Shift change photo

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[Archer]

Perfect height....



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Sleeve valve engine

 

[Mikel]

June 21 1955. Sam Gray, David Rutford and Fred Hallberg begin their cruise down the Mississippi river from Saint Paul Minnesota on a homemade raft. The raft was built of barrels and planks. Power for the propeller was provided by a 1939 Chevrolet they had paid $ 15 for. the car had 172,000 miles on it. The rear wheels of the car ran against another set of wheels which turned the propeller. The car's steering wheel turned the raft's rudder.
In Saint Louis Missouri the men had a delay as the Chevy's valves needed to be ground. Outside of Memphis Tennessee a bearing on the propeller shaft burned out but the men were able to repair it with tools borrowed from a barge crew. The men ran low on food as they discovered a stowaway was eating their food. The stowaway was a rat. The men tried fishing for food but caught nothing the entire trip.
Other problems encountered included mosquitoes, driftwood in the river and backwash from passing barges. On July 25 1955 the trio reached New Orleans. They planned to drive the Chevrolet back to Minnesota.
Epilogue. The three men made it back to Saint Paul driving the Chevrolet in 49 hours. The car used five gallons of oil for the return drive.
Photo Ramsey County Historical Society.

 

[Levigarrett76]

Fuck thats cool

 

[Dethmachinefab]

Fuck thats cool

Awesome story. It's sad you would be jailed for having an adventure like that today.

 

[Mikel]

If this is from the 50s, those jeeps were far from cheap.

 

[surpip]

Sleeve valve engine

Working on one of those right now.
Second pic is the spark plug isolator, first is the head temp sensor that I had to re insulate.

 

[Mikel]

Cars of the crew of the USS Kitty Hawk, 1983.

 

[6869704x4]

Line on the top right looks like a long drop if you get out of the drivers side

 

[SomeGuyFromOlympia]

it should be mandatory that a lottery happens happens once underway , and that one gets sent off the catapult

 

[arse_sidewards]

it should be mandatory that a lottery happens happens once underway , and that one gets sent off the catapult

Wouldn't surprise me if they did brought on a junker specifically to do that as fake punishment for a fake infraction to keep everyone else in line.

 

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I like the yellow barge in the lower right, surrounded by microcars (and a moderately fat 'cuda) for extra pop

 

[Mikel]

1000th B-29 at the Wichita Boeing plant. Feb. 1945.

 

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[arse_sidewards]

The single pass butt weld on 3/4" plate was a nice touch.

 

[Penetrode Offroad]

I guess I never knew that was a thing.

 

[subybaja]

a 1939 Chevrolet they had paid $ 15 for. the car had 172,000 miles on it.

 

[Mikel]

 

[Wades_76_cj7]

that's a fuggin win.

 

[Ovrez]

 

[GonPostal]

Years back, I helped my in-laws clean out the home of a friend of theirs that had passed away. He was pilot in the Air Force during WWII. After the war he got involved in the Air Craft production industry, at at one time even gave Howard Hughes flying lessons. Here's a photo I snagged during the estate clean out, that shows Howard Hughes standing on a workbench, addressing a group of people. Don't know much more about this.

 

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[Penetrode Offroad]

The first dodge RAM.

 

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[SomeGuyFromOlympia]

The first dodge RAM.

I thought it was the first compact car