Vintage shots from days gone by!

… Ouch … no big deal but is it just me or are they just strapping the tie down chains directly to the wheel spokes as that would absolutely put the wheels out of balance and on a race car to boot. On my Healey I used take the spindle off and put a special spindle cap on that had a ring on it to tie down with …

 

That is going to leave a nice dent in her forehead if she really fires it holding it like that it looks like an early .357 mag. LOL

 

WHISTLE while you walk pants.

 

and it was performing well. it was built from parts from the high class Mercedes 300 S and a 300 SL engine which allowed to go more than 100 mph. faster than a lot of the sports cars of this era.

in the 90's Mercedes Benz gave order to built a replica of this after the one and only original was scrapped in `67. Truly an impressive piece of steel.

 

Looks like the tie-downs have a loop that goes around the hub behind the knock-off. A older work colleague (now long retired) had photos of the transporter taken when the MB team visited the UK.

Mart.

 

YEAH!

 

Easy fix.

 

In the Movie above only the "Bad Guy" wears Jeans. Perhaps you were not bad enough Mike?

 

Ed Elisian in the 56. Chickie changing a plug.

 

This date was the very first time I went to Lebanon Valley but only as a spectator.

 

That same model Murray pedal car was also my first car, got it for Christmas in 1965. It stayed at my parents house for years and my niece and two nephews played wit it when they were young. I still have it, it's beat up, but still in working order.

 

SA 1920017 by mactexas, on Flickr

 

push_rod, that is an awesome photo! Love the telephone...
Do you have a dog (or cat) in there with you?

 

Thanks DaddyO, I'll go and scare up a few more..





Gable, not long before he passed away. in a Mercedes 300SL


Ok, no cars, but it's cool and has wheels.


Possibly also found elsewhere on the hamb. Nice pic, good quality image.


The Camoradi team's truck could carry three cars but it required a hoist to get the cars on and off.


On a transporter kick right now..


Although not contemporary to the car, the pic was taken a few years ago.


Denise McCluggage at Nassau 1958


Readying the field for the start of the 1930 Indianapolis 500 Sweepstakes, a Cord L29 roadster is ready to pace them to the green flag:


Wow.


DYK 5 Later reregistered as EWS 73, and discovered in the garage of the eccentric owner by his relatives. (Google it)


Rare Lancia. Very desirable.

 

Ok, may have seen this before, but what a stunning pic.


The damaged vehicle is a 1933 Continental 'Beacon' Sedan imported from USA. The body could possibly be Australian design and adapted to fit the 4 cylinder Continental chassis. The Maltese cross attached to the radiator grille was put on cars by some medical practitioners. The two onlookers are taxi drivers; the man on the left is from Blue and White Cabs, man on the right from Black and White cabs, which later merged to form one company. Dr Abrahams Fryberg motor car which overturned 22 September 1934






Not a lot of pretty in this one..


Fiat Bat car (I think)


Heavy..


Heck, we've got health and safety.. Check the sign.


Pic taken during the famous event where 3 Cadillacs were stripped down, the parts mixed up and reassembled.


Worth a fortune now. Not exactly cheap then either..




Mud, mud and more mud.


Rolls and possibly a Renault:

 

Notes are from the caption with the pics (some are mine)

fraulein with '53 Buick


Another Buick, a '41 this time.


Captured tatra T87


'47 Stude Convert.


Rather dilapidated Cord L29 in a eucalyptus grove.


When I moved house around 1970 the guy on the corner had two of these on his drive. (Aston Martin DB2/4) Mart. This shot from The Birds 1963.


Haven't seen this one of the Beast before.


Gable again, in his Lincoln Zepher


Jungle Yacht parade.





Think this might be the guy that took the last pic.


1933 Continental Ace.





One from the UK








A 1927 Chevy and a Mr. Sloan.


I like production line pics, been in the auto industry all my working life. Mart.


A couple of a deusie at Pikes peak:





Mart.

 

Definitely an old photo - I-205 and the Oregon City crossing - today it will be bumper to bumper both ways.

 

Fisher body braggin' their one piece tops. - Don't blame 'em, they took some serious presses to do that.


Didn't have to look far to find something to chock the wheels with:


Camp Dix, N.J.


Sweet.


Take this:





And make it into this: great job.

(Wouldn't have minded the original ute, myself though.)

Seen these before, but a long time ago and this is a spectacularly hi res version (worth clicking on).


Retractables? Ford weren't the first:




Ouch!




Do you want a screw driver? (er, yeah, ok, forgeddit)


Didn't seem out of the ordinary at the time..

 

Picture might have been taken in '53, but the Buick is a '41.

 

Looks like Popeye.

 

...found your problem Mack, there's a screw missing here...

 

That and lots of litter by the roadside. The trash and traffic are really bad now.