Vintage shots from days gone by!

Mercurys of that vintage had a 5" on 5" lug pattern, possibly Mercury gear.

 

Broadway & 5th, 1908


1910

 

7th & Broadway, 1910

 

Broadway & 6th, 1916

 

Broadway between 5th & 6th, 1920

 

One free billet wheel w/ each night`s stay

 

Spring & 3rd, 1907

 

"Tourist" automobile driving through a stream in Eastlake Park (later Lincoln Park) 1908

 

1912

 

1920's

 

Opening Day of the L.A. and Mt. Washington Railway Co. cable car ride up to Mount Washington, 1909

 

Pacific Coast Highway at Santa Monica Canyon, 1930's

 

Pacific Coast Highway at Chautauqua Boulevard, 1930's

 

Pacific Coast Highway at Castle Rock, 1930's

 

Santa Monica Boulevard at Western Avenue, 1924

 

Lockheed airplanes being loaded at Los Angeles Harbor, 1940

 

Unidentified plane-shaped gas station, 1930's

 

8906 W. Pico, Los Angeles, 1930

 

Cahuenga Pass, July 1928

 

1925

 

This appears to be a scene from the pilot episode of Jack Webb's television series "Adam-12".

Rob

 

Santa Monica Boulevard looking west from Gower Street, Los Angeles, 1930

 

Ford Tri-Motor at the Royal Albatross gas station in L.A.https://martinturnbull.com/2018/03/...vd-and-laurel-canyon-blvd-studio-city-1939-2/

 

241 cu in Dodge Red Ram hemi? The 331-392's would have been too many cubes and especially too heavy for the car.

 

Bob Hirohata and the "Most famous Merc Custom in the World", built by the Barris Brothers.

Hirohata was later a victim of an unsolved execution-style murder.

 

Not many actresses or actors would do that now..

 

Not the same type of airplane. Still say it's a Ford Tri-motor....

 

The car might be a Mercedes - seriously expensive at the time.