racing cars
www.RightFace.us Change of pace video. Non political. Watch and be amazed with old car racing footage from the good ole days. In the early days of automobile raving they did not use seatbelts and roll cages were not even thought of. One famous racer of the day, Eddie Rickenbacker went on to fame as our leading Ace in WWI and then owned the Indy 500 race track and was President of Eastern Airplines. Great soundtrack on this one!
Video Rating: 4 / 5
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Police chiefs to lose company car perk as budget cuts bite
By Rob Preece Crime Correspondent Chief officers at a Yorkshire police force are to lose their company cars as it tries to save £40m over the next four years. The perks for South Yorkshire Police's senior command team will be phased out to help the …
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Hey… We need a better way!!
The car then only gets 19 miles per gallon – less than a Ford Explorer sport utility vehicle. Compare this to the future 54.5 miles per gallon target being set by the government for new cars and light trucks. The Karma costs $ 96895. This makes it a car …
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motor cars
A police cruiser’s dashboard camera captured Monday morning’s stunning crash on Interstate 675 near Dayton. The video shows a 1985 Pontiac Firebird passing by in the median, striking a culvert on the ground and then being launched into the air. The car slams into the overpass, turning into a shower of parts. The State Highway Patrol says driver Brennan Eden was ejected onto a highway shoulder. Troopers say he was alert and conscious after the crash. Investigators are trying to determine how fast the car was going.
motor cars
Val Doonican sings this well good it is written by Tommie Connor. This finishes a trilogy of Val Doonican songs which I enjoyed when young and hope others have discovered and will also reap benefit from. The pictures I have added are mostly gleaned from the tinternet via Google Images. Paint Shop Pro 10 has helped me adjust and add to them. The motor that has been adapted for O’Rafferty’s motor car was a Ford Model “A” Roadster through the years of 1929-32 … I think. The map where it shows the shaky road between Dublin and Cork is pretty accurate … and the pics of O’Connell Street are from … I guess the 20′s and 30′s … the GPO being an up to date photograph. As I have said before … Hope you get a smile and some pleasure out of this. Post Script … Look out for Paddy McGinty’s Goat and Delaney’s Donkey, the other two of Val Doonican songs. Rock on Val … I thought it interesting to show the lyrics … so … O’Rafferty’s Motor Car (Tommie Connor) Now Dinny O’Rafferty’s motor car Is the greatest I declare It’s made up of bits and pieces That he’s picked up here and there The engine must be ages old But it’s still got lots of power With a gallon of stout in the petrol tank It does ninety miles an hour What a wonderful motor car It’s the greatest ever seen It used to be black as me father’s hat Now it’s forty shades of green On TV and the radio And in every public bar The burning question of the day Is O’Rafferty’s motor car Now two of the wheels are triangular …
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