#Ford Mustang 55

[masoncarr2244]

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

What a difference 55 years makes juxtaposition of Ford Capri Mk 1, 1969 & Ford Capri EV, 2024. Ford of Europe have resurrected the historic Capri nameplate for their new crossover coupé. The original Capri was developed to be a European equivalent of the Ford Mustang. The new Capri, like its sibling model the Explorer, is based on Volkswagen's MEB  platform.

[distribuidoraejeo]

Contamos también con la venta la nueva entrega #55 de la colección de "Construye tú Ford Mustang Shelby GT 500 1967", la cual ya pueden comenzar a solicitar su ejemplar y llevárselo con su respectivo descuento sobre su precio de portada.

De $399.90 queda en $360 y la fecha límite para recoger su o sus ejemplares en CDMX es el día Martes 21 de Enero de 2025 y si es envío o recolección posterior en la CDMX, la fecha límite para pagar su o sus ejemplares, es el día Lunes 20 de Enero de 2025.

#distribuidoraejeo #planetadeagostini #construyetumustangshelbygt5001967 #mustangshelbygt500 #mustang #gt500 #shelby #shelbygt500 #mustang1967 #auto #autos #carro #carros #car #cars #colección #colecciones #coleccionistas #coleccionismo #55 #tomo55 #ejemplar55 #fasciculo55 #cincuentaycinco #tomocincuentaycinco #fasciculocincuentaycinco #ejemplarcincuentaycinco

[qs63]

Amestris Military Real world Influence

This is the third of my series of long posts about the Amestrian Military. This is the post for the history nerds. There are plenty of real world references in Fullmetal Alchemist, especially pertaining to the first half of the 20th century. While Amestris and its military have often been compared to Nazi Germany (especially when it comes to the anime), the references in the manga are very diverse. Disclaimer, this is by no means an exhaustive list, there are too many for me to cover in one post, and I'm not a historian. So let me know if there's any reference I might have missed or if I got something wrong!

To see the rest of this meta series check out the Main Post..

Names

Probably the easiest reference to the real world is in the names of the military personnel. Almost all of them are named after military vehicles and equipment, mainly from World War II. Some examples:

Roy Mustang — P-51 Mustang (USA WW2 aircraft)

Riza Hawkeye & Grumman — Northrop Hawkeye E-2 Grumman (USA 60s aircraft)

Maes Hughes — Hughes aircraft series (USA aircraft company)

Black Hayate — Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate (Japanese WW2 aircraft)

Jean Havoc & Henry Douglas— Douglas A-20 Havoc (USA WW2 aircraft)

Heymans Breda — Breda M37 (Italy WW2 Machine gun) or HMS Breda (UK WW2 Yacht)

Kain Fuery — Hawker Fury (UK 30s aircraft) 

Vato Falman — Farman aircrafts series (French aircraft company) 

Armstrong Family — Armstrong Whitworth Whitley (UK WW2 aircraft)

Weapons and equipment 

The weapons used by the military are also based on real world weaponry. Arakawa herself admitted to using references for weapons as well as for the vehicles.[1] Not all of them are a direct copy of a historical weapon, but all of them are at least inspired by one or more of them.

Pistol — Colt M1911A1 (USA 1924)

Hawkeye's pistol. [1]

Colt M1911 & M1911A

Rifle — Mauser Karabiner 98k (Germany WW2)

Hawkeye's Rifle. [1]

Mauser Karabiner 98k rifle

Hand grenade — Stielhandgranate M24 aka the potato mashers (Germany WW2)

Team Mustang's and their weapons. [1]

Stielhandgranate M24

Briggs' Tank

The Briggs' tank isn’t modeled directly after any specific tank, and rather takes inspiration from different WW1 to WW2 tanks. The manga and Brotherhood tanks take after different inspirations, with Brotherhood being more German coded than the manga tank. There's an excellent article in the tanks encyclopedia analyzing the Fullmetal Alchemist tanks if anyone's interested.

Military Cars —

We see a few military cars throughout the story. Once again the cars we see in the manga and Brotherhood are quite different, and they appear to be based on models from the late 1910s to the late 1930s.

The manga’s standard issued military car looks at least partially inspired by the American Ford model A of 1927.

Mustang's military car(manga).[2]

1927 Ford model A.

The Brotherhood art sketches have two different drawings of military cars. The first one, the one we see Mustang use, is based on the French Citroën traction avant 11CV of 1935.

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood military vehicle version 1.

1935 French Citroën traction avant 11CV.

The second car seems to be inspired by the Italian Fiat Tipo 5 of the 1910s. Perhaps even inspired by one of the American made Fiat models.

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood military vehicle version 2.

Fiat tipo 55.

Ranks and insignias 

With the exception of the Führer-President, the Amestrian military ranks appear to be a mix of the USA WW2 officer ranks: 

General, 

Lt. General, 

Major General, 

Brigadier General, 

Colonel, 

Lt. Colonel, 

Major, 

Captain, 

1st Lieutenant,

2nd lieutenant;

As well as the Imperial Japan NCO ranks: 

Warrant officer (Special Sergeant Major),

Master Sergeant, 

Sergeant, 

Corporal.

The history of the Imperial Japan  Warrant Officer rank is a bit confusing and complicated. In the 79 years that the Empire lasted, the Warrant Officer rank saw a lot of changes, being its own category at times, a Senior NCO at others.  The NCO Warrant Officers seem to have been specialized Sergeant Majors (also translated as Master Sergeant) that basically functioned as the most senior of the NCO ranks. Aside from this the one modern country, I could find, that has Warrant Officers as NCO is Malaysia.

The rank of Führer-President (大総統 - Daisōtō in Japanese) replaces the rank of General of the army in the USA officer classification. While the English translation is a direct reference to Nazi Germany, the Japanese word is a lot more nuanced. 

The word Daisōtō actually refers to the president of the 1912-1924 Republic of China, and if you Google it, all you will get is images of Bradley himself. The term used for “Führer” is 総統 (Sōtō), without the 大 (Dai) which is instead used in the word president 大統領 (Daitōryō), this is probably the inspiration for the Führer-president title of the official English translation. 

However, Sōtō isn't used to refer just to Nazi Germany's Führer, but rather to any fascist associated head of state. As such Germany's Sōtō is the Fuhrer, but Italy's Sōtō is the Duce (Mussolini).

The effect is technically the same (you still think of Hitler and fascism), but the Japanese word is not a direct translation of Führer, nor a direct reference to Nazi Germany, it's more subtle than the English translation. I imagine Führer was used in English (in absence of a more subtle unifying word) as it is more recognizable to the English speaker than other fascist titles like: Duce, Caudillo, Generalísimo, etc.

The WW2 imperial Japan ranks also included superior private, first class private, and second class private, but they were their own class, called soldiers, below the NCO ranks, and were mainly composed of men serving their conscripted time. This might explain their absence in the Amestrian official ranks as Amestris doesn't seem to have conscription. 

The rank insignias themselves are pretty much a copy of the imperial Japan ones. 

Amestris rank insignias.[3]

Imperial Japan ranks insignias.

Uniform

In terms of the uniform there's not one single reference or perfect match for the design, but the closest to it is probably the WW1 French infantry uniform.

Amestris military uniform. [1]

Early WW1 French uniform

Late WW1 French uniform

Aside from the color of the French uniform, the long skirt, flaps and boots are very similar to the Amestrian uniform.

The Amestrian short jacket itself seems to be inspired by the WW2 USA Ike jacket.

USA WW2 Ike jacket.

Furthermore the white lining of the Amestrian uniform reminds me of the Imperial Japan formal uniform jacket, which is itself Prussian and French inspired.

Imperial Japan Major General formal uniform.

The Briggs uniform is very much WWII winter gear inspired.

Briggs uniform.[3]

Soviet WW2 winter uniform

Finnish WWII sniper.

Out of every uniform variation, the one most German coded is, to no one's surprise, the Führer-president’s. His trench coat looks similar to the WW1 Prussian one.

Bradley in uniform.

WW1 Prussian soldiers.

In general the uniform has a very World War I vibe to it, down to the impractical, decorative parts of it like the skirt. This is an uniform that obviously predates modern warfare, very apt for the time period the story is “set on”. This makes an interesting contrast with the weaponry which seem to be mostly World War II inspired.

Other references

Ishval war of extermination 

First of all trigger warning for genocide and human experimentation. Just skip this section if you're sensible to these topics. 

Just like the Ishvalan are an amalgamation of many cultures and ethnicity, the Ishvalan civil war seems to reference multiple conflicts and events. 

Plenty of comparisons have been made with the Jewish genocide in the hands of the Nazi (and the 03 anime leans especially hard on this). There are also similarities with the Herero war and genocide at the hand of the German empire which just like the Ishval Civil war ended in 1908. Another possible reference is the Armenian genocide at the hands of the Ottoman empire, which also involved a minority living at the border of a nation the country was at war with and being suspected of colluding with the enemy. Both the Armenian and the Ishvalan soldiers serving in the army were dismissed, incarcerated, and eventually executed.

Another more clear cut reference made in the Ishval civil war is Mustang's and Knox’s experimentation. This would be a reference to the horrendous experiments done by both the Nazi and Japan's infamous unit 731. Both which included burning people to test treatments and the limits of the human body.

I am sorry to end up on such a hard note, but I think it's best we move on to other — less traumatic — topics.

Source

Fullmetal Alchemist Manga

Chapter 38: a counter attack signal [2]

The Complete art of Fullmetal Alchemist [1]

Fullmetal Alchemist perfect guide 3 [3]

Training Regime post

[mechaniac]

🔧 — my objectophilias !!

vehicles : vintage chevys/classic cars as a whole. '55 cadillac fleetwood. '59 desoto firesweep. '66 ford mustang. '67 chevrolet impala. '72 chevrolet chevelle. fighter jets as a whole.

weapons : guns (glock9, all revolvers). butterfly knife. switchblade. baseball bats. chainsaws.

music : guitars. drums. pianos. record players. radios.

other : clipboards.

💥 — my conceptophilias !!

uncategorized : objectum as a whole. vampirism.

not a comprehensive list ..... whoo

[madmarchhare]

[big-low-t]

Flat Tire

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The waiting room at Meyer's Tires looked exactly like every other one across the country.

A wall-mounted TV is leaning just ever-so-slightly downward to the right. A game show was blaring through the muffled speaker. The host of the show looked anything but excited doing his job. In fact, his face said "just fucking kill me" while he was asking a contestant with a name tag saying "Doreen" if the price of a box of Rice-A-Roni was higher or lower than the $1.65 price listed in front of it. The crowd seemed to think it was higher, based on their yells.

The chairs in the tire shop waiting room looked like they were stolen from a doctor's office in 1974. Black vinyl cushions and chrome metal legs. I should say "cushions" and add an asterisk beside it. Sitting on one of these chairs made a person wonder if it would have been more comfortable just driving around with a flat tire for the rest of their life.

A beat up coffee table sat in front of the chairs. It looked like an alligator had gnawed at one corner. The other side looked like a 55 gallon mug of coffee had spilled on it and not ever been wiped up. Sticky. On the table were several wrinkled and well-worn looking magazines. The cover of Pigskin Parade said "What is wrong with the Browns?" (What isn't wrong with them?) The cover picture showed a Browns player fumbling the ball. Of course it did. The magazine could be new or ten years old, the Browns have been bad that long. Another magazine had a Ford Mustang sitting beside a Chevy Camaro. The title said "These Ponies Can Buck." Sure. The last magazine on the table had two unrecognizable celebrities on the cover with the headline "Star-studded Couple On The Rocks?" Oh no, stop the world, let's wait to find out.

Sitting a couple of seats to the left is a guy in pajama pants, house slippers and a stained shirt with a bald eagle on it and the word "Freedom" in a patriotic script font. He's bitching on his cell phone with who I assume is his girlfriend or wife. "Christa, god damn girl, I told you I was going to Johnny's to play xbox after I get the tire fixed. What? Why can't you pick Tommy up today? Fuck sake girl, he ain't even my kid..."

There is a pot of coffee across from the seats. Some styrofoam cups and a container of powdered creamer. The service agent is currently making a third cup for himself already. He looks miserable, but manages to squeeze out a smile as he says "we will have your car ready within the half hour buddy." He's not my buddy, but I do hope the car is ready by then.

I smile in return, because if I don't I'm going to throw one of the old magazines at the service guy and then choke the redneck beside me while yelling that I'll go pick Tommy up if he would just shut the hell up and get off the phone. So help me god I'm gonna go fuck his girlfriend if he doesn't shut.the.fuck.up.

Anyway, other than the flat tire, it's been a pretty good day.

[viper-motorsports]

The downtown boulevards hosting the 2024 IMSA Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach CA proved amenable to the N°55 Ford Mustang GT3 after the Proton Competition street machine brought a top five GTD finish.

[widowshill]

top 5 colors! be as specific as possible!

TOP FIVE ANYTHING !

i'm going to be a car enjoyer for a minute and pick from paint chips because there's nothing i like to look at more than pretty classic car colors

1. waterfall blue, from the 1955 ford chips

(55 fairlane victoria with two-tone waterfall and regatta blue .... hiiiii )

2. arcadian blue, from 1966 fords

('66 mustang with arcadian blue with parchment crinkle vinyl top)

3. coral mist, also from the '55 fords

(1956 thunderbird in coral mist with white top)

4. seafoam green, from 1961 chevy's

(1961 seafoam impala)

5. antique bronze, from '66 fords

('66 bronze ford mustang with black top)

[motorsportverso]

Resultados dos 1812 KM do Qatar do Fia WEC , Porsche vence

Porsche teve o maior dominio entre os Hypercars a primeira vitória geral da marca Alemã desde 2017 em Austin com o 919 Hybrid LMP1 e a primeira vitória de um carro do regulamento LMDH no Fia WEC, terminando três nas primeiras posições com o problema que teve o Peugeot #93 na última volta , a Toyota alêm do Bop a pista não estava favoravel a marca Japonesa , a Ferrari #51 teve problemas quando a corrida completava 1h40 , já #50 teve uma corrida rasuável. Entre as estreantes a Alpine foi a que teve melhor desempenho , a BMW eu esperava mais, já que já tinha uma temporada de experiência no IMSA .

Top 5

1-6-Estre\Christenssen\L.Vanthorn-Porsche 963-Porsche Penske Motorsport-335 Laps

2-12-Illot\Stevens\Nato-Porsche 963-Hertz Team Jota-Hypercar T

3-5-Campbell\Christenssen\Makowieckie-Porsche 963-Porsche Penske Motorsport

4-2-Bamber\Bourdais\Lynn-Cadillac V Series R-Cadillac Racing

+1 Lap

5-83-Kubica\Ye\Shwartzman-Ferrari 499 P-AF Corse-Hypercar T

+1 Lap

6-7-Conway\De Vries\Kobayashi-Toyota GR010-Hybrid-Toyota Gazzo Racing +1 Lap

7-50-Molina\Fuoco\Nielssen-Ferrari 499 P-Ferrari AF Corse +2 Laps

8-35-Milesi\Chatin\Habsburg-Alpine A424 B-Alpine Endurance Team +2 Laps

9-8-Buemi\Hartley\Hirakawa-Toyota GR010-Hybrid-Toyota Gazzo Racing +2 Laps

10-99-Jani\Ticknell\Andlauer-Porsche 963-Proton Competition-Hypercar T +2 Laps

LMGT3

1-92-Bachler\Sturm\Malykhin-Porsche 992 GT3 R-Manthey Pure Racxing-299 Laps

2-23-James\Mancinelli\Riberas-Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo-Heart of Racing

3-777-Mateu\Soressen\Bastard--Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo-D'Station Racing

4-46-Rossi\Martin\Al Harty-BMW M4 GT3-Team WRT +1 Lap

5-54-Flohr\Castelacci\Rigon-Ferrari 296 GT3-Vista AF Corse +1 Lap

6-31-Farfus\Galeal\Leung-BMW M4 GT3-Team WRT +2 Laps

7-55-Feriau\Mann\Rovera-Ferrari 296 GT3-Vista AF Corse +2 Laps

8-85-Bovy\Pin\Gatting-Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo 2-Iron Dames +2 Laps

9-88-Roda\Pederssen\Olsen-Ford Mustang GT3-Proton Competition +4 Laps

10-82-Baud\Jucandella\Koizumi-Corvette C8 Z06 GT3 R-TF Sport +4 Laps

*originalmente na geral e na Hypercar o Peugeot #93 tinha terminado a corrida em 7º depois do problema que teve na última volta , más por ter parado menos de um metro da chegada os comissarios o desclassificaram.

[sunaleisocial]

NASA Gives The World a Brake - NASA

New Post has been published on https://sunalei.org/news/nasa-gives-the-world-a-brake-nasa-55/

NASA Gives The World a Brake - NASA

Just as NASA needs to reduce mass on a spacecraft so it can escape Earth’s gravity, automotive manufacturers work to reduce weight to improve vehicle performance. In the case of brake rotors, lighter is better for a vehicle’s acceleration, reliable stopping, and even gas mileage. Orbis Brakes Inc. licensed a NASA-patented technology to accomplish that and more. This revolutionary brake disc design is at least 42% lighter than conventional cast iron rotors, with performance comparable to carbon-ceramic brakes.

Jonathan Lee, structural materials engineer at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, uses his skills as a mechanical designer backed with material science training on multiple projects including the Space Launch System and the International Space Station. Interested in supporting NASA’s other mission to advance technology to improve life on Earth, he was looking for an innovative way to design a better automobile disc brake.

He started with a single disc with a series of small fins around the central hub. As they spin, these draw in air and push it across the surface of the disc, where the brake pads make contact. This cools the rotor, as well as the brake pads and calipers. He then added several long, curved depressions around the braking surfaces, radiating from the center to create the regular, periodic pattern that gives the new technology, known as Orbis, its PeriodicWave brand name.

The spinning fins and the centrifugal force of the wheel push air into trenches, causing a turbulent airflow that draws away heat. These trenches in the braking surfaces also increase the available surface for air cooling by more than 30% and further reduce the weight of the disc. They also increase friction in the same way that scoring concrete makes steps safer to walk on – the brake pads are less likely to slip, which makes braking more reliable.

The troughs draw away more than just heat, too. Water and road debris getting between the pad and rotor are equally problematic, so the grooves provide a place for the air vortex to push any substance out of the way. A small hole machined at the end of each one creates an opening through which unwanted material can escape. 

The expertise developed while solving problems in space has proven useful on Earth, too. Orbis’s brakes are sold as aftermarket modifications for high performance cars like the Ford Mustang, as well as some Tesla models.

[motorsportsminiatures]

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

What a difference 55 years makes juxtaposition of Ford Mustang GT California Special, 1968 & Ford Mustang GT California Special, 2023. The first GT/CS was created by the California Ford Dealers (Ford Dealer Advertising Fund) who planned to sell 5,000 of the special edition but in the event only 4,118 were made.

[rpmtrish]

RPM Magazine Releases the October 2024 Issue

READ THE FULL ISSUE HERE!!!  TAP THE COVER IMAGE. Here we are into October 2024 already and we all know that means event season is wrapping up and show season is starting.  Check out this incredible issue with more fantastic features and the Yellow Bullet Nationals 2024. FEATURE CAR - GUDFAR - This wild blown alcohol Impala of Todd Haug is a master of deception! It's Saturday night at the local car hang out and you've set up a race for big money against an old 60-something Chevy. This big ole matte black 1963 Impala SS pulls up with an injector hat poking through the hood, and you're thinking easy money. WHITE LIGHTNING - Rick Frye's '73 Chevy Vega Wagon - 800 inches of nitrous snorting big block Chevy says...You're goin' home! Back in the eighties and nineties it was pretty common to see a Chevy Vega rollin' around on the streets and dragstrips of North America. They were small, light and an amazing platform to drop in a small block with nitrous... GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY - Jason Golden's twin turbo SBF Fox body got him hooked on Drag N Drive events. Jason Golden has been drag racing Ford Mustangs since the early 1990's but it's this specific Fox Body that afforded him the opportunity to experience Drag N Drive events and he was immediately hooked! EVENTS YELLOW BULLET NATIONALS - Bullets were flying in this much anticipated mega-event! Without a doubt, the highlight of drag racing on the eastern coast has been the Yellow Bullet Nationals at Cecil Country Dragway in Rising Sun Maryland exclusively on Labor Day weekend. HIDDEN GEM BEST OF BOTH WORLDS - Nick and Patti Mueller's '55 Chevy shows that all out performance doesn't have to come at the expense of all-out cool on the street... #55chevy #ybnats2024 #ybnats #rickfrye #jasongolden #rpmmag #rpmmagazine #rpm25yrs #toddhaug Read the full article

[andreaskorn]

Need For Speed: Payback (PART 03)

(Entwickler: #GhostGames, Publisher: #ElectronicArts 2017)

#NeedForSpeedPayback. Ein Game mit viel Potential und coolen Rennen, aber auch manche Verbesserungen wären möglich.

Fokus im Part 03: Alle Autos sind im Stil des "Ein Toller Käfer" (#LoveBug, Movie, USA 1968) von mir gestaltet.

INHALT DES VIDEOS (Part 03)

00:00 - 00:02 Titelvorspann

00:03 - 02:06 Drift Event (VW Käfer)

02:07 - 04:58 Deliver Krate - Reach Escape Point (Loot Kiste überbringen; VW Käfer)

04:59 - 07:48 Drift Event (VW Käfer)

07:49 - 09:53 Deliver Krate - Reach Escape Point (Loot Kiste überbringen; VW Käfer)

09:54 - 10:19 Garage: VW Käfer

10:20 - 10:46 Garage: Jaguar F-Type Coupe/Drag Car (im Käfer Styl)

10:47 - 11:10 Garage: Bel Air (im Käfer Styl)

11:11 - 11:32 Garage: Ford Mustang (im Käfer Styl)

11:33 - 11:54 Garage: Porsche 911 S (im Käfer Styl)

11:55 - 12:17 Garage: Porsche 2.8 (im Käfer Styl)

12:18 - 12:39 Garage: Mercury Cougar (im Käfer Styl)

12:40 - 12:46 Titelabspann

Dr. Andreas U. Korn, 29.08.2024 + + +

[agent-scotch]

{ alrrriiight so this bitch is going on a day trip to a really big vintage car show Saturday and I’m compiling a list and I need ideas baby! I’m honestly not sure how many vintage imports/European there will be compared to American. But current I have

69 Stingray

65 Shelby cobra

300 SL Mercedes

Series 1 ford mustang

70s ford ranger

55 Chevy bel air

55 Ford crown

Renault Alpine A110

1958 BMW 507 Roadster Series II

Ferrari 250 GT