Archive for July, 2014
Hello Mammoth
Thursday, 31 July 2014Oh Hi!
Wednesday, 30 July 2014
Surreality Day
Tuesday, 29 July 2014
On This Day Awesome Happened.
Monday, 28 July 2014
John Belushi, Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter & Dan Akroyd, date unknown, probably late 1970s.
[Screen cap from here.]
1940s Rat Rod Go Cart
Sunday, 27 July 2014
Pop Strutts (my grampa) created this bit of vehicular awesome from a lawnmower engine, some stray bicycle parts and wood scraps. There was no steering wheel, only a tiller.
The engine was a Briggs & Stratton 1/2 hp rope-starter. It had three gears, but to change gears you had to stop, move the drive belt a pulley over, and hope it didn’t sever your fingers while you moved it. There was an accelerator pedal that attached to the throttle, and a brake that consisted of a lever that forced a piece of metal into the rubber of one of the rear wheels.
To shut down the engine, there was a piece of spring metal with a wooden switch to short out the spark plug. It’d give you a nice zap if your finger missed the wood.
What’s not shown here is The Peckerwood. On the rear of the vehicle, Pop mounted a wooden image of a boy who mechanically rocked back and forth as the Go Cart moved, poking his steel wire “pecker” back and forth through a steel eye screw. Papa Strutts probably removed it so as not to give a 10 year-old Bunk any nasty ideas, but I remember it. I had nasty ideas anyway, but not because of The Peckerwood.
[Update: November 2014 – this sold at a recent estate sale for $75.]
The .Gif Friday Post No. 340 – Lil’ Cajun Girls & Bad Karma Day
Friday, 25 July 2014
Casque Carnivore
Thursday, 24 July 2014
Not sure which is more disturbing – the helmet or the head on the long neck wearing it.
As offered on Etsy:
A coveted treasure. This thick, red, felt, vintage riding cap was taken to the heights of head couture as I adorned it with huge German glass doll eyes, paint, a rare mix of feathers, a silky ponytail extension attached with scraps from a favourite old shirt covered with vintage pins and then … REAL horse teeth! A one of a kind creation. Just shot for a magazine editorial. This piece will turn heads at events or would also be a stunning addition in your home to your art collection. A total conversation piece.
[Found in here.]
He Who Scoffs At Danger
Wednesday, 23 July 2014
[Found here.]
Thank God For Bored People.
Tuesday, 22 July 2014
[Found in here.]
