the elderly or disabled people.
- The Series 32 was available as this 2-door Coach, as 2-door Panel Van, as 2-door Estate Wagon and as 2-door Pick-Up.
- They were only assembled in Eindhoven - The Netherlands.
One of the few photos I have of the Manufacturers Junction Railway shows SW1 #6 with a few cars just south of Cermak Rd. in June 1991.
Manufacturer: Beechcraft.
Operator: RAF, 45 Reserve Squadron.
Type: B200GT King Air (ZK459).
Event/ Location: 2017 RIAT / RAF Fairford.
Comment: Centenary (in 2016) livery
Manufacturer: Mitsubishi (Under Licence)
Operator: JASDF, 501st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
Type: RF-4J Kai Phantom II (77-6397)
Location: Hyakuri Air Force Base, Japan.
The house was built in 1795. In the middle of the 1800s the manufacturer Anders Jönsson lived in the house. He bought yarn and gave to home weavers who then delivered fabrics to him. He sold on to salesmen and eventually he became the sole owner of the textile factory Borås Wäfveri AB.
In 1950 the house was moved to the open-air museum Ramnaparken in Borås city.
The red house is typical for Sweden. The traditional red paint contains pigment from the copper-mine in Falun, Dalecarlia.
Manufacturer: General Motors Company, Cadillac Division, Warren, Michigan - USA
Type: Series 62 / 49-6269 4-door Touring Sedan
Production time: November 1948 - December 1949
Production outlet: 37,617
Engine: 5424cc GM Cadillac V-8 331 OHV
Power: 160 bhp / 3.800 rpm
Torque: 423 Nm / 1.800 rpm
Drivetrain: rear wheels
Speed: 157 km/h
Curb weight: 1959 kg
Wheelbase: 126 inch
Chassis: GM C-platform and all-steel unibody (by Fisher)
Steering: recirculating ball
Gearbox: three-speed manual / II and III synchronized / steering column shift
Clutch: 10.5 inch single dry plate disc
Carburettor: Carter WCD742S 2-barrel downdraft
Fuel tank: 76 liter
Electric system: Delco 6 Volts 115 Ah/20 h
Ignition system: distributor and coil
Brakes front: 12 inch Bendix hydraulic drums
Brakes rear: 12 inch Bendix hydraulic drums
Suspension front: independent wishbones, torsion stabilizer, coil springs + double acting hydraulic Delco shockabsorbers
Suspension rear: torsion stabilizer, longitudinal semi-elliptic leaf springs + double acting hydraulic Delco shockabsorbers
Rear axle: live semi-floating type
Differential: hypoid 3.77:1
Wheels: 15 x 6 steel discs
Tires: 8.2 x 15 4 ply
Options: GM Hydra-Matic four-speed automatic transmission, power-operated windows (standard on the Convertible Coupé), radio, antenna, heater, whitewall tires, “Sombrero” wheel covers, kickplates, a door-mounted safety spotlight, power seats, leather upholstery, two-tone colouring
Special:
- 1949 was an important year for Cadillac. It could sell its first millionth car, designed by Harley Earl with the P38 aircraft-inspired tailfins. Not with the famous side valve V-8 engine but with the new overhead valve V-8 engine, introduced in the 1949 models.
- The ’49 Series 62 was available as this 4-door Touring Sedan, as 2-door 49-6207 Club Coupé (7,515 units built), as 2-door 49-6267 Convertible Coupé (8,000 units built), as 2-door 49-6237 Coupé DeVille (2,150 units built) and 1 rolling chassis was sold.
- From 1940 until 1964 the Series 62 was assembled at the Detroit Assembly, Detroit (Michigan) and at the South Gate Assembly, South Gate (California).
Manufacturer Serial Number (MSN)E3197
Aircraft Type
Built as
British Aerospace 146-300
First Flight27 Jun 1991
Age27.4 Years
Test RegistrationG-6-197
Production Site Hatfield (HTF)
Airframe Status
Broken up 2019 at TIA
DB 120159-9 in the famous Model Railway manufacturer's '150th' livery ready for departure from Dortmund Hbf 6th October 2009.
Manufacturer: Société des engrenages Citroën / Automobiles André Citroën SA, Paris - France
Type: B14 Torpédo 4 Places
Engine: 1583cc straight-4
Power: 22 bhp / 2.300 rpm
Speed: 80 km/h
Production time: 1926 - 1928
Production outlet: 119,467
Curb weight: 1030 kg
Special:
- The B14 represented at the October 1926 IAA Paris, as an entirely new model unrelated to its predecessors and fitted with a very lightweight chassis which was subsequently reinforced to make it more rigid.
- This car has a three-speed sliding manual non-synchromesh gearbox + reverse, shaft drive, a Solex sidedraft carburettor, a 25 liter fuel tank and rear wheel drive.
- The chassis with steel body has a 113 inch wheelbase, worm & roller steering, live front axle, single quarter elliptical leaf spring front suspension, twin quarter elliptical leaf spring with shock absorbers rear suspension, beam rear axle, steel disc wheels with 13x45 Michelin Superconfort tires and foot operated drum brakes all around.
- The B14 Series was available as this Torpédo 4 Places, as Conduite Interieure, as Coupé, as Coupé de Ville, as Landaulet, as Normande, as Taxi and as Cabriolet.
Manufacturer: General Dynamics (Now Lockheed Martin)
Operator: USAF Europe-AFAFRICA, Aviano, Italy, 31st Fighter Wing (555th and 510th Fighter squadron
Type: F-16C (AF 89047) Fighting Falcon multirole fighter aircraft
Location: NAS Rota, Spain
Manufacturer: MG Car Company Limited, Abingdon-on-Thames - United Kingdom
Type: MGB GT Mark II Coupé
Production time: mid-year 1967 - mid-year 1969
Production outlet: 15,128 (1967-1971)
Engine: 1799cc straight-4 BMC Austin B-series 1.8-litre OHV pushrod
Power: 95 bhp / 5.400 rpm
Torque: 150 Nm / 3.000 rpm
Drivetrain: rear wheels
Speed: 169 km/h
Curb weight: 1062 kg
Wheelbase: 91 inch
Chassis: all-steel unibody
Steering: cam gears rack-and-pinion
Gearbox: four-speed manual / II, III and IV synchronized / floor shift
Clutch: hydraulic Borg und Beck 8 inch single dry plate disc
Carburettor: twin SU HS4 (1.5-inch / 38-mm)
Fuel tank: 55 liter
Electric system: 12 Volts (two 6-volt batteries) 60 Ah
Ignition system: distributor and coil
Brakes front: Lockheed hydraulic 10.8 inch discs
Brakes rear: Lockheed hydraulic 10 inch drums
Suspension front: independent trapezoidal triangle cross-bar, cross braces, sway bar, coil springs + integrated Armstrong piston shock absorbers
Suspension rear: beam axle, curve stabilizer, longitudinal semi-elliptic leaf springs + Armstrong-piston shock absorbers
Rear axle: live
Differential: hypoid 3.909:1
Wheels: 4Jx14 steel discs
Tires: 5.60 - 14 Pirelli Cinturato (CA67) cross-ply
Options: Laycock-de Normanville electrically engaged overdrive gearboxes operational in third and fourth gears (by a toggle switch located on the dashboard), five-speed manual gearbox, Borg Warner BW 35 three-speed automatic transmission, heater, 4½Jx14 wire wheels
Special:
- There is some debate over when MG started. The company itself stated it to be 1924, although the first cars bore both Morris and MG badges and a reference to MG with the octagon badge appears in an Oxford newspaper from November 1923. Others dispute this and believe that MG only properly began trading in 1925.
- The first cars which were rebodied Morris models using coachwork from Carbodies of Coventry and were built in premises in Alfred Lane, Oxford but demand soon caused a move to larger premises in Bainton Road in September 1925 sharing space with the Morris radiator works. Continuing expansion meant another move in 1927 to a separate factory in Edmund Road, Cowley, Oxford, near the main Morris factory and for the first time it was possible to include a production line. In 1928 the company had become large enough to warrant an identity separate from the original Morris Garages and the M.G. Car Company Limited was established in March of that year and in October for the first time a stand was taken at the London Motor Show. Space again soon ran out and a search for a permanent home led to the lease of part an old leather factory in Abingdon, Oxfordshire in 1929, gradually taking over more space until production ended there in 1980.
- Originally owned personally by William Morris, the company was sold to Morris Motors (itself part of the Nuffield Organisation) in 1935. MG was absorbed into the British Motor Corporation in 1952, and latterly British Leyland (BL) in 1968. Under BMC, several MG models were no more than badge-engineered versions of other marques, with the main exception being the small MG sports cars.
- The MGB, designed by Pininfarina, was released in 1962 to satisfy demand for a more modern and comfortable sports cars. In 1965 the Fixed Head Coupé (FHC) Mark I followed : the MGB GT.
Several British manufacturers vied to produce the ultimate high performance motorcycle in the 1920s. Brough Superior was the most famous maker of 'vintage superbikes' but the lesser-known Montgomery marque trumped all its rivals with the magnificent 8/38 twin.
William Montgomery started up as a bicycle manufacturer in Bury St Edmunds, relocating to Coventry after World War One. Like many other small makers he used proprietary engines and chose a 996cc V-twin from British Anzani for his 8/38 masterpiece.
Anzani, a French factory with an offshoot in England, had hired Belgian engineer and racer Hubert Hagens to design a super-powerful engine for motorcycles and light cars. Its cylinders are disposed at 57 degrees, with four valves in each. Breathing through two carburettors, it exhausts via alloy manifolds into four large-bore exhaust pipes with Silent Ghost silencers. Ignition is by a chain-driven magneto ahead of the crankcase The engine sits in Montgomery's own chassis with leaf-spring front suspension and is mated with a hand-operated Sturmey Archer three-speed gearbox. The elegant plated fuel reservoir is in the 'saddle tank' style that suddenly caught on in the early 1920s.
This extremely rare 1924 1000cc Montgomery Anzani 8/38, XU 9569, at the National Motorcycle Museum, has been restored but remains highly original, although Amal 276 carburettors are used in place of the Amac type fitted when it was new.
A Morgan three-wheeler set world speed records in 1920 with this type of Anzani engine.
Manufacturer: NHIndustries
Operator: Finnish Air Force
Type: NH90.TTH
Event/ Location: 2018 RIAT/ RAF Fairford
Manufacturer: BAE Systems
Operator BAE Systems / Royal Saudi Air Force:
Type: ST2 Hawk (ZB119)
Event / Location: Shake down flight / Warton Aerodrome
Manufacturer: General Motors, Buick Motor Division, Flint, Michigan - USA
Type: Series 40 Special Sedan
Engine: 5965cc V-8 "Fireball"
Power: 247 bhp / 4.400 rpm
Speed: 170 km/h
Production time: 1958
Production outlet: 48,238
Curb weight: 2030 kg
Special:
- The '58 models are the last of the Series 40 (a new series naming scheme was introduced in 1959) and the first year with twin headlights, but without the ventiports at the side.
- The grille style was called "Fashion Aire Dynastar Grille" and was composed of 160 chromium cubes.
- The car had a total of about 120 kg of chromium, the largest amount of chrome/metal on a car in the entire automobile history.
- The '58 models are always recognizable by its "cubes front", a circular ornament with a "V" (symbolizing V8) placed on the front and in the center of the hood.
- Dual horizontal moldings ran along each side of the vehicle, from front to back.
- An option was the finned aluminum front drum brakes which gave the Buick the best stopping power of any American car at that time.
- Another option were the dual exhaust pipes.
- In North-America a three-speed manual gearbox was standard, but the export models had a three-speed Dynaflow automatic gearbox.
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Manufacturer: Pontiac Motors Division, Kansas City, Kansas - USA / General Motors Company, Detroit, Michigan - U.S.A.
Type: Streamliner Eight Series 28 Sedan Coupé
Production time: 1947
Production outlet: 86,324
Production time: 1946 - 1948
Production outlet: 160,271
Engine: 4079cc straight-8 L-head
Power: 107 bhp / 3.400 rpm
Torque: 260 Nm / 2.100 rpm
Drivetrain: rear wheels
Speed: 130 km/h
Curb weight: 1740 kg
Wheelbase: 122 inch
Chassis: GM B-platform chassis with all-steel body (by Fisher)
Steering: worm & roller
Gearbox: three-speed manual / II and III synchronized / column steering shift
Clutch: 9.5 inch single dry plate disc
Carburettor: Carter W-1-400S dual downdraft
Fuel tank: 65 liter
Electric system: Delco 6 Volts 100 Ah
Ignition system: distributor and coil
Brakes front: Bendix Duo Automatic 11 inch hydraulic drums
Brakes rear: Bendix Duo Automatic 11 inch hydraulic drums
Suspension front: independent double wishbones, sway bar, coil springs + double acting Delco hydraulic shock absorbers
Suspension rear: beam axle, torsion stabilizer, longitudinal semi-elliptic leaf springs + Delco hydraulic shock absorbers
Rear axle: live semi-floating type
Differential: hypoid 4.30:1
Wheels: 4½ x 16
Tires: 6.50 x 16
Options: Hydra-Matic four-speed automatic transmission, leather upholstery, dual spotlights, a radio, fog lights, Deluxe model's chrome fender moldings, gravel guards, plated wheel discs, two-tone colouring
Special:
- The Pontiac brand was introduced by General Motors in 1926 as the “companion” marque to GM's Oakland Motor Car line. The Pontiac name was first used in 1906 by the Pontiac Spring & Wagon Works and linked to Chief Pontiac who led an unsuccessful uprising against the British shortly after the French and Indian War. The Oakland Motor Company and Pontiac Spring & Wagon Works Company merged in November 1908 under the name of the Oakland Motor Car Company. The operations of both companies were joined together in Pontiac, Michigan (in Oakland County) to build the Cartercar.
- The ’46 model was in fact a modified 1942 model with minor changes, originally designed by Harley Earl.
- The 1947 Streamliner Eight Series 28 was available as this 2-door Sedan Coupé, as 4-door Sedan, as 5-door Station Wagon and as 5-door DeLuxe Station Wagon.
- This first generation Streamliner (1942-1948) was assembled in South Gate (California), Wilmington (Delaware), Atlanta (Georgia), Kansas City (Kansas), Framingham (Massachusetts), Pontiac (Michigan) and in Linden (New Jersey).
Manufacturer: Ford-Werke GmbH / Ford of Europe AG, Cologne - Germany
Type: Taunus 12M P4 Super Kombi 1.5L
Engine: 1498cc V-4
Power: 50 bhp / 4.500 rpm
Speed: 126 km/h
Production time: September 1962 - July 1966
Production outlet: 49,000 (all 12 M P4 Kombi 1.2L and Super Kombi 1.5L’s)
Curb weight: 924 kg
Special:
- The P4 was Ford Europes first front wheel drive car and the first use of a compact V-4 engine by the company, designed with the US market in mind in Dearborn-Detroit – USA, codenamed “Cardinal” (to "battle" against the massive imports of small European (i.a. VW 1200 Beetle) cars), but eventually further developed in Europe.
- P4 stand for "Projekt 4": the fourth new car design of the Ford plant in Cologne since the end of World War II.
- The "12" stands for the cylinder capacity (in deciliter).
- The "M" stand for "Meisterstück" (= "Masterpiece").
- Ford Germany did not use the “Turnier” appellation from the larger 17M station wagon, although the “Turnier” name would later become used by Ford of Germany for all their station wagons.
- This 2-door stationwagon has a four-speed manual gearbox (all synchromesh), steering column shifter, a Solex 28 PDSI carburettor with acceleration pump, a 6-Volts electric system, single plate dry disc clutch, a 38 liter fuel tank and front wheel drive.
- The chassis with self-supporting all-steel body has a 99.6 inch wheelbase, recirculating ball steering, single exhaust system, independent upper transverse leaf spring front suspension with sway bar and trapezoidal wishbones, longitudinal semi-elliptic rear suspension with anti-roll bar, hydraulic telescopic dampers all round, hypoid differential, live rear axle and hydraulic drum brakes all round.
- It was also available as 12M P4 Kombi 1.2L (1183cc V-4 - 40 bhp / 4.500 rpm - Solex 28 PDSIT-7 carburettor - 116 km/h) between March 1962 and July 1966 and a Saxomat three-speed automatic gearbox was optional.
- The P4 Series was assembled in Cologne-Niehl (Germany) and in Genk (Belgium).
Manufacturer: TVR Motors Company Limited, Blackpool, Lancashire - UK
Type: Taimar
Production time: mid-year 1976 - mid-year 1979
Production outlet: 395
Engine: 2994cc Ford British Essex V6 3.0L OHV I-Head
Power: 142 bhp / 5.000 rpm
Torque: 236 Nm / 3.000 rpm
Drivetrain: rear wheels
Speed: 201 km/h
Curb weight: 948 kg
Wheelbase: 89.8 inch
Chassis: multi-tubular steel central-backbone frame with outriggers and separate glass-reinforced plastic (GRP) body
Steering: Alford & Alder rack & pinion
Gearbox: four-speed manual / all synchromesh / floor shift
Clutch: hydraulic single dry plate disc
Carburettor: twin-choke Weber 40DFA-1 downdraft 2-barrel
Fuel tank: 54 liter
Electric system: 12 Volts 58 Ah
Ignition system: electronic
Brakes front: 11 inch servo-assisted dual hydraulic discs
Brakes rear: 9 inch servo-assisted dual hydraulic drums
Suspension front: independent double wishbones (A-arms, control arms), trapezoidal triangle cross-bar, sway bar, coil springs + hydraulic telescopic shock absorbers
Suspension rear: independent double wishbone (A-arms, control arms), trapezoidal triangle cross-bar, longitudinal coil springs + twin hydraulic telescopic shock absorbers
Rear axle: swing type
Differential: hypoid 3.45:1
Wheels: 6J x 14 inch Wolfrace alloy discs
Tires: 185HR x 14
Options: Broadspeed Turbo-charged engine (230bhp/5.500rpm, 370Nm/3.500rpm, top speed 224km/h, 30 units built), switchable Laycock de Normanville overdrive
Special:
- TVR was founded in 1947 by Trevor Wilkinson, under the name of Trevcar Motors. The first car was built in 1949.
- Many of the early cars were sold in kit form to avoid a British tax on assembled cars but in the 1970s the tax loophole was closed and the kit-form option was removed.
- In 1954, Wilkinson changed the name of the company to TVR by removing two vowels and a consonant from his first name: TreVoR.
- They manufactured lightweight Sports Cars with powerful engines and was the third-largest specialised Sports Car manufacturer in the world, offering a diverse range of Coupé’s and Convertibles.
- The Taimar, part of the M Series, was nothing more than the slightly re-styled (at the rear) 3000M, with a large lift-up hatchback, Jensen Interceptor style.
- Its name was supposedly created from "Tailgate Martin".
- It was introduced at the October 1976 British International Motor Show in London.
- The era of the M Series, designed by automotive engineer and dealer Mike Bigland, is commonly associated with Martin Lilley who, together with his father, took ownership of the company on 30 November 1965.
- After production of the M Series ended, TVR sold the production rights and tooling for many M Series components (including GRP bodies) to David Gerald TVR Sportscars Ltd.
- Unusual at the time, TVR offered a five-year guarantee against corrosion on the M Series chassis. Corrosion was prevented by leaving a film of oil from the manufacturing process on the metal, capping the ends of the tubes and fastening components without driving fasteners through the tube walls.
*MAN Truck and Bus
Model: MAN 18.310 HOCL
Body Model: Almazora Lion's Coach
Manufacturer: Almazora Motors Corp.
Engine: MAN D2866LOH27
Chassis: MAN A55 18.310 HOCL
Suspension: Air Suspension
(Note: Specification are subjected for verification and may be changed without prior notice.)
Shot Location: Subic-Morong Boundary
Manufacturer: Airbus Group / CASA
Operator Spain's Guardia Civil.
Type: CASA CN-235 (T-19B-22) Maritime Patrol Aircraft.
Event/ Location: Spain's Naval Aviation Centenary/ Rota, Provincia de Cadiz, Spain.
Manufacturer: Piaggio & C. SpA, Pontedera - Italy / ACMA, Fourchambault - France
Type: Vespa 400 Tourist
Engine: 393cc in-line-2 two-stroke air cooled engine
Power: 14 bhp / 4.350 rpm
Speed: 85 km/h
Production time: 1957 - 1961
Production outlet: 30,076
Curb weight: 340 kg
Special:
- The Vespa, labeled as a convertible though it really only had a plastic folding sunroof, was designed by Enrico Piaggio, the son of Piaggio's founder Rinaldo Piaggio and at first shown at the 1957 Paris Auto Salon.
- Ateliers de Construction et Motocycles et d’Automobiles (ACMA), Fourchambault – France, a subsidiary of Piaggio, built these cars fort he Italian market and sold them also under license (1957-1961) as ACMA Vespa 400 in France.
- The “Tourist” was the base model, while the “LUXE” had a wider instrument cluster, two windshield wipers, better seats, a more pleasant interior and more ornaments.
- This microcar has the air-cooled engine mounted in the rear, has a a three-speed (second and third synchronized) manual gearbox (latterly four-speed on 1960-1961 “GT” model), floor shifter, Paris-Rhône 12-Volts electric system, single plate dry disc clutch, a Solex carburettor, a 19 liter fuel tank and rear wheel drive.
- The chassis with steel unibody has a 67 inch wheelbase, suicide doors with sliding windows, a roll-down convertible top, rack-and-pinion steering, dummy front grille, the front panel houses the battery and the master cylinder with it's unique glass jar reservoir, only a speedometer and warning lights for low fuel, main beam, dynamo charging and turn-indicators at the dashboard, luggage room behind the seats, a spare wheel was stowed in a well under the passenger seat, independent transverse coils spring front suspension with trailing arms and sway bar, longitudinal coil spring rear suspension with swing axle, double acting hydraulic dampers all round and four-wheel hydraulic 6.75 inch drum brakes.
===AIRCRAFT INFORMATION===
Registration: B-5633
Aircraft: Boeing 737-85C(WL)
Aircraft Manufacturer: Boeing Company
Serial No./ MSN: 38389
Aircraft Delivery Date: 08/04/2012
Livery: Skyteam Livery
Aircraft Status: Active
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