Vintage Photo Of The Day

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[DeadNutz]

Here is the history on the C-46 Commando that was transporting the cars.

Serial #: 44-77868
Construction #: 33264
Civil Registration:
  HK-494
  N3981C
  N10416
    Model(s):
  C-46D-10-CU
Name: None
Status: Missing
Last info: 1969
History:
Lineas Interamericana Aerea, Columbia, 19??.
- Registered as HK-494.
Riddle Airlines, 1956-November 1963.
- Registered as N10416.
Airlift International Inc, November 1963-July 1964.
Zantop Air Transport, July 1964-Sept. 1966.
Universal Airlines, Sept. 1966-February 1968.
Albany Industrial Corp, 1968-1969.
- Went missing over Gulf Of Mexico, Dec. 1969.

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Missing over the GOM in 1969. Wanna bet it wound up flying for one of our letter agencies in SE Asia?

What do y'all suppose is going on in the engine shop picture. At first I thought they were dynoing but the distributor cap is missing?

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Here is the history on the C-46 Commando that was transporting the cars.

Serial #: 44-77868
Construction #: 33264
Civil Registration:
  HK-494
  N3981C
  N10416
 Model(s):
  C-46D-10-CU
Name: None
Status: Missing
Last info: 1969
History:
Lineas Interamericana Aerea, Columbia, 19??.
- Registered as HK-494.
Riddle Airlines, 1956-November 1963.
- Registered as N10416.
Airlift International Inc, November 1963-July 1964.
Zantop Air Transport, July 1964-Sept. 1966.
Universal Airlines, Sept. 1966-February 1968.
Albany Industrial Corp, 1968-1969.
- Went missing over Gulf Of Mexico, Dec. 1969.

Wow that's pretty interesting.  How did esna plane that size go "missing"?!

Missing over the GOM in 1969. Wanna bet it wound up flying for one of our letter agencies in SE Asia?

What do y'all suppose is going on in the engine shop picture. At first I thought they were dynoing but the distributor cap is missing?

Priming oil systems and spin test

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[Rural53]

1929 Sentinel DG8 Steam Wagon 8016 "Hercules", built by the Sentinel Waggon Works in the UK.

[goodfellow]

1929 Sentinel DG8 Steam Wagon 8016 "Hercules", built by the Sentinel Waggon Works in the UK.

The torque curve of that truck must be incredible. Amazing history -

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[john k]

The stakebed truck looks to have been built on a cut down Pierce Arrow sedan,  about 1929 or so,  equivalent to a high end Caddy.  Great bunch of pics

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[fatfillup]

What motors are on that dragster?

And is it 2 motors or 4?

Looks like 4 to me.

My first thought was Continental tank motors but that is a guess.  Knew a guy who tractor pulled with them.

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What motors are on that dragster?

And is it 2 motors or 4?

Looks like 4 to me.

My first thought was Continental tank motors but that is a guess.  Knew a guy who tractor pulled with them.

I believe those are Allison aircraft engines. Really cheap HP in the post war years. The drag boats ran them for years.

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What motors are on that dragster?

And is it 2 motors or 4?

Looks like 4 to me.

My first thought was Continental tank motors but that is a guess.  Knew a guy who tractor pulled with them.

Allison, and 4 of them.

Story goes that they built it but never really ran it because they could never get traction. Not sure how much I believe that.

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[fatfillup]

Thanks