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Manufacturer: General Motors Company (GM), Cadillac Motor Car Division, Detroit, Michigan - USA
Type: Series 62 Model 56-6239DX 4-door Sedan DeVille
Production time: October 1955 - October 1956
Production outlet: 41,732
Engine: 5981cc GM Cadillac V-8 365 valve-in-head
Power: 285 bhp / 4.600 rpm
Torque: 542 Nm / 2800 rpm
Drivetrain: rear wheels
Speed: 181 km/h
Curb weight: 2180 kg
Wheelbase: 129 inch
Chassis: GM C-body box frame chassis with cross-bracing and all-steel body (by Fisher))
Steering: Saginaw powered recirculation ball
Gearbox: GM Controlled Coupling Hydra-Matic four-speed automatic
Clutch: not applicable
Carburettor: Carter WCFB2370S downdraft 4-barrel
Fuel tank: 76 liter
Electric system: Delco 12 Volts 60 Ah
Ignition system: distributor and coil
Brakes front: Hydrovac powered hydraulic 12 inch Bendix drums
Brakes rear: Hydrovac powered hydraulic 12 inch Bendix drums
Suspension front: independent wishbones, trapezoidal triangle cross bars, sway bar, coil springs + hydraulic telescopic shock absorbers
Suspension rear: beam axle, longitudinal semi-elliptic leaf springs + hydraulic telescopic shock absorbers
Rear axle: live semi-floating type
Differential: hypoid 3.07:1
Wheels: 15 inch steel discs
Tires: 8 x 15
Options: Power Pack (2x Carter WCFB2371 4-barrel carburettor (power 305bhp/4.700rpm - torque 542Nm/3.200rpm - top speed 185 km/h), air suspension, anodized gold grille, anodized-gold “Sabre Spoke” wheels (by alcoa/Kelsey Hayes and standard on the Eldorado model), whitewall tires, a gold finish grille, a four-way electrically power bench seat, a signal-seeking Wonderbar AM radio, electrically operated antenna, Air Conditioning, passenger seat belts, climate control system, remote-control trunk release, a Continental spare tire kit, (wide) whitewall tires, an Autronic eye, side-mounted spotlights, fog lamps, “E-Z Eye” tinted glass, two-tone colouring
Special:
- The original Series 62 was designed by Harley Earl, inspired by the space program and the era of jet engines. For the ’55 models, he introduced its unique rear-deck styling and outrageous new “Shark Fin” tail fins usually called “Rocket-Ship” tail fins.
- The name "DeVille" is from the French "de la ville" or "de ville" meaning "of the town".
- It came standard with knobby, P-38 inspired tail fins, radio, electric windshield washers, heater, leather interior, full carpeting (also in the trunk area), power seats and power windows.
- This Cadillac was built for comfort and not for speed: it’s a real cruiser and could carry six individuals comfortably.
- The 1956 Cadillac Series 62, with its new gadgets like the head lights would turn on at dusk and were also capable of switching from high beam to low beam when they sensed oncoming traffic. was available as this 4-door Sedan DeVillle, as 56-6219 4-door Sedan (26,222 units built), as 56-6237DX 2-door Coupé DeVille (24,086 units built), as 56-6237 2-door Sport Coupé (26,649 units built), as 56-6267SX 2-door Eldorado Seville Coupé (3,900 units built), as 56-6267S 2-door Eldorado Biarritz Convertible (2,150 units built) and as 56-6267X 2-door Convertible (8,300 units built).
Cape Tribulation was named by British navigator Lieutenant James Cook on 10 June 1770 after his ship scraped a reef north east of the cape, whilst passing over it, at 6pm. Cook steered away from the coast into deeper water but at 10.30pm the ship ran aground, on what is now named Endeavour Reef. The ship stuck fast and was badly damaged, desperate measures being needed to prevent it foundering until it was refloated the next day. Cook recorded "...the north point [was named] Cape Tribulation because "here begun all our troubles".
This spider apparently got into my car while I was parked under a tree with the windows cracked. It jumped onto the steering wheel while I was driving, giving me a bit of a start. I recovered and pulled over to capture it for a photo session later. Happy 27th of Arachtober!
Phidippus otiosus (female), body length = 16mm
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The hunt for whales at the North Pole was an industry in which Dutch, Danish and English ships participated. Not only whales were slaughtered, but also walruses and polar bears.
Whales and walruses were hunted for their oil, which was used as lamp oil and in candle making.
The whale boats where light and fast which was necessary to be able to come close to the whale and throw the harpoon from a short distance. The boats were rowed single banked and steered with a long oar.
The whaling season started in April or May and in September the ships made the journey home.
Collection Rotterdam Maritime Museum
This beautiful boy was munching on grass during the last bit of golden hour down the road from where I live and I was finally able to take his photo. For those of you who are wondering why cattle is called by various names, I have included a list to help.
Calf - less than 1 year old.
Heifer - a young female who has never calved
Cow - a female who has calved
Bull - an intact male
Steer - a castrated male
Stephenville, TX
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Manufacturer: American La France Cars, Elmira, New York - USA
Type: 12 Roadster
Engine: 14,500cc straight-6 T-head
Power: 85 bhp / 1.800 rpm
Speed: 120 km/h
Production time: unknown
Production outlet: unknown
Curb weight: 3250 kg
Special:
- The American La France 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 and 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. 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..
- By changing gears, the car could easily be adapted for use on public roads.
- For switching of the unsynchronized driebak experience was an absolute requirement.
- Starting of the engine (individual cylinders displaces about 2.41 liters ☺!) 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.
- It has a three-speed manual straightcut-chaindrive transmission, Eisenman Magneto and twinspark ignition, Ram's Horns inlet manifold, a Zenith carburettor, Reliance tachometer (300 – 3.600 rpm), Phinney-Walker keyless clock, Pirene fire extinguisher and rear wheel drive.
- The fire truck chassis (made of Krupp nickel-chrome steel) with doorless steel body using the same basic running gear has a 159 inch wheelbase, a finished wood dashboard, a moto-meter atop its brass radiator, leather interior, strategically placed grab handles, a Stutz Bearcat-esque monocle windscreen, a (standard) side-mounted toolbox, a bolster fuel tank, wood trimmed steering wheel, dual chain drive, a chain-drive rear axle, a rear mounted spare tire, massive 42" wooden-spoke wheels and only drum brakes at the rear wheels by an e-brake handle.
- Fuel consumption: “No comment, just a happy local fuelstation manager ☺!”