Old Enough To Remember?

Was introduced to the VALMOBILE in 1960 in Lethbridge Alberta. Couple of wonderful brothers......formerly from Japan had 4 of them 'in stock' at their White Rose Gas Station.. I was 13. They 'gave' me one to ride for a week.... be a sales rep. Well, my neighbor
Mr. Isaacson saw it, liked it....purchased 3 of them....fit easily in the trunk of his 60 Pontiac. Was a good summer....for all involved.
 

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Grand Rouge said:
Was introduced to the VALMOBILE in 1960 in Lethbridge Alberta. Couple of wonderful brothers......formerly from Japan had 4 of them 'in stock' at their White Rose Gas Station.. I was 13. They 'gave' me one to ride for a week.... be a sales rep. Well, my neighbor
Mr. Isaacson saw it, liked it....purchased 3 of them....fit easily in the trunk of his 60 Pontiac. Was a good summer....for all involved.
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Kind of reminds me of the Go Devil folding bike.

https://nationalmcmuseum.org/2022/07/08/1968-go-devil-scooter/
 
Oldbikefixr said:
I remember.....this was my introduction to Torx fasteners, along with the metric/SAE mix. The headlight bulbs on our 1980 was held into the mount with three different size Torx screws....2.5mm, 3mm and 3.5mm...six total including the ones that fastened the frame to the bulb and the bulb into the adjuster assembly. This was before Torx was generally available, other than at a GM dealership. Had to order them individually from a local auto parts store....no sets. The 2.5 and 3.5 were not available, but had to order/buy them from my dealership.
That was also the period where you could sit on your front porch and watch the car rust.
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Don't forget clutch head screws. You can find them at trailer house repair places.
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ST1100Y said:
... true that...

I've walked like an Egyptian..
I moon-walked…
I walked this way…
I walked on the wild side…
I was walking on sunshine…
I walked the line…
and I walked 500 miles…

I've walked a lot…

I'm Gen X... :cool:
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And You'll Never Walk Alone. ;)
 
St-Gerard said:
Dang that's funny, only time I have had to figure out the area of a Cone was in Math class.
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Yeah... surfaces and volumes of "irregular bodies"... pfffff...

The trade masters course wasn't that much different:
fabricating a part on the lathe
cutting speed and depth are given
so how much are the electricity costs for making like 200 parts...

similar example with a truck mounted concrete pump
varying viscosity and gravel sizes...
like how much time and Diesel required for pumping 26m³ into the 5th floor...

me brain started disengaged when it came to the Prandtl & Nusselt numbers (fluid dynamics, heat transfer, convection, diffusion...)...

Interesting but absolutely mind numbing... 😑
 
Mophead said:
Don't forget clutch head screws. You can find them at trailer house repair places.
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Different socket heads made mostly for trying to find head that retains the screw or bolt on production equipment.
I have run into weird heads because the manufacturer does not want you going into the place that is secured. Caterpilar is good for that- keeps you out of their injection pumps. John Deere is like that too.
 
ST1100Y said:
Yeah... surfaces and volumes of "irregular bodies"... pfffff...

The trade masters course wasn't that much different:
fabricating a part on the lathe
cutting speed and depth are given
so how much are the electricity costs for making like 200 parts...

similar example with a truck mounted concrete pump
varying viscosity and gravel sizes...
like how much time and Diesel required for pumping 26m³ into the 5th floor...

me brain started disengaged when it came to the Prandtl & Nusselt numbers (fluid dynamics, heat transfer, convection, diffusion...)...

Interesting but absolutely mind numbing... 😑
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Part of getting job test for hiring fitter / welders at oil companies and bridge builders. Did not need it after, but they did want to know the depth of your knowledge.
The engineers that drew up the prints knew how to figure it out. Now maybe not so much
 
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