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Wyoming Man In Prison For Removing EPA-Mandated Filters Seeks Trump Pardon

Blog Mirror: Whoa: 385-Ft Long, 1.4 Million-Pound Superload Plodding Along I-80 On Wednesday

 

Whoa: 385-Ft Long, 1.4 Million-Pound Superload Plodding Along I-80 On Wednesday

Food trailer and truck.

 Seems like you just see these everywhere any more.

Lex Anteinternet: Aging and ignition.

Lex Anteinternet: Aging and ignition.: 

Aging and ignition.

Recently I was in Denver and had to rent a car.  I rented some sort of newer Toyota SUV.

For the second time in recent months, when I got in the car, I was baffled by how to start it.  Really a sign, I suppose, that I've aged to a point where some new technologies through me.  When I rented the car, they told me that the "keys are in the car."  Indeed, the "key" was in the ignition.  But it wasn't a key at all, it was really a fob that was inserted in a slot.  No key.  It didn't turn. And because it didn't turn, I had a moment where I couldn't figure out how to start the car.

I then noticed the on/off button depicted above, and pushed it.

Nothing happened.

It quickly became apparent, however, that what I needed to do was to push on the brake, and push on.  Once I did that, it started just fine.  I drove into Denver and found a spot in a parking lot. There was a moment of tension when I pushed off, but it turned off just fine.

This is all a little silly of course, but every car I've ever owned took a key.  They all started when you turned the ignition switch clock wise.  They didn't all work exactly the same way, however.

The 1954 Chevrolet Sedan I had actually didn't require a key to start it.  The key only unlocked the ignition.  Once the ignition switch was unlocked, you could remove the key.  I had no idea this was the case until my uncle showed me, and I was frankly stunned that was the case.

My old 1954 Chevrolet Deluxe.

At least one car I had actually had the keyed ignition added.  That was my first Jeep. As the Jeep had been an Army Jeep originally, I know that it originally had switch ignition, but not key.  All the purpose built military vehicles were that way, and I've driven quite a few of those. They varied in how they started, with floor starters being quite common.  Floor starters were common on pickup trucks at one time, although you still needed a key to turn the ignition on.

My 1958 M38A1.  It had a key ignition, but it was aftermarket.

I've never owned a vehicle with a floor starter.  All the vehicles I have owned had keyed ignition.  I'm not in any hurry to replace any of the vehicles I have, but based upon what I've recently been seeing, that's becoming a thing of the past.  Odd to think that something I've just taken as a given that way, is on the way out.  

Of course, even at that, keyed ignition was an innovation.  I don't really know how they started, but very early vehicles, like Model Ts, did not have keyed ignition.  So this change isn't unprecedented, but it is a surprise.

 

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Giant Killer Whale Swallowing A Truck Unleashed On The Roads Around Missoula

A Missoula man has spent the last five years converting an Isuzu box truck into a giant killer whale. Now his creation, named “Killatrina,” has been unleashed on the roads around town.

Lex Anteinternet: M939 Truck. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Lex Anteinternet: M939 Truck. National Museum of Military Vehicles.:

M939 Truck. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

This is a M939 5 ton truck.  A heavier U.S. military truck is behind it.  I can't identify what the truck  is carrying, unfortunately.

Part of the final series of US 6x6 trucks, it went into production in 1982 and were produced in the US only for a few years.  They're still produced in South Korea.  It featured a diesel engine and an automatic transmission.

Last edition:

LARC-V. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Labels: 1960s, Army, Dubois Wyoming, Military, National Museum of Military Vehicles, Transportation, U.S. Navy, Vietnam War

US-made Flyer 72 tactical vehicle spotted In Ukraine

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Lex Anteinternet: Miscellaneous wheeled transport of World War Two. ...

Lex Anteinternet: Miscellaneous wheeled transport of World War Two. ...: 

Miscellaneous wheeled transport of World War Two. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

International 4x4 truck.

2 1/2 ton 6x6.

Ford F8, a type of truck built in Canada for the Commonwealth forces.  This one is painted in German colors, at least for the time being.

Marmon Harrington 4x4 conversion of Ford truck in British service.

Fort GTB 1 1/2ton truck, a type mostly used by the Navy and Marine Corps.

Early Dodge 1/4 to weapons carrier.

Pacific Car and Foundry M26.

Last edition:

British QF 3-inch 20 cwt anti aircraft gun. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Labels: 1910s, 1914, 1940s, 1947, Aircraft, Artillery, British Army, World War One, World War Two

Lex Anteinternet: M38 A1s, National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Lex Anteinternet: M38 A1s, National Museum of Military Vehicles.: 

M38 A1s, National Museum of Military Vehicles.

M38A1 with a recoilless rifle.

The first automobile I ever owned was a M38A1.

The prototype for the modern Jeep, basically, it entered civilian use as the CJ5, after entering military use in 1952.  Doubtless examples are still in use, and civilians varians are still produced by Roxor in India.

 Last edition:

M151 Jeeps. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Labels: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 4x4, Automobiles, Military, National Museum of Military Vehicles, Radio, Trucks, Wyoming (Dubois)

Lex Anteinternet: M151 Jeeps. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Lex Anteinternet: M151 Jeeps. National Museum of Military Vehicles.: 

M151 Jeeps. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

The M151 "Mutt" entered service in 1959 and carried on into the 1990s.  It had fantastic off road capabilities, and was also fantastically dangerous, given its independent wheel suspension system.

The last Jeep to see general use in the U.S. military, it was replaced by HumVeh's, although speciality vehicles, and even modern commercial Jeeps, continue to see some use.  In these examples, the radio mount for a period radio is displayed.

I personally have a lot of experience from the 1980s, with both the M151, and this model of military radio.

Last edition:

M32 Tank Retriever, National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Labels: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Armor, Korean War, National Museum of Military Vehicles, Tracked vehicles, World War Two, Wyoming (Dubois)

Lex Anteinternet: National Museum of Military Vehicles. World War One Display.

Lex Anteinternet: National Museum of Military Vehicles. World War O...:   

National Museum of Military Vehicles. World War One Display.

 

Inside of Renault tank.

Lex Anteinternet: Punitive Expedition Display, National Museum of Military Vehicles, Dubois Wyoming

Lex Anteinternet: Punitive Expedition Display, National Museum of Mi...: 

Punitive Expedition Display, National Museum of Military Vehicles, Dubois Wyoming

This is a smaller display, adjacent to the larger World War One display.  

The first displayed item is the typical field uniform worn by soldiers in the Border War.  This sweater pattern is unique to the period, the M1910 sweater. The campaign hat is the long serving M1911 campaign hat. Some National Guard units that served on the border were not yet equipped with it.  The saber is the M1913 "Patton" Saber, which was designed, based on a British pattern, by George S. Patton.  For the most part, enlisted men were not allowed to carry their sabers into Mexico, following a tread that had started during the Indian Wars.

The car is a Dodge touring car, perhaps most famously associated with a raid conducted by Patton.  Automobile use was heavy during the Punitive Expedition in spite of it being largely a horse cavalry effort.  Indeed, the Army's 1st Provisional Aero Squadron was committed to the effort largely due it being the only U.S. Army unit that was completely  motorized.