#kenosha

[britsyankswheels24]

🇺🇲 Step back in time and experience the roar of the iconic AMC Javelin, a true legend of American muscle cars! Introduced in 1967 by American Motors Corporation (AMC), the Javelin was a front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, two-door hardtop automobile manufactured across two generations, spanning from 1968 through 1970 and then from 1971 through 1974 model years. It was designed to compete in the pony car market segment against rivals like the Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro.

🚗💨 The AMC Javelin burst onto the scene in 1968, showcasing a sleek design and powerful engines. Styled by Dick Teague, the Javelin offered a range of trim and engine levels, from economical pony car variants to high-performance muscle car models. Its distinctive appearance, featuring a long hood and aggressive stance, turned heads on the streets and racetracks alike.

🏭 Besides being manufactured in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Javelins were also assembled under license in Germany, Mexico, the Philippines, Venezuela, and Australia, showcasing its global reach. American Motors even offered discounts to U.S. military personnel, leading to many Javelins being exported overseas.

🛞 Under the hood, the Javelin packed serious power. It was available with inline-six engines or potent V8s, delivering thrilling acceleration and speed. The AMX variant, equipped with a 6.4-liter V8, boasted over 300 horsepower!

🏆 The AMC Javelin wasn't just about looks—it excelled on the track too. It competed in Trans-Am racing, demonstrating its speed and agility. In fact, the second-generation AMX variant was the first pony car used as a standard vehicle for highway police car duties by an American law enforcement agency. Today, the Javelin's unique style and racing heritage make it a sought-after classic among collectors.

💔 By 1974, the automobile landscape had shifted. While other manufacturers downsized engines in response to changing market demands and fuel shortages, the Javelin's big engine option continued until production ceased in November 1974 amidst the Arab oil embargo and declining interest in high-performance vehicles.

🦅 The AMC Javelin embodies the spirit of American muscle cars, blending style, performance, and affordability. It's a timeless classic that continues to capture the hearts of car enthusiasts everywhere. Get ready to hit the road and experience the thrill of the AMC Javelin!

#brits and yanks on wheels #retro cars #transatlantic torque #vehicle #cars #old cars #brands #companies #automobile #american cars #amc #american motors #american muscle #amc javelin #javelin #muscle car #pony car #race car #trans am #old car #classic cars #car #american auto #automotive #chevrolet camaro #chrysler #wisconsin #kenosha #made in usa #ford mustang

[coolthingsguyslike]

#Big Bopper #Ritchie Valens #Buddy Holly #1959 #Kenosha #Wisconsin #music

[yeahiwasintheshit]

#kenosha

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

A federal judge in Wisconsin ruled Wednesday that a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the father of a man shot and killed by Kyle Rittenhouse during a protest in 2020 can proceed against Rittenhouse, police officers and others.

The father of Anthony Huber, one of two men shot and killed by Rittenhouse, filed the lawsuit in 2021, accusing officers of allowing for a dangerous situation that violated his son's constitutional rights and resulted in his death. Anthony Huber's father, John Huber, also alleged that Rittenhouse, who was 17 at the time of the shootings, conspired with law enforcement to cause harm to protestors. John Huber is seeking unspecified damages from city officials, officers and Rittenhouse.

U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman on Wednesday dismissed motions filed by Rittenhouse and the government defendants seeking to dismiss the civil rights lawsuit.

In allowing the case against Rittenhouse and the others to proceed, the judge said that Anthony Huber's death "could plausibly be regarded as having been proximately caused by the actions of the governmental defendants."

Rittenhouse attorney Shane Martin said in a phone interview that it's important to note the ruling doesn't address the merits of the case, it only allows it to proceed to the next phase.

"While we respect the judge's decision, we do not believe there is any evidence of a conspiracy and we are confident, just as a Kenosha jury found, Kyle's actions that evening were not wrongful and were undertaken in self defense," Martin said.

Attorneys and private investigators for John Huber spent over 100 hours trying to locate Rittenhouse, tracking down addresses in seven states before they found the home of his mother and sister in Florida. The lawsuit was served on Rittenhouse's sister, who said that he wasn't home. Adelman said that was sufficient to qualify as being served.

Rittenhouse had argued that the case against him should be dismissed because he wasn't properly served with the lawsuit. Adelman dismissed that, saying that Rittenhouse "is almost certainly evading service."

"Rittenhouse has been deliberately cagey about his whereabouts," Adelman wrote. "Although he denies living in Florida, he does not identify the place that he deems to be his residence."

Attorneys for the law enforcement and government officials being sued did not immediately return emailed messages seeking comment.

The ruling puts Anthony Huber's family "one step closer to justice for their son's needless death," said Anand Swaminathan, one of the attorneys for parents John Huber and Karen Bloom.

"The Kenosha officials that created a powder keg situation by their actions tried to claim that they cannot be held accountable for their unconstitutional conduct; that argument was soundly rejected today," Swaminathan said in a statement.

Rittenhouse was charged with homicide, attempted homicide and reckless endangering for killing Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum and wounding a third person with an AR-style semi-automatic rifle in the summer of 2020 during a tumultuous night of protests over the shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, by a white Kenosha police officer.

Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges in November 2021 after testifying he acted in self-defense. Rittenhouse's actions became a flashpoint in the debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice in the U.S.

Rittenhouse went to Kenosha from his home in nearby Antioch, Illinois, after businesses were ransacked and burned in the nights that followed Blake's shooting. He joined other armed civilians on the streets, carrying a weapon authorities said was illegally purchased for him because he was underage.

Rittenhouse first killed Rosenbaum, 36, in the parking lot of an auto dealership and as Rittenhouse ran from the scene he stumbled and fell. Anthony Huber, 26, struck Rittenhouse with his skateboard and tried to disarm him. Rittenhouse fell to the ground and shot Anthony Huber to death and wounded demonstrator Gaige Grosskreutz, 27.

This case is one of several ongoing civil lawsuits filed in the wake of the shootings. Grosskreutz last year filed a similar lawsuit against Rittenhouse.

Rittenhouse has maintained a high public profile, particularly on social media, where he is an outspoken advocate for gun rights. He has nearly 1 million followers on Twitter and has spoken at conservative gatherings.

#us politics #news #abc news #abc 7 Chicago #ap news #2023 #kyle rittenhouse #kenosha #kenosha protests #gun violence #gun rights #vigilantism #racial injustice #2020 protests #Wisconsin #Anthony Huber #Anand Swaminathan #John Huber #Shane Martin #Judge Lynn Adelman #wrongful death lawsuit

[rustbeltjessie]

April 4: After the diner, we took the kiddos to the Kenosha Public Museum.

#jessie lynn mcmains #photography #iphoneography #museum #kenosha #kenosha public museum #art #taxidermy #indigenous art #colonialism #my photos

[grrl-beetle]

Patagonia Kenosha

#vintage #Patagonia #Kenosha

[mydailyvintagephotos]

Remembering Orson Welles 🌹🕊️on his Birthday 🎂

May 6th 1915

#orson welles #actor #director #movie star #hollywood #vintage hollywood #vintage glamour #citizen kane #Taurus #Kenosha #wisconsin

[reasoningdaily]

#kpd #kenosha #wisconsin #white cops #end qualified immunity now #Black Lives Matter #Police Brutality #Assault against babies

[classic-ramblers]

(Reposted from Kenosha History Center page on Facebook)

Battery Powered Rambler American, c. 1970.

AMC started working on battery-powered cars in the 1950s already, with a hybrid car project run jointly between AMC and Sonotone (the hearing aid manufacturer). This wasn't exactly new. Electric cars are older than internal combustion engines, and hybrid power sources were used in small warships in the 1890s already. But the auto industry is infamously resistant to change.

In the 60s, AMC partnered with Victor Wouk (considered to be the father of modern hybrids) to figure out how to use lithium in batteries to power a car. It didn't happen: lithium ion batteries wouldn't be figured out for some time, despite everyone and NASA trying to figure them out. Instead, they produced a 1969 Rambler American Station Wagon with a trunk full of Ni-Cad cells.

That is not this car. It IS a 1969 American, but clearly a two door.

Globe Electric (of Milwaukee) made a deal with Sears to sell automotive and radio batteries through the Sears Catalog in 1924. Rising demand convinced one of the owners of Globe to start the Union Battery Company (in Chicago) a year later. The two companies were merged in 1929. And rapidly became the largest manufacturer of replacement car batteries in the country. They remained the largest when they merged with Johnson Controls in 1978. Globe-Union was also, after a 1961 deal, the OEM supplier for AMC.

This photo was taken at the entrance to Globe-Union's headquarters (currently one of Johnson Controls' headquarters campuses) at 5757 N. Green Bay Ave in Glendale.

It's unclear what role AMC had in this car, but it set the Milwaukee Mile lap record for an electric car in October 1970.

Loaded down with 1200 pounds of standard car batteries in two banks, powering a 27 horsepower electric motor, shot the car around the track at the blistering speed of...

46.73 mph.

As configured the car could go about 50 miles on six hours of charging.

Which really isn't bad. Seriously.

Even though electric cars were going 100 kph (62 mph, considered an unattainable goal for cars at the time) at the end of the 19th century, those were flimsy little things with a lot more power to weight. Plus we have to consider the state of technology in 1970. Battery power hadn't changed much since those early electric cars. The type of chip we use for a wide array of power controls was only just developed and the microprocessor was a year in the future, so there was no fast charging and no digital power management. The illusive Li-ion batteries, which cut down on battery weight over lead acid or Ni-Cads, wouldn't be commercially available until 1991 after being in the R&D phase for 30 years, so it carried an additional car's weight in batteries.

Not bad, all things considered.

It's more surprising that with the ubiquity of electric cars in the early 20th century that one hadn't set a higher Milwaukee Mile track speed record, given that it opened in 1903

#KenoshaHistory

#amc #rambler American #electric cars #vintage cars #Kenosha #rambler #1970

[featherzen]

its been a long time so here's some Kenosha art I've done this year!!!

I've been doing a lot of traditional art lately and there's been a lot of changes in my life where I've kinda strayed away from Tumblr but I'm more active on my insta @/miareallydrewthat! sorry it's been so long, I'll scrounge up some traditional doodles of trap characters too because I love our small little fandom so much :)

#my art #trap by stephen gregg #kenosha #kenosha r Silberling-Johnson #fake Kenosha #the plays not over

[ashtrayfloors]

Authentic Irishman for Hire // Paddy O's Pub, Kenosha, WI // January 2004

#photography #analog photography #kenosha #wisconsin #bar #paddy o's pub #alcohol #my photos #jessie lynn mcmains #ashtrayfloors

[madame-helen]

#meme #memes #shitposting #shitpost #humor #funny humor #funny memes #kenosha #kyle rittenhouse #satire #irony #joke

[thingsifoundongeoguessr]

trust me bro this is an ace hardware bro please just listen trust me on this one true value isn't real bro this is an ace hardware always has been

#kenosha #wisconsin #united states #geoguessr #things i found on geoguessr #ace hardware #the helpful place #asexual #we make ace jokes as we please round these parts #true value #bad sign

[bouncinghedgehog]

#kenosha #wisconsin #climate change

[rustbeltjessie]

This is what I really really look like, when I’m not taking some posed, brooding selfie. Aka, when someone other than myself takes a picture of me, and I’m actually smiling. Aka, also, proof that I go out into the world sometimes.

(July 23rd, at The Port of Kenosha; photo taken by my bestie.)

#rust belt jessie #photos of me #gpoy #the port #kenosha

[n0cturnal-archives]

Dawoud Bey - Kenosha II (1996) *ੈ

#2000s #2000s nostalgia #the source magazine #vibe magazine #magazine scans #90s fashion #dawoud bey #kenosha #analog photography #35 mm film #contact sheet