HUDSON'S, HUDSON'S and more HUDSON'S

My wife and her sister wanted to go to Shipshewana, IN to do some shopping.

 This is an Amish area in northeastern IN.

There was a Hudson museum in the town and I thought "How many Hudson's have the Amish owned?

Boy was I in for a surprise! It is an outstanding Museum.

The Hostetler Collection. Almost one of every year built.

From The first Hudson's a 1909 Model 20 

 A 1911 model 33 Speedster

 A 1917 race car

 1927 Firetruck

Hudson tried everything

 1928 Town Car. A little more upscale.

 A 1929 Mail truck. A little more utilitarian.

 A 1936 Rumble seat convertible Series 65. A little too yellow.

Yes Hudson raced NASCAR and won.

 Some of the cars were over restored but this one wasn't one of them.

A partial view of the collection

This 1928 Convertible tucked back in one corner just happened to be a winner of....

 It's class at the 2009 Pebble Beach!!!!!!

What a collection.

Pretty Red Car

Not much to add.

Ends of the Spectrem

On a recent trip I got this picture in Indiana.

Which provided an unusual comparisons of things that go.

At a winery in Ohio I parked next to this. A big difference in transportation vehicles.

This did have a dancing horse on it.

I also visited a Hudson Museum in the middle of Amish country and will show those next.

....barges go, but slow

Living on the Ohio river I sometimes forget what a neat thing the river is. This week Mary and I just followed the small two lane highway that follows the river. There are a lot of scenic vistas and overlooks along the river. At Cannelton, IN there is a set of locks and a dam. This point is about 670 miles below Pittsburgh, PA where the river starts.The dams along the Ohio are of the wicket and gate style. They are used to regulate the flow and level of the river to minimise flooding and to keep it navigable in the dry seasons.
These are the gates and they are raised and lowered to regulate the level. All the way up and they don't stop any water. The level is the same above and below the dam. They don't even seal. There is so much flow in the river they just slow it down and the river upstream rises.

These enclosures house the BIG hoists that raise and lower the gates.
You can also see a vulture cruising for fish below the dam.

Fortunately the was a barge locking through while we were there. He is waiting for the lock to finish filling so they can open the upstream lock gate and let them out.

The lock has been opened and they are moving on up stream. The Ohio river has a huge amount of traffic so this goes on around the clock. Another barge had pulled up waiting their turn to lock through.

....more Race cars that go

My brother works grid at the MidOhio race track. He bought his wife a new camera so she tried it out at the race last weekend. Pretty good job with the new camera. All of these pictures were taken by Jenny and not me.A formula ford coming down the road from paddock to pre-grid.
My brother making sure the formula car drivers are all belted in correctly.

Here he is lining them up for the start.

Sometimes you have to be pretty explicit as the red mist may already have settled in.

Two sports racers leaning into the corner.

A friend finishing.

...race cars Go

I got to crew this last weekend at the Mayday National at Heartland Park in Topeka Kansas. Because I was working most of the weekend I didn't get a lot of chances to get pictures, but I caught a few here and there with one short video at the end. When we get the in car footage I may include some more. Here is our paddock area. Front of car.
Rear of car. Always fiddling and diddling with things.

A Miata and a VW Golf going through turns 2 and 3.

The Golf is one of the popular small sedans.

A Lotus Super 7.

A Miata passing an SRF on the outside.

This Formula Atlantic wasn't having a good day.

Turn 4 and 5 is a busy place at the start of a race. The following video is from the regional race for Formula Atlantic's, Formula Continentals, C Sports racers and D Sports racers. This was our class but we didn't run the regional. We were saving ourselves for the National race Sunday.

....my favorites

I am returning to more cars from the Lane Museum. This is a group of my favorites from the museum. I just like these.1985 Renault Alpine 310
1954 Panhard Ghia-Aigle

1938 BMW 320. There are only 17 of this Cabriolet left out of over 4,000.

1976 Lamborghini Urraco P300

1998 Lotus Elise. It's a Lotus thing.

1955 MG TF. Like it needs a label.

1935 Adler Trumpf Junior. After the war they made typewriters.

When I walked into the museum and they had a map of Le Mans built into the floor I knew this would be good.