Showing posts with label what is it. Show all posts
Showing posts with label what is it. Show all posts

Friday, October 1, 2010

Anyone recognize this delivery van from a Munsters episode background?



I don't recognize it, and don't have any guess...

Dave commented, "Looks to me like and English Thames pronounced "Tems". What do you think?"

You might be spot on Dave, I think you have it... but Chris looked it up on IMCDB.org and nailed it!
Chris commented;
1955-56 Dodge US. Mail truck, rare today, Body was by Fageol
This Dodge postal vehicle built with right hand drive and a flat-head six cylinder engine with a push-button automatic transmission. A decal inside, above the windshield, says: FAGEOL - Pony Express Twin Coach - Kent, Ohio, while a tag proclaims “Post Office #6-A-1101 - Model #C3 - C6 - 95.” A Dodge tag notes - 105 net Hp @ 3600rpm.” The wheelbase of the truck is 95 inches, and the rear door opens like a minivan hatch.
The Twin Coach Company utilized their body manufacturing facilities to produce these "Pony Express" vehicles.
From IMCDB.org

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Thursday, August 26, 2010

The biggest wagon I've ever seen! Might only have been a movie prop, because they blew it to smithereens












Three axles... I've never seen one with 3 axles. This was in the movie "Duck You Sucker" with James Coburn
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067140/

Saturday, August 21, 2010

the Humboldt Wholesale bus... with the funky cool paint, and the VW kombi grafted to the roof


Cool paint style, and I love that the colors and designs start on the VW and flow down onto the bus.









What is this license plate?

Tamarlane has a great question no one has answered yet, what is the Monopoly race car based on? An early Indy car? A streamlined lakes racer?


From http://karakullake.blogspot.com/2010/05/monopoly-game-car-piece.html for info on the games pieces, according to the following link the design changed several times over the years anyway:
http://www.monopoly-history.com/tokens.php

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Can anyone identify this vehicle by year or manufacturer for Travis at the Santa Fe Super Chief website?

I am trying to find some information about a inspection car that Santa Fe used in Richmond. I found a picture of it in a Santa Fe book but it says nothing about the year or what kind of vehicle it was.
Thanks so much.
Travis www.santafesuperchief.com

webmaster@santafesuperchief.com

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Plaster City, 1947... but what the heck is going on with this 8 wheel double front ended railcar


former curator of the Imperial Valley transportation museum Steve wrote in the comments to inform us about this and said...

This was used for years to transport crews by rail over the narrow gauge railroad (last industrial narrow gauge railway in the state, if not the whole country) between the processing mill at Plaster City California, and the gypsum mine in the Fish Mountains 25 miles away.

With two front ends, it wasn't necessary to turn it around for the return trip. After it wore out it was acquired by the owner of the trucking company that hauled the finished sheetrock from the mill. About 12 years ago the vehicle was donated back to the company.

I can't reply by email to thank Steve because this blog set up doesn't require email addresses to comment. But I can thank you sincerely for providing me and all the readers with this incredible information that likely, you are the only person to know. It's astonishing that of all the people who might have known the information on the railcar, one reads my blog, and took the time to help us all know what this railcars history is.

My compliments, and applause! Thanks for sharing!

Wikipedia has a good article on narrow gauge railways, and confirms the part about the Plaster City line being the last "There is one narrow gauge industrial railroad still in commercial operation in the United States, the US Gypsum operation in Plaster City, California" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrow_gauge_railroads_in_the_United_States

For a post about the coolest old 1920's through 1940's railroad cars:
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/11/inspection-cars-for-railroad-inspectors.html
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