VINTAGE SHOTS FROM DAYS GONE BY! (Part 2)

It's an Avro Lancastrian developed from the WWII Lancaster bomber.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Lancastrian

 

First time I ever liked a Cabriolet.

 

Portland Oregon

 

August 1941 - Minneapolis

 

Ugly, but still not as ugly as some Nopars in the early 60's No hate mail please. opinions are just like butt-holes, everybody has one That is mine

 

'58 Impalas - loved them since I was 11 & got to ride in new demos the neighbor drove home ....
The gal standing next to the white convert is going to be glad she has AAA ....
Some pics were posted here years ago - thanks !

 

Why. ? Will she be glad

 

Level - Air - GM field tested it on the public. It could have used more research. You'd wake up to a car dropped on it's hands & knees because the air system failed. Most were replaced with springs right away.

 

Palm Springs, 1926.

 

Rt 66, East of Amboy, 1950's

 

Buffum's dept store, downtown Long Beach, 1930's

 

Southern Pacific RR Prosperity Special.

 

Southern Pacific Prosperity Special at Baldwin Factory.

 

U.S. Tires 1929, later Uniroyal. 5 Fwy/Atlantic Blvd.

 

From a friend's dad's shop in Phoenix 1961. He'd worked for GM Hydra-matic during the war, & knew all the trick stuff many years before there was a market for it.

 

The XM800 still exists. I saw it in a private collection a few years ago in “The Windy City”