Friday, January 13, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Random Junk find!
Was coming home from buddy's shop yesterday and as I was approaching the highway entrance, I saw the familiar profiles of some over crowned roofs peeking over an overgrown fence behind the far side a McDonalds parking lot. So like any car junkie, I immediately pulled into the McDonalds and took a closer look.
The place appears to be some old time fence company, but it wasn't open. The cars were behind the building, and probably not visible through the growth on the fence any other time of year. Most if not all of the stuff back there has long since passed the point of being much more than donors, but regardless it was an interesting array of old iron.
The place appears to be some old time fence company, but it wasn't open. The cars were behind the building, and probably not visible through the growth on the fence any other time of year. Most if not all of the stuff back there has long since passed the point of being much more than donors, but regardless it was an interesting array of old iron.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Barn Find Friday! '36 Terraplane
No great story on this one, but it's definitely original looking, has been off the road for a hot minute, and looks complete for the most part. If you dig art deco, the Terraplane is right up there with the Cords & Airflows of the same era.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Happy Newyears!
Sorry to have been slacking as of late. Between the holidays and life in general, I haven't had much extra time on my hands lately. I'll be updating more frequently soon, as things start to ramp up for the Autorama show here in Detroit.
I found this video on Le Container and loved it. Being a tool junkie, places like this always appeal to me. There's something about old tools that have a certain feel to them. Good tools don't die. They just move from place to place. Some get found and re-purposed, some get recycled. You know it when you find a good old piece though, whether it's a WW2 era bench vice that looks like it should be a boat anchor, but still moves with the smoothness of a well oiled precision instrument, or an old set of Mac wrenches, that after 50 years and countless amounts of abuse, still fit snugly to their appropriate bolts, with zero slop.
Perhaps it's the lack of quality, or the disposable nature inherently baked into cheapy tool places like H.Freight (which, don't get me wrong, I have definitely broken down and bought stuff from on more than one occasion) but the tools that I've inherited from my father or his father, mixed with some of the "junk" I've picked up at swap meets and estate sales over the years is some of the best stuff that I have. For example, I have a early 60's Snap-On tool chest. It's dirty, oily, and ugly, but the drawers still slide as well as any ball bearing unit you could buy today...which is more than I can say about some of my newer budget tool carriers.
Anyway, enough babble. Peep the Vid. I never though about it in terms of sustainability, but it makes a good bit of sense. Enjoy.
There's No Place Like Here: Liberty Tool from Etsy on Vimeo.
I found this video on Le Container and loved it. Being a tool junkie, places like this always appeal to me. There's something about old tools that have a certain feel to them. Good tools don't die. They just move from place to place. Some get found and re-purposed, some get recycled. You know it when you find a good old piece though, whether it's a WW2 era bench vice that looks like it should be a boat anchor, but still moves with the smoothness of a well oiled precision instrument, or an old set of Mac wrenches, that after 50 years and countless amounts of abuse, still fit snugly to their appropriate bolts, with zero slop.
Perhaps it's the lack of quality, or the disposable nature inherently baked into cheapy tool places like H.Freight (which, don't get me wrong, I have definitely broken down and bought stuff from on more than one occasion) but the tools that I've inherited from my father or his father, mixed with some of the "junk" I've picked up at swap meets and estate sales over the years is some of the best stuff that I have. For example, I have a early 60's Snap-On tool chest. It's dirty, oily, and ugly, but the drawers still slide as well as any ball bearing unit you could buy today...which is more than I can say about some of my newer budget tool carriers.
Anyway, enough babble. Peep the Vid. I never though about it in terms of sustainability, but it makes a good bit of sense. Enjoy.
There's No Place Like Here: Liberty Tool from Etsy on Vimeo.
Friday, December 9, 2011
Hot Rods of tomorrow... sort of.
Back when I was in school, I participated in a competition sponsored by Michelin. The task was to design an advanced wheel/tire around their emerging technology, and to design a car around the wheel/tire. I designed a "world of tomorrow" style salt flats jalopy, but honestly, I was never happy with it. Recently, when I've been doodling in my pocket notebook, I've started thinking about he idea again... Thought I'd share some of the chicken scratch..
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
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