Lena Horne - Stormy Weather (1943)
Here's the full version of a performance that can be found truncated elsewhere on YouTube -- from the 1943 film of the same name, the great Lena Horne delive...
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Deanna Durbin - Silent Night
From the movie "Lady on a Train" (1945) "Lady on a Train" is one of Durbin's better movies, especially among her later efforts. However, critics at the time ...
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S.A.M. #82: Wings of Passion (III)
This is the last chapter of the Early Lockheed's Saga.The Lockheed Model 9 Orion was the last of Lockheed's single engine transports, seated six passengers and was powered by a 420hp P&W Wasp engine. The Orion cruised at 180-195 mph and is claimed to be the first transport capable of 200 mph. The Orion was also the first commercial aircraft with an efficient retractable undercarriage.…See More
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Lord K's Garage #180: Long'n'Low Ruxton
A front-wheel drive posh car in the early 1930s? A few thousand bucks will buy you a Cord... or a Ruxton.The Ruxton is a forgotten manufacturer, often overlooked when considering early pioneers in automotive design and mechanics. One of their biggest automotive achievements was the use of front-drive automobiles. In 1966, Oldsmobile introduced the…See More
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Lord K's Garage #179: Say Cisitalia!
A bright star of the immediate post-war period, the Cisitalia (pronounced Cheese-Italia) was small, modern and gorgeous.As a successful businessman and experienced amateur driver, Piero Dusio started Cisitalia, officially known as Consorzio Industriale Sportive Italia*. The company employed a wealth of talent to develop limited production sports cars that were based around upgraded Fiat components.…See More
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Lord K's Garage #178: Lea-Francis
If we're in forgotten car makes already, what about another one?Richard Lea and Graham Francis entered into partnership in August 1895 to make advanced and relatively expensive cycles of quality in Lower Ford Street, Coventry, which soon gained a high reputation*. Less successful was their first experiment with cars in 1903, which had a strange three-cylinder…See More
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Lord K's Garage #177: Austro-Daimler
What about giving some dieselpunk love to a remarkable car make, sadly overshadowed by its German and Italian neighbors?The Austro-Daimler Motor Company produced automobiles from 1899 through 1934. Their factory was located in Wiener-Neustadt, which is located south of Vienna, in lower Austria. Austro-Daimler was a branch of…See More
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S.A.M. #80: Weird Flying Destroyer
When we say 'weird' we mean it. Definitely.With the issue of a specification for a successor to the Potez 631 twin-engined fighter in service with the Armee del'Air, P-E Mercier and Jacques Lecarme of the Societe Nationale de Constructions Aeronautiques de Sud-Est (SNCASE) tendered the design of a highly innovative aircraft, the SE 100 (initially designated LeO 50).…See More
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Lord K's Garage #175: A Gift for Maestro
Another Bugatti? Well, we just can't have enough. And this one is truly unique.Most Type 57s feature bodywork penned by Jean Bugatti in one of four distinct styles named after Mont Ventoux, the Col du Galibier and the Stelvio Pass, but this custom coupe took the best traits from each*. It was built by employees at the…See More
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Lord K's Garage #173: Immortal Invicta
Another British car make - maybe not so famous, it's not forgotten. Actually, it's alive.The Invicta Car Company was a British based automotive manufacturer that produced cars from 1925 through 1950. In the early 2000s, the name was revised and placed on a high-performance sports car. From 1925 to 1933, the company was based in Cobham, Surrey, England; they…See More
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S.A.M. #77: Wings of Passion (II)
A glorious pair of Lockheed monoplanes is ready to deliver your Saturday Air Mail.Both were a development of Northrop-designed Lockheed Vega. Developed originally to meet a requirement of Charles Lindbergh for a low-wing monoplane of high performance, the Lockheed 8 Sirius…See More
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Lord K's Garage #184: Swiss Wheels
Posted on May 17, 2013 at 6:30am 2 Comments 1 Favorite
Swiss vehicles are far less famous than Swiss watches, Swiss cheese and Swiss pocket knives. Let's give some Dieselpunk love to Helvetic omnibuses!
In Switzerland, dozens of Saurer, FBW and Berna buses, as good as new, are the stars of numerous automotive events. Thanks to…
Continue Lord K's Garage #183: The Great Bentley
Posted on May 10, 2013 at 2:00pm 3 Comments 3 Favorites
This Friday, in the midst of Gatsby Craze, it's time to remember a true supercar - the most ambitious creation of W O Bentley:
The 8-Liter Bentley was introduced at the 1930 London Motor Show*. It featured an 8-liter engine which was a development of Bentley's race-winning 6.5-liter unit. The main purpose of this model was to add competition…
Lord K's Garage #182: The Ursaab
Posted on May 3, 2013 at 6:30am 0 Comments 1 Favorite
The Swedish Ur best translates as 'original', and Ursaab was the Saab’s first prototype automobile*.
Project 92, so-called as numbers 90 and 91 had already been assigned to civilian aircraft, was agreed in 1945. Saab had decided that, with the Second World War drawing to a close, there would be a need to diversify away from military…
S.A.M. #83: Italian Flying Fortress
Posted on April 27, 2013 at 6:30am 0 Comments 2 Favorites
The Piaggio P.108 was the only four-engine heavy bomber used by the Regia Aeronautica during World War II.
In 1938 the Regia Aeronautica issued a request for proposal for a BGR (Bombardiere a Grande Raggio, long-range bomber); proposals came from Caproni with their Ca.204 and Ca.211 projects, CRDA with…
Continue Lord K's Garage #181: Silver Fish, Part 4
Posted on April 26, 2013 at 6:30am 1 Comment 1 Favorite
It's time for the Auto Union Type D racer - the last but not the least in line.
By limiting the maximum weight of Grand Prix cars from the 1934 season onwards to 750 kg, the sport's governing body, the Association Internationale des Automobiles Clubs…
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Hello Lord K, and Thank you for the "Welcome" :)
Thank you Lord K and nice to meet you too, greetings from Argentina...:-)
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Thanks for the welcome Lord K! Look forward to being part of such a cool hub!
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Thank you for your kind welcome. I look forward to sharing in a community of friends who enjoy the genre.
Thankyou kindly for your salutations my Lord, it is an honour to receive such personal greetings from such an esteemed Dieselpunk veteran yourself.
I must thank you in turn for your own boundless research efforts. Your collection of images and sources on your blog has never ceased to fill me with wonder and give much inspiration for my comrades and I.
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