The US Navy Mark V diving helmet was made by A.J. Morse & Son Inc of Boston from 1916 until the 1950s. The plaque on the helmet is dated in 1916 and caries the serial number: 2212. The bonnet (top part) was attached to the breastplate by a threaded collar. The bonnet and breastplate were copper and most of the other fittings were brass.
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This diving helmet was made by Drager c. 1973. This twelve-bolt, fibreglass helmet has a threaded joint between the bonnet (top) and the breastplate.
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The five-bolt diving helmet was made by the Schrader Diving Equipment Co., Bowie, MD, USA from the late 19th century to the mid 1950s.
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In my freshman year at the University of Washington, I joined the Chi Psi fraternity and struck up a friendship with a member a couple of years older, Ed Finn. Ed had an Austin Healey two seat roadster that I thought was the sexiest car I’d ever seen. I can’t now remember what color it was, but I like the dark green. The car was made by British Motors Corporation from 1959 to 1967. It was powered by a three-liter, straight six BMC C-Series engine with a top speed in excess of 100 mph.
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The Type 82 Kübelwagen (a contraction of Kübelsitzwagen, bucket seat car) was designed by Ferdinand Porsche for the German Wehrmacht in 1938 as a light-weight utility vehicle, similar to the design criteria for the US military’s Jeep. The car was based on the chassis and drive train of the Volkswagen. With its air cooled, four cylinder engine and self-locking differential, it was versatile and dependable in different terrain and weather conditions. The car was assembled at the Volkswagen plants in Stadt des KDF-Wagens, present day Wolfsburg. From 1940 through 1945 50,400 of the cars were built. Interestingly, the bodies for the Kübelwagen were made by the American owned firm, Ambi Budd. I’ve found one source that said that the company had been nationalized by the German government before the war. This model is based on the late 1943 version of the car that was used by the 65th infantry division of the Wehrmachtheer in Italy.
This Kübelwagen model, like the Jeep, is a make-over with fixed mistakes and updates.
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The WW II US Army Jeep, officially designated as Truck, ¼ ton, 4 X 4, was manufactured by Willys-Overland Motors and the Ford Motor Company. From 1941 to 1945 over six hundred thousand were produced. With its Willys-Overland L134 four cylinder, 60 hp engine it had a top speed of 105 kph( 65 mph) and a range of 483 km (300 miles). Interestingly, the final design chosen by the US Army was an amalgam of the best features of the three companies in the final bidding process.
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From the 1960s to 2007, I’ve owned (or leased) five Volkswagen (six if I count the Skoda.) These included a couple of Beetles, a Bus, a Brasilia and a Golf. The Skoda was a Fabia, i.e. a VW Polo in disguise.
The lead engineer for the Beetle project, Ferdinand Porsche approved the final design in 1938 and the Volkswagen, the people’s car was born. Volkswagen produced 21.5 million Beetles from 1938 to 2003. This model is based on a mid-60s Type I Beetle. It was powered by a 1.3 L, four-cylinder, flat opposed, air cooled, gasoline engine mounted at the rear of the car. The car had a top speed of about 80 mph (129 kph.) The small size could accommodate two full sized adult and two smaller people.
