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Rita Hayworth is photographed leaning against her new Continental in front of her bungalow, which she occupied while appearing in Columbia Pictures' You'll Never Get Rich in 1941 Mid-century: The 1956 Lincoln Continental Mk II is seen here. That same year, Warner Brothers gave Elizabeth Taylor a 1956 Continental with a custom paint color to match her eyes

End of an era: Ford Motor Company says it is killing off 82-year-old historic Lincoln Continental, preferred four-door sedan of US presidents, due to lagging sales Ford Motor Company confirmed on Thursday that it will cease producing Lincoln Continental by end of 2020 Dearborn, Michigan-based firm will continue offering 2021 version to its China market before discontinuing Once made famous by presidents and celebrities, only 7,000 Continentals were sold last year The likes of Clarke Gable, Elvis Presley, Rita Hayworth and Jacqueline Kennedy owned Continentals Ford will focus on its far more profitable fleets of crossovers and SUVs like F-Series and Ford Explorer Continental was started by the Ford Motor Company in 1938 by Henry Ford's son, Edsel But in recent years, foreign-made luxury sedans have outsold Continental while domestic firms made SUVs Lincoln went on a 13-year hiatus in 2003 before reintroducing the Continental in 2015

This video has at around the 1.08 minute mark has a TV in a Antique Citroen Look at all the smart phones the distracted people have French film from 1947 eerily predicts modern-day technology by showing scenes with people glued to handheld devices at a cafe and a driver watching a screen in the car A film released in 1947 predicts modern technology and our addiction to it The four-minute, black and white clip is set in postwar France It show people bumping into others while looking at a device when walking Others are sitting alone at a cafe and pull a device out to pass the time Another scene shows a driver watching a movie in a car and eventually crashes

Some news about Tesla cars Shares of Tesla gained 5% to hit a new all-time high of $1,135, giving the company a valuation of roughly $206.5 billion, compared with Toyota's valuation of about $202 billion. ... In the same period, Toyota produced 2.4 million vehicles.8 hours ago Tesla tops Toyota to become largest automaker by market value

Mike Pence rides onstage in Lordstown Motors' new Endurance electric pickup truck as Ohio startup unveils its rival to Ford, GM and Tesla Lordstown Motors unveiled its new Endurance electric pickup truck at an event in Ohio on Thursday Vice President Mike Pence rode onto the stage in the passenger seat during the unveil Production of the $52,000 electric pickup truck is slated to begin full scale early next year Lordstown hopes to beat competitors Ford, GM and Tesla to market with first electric truck Founded just last year, Lordstown Motors has ambitious plans to compete with established rivals Ford, General Motors, and Tesla, all of which plan to release electric pickup trucks in the coming years. Lordstown plans to be the first to hit the market, however, and is already taking orders from fleet customers for its $52,000 Endurance. Headquartered in an abandoned GM parts plant in northeast Ohio, Lordstown Motors hopes to be the anchor of what it is calling 'Voltage Valley,' a hub for electric vehicle and battery manufacturing. Taking the stage at Thursday's event, Lordstown CEO Steve Burns touted the Endurance's innovative in-hub motor design. Rather than a traditional drive train, the Endurance uses hub motors that independently power each wheel -- a design that has been used in heavy machinery and military equipment, but never in a commercial passenger vehicle. 'Even a Model T had 700 moving parts in its drive train. We have four,' Burns said, touting the design as both simple and powerful. 'We will have the best traction of any pickup ever made. We will be the safest pickup truck ever made,' Burns vowed. The Endurance will have a range of 250 miles per charge, a towing capacity of 7,500 pounds, and peak horsepower of 600hp. Earlier this week, Lordstown announced its first fleet customer, after Servepro, a fire and water restoration company, signed a letter of intent to purchase 1,200 Endurance electric pickup trucks. The vehicles will be delivered in early 2021 when full scale production begins. Also on Thursday, Goodyear Tire & Rubber announced a strategic relationship with Lordstown Motors and said it would acquire new Endurance vehicles for its fleet. Pence said Lordstown has presold 14,000 vehicles. 'For the folks we sell to, fleets, cost is king,' Burns said, pointing out that the lifetime costs of the Endurance beat combustion competitors when fuel costs are factored in. To fulfill Burns' vow to bring the first electric pickup truck to market, it will have to race on a very tight timeline. GM plans to build its first electric pickup truck in 2021. Tesla plans to start building its electric Cybertruck in 2021, while Nikola Corp plans to build an electric truck by 2022. Electric vehicle startup Rivian plans to build an electric pickup truck starting in late 2020, while Ford will introduce an electric F-150 truck in 2022. All will be competing for a slice of the U.S. pickup market, where last year, there were 2.5 million full-size pickups sold, according to Kelley Blue Book data.

Flying car race scheduled for end of the year in the Australian Outback at the site of the original Mad Max film production Airspeeder will host an exhibition race of flying cars in the Australian Outback The company hopes the event could become the F1 of the 21st century The first race will take place with remote-piloted vehicles outside the remote town of Coober Pedy, where the original Mad Max films were shot A new tech startup has announced plans to hold a flying car race in Australia before the end of 2020, the first of what it hopes will be a series of events that could become the 21st century version of F1. Organized by Airspeeder, a tech startup with offices in Adelaide and London, the race will feature two remotely piloted flying cars, racing through the outskirts of Coober Pedy, a small town in the Australian Outback used as the setting for the original Mad Max films. The first race is planned as a public exhibition, with support from Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority, and Airspeeder hopes it will be the first of an international circuit of races that could expand to include piloted vehicles.

Abandoned bus made famous by 'Into The Wild' movie is airlifted from the Alaskan wilderness after increasing numbers of tourists had to be rescued and two drowned trying to reach it 1940s-era bus was made famous by 24-year-old adventurer Chris McCandless who died in summer 1992 It was abandoned by construction workers just west of Teklanika River in Alaska at some point since 1946 McCandless lived in the rusted bus for 113 days over the summer of 1992 eating only foraged plants and game His decomposed body was found 19 days after his death inside his sleeping bag by two moose hunters A 1940s-era bus where a 24-year-old adventurer starved to death in the Alaskan wilderness has been removed after tourists died while trying to reach it. A US Army helicopter airlifted the vehicle from the spot just west of the Teklanika River, where it had been left to rust for more than half a century. The bus was made famous by Into The Wild, a book and film that told the story of Chris McCandless' death after he lived inside it for 114 days during the summer of 1992. It came after the state was called to 15 bus-related search and rescue operations between 2009 and 2017, according to the Department of Natural Resources. The bus was blamed on encouraging risky hikes as adventurers crossed dangerous terrain trying to find it. Two travelers died after drowning while on their way to the vehicle in separate incidents in 2010 and 2019, officials said. Author Jon Krakauer told Mr McCandless' story in the 1996 book Into The Wild, which was adapted into a 2007 film directed by Sean Penn. The book and film tell the story of a young idealist who wanted to remove himself from society by hitchhiking to Alaska to live in the wild with very few supplies.

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Still only 24, she was stirred into action when she learned that few entertainers went to Burma, where the men of the Fourteenth had called themselves the Forgotten Army. Her four-month tour started in a Sunderland flying boat. She transferred to smaller and smaller aircraft until she ended up on the road from Rangoon to Mandalay in a battered car. Describing the experience later, she said it was 'the trip of a lifetime' and the smell that haunted her most was the gangrene pervading the field hospitals where she spent hours talking with soldiers. In all, she flew 25,000 miles during that time and through her songs and talking to the men about home she persuaded them they were not forgotten. A collection of her greatest hits reached number 30 in the Official Charts Company rankings following the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of VE Day. Dame Vera supported many charities and was a stalwart of several ex-servicemen's organisations. In 1991 she played a key part in forcing the government to end the anomaly under which a war widow who lost her husband after 1973 received a far higher pension than a widow of a soldier who died before that date. She was also a proud holder of the Burma Star and regularly attended the Burma veterans' annual reunions. She was outspoken in her opposition to the Duke of Edinburgh attending the funeral of the Japanese emperor Hirohito. She felt it was wrong that Philip should go since he was president of the Burma Star Association and the nephew of Earl Mountbatten of Burma. She urged that a younger member of the royal family represent the Queen to fulfil protocol. Until 1944, Vera Lynn remained mostly in London but then she made her famous tour of Burma to entertain the troops. In particular she visited the 'Forgotten Fourteenth Army', which was still fighting the bitter Burma campaign after VE Day. Dame Vera, who died aged 103, eschewed glamour and the pampered life. She was as much a humanitarian as an entertainer and everybody loved her. Her work did not end when the war was over - throughout her life, she remained an indefatigable and outspoken supporter of military veterans, through to their old age. Her songs inspired a spirit of optimism and she spent her career fostering nostalgia which, during the war, was just what people felt they needed. More recently, her words became a source of comfort to many during the coronavirus pandemic. In a televised address to the nation, the Queen channelled Dame Vera's lyrics when she told people separated from their loved ones: 'We'll meet again.' Dame Vera said she had been stirred by the Queen's words. 'I watched with the rest of the country and thought it was a great encouragement during these difficult times, but I wasn't aware that her majesty would use the lyrics at the end of her speech,' she told the Radio Times. 'I support her message of keeping strong together when we're faced with such a terrible challenge. 'Our nation has faced some dark times over the years, but we always overcome.' Last month Dame Vera also became the oldest artist to reach the top 40 in the UK album charts.

Vera Lynn: Forces' sweetheart who stirred the hearts of millions during the darkest days of the Second World War Forces' sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn stirred the hearts of millions with songs and a personality that brought hope and inspiration during the darkest days of the Second World War. How Vera Lynn enjoyed a resurgence during her final few months Dame Vera Lynn enjoyed a resurgence during the last few months of her life as her words became a source of comfort to many during the coronavirus pandemic. The Queen channelled the lyrics of her wartime classic when she told a nation in lockdown, separated from their families and friends, 'We will meet again'. The song had originally helped raise British spirits during the Blitz. Dame Vera said she had been buoyed by the Queen's words. 'I watched with the rest of the country and thought it was a great encouragement during these difficult times, but I wasn't aware that Her Majesty would use the lyrics at the end of her speech,' she told the Radio Times. 'I support her message of keeping strong together when we're faced with such a terrible challenge. 'Our nation has faced some dark times over the years, but we always overcome.' She also recorded a new voiceover which addressed coronavirus for the song, to mark her 103rd birthday in March. Dame Vera said: 'We are facing a very challenging time at the moment, and I know many people are worried about the future. 'I'm greatly encouraged that despite these struggles we have seen people joining together. 'They are supporting one another, reaching into the homes of their neighbours by offering assistance to the elderly and sending messages of support and singing into the streets. 'Music is so good for the soul, and during these hard times we must all help each other to find moments of joy.' Dame Vera and fellow singer Katherine Jenkins released a duet performance of We'll Meet Again to raise money for staff and volunteers working on the front line of the pandemic. The country's celebrations of the 75th anniversary of VE Day in May also helped Dame Vera's work to have a resurgence. Jenkins performed We'll Meet Again in a recorded concert in an empty Royal Albert Hall to mark the occasion. Following the celebrations, Dame Vera became the oldest artist to score a top 40 album in the UK after a collection of her greatest hits re-entered the rankings in 30th place. Decades later her name is as enduring as that of Sir Winston Churchill as a figure who played a huge role in keeping up the spirits of a civilian population suffering under the Blitz and the troops training at home and fighting overseas. It is often forgotten that during those momentous days she was still a young woman in her early 20s, yet she travelled thousands of miles, often at great personal risk, to entertain the troops and to comfort them with words of hope.

This is a support bracket for a 1930's Reo Royale that bolts to the pipe that runs from side to side of the chassis at the front of the car. It prevents the hand crank from damaging the hole in the radiator shroud when turning over the engine.

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Now, where did we park the car? Thousands of unwanted new and used motors are stored on airfield as coronavirus slump hits economy Thurleigh Airfield in Bedfordshire is being used to hold thousands of unsold cars Former RAF base is now a storage site amid fears over future of motor industry This comes as British economy slumped by 20 percent in April amid coronavirus Graham Hoare, chairman of Ford of Britain told the BBC: 'Dealerships being open is a fundamental requirement to selling cars,' he says. 'The vast majority of our products go through dealerships. 'Opening those dealerships… that really unblocks the cork out of the bottle that then allows the whole manufacturing system to flow. 'That's already happened on the continent - in Germany and the rest of Europe. It's building, and we need to do the same here.' Thurleigh Airfield has been used as a holding area for the government's car scrappage scheme that saw a huge backlog build up at sites across the country. A new scrappage scheme offering electric vehicle buyers £6,000 for trading in older diesel or petrol models will be launched in July with the aim of boosting the economy.

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I have been told this bracket attached under the car on a pipe that goes from side to side of the car. The threaded part attached to the pipe. It helped support the hand crank on a 1931 Reo Royale Victoria. Did other makes have this feature or just the higher end cars ?

The Great Molasses Flood, also known as the Boston Molasses Disaster or the Great Boston Molasses Flood, and sometimes referred to locally as the Boston Molassacre,[1][2] occurred on January 15, 1919, in the North End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. A large storage tank filled with 2.3 million US gal (8,700 m3)[3] weighing approximately 13,000 short tons (12,000 t) of molasses burst, and the resultant wave of molasses rushed through the streets at an estimated 35 mph (56 km/h), killing 21 and injuring 150.[4] The event entered local folklore and residents claimed for decades afterwards that the area still smelled of molasses on hot summer days.[5][4] It even knocked down part of their Elevated Rail Line.

Just a thought Matt maybe the employee patched up the radiator so the employer would not see it. Just like a car assembly line once it was out of the shop it was one persons word against the other ? I still cannot believe they just put water in the radiator unless anti-freeze attacks the JB Weld and makes it leak.

I agreed to your response about In the topic about least favourite restoration job I said woodwork. Here is an example of some of the stunts I had to do to repair my door wood. I will look for a picture of what I did for my roof rail work also.

Tesla supplier develops battery that will last for 16 years and a MILLION miles in breakthrough that could transform electric vehicle market Tesla supplier said it has a rechargeable battery that could transform the market The battery will last 16 years or 1.24 million miles before needing to be replaced Tesla is set to release the technology later this year or early next year The supplier noted that the battery will be 10% more than the current models Tesla has dominated the electric vehicle market for years and a new breakthrough could ensure it reigns supreme. The firm's battery supplier, Contemporary Amperex Technology, told Bloomberg that it is ready to produce rechargeable battery that lasts for 16 years or 1.24 million miles before it would need to be replaced. The China-based company said orders are ready to be filled, but added that the battery will cost 10 percent more than those currently on the market. News about the secret 'million-mile battery first surfaced last month by sources that said Tesla would launch the new technology in China in a bid to reposition itself.

A friend of mine is going to try and make what's left of this 1931 Reo Royale Victoria into a running car.