VINTAGE SHOTS FROM DAYS GONE BY! (Part 2)

1965 - NE 60th Ave. & NE Glisan St. - Portland Oregon

 

In my opinion, there was absolutely nothing wrong with the Corvair. It always offered decent transportation, especially after they re-did the rear independent suspension...

 

Well goes to show where some think electric vehicles (EV) are a new concept, they’re actually just very old is new again.

 

Electric vehicles recharge at a power substation. 1909.

 

A Mercury Arc Rectifier Charging Set powers up an electric car in a garage in Cleveland, Ohio. 1910.

 

A woman uses a hand-cranked battery charger to charge her electric Columbia Mark 68 Victoria automobile. The Pope Manufacturing Company made the car in 1906 and the charger in 1912.

 

Thomas Edison and an electric car in 1913.

 

Ain't nothing new in the car industry except all the computerized crap. I just saw retention straps on the rear axle of a 1913 Cadillac, just like a '62 Corvette has.

 

Baker electrics we're pretty popular back in the day,and Jay has one and it runs well .

 

I don’t know about anyone else but there is no hand crank in the photo I see. The charger is not automatic and needs to periodically change resistance as the car battery is charged.

 

I wish they would go away again.

 

AND her dress is waaay to long !!!!

 

Cortland, NY.

 

Johnny and Jack Webb's wife