Sunday, May 05, 2024
very surprising... they made a Canadian spec '81 Z 28 Camaro - that got a stick shift. They did not make a Stick Shift 1981 Camaro Z28 to sell in the USA that year. Lucky darn Canadian young men got the better car that year!
This is a Canadian-spec version of the 1981 Chevrolet Camaro Z28, and as such, it could be ordered with the 4-speed manual transmission which wasn’t available to American-delivered cars – they all got the automatic.
As a result of this one-year-only, cross border rule, original Canadian-ordered Chevrolet Camaro Z28s from 1981 are among the most collectible from the era.
For 1981 the Z28 and its 350 cubic inch (5.7 liter) V8 could only be ordered with the automatic transmission with a lock-up torque converter, which was linked to the CCC unit.
This limitation didn’t apply for non-US orders however, and as a result there was a special Canadian version of the Z28 Camaro that wasn’t fitted with the power-sapping CCC unit, and could still be ordered with the Borg Warner 4-speed manual transmission.
Canadian Camaro buyers made good use of the loophole, over 3,000 4-speed manual examples of the 1981 Z28 were sold, all of which were faster than any new Camaro sold in America that year.
This limitation didn’t apply for non-US orders however, and as a result there was a special Canadian version of the Z28 Camaro that wasn’t fitted with the power-sapping CCC unit, and could still be ordered with the Borg Warner 4-speed manual transmission.
Canadian Camaro buyers made good use of the loophole, over 3,000 4-speed manual examples of the 1981 Z28 were sold, all of which were faster than any new Camaro sold in America that year.
Saturday, May 04, 2024
while watching Clarkson's Farm season 3, I learned that in 1962 there was an attempt to get hover craft Land Rovers... the "Hover Rover"
created by Hovercraft makers Vickers, the hover skirt was proposed as an aftermarket conversion which could be fitted to “any vehicle”
Friday, May 03, 2024
One side of the four-lane highway collapsed near the city of Meizhou in southeastern China, at 2am, resulting in 48 deaths on Thursday, in a treacherous and mountainous area.
Twenty-three vehicles fell down a steep slope, some sending up flames as they caught fire.
Someone just wrote about how making you tube videos about cars didn't make them any money, so, FYI, here's the info from Autopian.com that it takes 4 million views to only make 2700, yes, that's less than 3k.
The point it makes, is that it isn't lifestyle level income being generated by YouTube takes far larger numbers than what car videos generate.
It would take more like 10 million views, monthly, to equal a months pay at a 25 an hour job. Just rough math, don't think for a second I've researched the matter and figured out the taxes or whatever.
Some people have told me I should try that... well, it's now official, it's not worth it unless a person has an enormous audience. About 10,000 times more than I have. And a person would need a catchy concept to do a better video series than all the people already trying to make a go of it with you tube videos on cars and trucks.
Thursday, May 02, 2024
Snapping necks in Brisbane Australia (I've been there! WONDERFUL people!) 28-liter V12 Cummins 1710 with twin turbos, rated at 900 hp and able to spit out 4,000 lb-ft of torque.
If you ever go there, see if the Bellowing Bull Bar and Grill is still there.
I REALLY liked todays header, a Lincoln converted to tractor/doodlebug functions around a farm
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looks like a cool collection huh? But this is the illegally bought storage of former Indiana Sheriff Noel, so... not likely to be his much longer, and it's all evidence of his million of dollars of theft
I see a Hellcat, a Superbird, a 70 Coronet, 69 Roadrunner, 71 police car in the top, 2nd from the right in a plastic drop cloth, a 68 Charger, a Packard in the lower right, 2 modern chargers possibly Scat Packs, the lifted hood red 1969 looks like either a Super Bee or Road Runner
this is how much he and his family blew through in the past couple years.... 54 thousand dollars in cigars? 83 thou at Macy's? Macy's must LOVE his family.
The SBA concluded Noel family members racked up the following amount of "unlawful" charges:
Jamey Noel: $3,494,571.95
Misty Noel: $663,211.92
Kasey Noel: $109,361.32
Misty Noel: $663,211.92
Kasey Noel: $109,361.32
(Paddle wheelers have wheels, it says so right in the name, that means I get to post about them according to my rule about "cool things with wheels") the Belle of Cincinnati wins the 61st Great Steamboat Race
The Belle of Cincinnati hadn't won the Great Steamboat Race since 2017, so, it was a happy event for her fans
According to the Kentucky Derby Festival, a funny awards ceremony happened on the Belle of Louisville; Mayor Craig Greenberg hit them with a citation.
“Well, looky there… the judges missed something. This is your uniform citation, and the Belle of Cincinnati has been cited for speeding down the Ohio River,” He joked, holding up the citation. “Large vessel exceeding safe speeds on the mighty Ohio during Derby Week, and your court location is same time, same place, next year!”
a fuel tanker with 8500 gallons of gas ran into a semi truck under the I-95 at Exit 15 overpass in Norwalk, Connecticut ... shutting down the interstate in both directions for days as the overpass steel was damaged and the pavement on the 95 was too, from the heat of 3 hours of burning gas
Last fall, the state Department of Transportation replaced a nearby portion of I-95 that carried traffic over a local road in Westport. The sections were pre-built, allowing the bridge to be completed over two weekends.
the Brooklyn Trolley Group is looking to build a pre-1918 trolley fleet and are researching sources to either purchase or lease any NYC vintage cars. Either single truck (Brill 21E) or double truck cars.
Trolley cars were the basic public transportation in Brooklyn for much of the last century. Indeed, the Brooklyn Dodgers were originally the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers, so named for Brooklynites leaping aside from oncoming trolley cars. (I didn't know that!)
The first urban light rail system began operations in New York City in 1832—two years before Brooklyn was incorporated into a city itself—as a small, boxy car pulled by horses over rails embedded in the street.
https://brooklyntrolley.org/
I got a call today from some unprofessional screener about a job I applied for with Recon RF. Not only did he not introduce himself, this is how he started the conversation:
" What is your dream job at this stage of your life "
But, he replied how he hadn't memorized my resume.
Ok... no one presumed you would, but most of us logical people figure you'd have a copy in front of you on the computer screen... so, why are you asking me what you already have the answers for? You're not asking about anything relevant. First the dream job? Then my schooling, 33 years ago? It was vacuum tube tech, and periscopes and ESGN, and main frame computers for radar detecting, nothing that has any place in the current job market.
Anyway, he was a dick, so I called his company phone number and left a message to whomever cares to listen to the voice mail at Recon RF, stating that this screener was unprofessional, but maybe just having a bad day, but needs a tune up on charm and that sort of thing if he wants to actually hire anyone who isn't on the same page with his screening technique. I've been a manager, I've screened out hundreds of resumes, interviewed some people, etc. It's not hard, they simply want to get the job, but not have you waste their time either.
So, that was also, a waste of time, as they didn't ask me to send them my resume for a look. We already know dickhead number one deleted my info, and without someone who didn't wake up on the wrong side of the cave this morning taking a look at my resume and seeing if I'm qualified for the job, that entire situation is simply nothing more than a waste of time and useful to only give me something to tell all of you about.
Cause that company might make great high tech stuff, but their ability to interact with society at large? Not so good actually.
My reply was to the effect of "nothing your company has to offer, so, can we talk about the jobs your company is hiring for?"
He insisted on that line of questions though, so I replied "photographing and writing about vehicles, but getting paid for it... now, can we discuss the jobs you're trying to screen applicant for?"
(Now keep in mind this is all about applying for an admin assistant job https://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/ofc/d/san-diego-operations-assistant/7741243805.html and not electronics at all)
So, instead, he switched to my formal education in electronics, in the Navy, and wanted to know how long those schools were.... I replied, that's in my resume.
But, he replied how he hadn't memorized my resume.
Ok... no one presumed you would, but most of us logical people figure you'd have a copy in front of you on the computer screen... so, why are you asking me what you already have the answers for? You're not asking about anything relevant. First the dream job? Then my schooling, 33 years ago? It was vacuum tube tech, and periscopes and ESGN, and main frame computers for radar detecting, nothing that has any place in the current job market.
Know what I mean?
If this screener was just wasting time to get paid by the hour, ok, I can understand that, IF he simply says so, as I'm over fifty, and not getting younger, so, before I retire at age 75, lets get to the point of this phone call, you know? If he's simply seeing if I'll verify this stuff on the fly with a random phone call during my day, to see if he can catch someone that pumped up their resume with stuff they've never done, well, fine, ask me to give you references that can verify my resume. I can do that too. I'm still in touch with some shipmates from the earliest of my days in the Navy, to the first sub I crewed on, and shore duty after that as an MP, but no, I don't think I'm in contact with anyone on my 2nd sub, I was there a short time for the 2nd half of a west pac...
anyway, this unprofessional screener paused, so I offered to simply recap my resume, thinking I can get through 20 minutes of wasted time in 2 minutes by covering the past 35 years since high school graduation.
He instantly has a snit fit, and says, no, I'll just pass this to HR and hangs the hell up on me. Wouldn't answer the phone when I called back to give him a chance to understand I was making a good faith offer to save him time, and verify my resume instead of him asking about every line in it.
Anyway, he was a dick, so I called his company phone number and left a message to whomever cares to listen to the voice mail at Recon RF, stating that this screener was unprofessional, but maybe just having a bad day, but needs a tune up on charm and that sort of thing if he wants to actually hire anyone who isn't on the same page with his screening technique. I've been a manager, I've screened out hundreds of resumes, interviewed some people, etc. It's not hard, they simply want to get the job, but not have you waste their time either.
I got a call back around 3 hours later from someone in management that wanted me to recap the message I left, or recap the conversation with the screener.
So, that was also, a waste of time, as they didn't ask me to send them my resume for a look. We already know dickhead number one deleted my info, and without someone who didn't wake up on the wrong side of the cave this morning taking a look at my resume and seeing if I'm qualified for the job, that entire situation is simply nothing more than a waste of time and useful to only give me something to tell all of you about.
Cause that company might make great high tech stuff, but their ability to interact with society at large? Not so good actually.
I emailed this link to the CTO and the Operations Manager just now... "if you're not a part of the solution, you are a part of the problem" John McLane, Die Hard
Wednesday, May 01, 2024
A Kissel Military Highway Scout Kar stops at Multnomah Falls in 1918.
"This camouflaged "Military Highway Scout Kar" was built by Kissel Motor Car Company of Wisconsin; the camouflage was painted to honor the company's work supplying vehicles to several countries in WWI. The car in this form was a promotional vehicle, and toured the west coast promoting the company and their cars."
Below, Imbued by Hues
America's first camouflaged automobile has been let loose, and is now on the war path. The inhabitants of the Pacific Coast from Seattle to San Diego swear they are "seeing things." A sheriff who has a record for pinching speeders is out after the camoufleurs who committed "camouflage" to prove that America's automobiles are as chameleon-like while on the war path as those in Europe.
-- Oakland Tribune, Oct. 28, 1917
In an issue of the Oakland Tribune ("Artist Are to Paint Motors, Plan 'Camouflage Carriages'," September 2, 1917, p. 32), it was stated that the three "prominent artists" on the Kissel Kar camouflage committee were architect Arthur Brown Jr, and artists [Ernest] Bruce Nelson and A. Sheldon Pennoyer. They were chairman, assistant chairman, and secretary, respectively, of the American Camouflage Western Division, as reported in "San Francisco Architects and Artists as Camoufleurs" in The Architect and Engineer of California (Vol 1 No 2, August 1917, p. 58).
which is a blog about everything in camoflage, seriously, EVERYTHING and not the simple hunting camo, also war ships, cities to avoid being spotted by airplanes bombing them, hollywood art director choices for advertising, a horse to look like a Zebra so it wouldn't get stolen... railguns,
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