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Kaine was in shock. Peter, the man that had trusted him to make things right, was now the Goblin? Something wasn't adding up. The Other responded for his emotion.
"That's... not possible."
"It may not seem like it, but it's true. Right now, you've destroyed something I needed to live."
He looked to Otto, who was on the ground, motionless.
"I was brought back by this man."
He put his helmet back on.
"And if you really want to know what happened, I'll meet you at 55, 47, and 32."
"Peter" sprinted off, leaving Kaine and the Other confused and outraged.
Kaine spoke first.
"Where's Gwen?"
"She's probably with him."
"I can't risk her life." Kaine added.
"You're actually thinking about going? After all the traps and demise we have been in? We know this is going to be a trap."
"What would you do?"
The Other stood there for a moment.
"I.... don't know."
Kaine turned away. He could bear the sight of anyone he knew. He then turned back to the Other.
"I know what we have to do. But, you're not going to like it."
"What is this? Movie clishays?"
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Kaine got back to SHIELD with the Other. Kaine had already explained his plan to the Other. He was right, the Other did not like the plan, but something had to be done. This was the only way. They walked right up to Fury's office, and barged right in.
"What the hell do you think you're doing, barging right in on me?"
"Sorry Fury," said Kaine. "But it's time you lost you're best man."
Kaine looked at Iron Spider. Fury looked also.
"You have no idea how big of a risk this is for all of us." said Iron Spider.
"I have no IDEA what the two of you are talking about. Get inside."
They entered the room. Iron Spider turned off the comms, and cameras.
"What we are about to do is break the international law, and SHIELD might go down." Kaine said.
"WHAT? All this for...."
Fury looked at Iron Spider.
"For the girl sir."
"For Gwen?"
"We have much bigger problems on our hands. Your best 'super' has come back from the dead."
Fury looked down.
"Parker...."
"... and we need to break the international law, before he breaks our system."
"What system? Why?" Fury added.
Iron Spider looked up.
"He wants revenge. Not only on the American people, but on SHIELD, Kaine, and all the other organisms in the galaxy. He told us to be prepared, as he's come back stronger than ever. He has all of SHIELD's intel, and the government's."
"All of our intel?"
"Every last piece." said Kaine. "But what was he talking about when he said about the program, GOBLIN?"
Fury looked at them both.
"The camera's off?"
They nodded.
"Alright. 'Supers', made tons of money. Merchandise, shows, access to the media, everything. Then, when they locked up every criminal, everything they could, they had nothing to make a profit off of. The government did not like that, one bit. They told us to create a program that would make villains. It was soon shut down."
"Obviously not." said Iron Spider.
"Oh no, it was. Someone stole the program. Can you guess who?"
"Osborn."
"Correct. Parker wasn't even a 'super'. Parker was the first Goblin. When we saw that the program was shut down soon after he was made, there was nothing we could do. We kept him as an agent, but soon as the media found out, he became Spider-Man."
"You're telling me you made Parker?"
"No. We made him Spider-Man." said Kaine.
"So why does he want revenge?" Iron Spider asked.
"Osborn was a super soldier, created in the war. One day, he went to ballistic, and one of our agents tried to control him with a serum. That serum created the monster he was. It was enough time for Osborn to kill Spider-Man on his rampage. Once the serum ran out, he turned into Osborn again. Then you came in."
He looked at Kaine, but Kaine was already pacing back and forth.
"So that's why he wants revenge on SHIELD. But what about the public?"
"Probably the Goblin serum."
Kaine looked at Fury.
"Every word you just said, gives us the right to do what we want."
"And what's that?"
Iron Spider got up from his chair.
"Sir... we're putting myself and Kaine back in the old body."
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"It's impossible! That body is dead, probably decaying." Fury said.
"No sir it's not. It been frozen." Iron Spider said.
"Who gave the orders for that?"
"You did."
Fury looked at him like he was crazy.
"You know both of you are going to die right?"
He looked at both of them.
"Right?"
"Not with you controlling the procedure."
"And Harry?"
"I've talked with him. He's prepared to see his body again."
Fury glanced around.
"You guys are fucking crazy."
He went into the room.
"Ross!" he yelled.
A young woman came out and talked with Fury. She was to get the body. When she returned with the body, h told Kaine and the Other to get on the table. When they did, he started the procedure.
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Kaine saw the light again.
Three times a charm. he thought.
Then, everything went black. He saw a man, fighting off a huge, green monster, with horns. The man was a hero in everyone's eyes. Then Kaine realized he was standing there, watching the battle. Nick walked up to him.
"You're next. Once we kill him, you're next..."
Then the scene changed. He was in a lab, looking down on the man in the battle. Blood was covering his face, and body. A doctor walked in.
"Subject?"
"Parker."
"Ah. Parker."
He examined the body. Metal arms came out from under his white coat. The name of the man started with an O, he could see it on the name tag.
Then the scene changed once more. He saw Gwen. Gwen aroun ashes. She was buried in them, with a building crumbling around her. He was standing on the same street the battle with the green monster and the man. This time, he rushed for Gwen. The building was crumbling, about to crush them, but it didn't matter. The little human in her hands was what mattered. He was going to save his family. He ran to them and wrapped his arms around them. He then told Gwen, "Four times a charm." as the building fell on him.
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He woke up, breathing heavy. He looked at his hands. They were different then what he was used to. Then he looked to see the other body next to him. It had red arms, and brown hair. Harry. That means he was in his body again. He got up, and put on the suit that he made before coming to SHIELD.
Awww, what the hell? We should have made it blue. Like that guy with the shield!"
"That's my boy." Kaine had never heard a voice so sweet as the one he just heard in his head.
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He walked out of the room, but Fury stopped him.
"You just took away my best agent."
"No, you just got him back." Kaine said walking out.
He left the building and headed for the coordinates that Peter gave him. It was time to end this.
Wait, you're leaving now? Let's grab a bight I'm fucking starving.
"Could you shut up for just one second?"
No way! Fury put me in that goody too shoes suit. I a'int ever going back in that shit head of tin.
Once he got to the building he recognized it immediately. Then a voice could be hard from a speaker.
"Hello Kaine. I'm sure you came for Gwen. But she's not her inside. She's in the back. And I'm in the other building to the right."
He looked to the right to see the speaker.
"It's time to show me why I chose you Kaine."
He heard a detonation, and saw the building crumbling. Then, in the yard, there was Gwen, holding his child.
Oh no.
Kaine rushed for the two, going as fast as he could. He wouldn't let them die like in his dream. He couldn't, He did just what he did in his dream, wrapped his arms around them, while saying to the child, "Hi Peter." and braced for impact.
Don't worry, I got this.
As soon as the Other said it, Kaine felt something hit his arm. The Iron Spider.
The armor wrapped around his body, and helped with the impact. He felt the building on his back, and pushed it off.
He looked to see Gwen, with a swollen stomach, and no child.
Hallucination.
This meant the baby wasn't alive yet. An even bigger risk.
Kaine turned to the speaker.
"Let. Me. IN."
Then, a door opened. Kaine told Gwen to stay put, and went in.
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Kaine looked around at the room he was in. It was dark, and not very well lit. Then, a single light came on, and a suit could be seen. It was the original Spider-Man suit.
"You've already been in three suits Kaine. I've been in one, and you changed that."
Kaine walked in front of the case holding the suit. Peter had worn this in the battle. He could tell because of the stitches all over the suit.
"I guess Fury told you."
"Yeah... the Goblin program."
"Ha...ha.... He... ho... ha..."
He saw Peter come out of the shadow. Peter then turned on the light, holding the mask he always wore.
"I tried to hide my powers until someone caught me on video. Hm. The funny thing is, I never figured I would turn into.... a hero. The antonym of what they wanted me to be. They said I would be a 'god.' A god. Can you believe that?"
"No. I would have two years ago, but this changes everything."
A vile appeared near the center of the room.
"You know, I don't know why Otto brought me back, but he did it with this vile. Then, I came back. I wanted to die a hero. Not the villain I am now. I wanted to prove to them that I was better than they thought me to be." Fire then appeared in his hands.
"Who?"
"The other heroes. Everyone mocked me for being the outcast, the villain of the group. It made me feel different. But then when I proved to them I was a hero, they would accept me."
"You were a hero. What do you think you are now?"
"I'm neither. I'm here to save the Earth from these wretched people you call citizens. You all don't deserve to live, killing your brothers and sisters. It's all hell."
"That's just society."
"Wrong. This is life, and I must destroy it. If you want to kill your brethren, then I'll let you. But first, I have to take down SHIELD."
With that, he pulled out a button.
"Uh no, I don't think so."
Peter opened up the case.
"You want to fight me? The guy who gave you these powers in the first place? I'm the original."
"Sometimes, the sequels are better than the original."
With that, Peter put on his suit, and Kaine called for the Iron Spider.
"This won't end well for you Kaine. I should have picked Ben."
That's when the Iron Spider suit came onto Kaine.
I'll let you see why you chose me.
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Yeah this was a long one, but it is important so that's why it's long. Commentz r appreciate?
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One of my favourite photos of the boys. They had just barked at some fishermen (most unamused). Five mimutes before taking this, Rupert had a swim in the lake.
Decisions to be made!
Partner, would you rather have a cute little snail or a garbage can with a lid? (The first wise-acre who says a snail ON a garbage can, is gonna get bopped on the head!)
I've ordered this snail pattern and I'll shrink it down to pincushion size- Please click the link to see a much better rendition! Cute, right? It might get something underneath it, to ground it, or it might not. :)
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Or I can attempt to make a garbage can, about the size of a tomato paste can, with a lid. Hopefully it'll have storage inside it for small tools, or even, TRASH! I'm picturing silver colored felted wool.
Wildfire mitigation strategies involve clearing the underbrush from the forest floor near buildings.
Possible Pool Frog?
Still can't be sure if Pool Frog, Edible Frog, or even a Marsh Frog or hybrid (Green Frog Complex).
www.herpetofauna.co.uk/nativepool_frog.htm
kentarg.org/amphibians/marsh-frog-non-native/
insideecology.com/2018/01/23/invasive-non-native-species-...
www.herpetofauna.co.uk/marsh_frog.htm
www.uksafari.com/ediblefrogs.htm
www.froglife.org/info-advice/amphibians-and-reptiles/gree...
CN 3200 has a Zero is Possible sticker, because CN believes it is possible to have Zero injuries or fatalities. The train was lead by CN 3200 (ET44AC) with CN 3061 (ET44AC) as the rear DPU.
We are looking at an individual star at 21 Million lightyears......
Discovered on 22 jan 2019 by ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) on Hawai.
48x300 seconds Luminance stack,6 February 2019 00:00-04:30
Telescope: Esprit 100
Camera: QHY16200 CCD @-20C
Processed: Astropixelprocessor/ Pixinsight.
Next to the enlarged inset is a 3D brightness plot showing AT2019abn in relation to forground stars.
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"What is possible? What you will."
~Augustus William Hare
Definitely have to spend some time tomorrow catching up on all of your wonderful work! It's been a bit of a crazy holiday weekend that has not seen me home much!
This is a hot from a photowalk I went on earlier this week with Zach Frailey. Had a great time and grabbed some great brackets!
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New blog post today, Off in the distance! Check it out if you have a chance!
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Poeka posing on her favourite stone amongst the blue grape hyacinths. In the kind of weather that we had today, chilly but sunny, she will be in the garden as much as possible, looking for the sunny and sheltered spots whenever she gets cold.
Model: Scania P 114L 340 Streamline Euro2 4X2 (4-Series)
VIN: YS2P4X20001266827
1. Registration: 2000-11-29
Company: unknown owner (DK)
Fleet No.: -
Nickname: -
License plates: BX70132 (may 2018-?)
Previous reg.: RS94122 (nov. 2000-jan. 2009), XK92807 (apr. 2009-jan. 2010), DD87167 (mar. 2010-sep. 2016), AS83263 (sep. 2016-nov. 2016)
Later reg.: n/a
Retirement age: still active apr. 2019
Photo location: Motorway 501 (Aarhus Syd Motorvejen), Viby J, Aarhus, DK
ex-circus truck belonging to now defunct Cirkus Dannebrog. Residue of the removed letters can still be seen on the roof spoiler.
Now unmarked, but I have a pretty good idea of a possible owner.
The rear axle looks a bit silly, maybe it used to pull the trailer of the circus clowns? :)
Going up the steep hill leading sw out of Aarhus past Viby and Stautrup. Underpowered and/or heavily loaded trucks often struggle here.
Tip: to locate trucks of particular interest to you, check my collections page, "truck collection" (www.flickr.com/photos/lavulv/collections/72157684190396672/ ) - here you will find all trucks organized in albums, by haulier (with zip-codes), year, brand and country.
Retirement age for trucks: many used trucks are offered for sale on international markets. If sold to a foreign buyer, this will not be listed in the danish motor registry, so a "retired" truck may or may not have been exported. In other words, the "retirement age" only shows the age, at which the truck stopped running on danish license plates.
The Metro, 2626 Broadway, opened in 1933 as the Midtown, part of Ochs circuit of theatres.
Motion Picture Herald, October, 21, 1933:
"The auditorium as seen from the stadium."
"The Midtown is of the stadium type, with the 590 seats..."
The theatre has been vacant for seventeen years with its art deco interior demolished in 2006 to prepare the space for possible retail use.
Mark D. Levin, Manhattan Borough President, Twitter, March 21, 2022:
"The Metro, an art deco gem on Broadway & 99th St, is set to reopen as a boutique multi-screen movie theater."
After 6 years of not seeing this little 25 seater midibus, I am so delighted by this opportunity, and personally very thankful to the individuals who made it possible for me to be allowed to visit and photograph OV2 "Hurricane" C526DYT as this bus holds many fond memories for me from my childhood and is the only known survivor of the Orpington OV's. Happily "R3" is still displayed from the day it was set at the book launch, as the R3 depicted the mainstay allocation that this vehicle type once did at Roundabout.
In 2010 "Hurricane" appeared at the book launch of "Roundabout: Orpington's Little Buses" which was primarily a book signing by the author but also an event particularly focused on bringing back former Roundabout staff for a reunion as well as the chance to agnowedge the book, publishing and printing. A complimentary book and thank you letter was sent to the LTM in gratitude for their acceptance in letting OV2 out for the event.
I'm keen, very keen, as dare say some may well know, to see this great little bus out and about in Orpington this Summer to mark the 30th Anniversary of the Orpington R bus network. Since the asset of this Optare City Pacer was transferred over to the LT Museum some 25 years ago (August 1991) to my knowledge the bus itself has never returned to Orpington. Some may recall the original Orpington's own bus network advertising "Hooray Hooray for Maroon and Grey!", if OV2 is allowed to make a return to it's old area, a Hooray Hooray for Maroon and Grey day would be encouraged, whilst RH1 "Kestrel" is being made ready for MoT presently both vehicles could ideally form a run together if allowed, or atleast for both vehicles to reunite on a photo location.
Back on 16th August 1986 the inception of London's 1st area network of Midibus services (R1-R6) was formed and 30 years later the R network continues, albeit not in Maroon and Grey! OV2 is presently at the LTM Acton, and to my knowledge is running well.
Not wishing to be discourteous, the photo is set to "no comments" so as to respect the current situation for this bus. .
Photo (c) TomG.2016.
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En route home from doing a bit of scouting for possible blossom photography sites I was on the North Service Road at the site immediately adjacent to the Tim Horton’s as well as the ESSO gas station I had photographed a few days ago. The large tract of land on the South shore of Lake Ontario was, for many years, the site of Prudhomme’s motel/hotel and entertainment complex, until a massive first fire in June 1967 signalled the beginning of the end of the complex. A few efforts were made to resurrect the business but, ultimately, a second fire and lack of investment in a proper restoration destined it for the bulldozers and many years of awaiting development. In the past couple of years development finally commenced, albeit somewhat slowly, and the two aforementioned images show the progress to date. Now a bit more work has begun, although the site still looks pretty barren with large concrete blocks and barriers suggesting the future layout. I stopped there during a brief lull in the rain and got this.– JW
Date Taken: 2025-05-01
Date PP: 2025-05-02
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Taken using hand-held Nikon D800 fitted with an AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm VR 1:4.0 lense set to 58mm, ISO100 (Auto ISO), Daylight WB, Matrix metering, Shutter Priority Mode, f/6.3, 1/400 sec. PP in free Open Source RAWTherapee from Nikon RAW/NEF source: Set final image size to 9000px wide, level the horizon and crop the frame to a 16x9 format, convert to black-and-white/B&W/monochrome, apply Tone Mapping as well as Dynamic Range Compression each at default levels, use the Graduated Neutral Density/GND tool to darken the sky to bring out the storm clouds, slightly increase Contrast, sharpen, save. PP in free Open Source GIMP: use the Levels tool to set up a good base tonal range, use the Brightness/Contrast tool to increase overall contrast, duplicate the frame to a new top layer and use the Curves tool to adjust the contrast and brightness of the sales building in the background (disregarding the impact on the rest of the frame) and add a black/transparent layer mask following which a white brush was used to pain in the sales building on the mask to make the better looking version visible, ad a non-destructive Dodge/Burn layer and use it to make some localized adjustments to sky brightness, make new working layer from visible result, sharpen, save, scale to 7100 px wide, sharpen, save, add fine black-and-white frame, add bar and text on left, save, scale image to 3700 px wide for posting online, sharpen very slightly, save.
Partner, what do you think of these fabrics? I'm thinking of a frosty wintery scheme with maybe a few dashes of pale pink to warm it up a little. Is there anything you want taken out, or anything you'd like added? I will probably edit this stack once I have a better idea of design so now is your chance to have a say! I used a similar colour scheme here without the darker blues.
That is closest species I can find, the legs look the right colour & markings look like a male photo in the book. In our local wood.
So I’ve been putting off giving my curvy Fashionista joints cuz I’m so lazy but my knock off Triad Alpha body has similar proportions?
Idk but I wished the Alpha body had bigger thighs and a tummy so i might keep curvy on this body lol.
2 possible explanations for this, it had either just finished an Ayrways school run or this was it arriving direct from store at Kilmarnock. Sister 20549 went direct to the depot at Ayr.
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Yes I know, another Christmas shot, sorry... but I couldn't resist to post it :P, specially thinking about a title for this shot and trying to write the sound in English (sorry if the title is not very accurate but English is not my mother tongue).
So, I googled for trying to find how the native English speakers write the trumpet sound and I found this video which is very bad but at least I found that native English speakers write the trumpet sound... anyways if it is not accurate, please let me know...
Otherwise, I took this photo close to my office, at the Christmas Market, I have another shots but I will post them probably tomorrow...
Hope you like it!
Good night everyone!
friend brought this to my office; his grandmother died before he could ask her where it came from; any ideas?
Chassis n° 4607
Les Grandes Marques du Monde au Grand Palais 2020
Bonhams
Parijs - Paris
Frankrijk - France
February 2020
Estimated : € 1.050.000 - 1.400.000
Sold for € 870.000
All the sophistication of Ettore Bugatti's famously thoughtful design ethic is embodied within this wonderfully well-presented ex-works racing Bugatti Type 39, as manufactured at the charismatic Molsheim factory in 1925...
Mr Bugatti built his reputation upon creating rapid and reliable motor cars endowed with competitively powerful engines in light, compact, and nimble chassis. Above all he clearly grasped the over-riding importance of a high power-to-weight ratio in contrast to some other quality car constructors to whom overall weight seemed irrelevant compared to achieving the highest possible power not necessarily out there on the open road, nor race circuit, but in the engine test-house...
While combining in so many of his sporting models high power, minimal mass and a good-handling, driveable chassis, Ettore Bugatti also manufactured most of them in sufficient numbers to attract, and to satisfy, broad demand from a moneyed and dashingly competition-minded market.
In 1924 Mr Bugatti had launched his 2-litre Type 35 design, and by 1925 the Type 39 followed to comply with maximum 1500cc Voiturette racing regulations – effectively the Formula 2 of the time. Use of a short-stroke crankshaft in the straight-8 cylinder engine provided bore and stroke measurements of 60mm x 66mm, displacing 1493cc. Possibly Mr Bugatti was anticipating the overall Grand Prix capacity limit rule change for 1926-27 which would cut maximum permitted engine capacity from 2-litres to 1½.
The Type 39s made their debut in the Grand Prix de Tourisme at Montlhéry south of Paris, France, in June 1925. The four new works team cars promptly finished 1-2-3-4 in their class, and in 3rd place was '4607' now offered here, driven by Giulio Foresti.
Of course the pinnacle of road racing competition during the 1920s was the Grand Prix arena, and when the1925 Italian Grand Prix at Monza Autodrome was run concurrently with the 1500cc Gran Premio delle Vetturette the Bugatti company contested it with a full team of five Type 39s.
The race was run over 80 laps of the Milanese Autodrome's 10km combined road and high-speed track. Bugatti's team captain was Bartolomeo 'Meo' Costantini, teamed to drive with Jules Goux, Pierre de Vizcaya, Count Carlo Masetti and Count Aymo Maggi, who was replacing Ferdinand de Vizcaya, the Spanish banker – and backer of the Bugatti company - who arrived late from Barcelona. And when Count Masetti had to stand down due to a leg injury, it was Giulio Foresti who took his place to drive '4607' in the long race...
As the Gran Premio developed, the Bugattis not only dominated the Voiturette category but also climbed the leader board amongst the full 2-litre Grand Prix cars. Finally – after 5hrs 44mins 40.91secs to be precise (the Italian lap-scorers immensely proud of their then-new hundredth-second timing equipment) the Gran Premio delle Vetturette was decided with Costantini's Bugatti Type 39 winning from the sister cars of Ferdinand de Vizcaya and Giulio Foresti, respectively 2nd and 3rd. Pierre de Vizcaya's Type 39 placed fourth while Jules Goux's engine had failed after 64 of the 80 laps. Overall, the Bugatti Type 39s had proved so fast and reliable that Costantini finished the Grand Prix 3rd overall, Ferdinand de Vizcaya 6th and Foresti in '4607' now offered here, 7th.
A record survives of this car and its sister '4604' both being sold soon after to the British importer, Colonel Sorel in London, and it is thought that Giulio Foresti – an accomplished 'wheeler-dealer' in his own right – then found an eager buyer for the pair – one A.V.Turner - in Australia, although alternative reference suggests that '4607' was imported there by prominent Vauxhall driver Boyd Edkins.
On June 19, 1926, the car certainly appeared upon Sydney's high-banked Maroubra Speedway driven by a friend and colleague of Edkins, Dick Clarke. While the Type 39s – or 'Monzas' as they became known in Australia – became particularly noted for their wonderfully high-pitched exhaust note, they were not well-suited to Maroubra, since they were over-geared for the tight Speedway. Clarke was still able to win a heat there on September 4, 1926, and '4607' lapped the speedbowl at 86mph. At Penrith Clarke won a heat and a semi-final before taking 2nd and 3rd places in two further events. Then back at Maroubra for the January, 1927 meeting Clarke won two heats and took 2nd in a final.
The car later passed to 20-year-old Sid Cox, son of a wealthy building magnate. The young man also had a Bugatti Type 40 which he used as a tender when he took '4607' to Philip Island, Melbourne, Victoria, to race in the 1928 Australian Grand Prix. With friend Ken McKinney alongside him Sid Cox practised for the great race only for bronze filings to be found in the oil filter, a sign that the power unit's bronze roller-bearing cages were failing. On race day, sure enough, '4607's engine broke a connecting rod.
A new crankcase and sump were bought for the car, but the old sump was used in the rebuild, mated to the new crankcase. Cox then sold '4607' to poster-artist Reg St John who became noted for maintaining the Bugatti in utterly pristine, highly polished and well-cherished condition. He reportedly used it to parade up and down Swanston Street, Melbourne, admiring his reflection in the shop windows. And why not?
However, Australian racer Carl Junker then acquired the car and – with Reg Nutt as his riding mechanic – he entered it in the 1931 Australian GP again at Philip Island. They were running second behind Hope Bartlett's Bugatti Type 37A on the penultimate lap when its engine failed, Junker and Nutt joyously inheriting outright Grand Prix victory for '4607'. Ernie Nutt had tuned the car and he would recall that Junker used 7,000rpm through the gears, '4607' achieving 55mph in 1st, 72mph in 2nd and 103mph in 3rd.
Racing again in the 1932 Australian GP, Junker improved his lap times but fell victim to spark-plug trouble which meant he could finish only 5th. Completing the long race ahead of him that day was Merton Wreford in his Brescia Bugatti, and he later bought '4607' from Junker, reputedly after it had suffered another engine failure.
Mert Wreford fixed the problem and then entered the Type 39 in the 1933 Australian GP in which he found himself confronted by Carl Junker in the sister 1925 Bugatti 'Monza' – chassis '4604'. These two Type 39s proved to be the class of that Grand Prix field and after Junker's engine blew-up, Wreford moved into the lead, only for '4607's engine to fail on the third-last lap. Evidently the two broken 'Monzas' were left parked together at trackside – but Mert Wreford had recorded the race's fastest lap.
A new owner was then found for '4607' in specialist Jack Day of the Ajax Pump Works who fitted '4607' with his own 'Day' supercharger, driven from the crankshaft nose. He made his debut with the supercharged car in the August, 1933, Frankston hill-climb. But when the forced-induction experiment disappointed, Jack Day removed the Bugatti engine and fitted instead a Ford V8. This Type 39 thus became the first Australian special to be powered by a 'black iron' American Ford V8. The resultant Day Special proved very successful through 1936, setting new hill-climb records at Mitcham and Rob Roy. Reg Nutt raced the car in monoposto form at Phillip Island, 1937, and in the South Australian GP in 1938.
After World War 2, Bondi Beach surf life-saver, water-skier and amateur wrestler 'Gelignite' Jack Murray bought '4607' in its Day Special form from Jack Day, the price £1,100.
'Gelignite Jack' would earn his nickname from blowing up rural dunnies with sticks of gelignite during the RedeX Round Australia Trials. Every man needs a hobby....
The car "was given the full Murray red paint and chrome treatment" and in it he set fastest time and finished 5th on handicap in the 1946 New South Wales GP at Bathurst. Returning there n 1947 he was tipped to win, but failed to finish. The car was clocked at 106mph. At the 1948 Bathurst 100 the Day Special was recorded at 117mph and placed 3rd on handicap in the over 1500cc class. Overheating often afflicted the car in its Ford V8-engined form, but 'Gelignite Jack' continued to campaign the ageing special into 1954 when he was an amazing 4th fastest and 7th on handicap at the Bathurst Easter Meeting.
Subsequently the car survived in storage at Murray's Bondi garage, until he sold it – accompanied by a mass of related Bugatti components – to marque enthusiast Ted Lobb. While the original Type 39 chassis survived within the Day Special, Ted Lobb also had its original engine 'No 7' – which was fitted in his sister car '4604' – so now he also owned the blown-up engine 'No 6' – originally in '4604' – from Jack Day. Around 1974, Ted Lobb sold the Day Special and engine 'No 6' plus numerous other related Bugatti parts to Bob King, who later decided to rebuild '4607' to its 1925 Italian Grand Prix 'Monza' form.
He would later write: "The monumental rebuild was completed in the early 1980s, using a Type 39 crankshaft which came from Lance Dixon's Type 51A '4847'. The crankshaft – numbered '27' – was in perfect ex-factory condition, all parts carrying matching factory numbers. A gearbox casing was obtained in England from Ian Preston. The differential is Type 38, suitably altered, from the Nuttbug (BC4)". He concluded "'4607' was sold to Art Valdez of California in 1986...".
This restored Bugatti Type 39 was then shipped to Bangkok, Thailand, in time for new owner Art Valdez to drive it in the December 5, 1987, Prince 'Bira' commemorative Bangkok Grand Prix meeting. Anton Perera reported in 'The Nation' newspaper: "There in the parade was the oldest car of them all, a Bugatti Type 39 – all of 62 years with a 1493cc engine. And didn't the smooth engine purr with noise, indicating that it could be a danger on the 2.5km Pattaya Circuit next week...Yes, the 1931 Australian Grand Prix winner looked in perfectly good trim and ready to turn on the speed..."
John Fitzpatrick of the Australian Bugatti Register later reported how at Pattaya, where the Vintage race "ended an absolutely magical fortnight...Art Valdez was euphoric after his first race in a GP Bugatti...as Neil Corner wrote recently '...To have your GP Bugatti motoring well is to live with the gods...'".
The car was preserved within Mr Valdez's Californian ownership until in April 1993 he telephoned former owner Bob King to declare his intention to sell it. However, it was not until 2017 that the car subsequently passed from Art Valdez into the ownership of the present vendor.
Today '4607' presents very well indeed, having recently benefited from a mechanical inspection, strip-down and rebuilt by Tony Ditheridge's renowned Hawker Racing concern in Milden, Suffolk, England. This work included thorough cleaning and re-commissioning - even to the extent of fitting new valve springs. This ex-works Bugatti warhorse was then unleashed successor on the open road. Now, subject to the usual inspections and personal set-up adjustments, '4607' is poised for an active 2020 motoring season.
The car is accompanied by a comprehensive historical overview and inspection report compiled by the highly respected British Bugatti specialists David Sewell and Mark Morris.
In summary they confirm that "Type 39 chassis '4607' presents itself today as a recognised and well recorded example of the 8-cylinder GP Bugatti". They continue: "One key factor that must be recorded is that the major components are of Molsheim manufacture". The chassis frame is No 61 – while they report that the Molsheim lower (engine) crankcase is '7' ex-'4604' – the Molsheim upper (engine) crankcase is '114' – the Molsheim cambox 'No 7' – the Molsheim gearbox 'No 113' – the Molsheim gearbox lid No '856' – while the Molsheim rear axle centre casing has been modified from that of a touring car, ratio 12x54, 'No 284'.
So here BONHAMS is delighted to commend to the market this Bugatti Type 39 – the eminently useable (and potentially so enjoyable – and so raceable) winner of the 1931 Australian Grand Prix – and previously works driver Giulio Foresti's works team car, with third place in the 1925 Grand Prix de Tourism –third place in the 1925 Italian Gran Premio delle Vetturette at Monza – and 7th in the overall Italian Grand Prix, all so prominent within its history.
Just one decisive bid, and this fine example of Le Pur Sang – which such a jam-packed history on both road and track - could be yours...
Potem Falls in Montgomery Creek, CA. East of Redding, CA. From EricLeslie.com ©2011
Last night I was dealing with a bit of insomnia. So I rolled out of bed at 3:30 got dressed with the plan to shoot something at sunrise before work. I ended up here at Potem Falls. I had never been and I'd say it was well worth the sleeplessness.
I really suffering from a kind of creative block, but this was just the medicine I needed.
I'm gonna tell you that it's not possible to make up the stuff that children do or say!
Ms. Monnie is incredibly cute & down right funny just about all day long.
I got her on a roll right here, she just went from this to this to that, lol.
Shaking my head & laughing at her continual antics.
And she hasn't even left the front yard yet.
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