VINTAGE SHOTS FROM DAYS GONE BY! (Part 2)

VW Type 111 Ghia, never imported into the US. I still have a few parts left from one I parted out.

 

Engineer Boots were originally made for Steam Locomotive Engineers and Fireman, thus the name.
They were later adopted by Motor Cyclists due to their design suitability for Bike use. From this time, many knew them as Motor Cycle Boots.



https://www.redwinglondon.com/blogs/red-wing-london-blog/the-history-of-the-engineer-boot

 

I wonder if Bill Mitchell saw that roof & door treatment before designing the 60S '38 Cad ...

 

Sunshine Skyway Bridge

 

A patient buying cigarettes from his hospital bed, 1950s.​

 

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this pic brings back memories of "face plants past" ouch!

 

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I had a 56 Studebaker with a hill holder clutch.
Stepping on the brake with the clutch pedal depressed held the brakes until you released the clutch.
I actually drove that car in San Francisco with no problems starting out uphill from a stop.
Eliminates the heel-toe brake/accelerator act .

 

There was a pit like that in my single car garage when I bought my house 30yrs ago.
The garage was too small so I enlarged it. Regrettably I filled in the pit.
I sometimes I do wish I still had the pit.

 

Not exactly hiking boots or running shoes genius.

 

Great photo. The cars nice too.

 

The father's name is Oak?
The physique is one thing, the smile/grin says light in the loafers.

 

And of course they had Camel and Chesterfield, some of the best lung busters ever

 

Log rafts like this were put together in the Pacific Northwest and towed on the ocean to California. Talk about a hell of a tow!

 

That era of MoPars sure had nice dashes!

 

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I've always liked chrome reversed wheels.

 

A Corvair AND Knockoffs.
Where was Ralph Nader>

 

Stunning!