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dang wrote 19 hours 42 min ago:
Url changed from [1] , which points to this.
Edit: changed from [2] to original source; see below.
HTML [1]: https://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/carl_bohlands_auto...
HTML [2]: https://www.vintag.es/2019/12/the-auto-wash-bowl.html
SirFatty wrote 18 hours 36 min ago:
Vintage.es copies pictures and stories from other sites, whole cloth,
and passes it off as their own. Search for any story they post and
you can easily find the original author.
dang wrote 18 hours 5 min ago:
Ok, let's see what we can find...
Edit: indeed, the odds of this text having been appeared
independently in two sources do appear rather small:
> A fun note: The architect on the job, William C. Presto, was a
former employee of Louis Sullivanâs who later gained fame for
giving the destitute Sullivan his last commission, designing the
façade of the Krause Music Store in Lincoln Square and the
lavishly decorated Art Deco building at 6424 N. Western.
We've changed the URL to what appears to be the original source and
banned vintage.es as blogspam. Thanks!
camtarn wrote 17 hours 57 min ago:
Unfortunately, vintag.es does seem to have done some work here -
while they copied the text, they also added several more images
to the single image in the original post.
dang wrote 17 hours 24 min ago:
Good point. I've added a note about that to the toptext.
duxup wrote 19 hours 58 min ago:
> The problem, however, was that his technique only really cleaned the
underside of the cars. This was useful back in the days when many roads
were still unpaved and their undersides constantly got filthy.
I know a guy who dropped out of high school and started his own
logistics company for moving specialized equipment. He then also built
a business of semi-trailer truck washes in rural areas where they would
pick up LOTS of dirt and mud on unpaved roads.
As someone who lives in a state that uses road salt I wouldn't mind
such an undercarriage wash option I could quick driver over, but those
are typically bundled into a typical car wash.
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