1964 Bedford KELC3 fire truck

This seems to serve an ornamental role for the former Hokitika NZ Fire Station which is now boitique accomodation.

1989 Mercury Cougar LS, Sable GS, Topaz GS, Tracer, Grand Marquis LS

customised biker desktop ornament

A website called icutee makes these using 3-D printing and a photo customers upload of themselves or the person who is featured.

Should a female biker be called a bikeress?

avion monoplace (single seat plane) poster, 1912

In 1912, M. Campion presented the original poster "Single-Seat Aircraft," illustrating the innovation and enthusiasm surrounding the early days of aviation. The artwork depicted a monoplane, a then groundbreaking aircraft characterized by its single pair of wings, against an open sky, symbolizing the boundless possibilities of flight.

"Single-Seat Aircraft" embodied the spirit of adventure and exploration that marked the beginnings of aviation. With vivid colours and dynamic composition, the poster aroused wonder and enthusiasm, inviting viewers to imagine themselves cleaving through the clouds aboard this engineering masterpiece.

'I wish I had a boyfriend who likes good real books'

VW convertibles that didn't start out that way

The cause is obvious.  A scene in Sweden of a Scania-Vabis transporter that had to stop, no date, 1970s?

Nouvelle Compagnie Havraise Peninsulaire de Navigation poster, circa 1955

La Compagnie Havraise Péninsulaire (CHP) was founded in 1882 under the name Compagnie Havraise de Navigation à Vapeur by Eugène Grosos (or Grossos), a shipowner from Le Havre for deliveries to and from Spain and the Iberian peninsula before extending its lines for other destinations.

In 1968 it was merged with the Compagnie Nantaise to become the Compagnie Havraise et Nantaise Péninsulaire.  In 1986 it was purchased by the group Delmas-Vieljeux

The ship depicted is the Ville de Tamatave from 1949 -- info 

1979 Mercury Cougar XR-7

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an ÖBB 1099 class electric with a passenger train on the Saugraben Viaduct of the Mariazellerbahn, Austria

The viaduct with its stone pillars spans 113 meters and stands 37 meters high, making it the largest and highest on the line. 

The 760 mm gauge (2'6") 91 km long mountain line from St Pölten was opened over 1898-1907 and electrified in 1911. Originally designated as the NÖLB Series E, the 16 electric locomotives were manufactured by Krauß & Co. in Linz (mechanical components) and Siemens-Schuckert-Werke (electrical equipment) for the Niederösterreichische Landesbahnen. Designated as Serie 1099 after 1945 they remained for over a century, being retired officially in 2013.

Specifications: C-C type, 49 tonnes, 10.9 meters long over buffers, 50 km/h maximum speed, power output: 320 kW or 429 hp (continuous) / 420 kW or 563 hp (one hour), overhead system: 6.5 kV AC, 25 Hz.

Pic from 1962.

1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen model

The real thing is widely recognized as the world's first gasoline-powered automobile. As is obvious, it featured a single front wheel for steering with a tiller lever and two larger wheels at the rear and was powered by a rear-mounted, single-cylinder four-stroke engine.

This 1:12 scale model is available commercially.