Thứ Tư, 22 tháng 6, 2016
Ford's power, based on what he could achieve if vexed at other manufacturing industries, 1922
Aug. 28 1922
Henry Ford decided that the price of coal was being manipulated by wall street investors, and that he would stop all manufacturing, and put 1 million men out of work until the price was returned to what he felt was honest. He found that $6.50 a ton was more than he would be able to abide, and would not buy any more parts from his 2200 suppliers until the price of coal was back to $4.50 a ton, and with all his employees, in all his factories, all across the USA... he alone had the power to change the way America was going to respond to his whim.
"Declaring that Wall Street manipulators are responsible for the coal shortage, Henry Ford has ordered the closing of all his plants on Sept. 16. He states that he will not reopen them until he can obtain coal at what he considers a fair price.
Telegraphic notices have been sent to about 2,000 sources of supply to cease shipment until further notice. A formal notice signed by Edsel Ford states: "On account of coal shortage we will be unable to operate our plants after Saturday, Sept. 16. No material will be received if shipped other than as detailed in the letter following."
It is estimated that the closing of the Ford plants will be responsible for the laying off of more than 1,000,000 workmen. There are approximately 50,000 employes at the Highland Park plant, 20,000 at the River Ronge and other Detroit plants, and 30,000 at Ford branches throughout the country. There are 1,600 plants scattered throughout the country whose principal business is the supplying of parts and materials for Ford cars. Henry Ford reiterated the statement this morning that he will not pay excessive prices for steel or coal.
He stated that he could get coal if he were willing to pay over the market price and that he had been offered 60,000 tons at $6 a ton. He refuses to pay more than $4.50 a ton. Ford has sufficient coal on hand to operate until Sept. 16 and then to keep the factory ovens and boilers warm for an indefinite period.
Ford production has been running in excess of 5,000 cars a day. None of the other Detroit factories are affected as seriously as Ford. When asked when the plants would resume. Ford stated that he had no idea and that the situation seemed to him impossible.
Going into the closing period, the Ford company declared there were no stocks of new cars in its branches or dealer salesrooms throughout the country and that the closing was prompted solely by the coal and steel situations.
Retail sales in the summer of 1922 and up to the closing day have been about 5,000 a day, maxing out the capacity of production facilities.
Motor Age magazines, August and Sept of 1922
http://www.earlyamericanautomobiles.com/americanautomobiles21.htm
Henry Ford decided that the price of coal was being manipulated by wall street investors, and that he would stop all manufacturing, and put 1 million men out of work until the price was returned to what he felt was honest. He found that $6.50 a ton was more than he would be able to abide, and would not buy any more parts from his 2200 suppliers until the price of coal was back to $4.50 a ton, and with all his employees, in all his factories, all across the USA... he alone had the power to change the way America was going to respond to his whim.
"Declaring that Wall Street manipulators are responsible for the coal shortage, Henry Ford has ordered the closing of all his plants on Sept. 16. He states that he will not reopen them until he can obtain coal at what he considers a fair price.
Telegraphic notices have been sent to about 2,000 sources of supply to cease shipment until further notice. A formal notice signed by Edsel Ford states: "On account of coal shortage we will be unable to operate our plants after Saturday, Sept. 16. No material will be received if shipped other than as detailed in the letter following."
It is estimated that the closing of the Ford plants will be responsible for the laying off of more than 1,000,000 workmen. There are approximately 50,000 employes at the Highland Park plant, 20,000 at the River Ronge and other Detroit plants, and 30,000 at Ford branches throughout the country. There are 1,600 plants scattered throughout the country whose principal business is the supplying of parts and materials for Ford cars. Henry Ford reiterated the statement this morning that he will not pay excessive prices for steel or coal.
He stated that he could get coal if he were willing to pay over the market price and that he had been offered 60,000 tons at $6 a ton. He refuses to pay more than $4.50 a ton. Ford has sufficient coal on hand to operate until Sept. 16 and then to keep the factory ovens and boilers warm for an indefinite period.
Ford production has been running in excess of 5,000 cars a day. None of the other Detroit factories are affected as seriously as Ford. When asked when the plants would resume. Ford stated that he had no idea and that the situation seemed to him impossible.
Going into the closing period, the Ford company declared there were no stocks of new cars in its branches or dealer salesrooms throughout the country and that the closing was prompted solely by the coal and steel situations.
Retail sales in the summer of 1922 and up to the closing day have been about 5,000 a day, maxing out the capacity of production facilities.
Motor Age magazines, August and Sept of 1922
http://www.earlyamericanautomobiles.com/americanautomobiles21.htm
I just came across a speedometer, radio, clock and tail light identification website
even a chart to determine what car a Delco radio went into by the model number
so, for all sorts of helpful info on figuring out that junkyard, swapmeet, or atiic find: https://sites.google.com/site/identifyinginstrumentpanels/home
https://sites.google.com/site/taillightcodesguide/
the 1913 Bailey electric Victorian was also out to prove itself with an endurance run
notice the very interesting storage device in the spare tire
https://www.facebook.com/Antique-Automobile-Photographs-1545149182397153/
when filming at the beach, the only thing to keep track of, is when the tide will be coming in
They were filming a commercial, and they forgot to pay attention to the most important detail. That's gonna cost them
https://plus.google.com/u/0/108662564242085174572
"just pull that vehicle in behind me"
As Christmas 1944 approached, the American forces in the Ardennes Forest were still in disarray and struggling to hold back the German onslaught.
Versions of the story vary, but what is known is that retreating armor came upon a lone infantryman of the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment digging a foxhole.
He was scruffy, dirty, and battle-hardened. When he realized the retreating armor were looking for a safe place, he told them, “Well buddy, just pull that vehicle in behind me. I’m the 82nd Airborne and this is as far as the bastards are going.”
They would indeed hold the line before driving the Germans back over the next several weeks.
http://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/6-badass-military-quotes-created-by-combat
For more true hero stories, both military and civilian: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/hero
Thứ Ba, 21 tháng 6, 2016
I hope someone tells Rolls Royce prototype designers that tiny detail about streamlining the front tires... it changes the aero dymanics a lot when you turn them... aka the Stutz Blackhawk effect
Rolls Royce Motor Cars has unveiled a concept car that showcases what the firm thinks luxury vehicles might look like in 100 years' time. The "Vision Next 100" is a 5.9 metre-long zero-emission, self-driving car complete with an artificial intelligence virtual assistant and a silk sofa – but no steering wheel.
Keep in mind the following is a 360 degree video, pull it around
http://phys.org/news/2016-06-rolls-royce-luxury-vision-future.html
http://www.gizmag.com/rolls-royce-concept-vision-next-100/43893/
The Stutz effect I mentioned in the title? That's due to what they learned when land speed racing on Daytona Beach with the Stutz Blackhawk.
At 220, it went barrel rolling... you simply can't change the aero at that speed without disastrous effect
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/10/no-info-was-with-this-streamliner-so-if.html
The 1966 Monte Carlo Rally... looks like it was run by some corrupted nationalists from France who handed the win to the Citroen, for having the same headlights it disqualified all the British cars for, which were legal for the previous two years
10 British cars were all ruled out of the prizes for alleged infringements of complex regulations about the way their headlights dipped:
they used non-dipping single filament quartz iodine bulbs in their headlamps, in place of the standard double filament dipping glass bulbs, which are fitted to the series production version of each model sold to the public.
The 5th place car, a Citroen had the same headlight. It was given the win. Why? Well, the excuse is that the Citroen had that headlight optional at the factory, thus is was stock... and the British cars, though this was their 3rd year with these headlights, were not in compliance with the rules, which had been changed just prior to the race, and after the cars were accepted after their paperwork was entered.
According to new rules introduced at the end of previous year, any car entering the rally must come off a standard production line, with at least 5,000 cars being built to a similar specification. they used non-dipping single filament quartz iodine bulbs in their headlamps, in place of the standard double filament dipping glass bulbs, which are fitted to the series production version of each model sold to the public.
The 5th place car, a Citroen had the same headlight. It was given the win. Why? Well, the excuse is that the Citroen had that headlight optional at the factory, thus is was stock... and the British cars, though this was their 3rd year with these headlights, were not in compliance with the rules, which had been changed just prior to the race, and after the cars were accepted after their paperwork was entered.
The British cars were equipped with standard headlamps - but the only way of dipping them was to switch to non-standard fog lamps.
The confusion arose because the rally organizers initially said the race would be run under the old rules - and only announced the switch after entries had been accepted.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/21/newsid_2506000/2506863.stm
Thanks Steve R!
The Smoking Tire .com made a couple movies... and the poster grabbed my attention completely... "All Cars Go To Heaven" . About driving crappy cheap cars across the western states
A cheap car is better than no car, and to prove this point, we take 2 cheap cars and one Ford Model T across 819 miles of dusty, rocky, steep, ruthless Utah desert. No amount of rocks, scrapes, crashes, leaked fluids or lost wires will stand in our way. We think. All Cars Go to Heaven 2: Better Than a Horse is the second feature-length film
http://www.thesmokingtire.com/2015/all-cars-go-to-heaven-2-better-than-a-horse-is-live/
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/allcarsgotoheaven
And since they have zero new content across their website since Dec 2015, I guess they quit and moved on to other things.
ABUS has invented an entirely new type of lock – the folding lock.
http://www.abus.com/eng/Mobile-Security/Bike-Safety-and-Security/Locks/Folding-locks
But the reviewers aren't convinced it's unbeatable enough to switch from a Kryptonite U bolt unoless you buy the most expensive of the model line: http://road.cc/content/review/16663-abus-bordo-granit-x-plus-link-lock
http://www.zyro.co.uk/reviews/article/abus-bordo-granit-x-plus-6500-4-out-of-5-bikeradar-com-7-september-2015
http://www.zyro.co.uk/products/locks actually gives you an instant look at the best locks, the ones marked Secure Gold
Thief steals rig, owner follows in a pick up truck and eventually - hits the thief with the truck killing him. Case closed.
the thief tried to evade, and got the rig stuck in the median... got out and tried to make a run for freedom. Denied!
I-35 near Fort Worth. 150 years ago they'd kill a horse thief... well, things aren't so different now. A horse would cost about a years wages, or a lot of trouble to break a wild one. Now a vehicle you can earn a living with on the road costs about two years income. Why would the revenge for stealing one be any different? But hey, I'm a simple guy. When the person is caught jumping out of the drivers seat after stealing your rig, that is proof positive you have the right thief, and there isn't much call to tie up the court system and jails with something like this. Maybe I've been watching too much tv, but, in simpler times in this, and every, country, not much time was wasted on thieves caught dead to rights.
http://cdllife.com/2016/top-trucking-news/featured/major-trucking-protest-movement-enters-its-second-day/ via http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Semi-Driver-Follows-Fatally-Strikes-Man-Driving-18-Wheeler-383758961.html
"the Drive" watched the 4th episode of the new Top Gear, and had a cow over how bad it was
looks like it won't be worth a second season... the 4th episode had the lowest ratings in the past 10 years of the show.
That is incredibly horrible. Any idea what they are paying the new crew to make the show worth watching? I'd guess, twice as much as the results are worth, maybe 3 times.
http://www.thedrive.com/a-list/4088/top-gears-fourth-episode-was-perhaps-the-worst-so-far
That is incredibly horrible. Any idea what they are paying the new crew to make the show worth watching? I'd guess, twice as much as the results are worth, maybe 3 times.
http://www.thedrive.com/a-list/4088/top-gears-fourth-episode-was-perhaps-the-worst-so-far
The Automobile Club de l'Ouest, who created and have organized the 24 Hours of Le Mans since 1923, really botched some critical decisions at last weekends Le Mans, and clearly made the wrong decision
Example one: With less than five minutes remaining in this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, the No. 5 Toyota Gazoo Racing LMP1 car was leading the second place No. 2 Porsche 919 Hybrid by 69 seconds. But suddenly the car had no power, with turbo failure appearing to be the cause. It crossed the start/finish line on what would have been its last lap, and stopped on the track near the pit wall.
Then the ACO made a post-race decision to deem the stricken No. 5 Toyota “unclassified” in the final results—because it “completed the final lap too slowly”? This decision is an insult to Toyota. It is an insult to drivers Nakajima, Sebastien Buemi, and Anthony Davidson who drove like champions. The ACO told the drivers of the No. 8 Audi to stand on the third step of the podium, despite having completed 11 less laps than the Toyota.
The ACO’s decision regarding the overall finishing order brings its rulebook into question, not to mention the decision making process and the individuals who make those decisions.
Second example: The decision made on race morning that denied Gunnar Jeannette, 8 times Le mans racer, a chance to race. Jeannette was the reserve driver for the WeatherTech GTE-Am team. He was called into service on Saturday morning after Cooper MacNeil became sick on Friday night and was too ill to drive. He participated in the Le Mans pre-test two weekends before this year’s event, when he completed 20 laps. But there was the ACO on Saturday morning, decreeing Jeannette ineligible to race because he did not drive the mandatory 10 laps during the Wednesday or Thursday practice sessions. So the ACO basically said its pre-test counts for nothing. And more importantly, the FIA decided safety was irrelevant for Marc Miller and Leh Keen—the two WeatherTech drivers forced to drive the entire 24 hours themselves. Common sense tells you a two-driver team will face more challenges than a three-driver team. The FIA loves to promote its “Road Safety” program. Well, that message just went out the window; now we should view it as nothing but a meaningless public-relations campaign.
From the article Political Decisions at Le Mans Could Lead to Sports-Car Explosion: Ford GT win signifies powder keg with a short fuse
By Rick Dole (excellent writer and photographer)
http://www.automobilemag.com/news/political-decisions-le-mans-lead-sports-car-explosion/
Thứ Hai, 20 tháng 6, 2016
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