Vintage shots from days gone by!

And the oil streak was heavier on hills where the engines worked harder and blew more vapor out the road draft tube.And cars that burned oil were common.And more flat tires.

 

Seeing as it is the 50th anniversary of the Corvair, thought I would post this

 

I pumped plenty of gas as a teen in the sixties and checking the oil was a task that needed to be done constantly. It was not unusual for us to be refilling the oil racks a couple of times a day we put in so much oil at the pump.


And this was not just to the old clunkers, fairly new cars were getting oil also. Doing what we called an oil change at the pump was not uncommon on some of the older cars when they needed 3 quarts of oil and a can of STP!

 

Sweet!

 

A 1932 Ford which was capable of 120 per hour, and belonged to Paul Wernle of 4515 North Seeley Avenue. Wernle was caught by a squad car after speeding eighty miles per hour through a neighborhood. Shown here at the Damen Avenue Police Station. July 27 1946

 

Thought I'd add this ...taken a couple weeks ago...

 

here's another of it...

 

1946 Pasadena, CA

 

Beautiful....looks like an old GM EMD F-Unit...I'd like to have that baby...
Rob

 

Notice the Meat Market is right next to the stables! Kinda makes me wonder what animal the ground meat was from!

 

I wonder what the X is for on top of the Studey?

BB

 

They got lost in the parking lot back then to.

 

Probably filiming a snake-oil fuel additive commercial!
the stude must have been using "brand-X"

 

It's vintage GPS....

 

Sorry for the bad pictures... My Fiance had these posters framed and put on the wall for my b-day. I bought the posters about 6 years ago when I was living down in Houston from a Lady at a swapmeet. She said her husband took the pictures back in the 50's. Dont know if its true, but She had many more. I was a poor student so I only got these two....





- Jon

 

New England Dragway 1963 season.

 

Man, that picture gives a whole new meaning to ZOOMIES. Love it...

 

Great pics Wish it was still that way seems so simple

 

1947 Detroit