Stuff from back then!
In Sweden, it’s legal to drive a tractor at a younger age, than you are allowed to drive a car. At the same time you are allowed to modify a car, and register it as a tractor.This has turned into a tradition with a cult following, of building the so called EPA’s and A-Tractors. EPA […]
George Eastman started what would become Kodak, by manufacturing dry plates for photography in Rochester, New York in 1880. Eastman founded the “Eastman Dry Plate Company” on January 1st 1881, together with his partner, Henry A. Strong. This company was renamed The Eastman Kodak Company on the 23rd of may 1892. Cameras The Brownie camera […]
When the pope is on tour he is transported in special vehicles, affectionately known as popemobiles. These often have a platform surrounded by bulletproof glass. The popes car, carries the red lettered registration plate “SCV1”SCV is short for “Status Civitatis Vaticanae” (State of the Vatican City). This page contains a long list of vehicles that […]
Since the first wet plate models, there have been a long row of camera manufacturers, many of whom have long disappeared. Agfa Agfa Camera-Werk AG has made a long row of camera models, as well as analogue film, scanners etc. Hasselblad Kodak The Eastman Kodak Company started as a Dry Plate manufacturer in 1880, and […]
Before COVID-19 nobody thought twice over places or things called Corona, but that changed quickly when the virus spread across the globe. Today, you won’t see many new businesses starting with Corona in it’s name. Companies Corona Data Systems American computer manufacturer founded in 1982. Corona Fahhradwerke und Metallwerke Corona Fahhradwerke und Metallwerke AG built […]
Vickers Limited built a large variety of products. Church bells, airships, jet planes, machine guns and Rolls Royce engined caterpillar tracked tractors, just to mention a few. The company started back in 1828, as a foundry, and one of their early successes were their church bells. The Vickers church bells were cast in iron, not […]
The Romanian lorry factory Steagul Rosu (The Red Flag) was created in 1948, on the remains of the pre WWII factory ROMLOC (ROManian LOComotive and wagon factory). In the beginning the factory built local versions of the soviet ZIS-150 truck, but in 1958 began production of their own vehicles. Most of these were powered by […]
The Blue Whale of Catoosa is one of many Route 66 landmarks that has been saved from disrepair. It took Hugh Davis and Harold Thomas two years, between 1970 and 1972, to create the giant beached whale, as an anniversary gift for Hughs wife.The artwork was built in a lake on their property. Construction The […]
In 1954, Lars Larsson had an idea.Lars wanted a vehicle that could bring him, and his brother out on fishing trips in the winter. Being the chief design engineer of “AB Westerås maskiner”, he was used to build complex machinery for the agricultural sector. Lars ended up with a design, that he chose to mass […]
General Motors had a series of giant futuristic trucks, that toured America with the newest technology. The 1936 Streamliners The first set was a series of 8 custom built Streamliner busses. The 1939 Futurliners 12 Futurliners were built in 1939-1940. 9 of these are still accounted for. Each Futurliner was numbered and had a unique […]
