More photos of my paternal grandmother:
Photos of my paternal grandmother, Martha, and several of my paternal grandmother’s cousins from her mother’s side: Pearl, Stella, Helen; and Eleanor.
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A U.S Spec Isuzu Forward rebadged as a GMC, per the joint venture that Isuzu used to have with General Motors.
Internet bidding, 1990 GMC 7000 W7 cab forward box truck , 365,282 miles on odometer , Isuzu L6 513 CID 225hp turbo diesel engine , Six speed manual transmission , 50 gallon fuel tank , Spring suspension , Air brakes , 11R22.5 tires , 22 x 8 x 8 Utilmaster box , Serial 590221002205U10 , Crack in windshield , Starter issues , Must pull to start , Unit 03249 J8DM7A1S1L3300313, item 5672 in category heavy-trucks in auction SOLD! March 31 Ag Equipment Internet Only Auction.
Source: 1990 GMC 7000 W7 cab forward box truck | no-reserve auction on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 |
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A Blue Bird conventional style School Bus on the GM chassis & cowl with the 366 Small Block V8 converted to run on propane.
The 366 V8 gasoline engine, an enlarged version of the 265 and 283 V8 engines; was not very reliable in the Medium-Duty trucks and School Bus it was used in.
As I have stated in other posts, I am not fond of the GM chassis & cowl. I am only fond of the Ford B-Series and International chassis & cowls.
1994 GMC School Bus – Victoria Independent School District Surplus
Source: Public Surplus: Auction #1547551
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General photos of NASCAR in it’s modern era:
As I have mentioned in earlier posts, Carl Edwards should be transformed from being fit and muscular to being fat and overweight.
Photos that hint at Kevin Harvick, Kasey Kahne, and Denny Hamlin being sordid Basketball guys.
Rusty Wallace making a very nice appearance at a race upon his induction to the NASCAR Hall Of Fame, wearing the uniform for the very last car he ever drove before retirement-the #2 Penske Car now driven by Brad Keselowski.
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I can’t believe Clint Bowyer attended an icky, yucky sporting event. Clint Bowyer, a car guy as much as I am, and as much as Tony Stewart, Greg Biffle, and David Reagan each are. I just don’t believe that Clint Bowyer had did that. I can expect Kevin Harvick, Elliott Sadler, Brian Vickers, Denny Hamlin, and Kasey Kahne to do something like this; but not Clint Bowyer.
I would prefer if Clint Bowyer never dressed to the nines.
Personal comments: Please Clint, don’t ever dress to the nines. Please, don’t ever wear any dress suits, dress shirts, and sport coats.
Instead of Clint Bowyer wearing a belt and Blue Jeans, I’d rather that he wore sweatpants.
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A Rear-Engine All-American (produced at the time when Blue Bird’s quality, fit, and finish began to head downhill; obviously) with the Cummins B-platform engine and the Allison/World MD3060 transmission.
2002 Blue Bird A3RE School Bus (16-0468 GrifSD) JF (At Agency Location) – State of Washington Surplus Operations Surplus
Source: Public Surplus: Auction #1543818
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Another Front-Engine TC/2000.
This one was produced 3 model years after it had first gone into production in 1988-in October, 1990 for the 1991 model year.
1991 Blue Bird TC2000 FC School Bus (16-0469 GrifSD) JF (At Agency Location) – State of Washington Surplus Operations Surplus
Source: Public Surplus: Auction #1543834
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Clint Bowyer is one of my favorite drivers of NASCAR’s modern era. Cline Bowyer is a car guy as much as I am, and as much as Greg Biffle, Tony Stewart, David Reagan, Kyle Busch, and Joey Logano.
However, I prefer vehicles in original or in fully-restored conditions; and not at all Hot Rods and Rat Rods.
It shall also be noted that I don’t care about motorcycles.
Like almost all NASCAR drivers in this modern age, I do not like them having begun their careers as single men and having gotten married and had children throughout the course of their careers. And I am not fond of them having gained new in-laws along the way. In Greg Biffle and Clint Bowyer’s cases, I’m concerned that them getting married and starting families will dilute their interest in vehicles and their personalities as car guys.
I am concerned about Clint Bowyer having possibly changed his hairstyle several times since he began his Winston Cup career in 2003. And this time around, possibly under the influence of his new wife forcing him to wear his hair a certain way.
If you been following this blog for a while, you may understand that change does not resonate well with me.
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The Thomas Rear-Engine Safe-T-Liner isn’t really my cup of tea.
I am posting about this particular Rear-Engine Safe-T-Liner because it is one of the last of the ones that are the older style that were made just before the current newer style with the front end cap that includes the round headlights had gone into production in 2001.
This particular one has a cushion to the driver’s seat missing, and it had suffered a fire in the engine compartment.
This particular one has blue seats and a blue interior (the walls and ceiling being painted blue) as specified by the School District when this bus was ordered sometime during the years 2000-2001.
These Rear-Engine Safe-T-Liners were known for catching fire in their engine compartments, most likely because of the lack of space in the rear engine compartment not really allowing for adequate cooling for the engine.
B-434 Thomas 2001 84-Passenger School Bus – Tucson Unified School District Surplus
Source: Public Surplus: Auction #1529828
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More photos from Rick’s trip to Cuba.
Maybe Rick, at some time; can ponder over Cuba having gained it’s independence from Spain in 1898 (I personally think that Cuba should continued to be ruled by Spain to this day) and Gloria Estefan’s grandparents having immigrated to Cuba from Pola de Siero, Asturias, Spain and Logrono, Spain.
Regarding the 1950’s American cars that are still on the road in Cuba, I like how Rick says regarding the front bench seats in these cars “bucket seats had yet to be conceived of”. I say that’s not entirely true. Bucket seats were around at the time, but they were very, very rare. They really didn’t begin to take off until the late 1960’s and the early 1970’s. Then again, I personally like bench seats in the front of a vehicle.
Oh Rick, how could you let your son Andy get this ridiculous haircut. Please, please, Andrew; don’t get this ridiculous haircut.
Here again, are some more photos from Rick’s recent trip to Cuba.
A couple that Rick had met while in Cuba.
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Rick Steves’s friend from Turkey Melikha Seval has appeared on a few of Rick’s shows during the 1990’s and the early 2000’s, from when Small World Productions had produced his television show; and during the very beginning of when he founded his own production company and began to produce his own television show.
Rick has known Melikha since at least the 1980’s.
My paternal grandmother would tell Rick that she personally finds the Dervishes and their twirling ritual astonishing.
Photo below of Melikha and how Rick continues to look in “Early Life And Continuous Livelihood”.
Video of a Dervish and their twirling ritual.
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Volkswagen had produced the A1 Golf/Rabbit Pickup truck in South Africa until 2006 as the Citi Golf Bakkie, and in Europe until 1996 as the 1st generation Volkswagen Caddy.
Volkswagen had conceived the A1 pickup truck originally as an experiment, along with an A1 station wagon, Volkswagen’s head office didn’t want to go through with the production of either one, but Volkswagen of America wanted to conceive the pickup truck for production in their newly-acquired Westmoreland, Pennsylvania assembly plant.
When the production of the A1 was halted in the Westmoreland, Pennsylvania and in the Puebla, Mexico assembly plants to retool in preparation for and begin production of the A2 for the North American market; the tooling for the A1 pickup truck was shipped to a plant in South Africa and a plant in Europe to continue production in those market until the 1990’s and the 2000’s.
Pictured below is a late-model A1 pickup truck located in a town in Northern Greece near the Turkish, Bulgarian, and Macedonian borders.
Parked a couple spaces back from this A1 Golf/Rabbit pickup truck is a T2 Transporter/Microbus pickup truck model.
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I do not like NASCAR driver Parker Kligerman wearing an undercut haircut, and having had many different haircuts since the beginning of his NASCAR career in the Busch Series.
I would also transform Parker Kligerman from being fit and muscular to being fat and overweight.
I also don’t like Parker Kligerman being in support of the change in NASCAR in recent years. Parker Kligerman should be taken back to the best times in NASCAR that had occurred during the 1970’s, 1980’s, and the 1990’s; and when CBS still had the rights to NASCAR.
Parker Kligerman is also a writer for an automotive-related website, and has also fabricated videos on the website YouTube about things for racing fans and other tourists to do in the Charlotte, North Carolina area and the Darlington, South Carolina area and the like.
Maybe Parker Kligerman should be transported on a School Bus or in a Full-Size station wagon and be forced to listen to Adult Contemporary, Jazz; and Easy Listening music.
Parker Kligerman should never be allowed to dress to the nines.
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Evidence that Parker Kligerman needs to be transformed from being fit and muscular to being fat and overweight:
https://twitter.com/pkligerman/status/181863364383870976
Evidence that Parker Kligerman needs to be forced to listen to Adult Contemporary, Jazz, and Easy Listening music:
Videos on the website YouTube Parker Kligerman has fabricated about things for racing fans and other tourists to do in the Charlotte, North Carolina area and the Darlington, South Carolina area and the like:
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