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A close-up from a walk across Kurilpa Bridge. The image captures the quiet drama of engineered strength and urban rhythm — a moment of pause, looking closer, trying to see something different
When turned, the spiraled form of a drill bit directs energy into local shear forces causing a material to fracture in a controlled and specific way.
I went to Milan Dragway with my wife and a few friends yesterday - it was a beautiful day for the races. I shot this particular image as a car was leaving the line - love how the grip from tire to track makes the tire wrinkle up as they accelerate.
Manufacturer: General Motors UK Limited / Vauxhall Motor Ltd, Luton, Bedfordshire - UK
Type: Wyvern LIX Saloon
Production time: September 1948 to July 1951
Production outlet: 55,409
Engine: 1442cc straight-4 OHV
Power: 35 bhp / 3.600 rpm
Torque: 92 Nm / 1.800 rpm
Drivetrain: rear wheels
Speed: 103 km/h
Curb weight: 990 kg
Wheelbase: 97.8 inch
Chassis: with all-steel welded integral body
Steering: Burman Douglas screw & nut
Gearbox: three-speed manual / II and III synchronized / steering column shifter
Clutch: Borg & Beck 7.25 inch single dry plate with spring-loaded centre
Carburettor: Zenith 30 VIG-5 downdraft
Fuel tank: 45.5 liter
Electric system: Lucas 12 Volts
Ignition system: Lucas 12-Volt coil
Brakes front: Lockheed 9.5 inch hydraulic drums
Brakes rear: Lockheed 9.5 inch hydraulic drums
Suspension front: independent Dubonnet torsion bar and tube type with coil springs +built-in double acting hydraulic shock absorbers
Suspension rear: longitudinal semi-elliptic underslung leaf springs fitted with rubber bushes + single acting hydraulic shock absorbers
Rear axle: live
Differential: spiral bevel
Wheels: 3.00 x 16 pressed steel discs
Tires: 5.00 x 16 Firestone
Options: RHD with speedometer in miles, LHD with speedometer in kilometres, four bladed fan (iso two), Made-to-Measure Radio, a heater, foglights, leather upholstery iso cloth
Special:
- The name comes from the mythical beast the "Wyvern" (a winged creature with a dragon's head, a reptilian body, two legs [sometimes none] and a barbed tail) and may be due to a misidentification of the heraldic Griffin on the Vauxhall badge.
- The body was designed by David Jones and his Vauxhalls Design Department and was based in the Chevrolet Fleetline with an “alligator” bonnet.
- The L Series Wyvern along with the Velox were Vauxhall's first new models after WWII, especially produced for export to help the British economy, built in Luton - UK, but also assembled in Australia (General Motors-Holden’s LTD) as LBX Wyvern (CKD kits). A 2-door "Caleche" Tourer was only assembled in Australia.
- The body is identical with the Velox LIP (1948-1951: 76,919 units built), but the Velox has a 2275cc straight-6 engine.
- The Wyvern, with pushbutton doors and “self parking” screen wipers, is known as a very slow car and that also applies to the Velox.
Manufacturer: American LaFrance Cars, Summerville, South Carolina - USA
Type: Type 12 Speedster
Production time: 1911 - 1925
Production outlet: unknown
Engine: 14,015cc straight-6 854 T-head (licence Daimler-Simplex by American LaFrance)
Power: 152 bhp / 1.900 rpm
Torque: 1.700 Nm / 1.000 rpm
Drivetrain: rear wheels
Speed: 120 km/h
Curb weight: 2600 kg
Wheelbase: 134.3 inch
Chassis: fire truck ladder frame chassis (made of Krupp nickel-chrome steel) and doorless separate steel body
Steering: worm & sector
Gearbox: three-speed manual straightcut-chaindrive transmission / non-synchronized / floor shift
Clutch: plate type
Carburettor: single spray-nozzle Schebler
Fuel tank: unknown
Electric system: 6 Volts
Ignition system: Eisenman Magneto and twinspark (single type)
Brakes front: non
Brakes rear: mechanical drums (by an e-brake handle)
Suspension front: rigid axle, longitudinal semi-elliptic leaf springs
Suspension rear: rigid axle, longitudinal semi-elliptic leaf springs
Rear axle: live 3/4 floating type
Differential: spiral bevel dual chain drive 4.42:1
Wheels: 42 inch wooden Atillery type
Tires: 42 x 4
Options: Phinney-Walker keyless clock, Pirene fire extinguisher, moto-meter atop its brass radiator, Stutz Bearcat-esque monocle windscreen, a bolster fuel tank
Special:
- The American LaFrance Company (one of the oldest fire apparatus manufacturers in America) was founded in the early 1830s, producing horse drawn carriages and steam powered fire engines. It was officially formed by Truckson LaFrance (a descendant of a French Huguenot emigrant to America) and his partners in 1873 as the LaFrance Manufacturing Company selling hand powered equipment, emergency response vehicles, such as chemical engines, aerial ladder trucks, airport crash trucks and more.
- Different used ALF-fire trucks converted into a cars on a shortened chassis. By adjusting the gears, the car could easily be adapted for use on public roads. For switching of the un-synchronized gears experience was an absolute requirement. The huge torque provided the car to drive away in second or third gear.
- This was in fact an inexpensive way to get a fast and reliable automobile. Therefore, it is also difficult to get reliable info about numbers, models, etc..
- They were assembled at the plant in Elmira, New York - USA.
- Starting of the engine (individual cylinders displaces about 2.34 liters ☺! and three spark plugs per cylinder) was a cumbersome procedure. At first you had to be built up pressure with a hand pump in the fuel tank, then the ignition was put on “late” and the choke pulled out. After opening of the hood you had to inject gasoline into the cylinders (wit an oiler). Then the startbobine was switched on and the decompression button pulled out and the engine could be cranked. When the engine was running the various buttons and levers were put back into their original positions.
- The huge torque provided the car to drive away in second or third gear.
- Fuel consumption: “No comment, just a happy local fuelstation manager ☺!”
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I saw this Ferrari today in Noordwijk. There was an event called : Supercar Drive
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The new 4499 cc V8 is the first Ferrari direct injection engine to be mid-rear mounted. It has a very low piston compression height typical of racing engines which contributed to achieving its compression ratio of 12.5:1. Equipped with the traditional flat-plane crankshaft, the engine delivers 570 CV at 9000 rpm and, with an outstanding power output of 127 CV/litre, sets a new benchmark not only for the whole Ferrari range and the history of company, but also for the entire market segment. Maximum torque is 540 Nm at 6000 rpm, over 80 per cent of which is available from 3250 rpm. Specific torque is a record 120 Nm/litre. However, what is truly extraordinary is the amount of torque available while still maintaining high levels of power at low revs. The 458 Italia is equipped with the seven-speed dual-clutch transmission which increases performance whilst providing very smooth shifts even at full throttle. The engineers have developed specific, sportier gear ratios to match the power and torque curves of the new V8, guaranteeing high torque even at lower engine speeds and allowing the car to reach its maximum speed in top gear.
Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan - U.S.A.
Type: Model A Series Fordor Sedan Std - 3 Window Model 165D
Production time: 1930 - 1931 (model 165D)
Production time: 1927 - 1932 (all Model A’s)
Production outlet: 59,260 (Model 165D)
Production outlet: 4,849,340 (all Model A’s)
Engine: 3286cc straight-4 Ford 200.5 CID L-head
Power: 40 bhp / 2.200 rpm
Torque: 173 Nm / 1.000 rpm
Drivetrain: rear wheels
Speed: 90 km/h
Curb weight: 1180 kg
Wheelbase: 103.5 inch
Chassis: A - chassis ladder frame with separate steel body (by Briggs Manufacturing Co., Detroit, Michigan)
Steering: worm & sector
Gearbox: sliding three-speed manual + reverse / unsynchronised / floor shifter
Clutch: 9 inch single dry plate
Carburettor: Zenith type 26VF-3 : c/s 854
Fuel tank: 38 liter
Electric system: 6 Volts
Ignition system: distributor and coil
Brakes front: mechanical internal expanding 11 inch drums
Brakes rear: mechanical internal expanding 11 inch drums
Suspension front: rigid axle, transverse leaf springs + Houdaille-type double-acting shock absorbers
Suspension rear: beam axle, transverse semi-elliptic leaf springs + Houdaille-type double-acting shock absorbers
Rear axle: live 3/4 floating type
Differential: spiral bevel 3.77:1
Wheels: welded Ford steel spoke
Tires: 4.75 x 19 balloon
Special:
- The exterior has design cues taken from the Lincoln ("baby Lincoln"), heavily involved by Edsel Ford.
- The Model A was the first Ford to use the standard set of driver controls with conventional clutch, throttle, gearshift and brake pedals, a new battery and ignition system, safety glass in the windshield and mechanical drum brakes on four wheels (cable operated).
- The fuel tank was located in the cowl, between the engine compartment's fire wall and the dash panel (with visual fuel gauge) and Phaetons, Roadsters, Conertibles had a comfortable "dickey-seat" (in America "rumble seat"), in the earlier "coach period" intended for the footman. If it was not used, it could be folded shut.
- The 1930 and 1931 editions came with stainless steel radiator cowling and headlamp housings.
- The Model A (also called A-Model Ford or the A, and A-bone among rodders and customizers) was available in 30 body styles and four standard colours, but not in black☺! Black however was an option.
- This last Series Model A (1930-1931) was available as this 4-door Fordor, as 4-door 170B Deluxe Fordor Sedan - 2 Window (16,105 units built), as 4-door 35B Pheaton (20,546 units built), as 4-door 180A DeLuxe Phaeton (6,175 units built), as 4-door 400A Convertible Sedan (only 1931: 4,864 units built), as 4-door 140B Town Car (only 1930: 63 units built), as 4-door 155C Town Sedan (160,404 units built), as 4-door 150B Station Wagon (6,358 units built), as 4-door 135A Taxi Cab (1930 only: 10 units built), as 2-door 68B Convertible Cabriolet (37,669 units built), as 2-door 45B Coupé (305,843 units built), as 2-door 45B DeLuxe Coupé (52,004 units built), as 2-door 40B DeLuxe Roadster (64,315 units built), as 2-door 40B Roadster (118,400 units built), as 2-door 50B Sport Coupé (88,867 units built), as 2-door 55B Tudor Sedan (524,696 units built), as 2-door 55B DeLuxe Tudo Sedan (only 1931: 21,984 units built), as 2-door 190A Victoria (40,212 units built) and as rolling chassis (9,667 units built).
- Outside of the USA, the Model A was produced in plants in Argentina, Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Soviet Union and the United Kingdom and sold all over the world.
- The Model A formed the basis for the Russian car industry (Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod (NAZ/GAZ) in Nizhny Novgorod).
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Manufacturer: Pontiac Motors Division of General Motors, Kansas City, Kansas - USA
Type: Chieftain Eight Series 27 2-door Sedan
Production time: 1952
Production outlet: 32,962 (all models)
Engine: 4398cc straight-8 L-head
Power: 106 bhp / 3.800 rpm
Torque: 301 Nm / 2.200 rpm
Drivetrain: rear wheels
Speed: 140 km/h
Curb weight: 1760 kg
Wheelbase: 120 inch
Chassis: GM A-platform box frame and cross bracing with all-steel body (by Fisher)
Steering: worm & roller
Gearbox: three-speed manual / all synchromesh / steering column shifter
Clutch: 10 inch single plate dry disc
Carburettor: Carter WCD-719 SA dual downdraft
Fuel tank: 66 liter
Electric system: 6 Volts
Ignition system: distributor and coil
Brakes front: 11 inch DELCO hydraulic drums
Brakes rear: 11 inch DELCO hydraulic drums
Suspension front: single wheel independent trapezoidal wishbones, sway bar with lateral control coil springs + hydraulic DELCO shock absorbers
Suspension rear: longitudinal semi-elliptic leaf springs + hydraulic DELCO shock absorbers
Rear axle: live semi-floating type
Differential: hypoid
Wheels: 5.5 x 15
Tires: 7.1 x 15-4
Options: Hydra-Matic Dual-Range four-speed automatic transmission, parking brake control light, a radio with seven vacuum tubes, tissue dispenser, under seat heaters, a Remington Auto-Home shaver, two-tone colouring
Special:
- “Dollar for dollar, you can't beat a Pontiac” was the advertising jingle that represented Pontiac's steadfast reputation for reliability and quality in the 1950's.
- In fact these models were still pre-war models, look-a-likes of Chevrolet with straight-6 or -8 side valve engines, designed by Herman Kaiser with influence from Harley Earl.
- The Chieftain Eight Series 27 was available as this 2-door Sedan, as 4-door Sedan, as 2-door Deluxe Sedan, as 4-door Deluxe Sedan, as 2-door Deluxe Sedan Coupé, as 2-door Sedan Coupé, as 2-door Business Coupé, as 2-door DeLuxe Catalina Coupé, as 2-door Catalina Super DeLuxe, as 2-door DeLuxe Convertible Coupé, as 2-door Sedan Delivery Van and as 4-door Station Wagon (first year).
- These Series was assembled in Pontiac (Michigan), South Gate (California), Arlington (Texas), Wilmington (Delaware), Atlanta (Georgia), Kansas City (Kansas), Framingham (Massachusetts) and in Linden (New Jersey).