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In 1949, the DeGrazia's bought 10-acres of land in the Santa Catalina Foothills, north of Tucson. Soon after Ted and Marion began to build their home on the grounds, at this time there was no electricity, water, or services. All supplies that they needed had to be transported from Tucson. They cooked their food in an old wood-burning stove and took showers outside with water from a bucket. Happy Throwback Thursday!
Thought I'd throw up this neat clip of a Chicago-Stockton stacker powering up from a stop at a rural crossing west of Dallas City, Illinois from Sep. 11, 2015.
This isn’t a Corvette. It’s the Equus Throwback.
Okay, so it is a Corvette, sort of.
But this Corvette has been restyled, and given a little bit more grunt by Equus Automotive, creator of the Bass770.
The retro-inspired Throwback is a limited model, with only 25 planned by the Detroit-based company, which utilises the ‘Vette as a basis to create a “significantly upgraded” muscle car.
The Corvette’s supercharged V8 can be tuned to an output of 746kW and 1114Nm. Equus says it’s capable of a 2.5-second run to 97km/h (60mph), and has a top speed of 354km/h.
Equus Autmotive’s goal with the Throwback was to inspire a sense of nostalgia in muscle car fans while providing a car with modern-day usability.
“The Throwback model uses unique styling language in its outer skin to create a breathtaking vision of the ultimate Corvette. Equus takes the customer down memory lane to an era when Corvettes were synonymous with performance and class.
“The Throwback can be personalized for the design orientated drivers or for the fastest paced performance centric customer, always emphasizing the original love of an icon, desire for innovation and uncompromised quality.
“Just as companies like Brabus and Alpina focus on European brands, Equus Automotive is focused on providing American Sports car lovers the ultimate interpretation of todayʼs designs.
This week we are going back thirty-five years to 1988 and to LD 1 in St. Stephen's Green on route 44. This bus was a Leyland Olympian demonstrator sent to Dublin Bus for evaluation, along with an MCW Metrobus. Even though the latter went to the effort of painting their bus in Dublin Bus livery, the Olympian eventually won out. Dublin Bus went on to order 640 Olympians, delivered between 1990 and 1999, with the final one withdrawn in 2012. The Dublin Bus vehicles did have a different body style though compared to that of the demonstrator. LD 1 went on to the Isle of Man before reaching Solent Blue Line in Southampton in 1990. In 2008 it moved to York Pullman and it seems around 2012 it was withdrawn, though still existed in some form in 2017.
The DUTC started running route 44 between the city centre and Enniskerry in 1936. In 2012, Dublin Bus extended it to Larkhill replacing route 3 on the northside. In 2014 it was extended slightly further to Dublin City University (DCU).
15/11/1988
This week we are going back seventeen years to 2007 and to RA 322 on O'Connell Street with a service on route 121 to Cabra.
Route 121 started operating between the city centre and Drimnagh Road in 1997. It was a City Imp route, and replaced previous route 22A. In 1998 the route was extended north to Cabra, initially terminating on Faussagh Road, before being extended to Ratoath Road in 1999. The route ceased to operate in 2011 under Network Direct changes. Part of the route on southside was replaced by route 150, but other roads lost their bus service when the route ended.
RA 322 was new to Dublin Bus in 1996. It was withdrawn in December 2007, and sold on to another operator in the United Kingdom.
This bus stop outside Easons is no longer present, having been removed during the Luas Cross City construction works. It was once served by a variety of high-frequency routes, and was a very busy stop.
06/11/2007
This week we are going back 19 years to 1998. RA 246 is seen at the bus stop on Grafton Street while operating a service on route 10 to UCD Belfield from Phoenix Park. At the time the bus was only 3 years old but managed to stay in service for another decade and a half as it became a member of the tour fleet. It did lose its roof though for this new role, or at least some of it. This location ceased being a bus stop in 2014 with the start of Luas Cross CIty works. With the tram tracks coming through here it is not longer practical for buses to stop here, and this corner has been eased by extending the footpath. The bus is in an all-over ad for Eircell, one of the first mobile operators in Ireland. 1998 was when mobile phones were starting to appear, and were still a relatively novel technology at that time.
Finally, what can one say about the route 10. It was one of the more famous routes in Dublin and used by a lot of people over their lifetimes, either going to college in Belfield or the Zoo in the Phoenix Park. In 2010 the unthinkable happened when Dublin Bus abolished the route and replaced it with the 39A on the southside and 46A on the northside. 28/04/1998
Different take on things after an artistic dormant state. Work + school= artistic block. Model: Calorie. Aka, hottie gf ftw.
Como sinto saudades dessas pontas roxas! Desse quarto bagunçado em um loft cheia de boas risadas e amizade verdadeira. Sim, estou nostálgica hoje e a culpa é da dona @Natália Cavalcante , pra quem não sabe ela está contando como ela e o Victor se conheceram no canal dela e de quebra mostrando um pouco do que aprontávamos naquela época, então corre lá pra conferir e volte aqui nos próximos dias porque assim como ela, irei compartilhar fotos que tenho daquela época #throwback
"Well-informed people know it is impossible to transmit the voice over wires. Even if it were, it would be of no practical value."
- Boston Post, 1865
This week we are going back sixteen years to 2009, and to AV 134 in Donnybrook arriving with a service on route 47 from Belarmine.
The modern route 47 started running between Donnybrook Church and Belarmine in 2008. It operated via Sandyford with the intention of providing a connection between the Luas tram system and the new development in Belarmine near Stepaside. In 2010 it was extended into the city centre as part of Network Direct, going via Ballsbridge, and acting as partial replacements for routes 46B, 63 and 84. In 2012 it was rerouted again under Network Direct, this time reaching the city centre via Nutley Lane, Sandymount and Ringsend. This was a partial replacement for routes 2 and 3.
AV 134 was new to Dublin Bus in 2000. It was withdrawn around 2013 and sold on to an operator in the United Kingdom.
09/04/2009