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Landmaster
The Landmaster is a unique 12-wheeled amphibious articulated vehicle constructed by Dean Jeffries at Jeffries Automotive in Universal City, California, for the 1977 science fiction film ''Damnation Alley''. Despite the appearance of two Landmasters in the film (achieved with process photography and models), only one was built, at a cost of $350,000 in 1976. History A staple of southern California car culture for many years, the Landmaster was parked in full view next to Dean Jeffries' automotive shop on Cahuenga Boulevard in North Hollywood, California from 1977 to 2005. The Landmaster was sold to a private owner in 2005 and was restored to its original condition as featured in ''Damnation Alley''. The Landmaster was then on the show car circuit for several years. In 2007 it was featured at the ''San Francisco Rod & Custom Show'' at the Cow Palace in San Francisco as part of special exhibit with other notable movie and TV cars. Sometime in the late 2000s, the Landmaster was van ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damnation Alley (film)
''Damnation Alley'' is a 1977 post-apocalyptic film directed by Jack Smight, loosely based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Roger Zelazny. The original music score was composed by Jerry Goldsmith, and the cinematography was by Harry Stradling Jr. Plot First Lieutenant Jake Tanner (Jan-Michael Vincent) shares ICBM silo duty at a US Air Force missile base in the Californian desert with senior officer Major Eugene "Sam" Denton (George Peppard). While signing in for their work shift in the underground base, Denton notifies Tanner he is requesting that command reassign him, since he feels Tanner is not a suitable team member for their two-man crew. While passing through base security checks, Denton and Tanner talk with Sergeant Tom Keegan (Paul Winfield). While Denton and Tanner are running procedure drills, the US detects incoming nuclear missiles from the Soviet Union. After confirmation that an actual attack is in-progress, Tanner and Denton launch part of the retalia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Jeffries
Edward Dean Jeffries (February 25, 1933 – May 5, 2013) was an American custom car designer and fabricator, as well as stuntman and stunt coordinator for motion pictures and television programs based in Los Angeles, California. Early life Jeffries was born to Viola Irene (''née'' Allison) and Edward James Jeffries in Osage, Iowa.Mitchell County, Iowa Birth Certificate.Cotter. - p.12. After the family moved to Compton, California, Jeffries grew up in Compton and then neighboring Lynwood, California, where his father was a mechanic.St. Antoine, Arthur. "Interview: Dean Jeffries, Hollywood legend". - '' Motor Trend Magazine'' He was the middle child, born between older sister Darlene Ann (b. May 18, 1931, Osage, Iowa-) and younger sister Evonne Mae (b. December 2, 1935, in Osage, Iowa). A brother, James Eddie, was born December 2, 1935, in Osage, a twin to Evonne, but died the next day.Mitchell County, Iowa Death Certificate. Jeffries served in the United States Army during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tri-star (wheel Arrangement)
The tri-star is a novel wheel design—originally by Robert and John Forsyth, assigned to Lockheed in 1967—in which three wheels are arranged in an upright triangle with two on the ground and one above them. If either of the wheels in contact with the ground gets stuck, the whole system rotates over the obstruction. Design In the tri-star wheel, all three satellite wheels are simultaneously powered through a mechanical linkage between each satellite wheel and a shaft concentric with the central hub. In the original patent, the direction of the vehicle is controlled through the differential steering. Applications Lockheed modified an M2A2 105mm Light Howitzer and produced it from 1969-1977 with a drive unit and tri-star wheel system into an Auxiliary Propelled Howitzer they termed "Terra Star." The only surviving prototype is located at the Rock Island Arsenal Museum. Its most famous application was the Landmaster, a unique armoured personnel carrier (APC) from the 1977 film ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cow Palace
The Cow Palace (originally the California State Livestock Pavilion) is an indoor arena located in Daly City, California, situated on the city's northern border with neighboring San Francisco. Because the border passes through the property, a portion of the upper parking lot is in San Francisco. History Completed in 1941, it hosted the San Francisco Warriors of the NBA from 1962 to 1964 and again from 1966 to 1971. The Warriors temporarily returned to the Cow Palace to host the 1975 NBA Finals as the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena was booked for an Ice Follies performance. It was the site of both the 1956 Republican National Convention and the 1964 Republican National Convention. During the 1960s and 1970s, the SF Examiner Games, a world-class indoor track and field meet, was held annually at the Cow Palace. The Cow Palace was also an important venue for professional boxing until the early 1980s, having staged regular shows, including ten world title fights and appearan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highway To Heaven
''Highway to Heaven'' is an American fantasy Drama (film and television), drama television series that ran on NBC from September 19, 1984, to August 4, 1989. The series starred Michael Landon as Jonathan Smith, an angel sent to Earth in order to help people in need. Victor French, Landon's co-star from his previous television series, ''Little House on the Prairie (TV series), Little House on the Prairie'', co-starred as Mark Gordon, a retired policeman who travels with and helps Smith with the tasks or "assignments" to which he is referred. The series was created and executive produced by Landon, who also directed most of the show's episodes. French directed many of the remaining episodes. It was Landon's third and final TV series and his only one set in the present day, unlike ''Little House on the Prairie'', and Landon's first TV series, ''Bonanza'', both of which were Western (genre), Westerns. It was the final screen appearance for French, who died two months before the final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
QR III
''QR III'' (or ''Quiet Riot III'') is the fifth studio album released by American heavy metal band Quiet Riot. It was released in 1986 on Pasha / CBS. It is the last album to feature lead singer Kevin DuBrow until the 1993 album '' Terrified''. Background ''QR III'' is short for "Quiet Riot III". It is the band's fifth studio album, following limited release albums ''Quiet Riot'' and ''Quiet Riot II'', and major label albums ''Metal Health'' and ''Condition Critical''. Following the massive success of ''Metal Health'' and the more reasonable success of ''Condition Critical'', sales of ''QR III'' were lower, reaching only No. 31 on the US charts and only achieving Gold certification. It marked one of Quiet Riot's final plunges from stardom as only one more of the band's following releases would enter the charts at all. This Quiet Riot album is the first album to feature Chuck Wright, formerly of Giuffria, on bass as an official member. He had performed some uncredited bass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mad Max
''Mad Max'' is an Australian post-apocalyptic Action film, action film series and media franchise created by George Miller (filmmaker), George Miller and Byron Kennedy. It began in 1979 with ''Mad Max (film), Mad Max'', and was followed by three sequels: ''Mad Max 2'' (1981, released in the United States as ''The Road Warrior''), ''Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome'' (1985) and ''Mad Max: Fury Road'' (2015); Miller directed or co-directed all four films. Mel Gibson portrayed the titular character Max Rockatansky in the first three films, while Tom Hardy portrayed the character in ''Mad Max: Fury Road''. The series follows the adventures of Rockatansky, a police officer in a future Australia which is experiencing societal collapse due to war and critical resource shortages. When his wife and child are murdered by a vicious biker gang, Max kills them in revenge and becomes a drifting loner in Outback, the Wasteland. As Australia devolves further into barbarity, Max finds himself helping ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amoco
Amoco () is a brand of fuel stations operating in the United States, and owned by BP since 1998. The Amoco Corporation was an American chemical and oil company, founded by Standard Oil Company in 1889 around a refinery in Whiting, Indiana, and was officially the Standard Oil Company of Indiana until 1985. Originally part of the Standard Oil Company trust, it focused on producing gasoline for the new automobile market. In 1911, as part of the break-up of the Standard Oil trust, it became an independent corporation. Incorporated in Indiana, it was headquartered in Chicago, and formally adopted the name Amoco in 1985. Although the Amoco Corporation merged in 1998 into BP Amoco, the Amoco name was resurrected in 2017 as a brand that service station owners could choose to use when they purchased supplies from BP in selected areas of the United States. In 1925, Standard Oil of Indiana absorbed the American Oil Company, founded in Baltimore in 1910, and incorporated in 1922, by Lou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steering
Steering is a system of components, linkages, and other parts that allows a driver to control the direction of the vehicle. Introduction The most conventional steering arrangement allows a driver to turn the front wheels of a vehicle using a hand–operated steering wheel positioned in front of the driver. The steering wheel is attached to a steering column A column or pillar in architecture and structural engineering is a structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below. In other words, a column is a compression member. ..., which is linked to rods, pivots and gears that allow the driver to change the direction of the front wheels. Other arrangements are sometimes found on different types of vehicles; for example, a tiller or rear-wheel steering. Tracked vehicles such as bulldozers and tanks usually employ differential steering, where the tracks are made to move at different speeds or even in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popular Science
''Popular Science'' (also known as ''PopSci'') is an American digital magazine carrying popular science content, which refers to articles for the general reader on science and technology subjects. ''Popular Science'' has won over 58 awards, including the American Society of Magazine Editors awards for its journalistic excellence in 2003 (for General Excellence), 2004 (for Best Magazine Section), and 2019 (for Single-Topic Issue). With roots beginning in 1872, ''Popular Science'' has been translated into over 30 languages and is distributed to at least 45 countries. Early history ''The Popular Science Monthly'', as the publication was originally called, was founded in May 1872 by Edward L. Youmans to disseminate scientific knowledge to the educated layman. Youmans had previously worked as an editor for the weekly ''Appleton's Journal'' and persuaded them to publish his new journal. Early issues were mostly reprints of English periodicals. The journal became an outlet for writings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damnation Alley Landmaster
Damnation (from Latin '' damnatio'') is the concept of divine punishment and torment in an afterlife for actions that were committed, or in some cases, not committed on Earth. In Ancient Egyptian religious tradition, citizens would recite the 42 negative confessions of Maat as their heart was weighed against the feather of truth. If the citizen's heart was heavier than a feather they would be devoured by Ammit. Zoroastrianism developed an eschatological concept of a Last Judgment called Frashokereti where the dead will be raised and the righteous wade through a river of milk while the wicked will be burned in a river of molten metal. Abrahamic religions such as Christianity have similar concepts of believers facing judgement on a last day to determine if they will spend eternity in Gehenna or heaven for their sin . A damned human "in damnation" is said to be either in Hell, or living in a state wherein they are divorced from Heaven and/or in a state of disgrace from God ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mojave, California
Mojave (formerly Mohave) is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Kern County, California, United States. Mojave is located east of Bakersfield, California, Bakersfield, and north of Los Angeles, at an elevation of . The town is located in the western region of the Mojave Desert, below and east of Oak Creek Pass and the Tehachapi Mountains. Mojave is on the Pacific Crest Trail. The population was 4,238 at the 2010 census, up from 3,836 at the 2000 census. Telephone numbers in Mojave follow the format (661) 824-xxxx and the area includes three postal ZIP Codes. History The town of Mojave began in 1876 as a construction camp on the Southern Pacific Railroad. From 1884 to 1889, the town was the western terminus of the , twenty-mule team at Harmony Borax Works in Death Valley National Park, Death Valley. It later served as headquarters for construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Mojave Airport: aviation and military use Located near Edwards Air Force Base, Naval ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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