Vintage work crew photos

[Toolmaker51]

it took me the better part of 3 days to clean a new aircooled VW engine case I got 10 years ago for my car, anodized/alodined magnesium. what a mess that stuff was,I didnt get it all out of some portions of the case,but all the importaint places.their did not seem to be any dibris in it and if there was it would get cought in the oil filter. I tried somany different things to clean it,as I recall gas worked about the best, acetone worked good but evapration so fast it did not seem feaseabe. I thought for sure wd40 would do it....not much at all if any thing. that engine case now has over 80000 miles, going strong at around 3x the oe horsepower. and much more fun.

With 3x original horsepower, even a Neon might be fun. Borderline at best.

[marksbug]

no it dosent hold up to my old 600+hp street car but fun none to less and much lighter than a neon,and not as ugly.and way more reliable.better mpg too.

[Jon]

Fire control crew. U.S. Forest Service. Utah, 1937.

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[Jon]

Painting Ford Chassis at American LaFrance plant in Elmira NY - 1918

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[Frank S]

Check out those high tech jack stands

[PJs]

Check out those high tech jack stands

And the guy under the rolling stand! Peeling in and out of there looks No-Fun to me. There also doesn't appear to be any overhead system to move them to those fine jack stands either...a 6-8 man lift mechanism? The floor is way to clean for me also and not a tool box in sight. Likely a staged shot.

Amazingly crisp pic though, in what looks to be a real Sepia. Nice find Jon!

[Jon]

Putting howitzer on its carriage at Midvale Steel and Ordnance Co. March, 1918

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[Ralphxyz]

Great picture, love the heavy duty sawhorses.

Ralph

[Frank S]

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I would like to have 2 of those sitting in my front yard next to my flag pole

[Jon]

I would like to have 2 of those sitting in my front yard next to my flag pole

Texas + cannons + flagpole? I wonder if somewhere on that flagpole might be the legendary Gonzales flag.