Poodle Moth

The Venezuelan poodle moth was not discovered until 2009

Waiting for the morning train in Dhaka, Bangledesh

1938 Dodge RX-70 Airflow Tanker

Banana train

Modern Igloo

A guy's gotta do what a guy's gotta do

California Dreamin'

Rumble seat

Quick release spare

... the dog makes a quick exit on the far side.

Vietnamese appliance delivery

Rain barrel

1948 Buick Roadmaster

I am not a big fan of old Buicks but this really caught my heart.  I was in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan a couple of weeks ago and ran across this one at the Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village Museum.  A great walk through of pioneer Saskatchewan.  It is a self guided walk through with a number of surprises including this Roadmaster.  It had wonderful patina and the original interior had that old car aroma as well.  Other than the red wheels and a mechanical rebuild sometime in the past it appeared to be an original vehicle.

I couldn't mention Saskatchewan without making some reference to the landscape.  This was typical of the forty minute drive along the Trans Canadian Highway from Regina (Provincial Capital) to Moose Jaw.

Nikita Nomerz street art

1967 Saab 96

            vectorimage

In a comment to M. Silvius on Nails and Sawdust I said I had had a Saab that took the same odd size tires as his Volvo.  I drove this car for many years and sold it when my storage space was maxing out.  It was front wheel drive and (under) powered by a 3 cylinder 2 cycle engine with a four speed transmission.  It featured free wheeling.  That allowed the car to coast (at idle) when you let off of the throttle rather than experiencing engine braking.

The fuel tank had about an 8 gallon capacity.  Some of these cars had oil injection but this one did not.  You drove until the low fuel warning light illuminated in the fuel gauge.  At the service station you dumped a quart of 2 cycle oil in the tank and then filled up with gas.  I developed the habit of placing my foot on the rear bumper and rocking the car during the fill up to help mix the oil.  It smoked some and sounded somewhat like a chainsaw.

It was a very cute car and I miss it.

Gator drawn on dirt

Wrapping Hay

Duplicate Housing

Honda Mean Mower V2

Honda recently set a new record for 0-100mph with a time of 6.285 Seconds.  The Mean Mower is reportedly capable of reaching 150mph.  The engine is from one of Honda's CBR 1000RR Fireblades producing 189 horsepower with it's inline four engine.

There is a nice YouTube video of the record runs here.

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I was not familiar with the Fireblade but the internet was quick to give me a reference:

Exceeded Limits

Jaguar Extended Cab

Tipping Point

Somewhere in the 30's

Absolute Determination

Curbside

Market Day

That was yesterday, and yesterday's gone

Wind advisory

American Austin Bantam

An American car company from the late '30's that is credited with the design of the Jeep.  More information on Wikipedia.

Luxury sidecar

Prepared to launch

Happy Birthday Marilyn Monroe

That's a good looking 1951 Pontiac Chieftain