Vintage shots from days gone by!

That guy must be as old as Methuselah if you're calling him old...!!! Hahaha!

Thanks for the info... I up mixed in mind my..?..?..??

 

Kurtis, That photo of the track roadsters with the kids in the trees is at Winchester Speedway in Winchester, Indiana. It was taken in 1946 by Bud Williams of Union City, In. The cars were members of the Mutual Racing Association headquartered in New Castle, Indiana. The photo is from my website, Winchester Old Timers.
www.winchesterot.com.

Please stop by and take a look at the other vintage photos on the site. Here is another one from that day.

HG

 

That's where i got the photo. Great site.

Sure wish i could make it next weekend if someone would like to pay for the airfare.

 

Actually, he's a couple years younger than you ,.... The other thing him & I had in common, was that you used to babysit for both of us, when we were little,....

 

Signal Hill, CA

 

Belmore, New South Wales - 1955:

 

Dunlop tyres:

 

Night photo Broadway, Sydney - Circa 1948:

 

Mass meeting of striking General Motors - Holden employees at Festival Hall, Melbourne _ 1964:

 

Old Ford at Drummoyne, Victoria - 1954:

 

The Orchard Shopping Centre carpark - 1968/69:

 

great shot!

 

Ford plant at Broadmeadows, Melbourne - 1966:



assembling XR Falcons:

 

VW assembly at Clayton, Melbourne - 1969:

 

Fashionable refueling of 1960 FB Holden in 1970:

 

Amoco Service Station, Melbourne - around 1960:

 

Swanston St and Batman Av Melbourne - Late 1950's early 1960's (?):

 

Aerial photo of parts of Melbourne - late 1960's:

 

Old Dodge - 1949 photo:

 

The very forgetable Brabham Torana:

The Torana;
"The first Torana produced by Holden was built as a replacement for the HA Vauxhaul Viva, and in fact essentially was a HB Vauxhall Viva with a facelift. Holden was gaining a bit more independence from General Motors, its American parent. It was aiming to produce an Australian vehicle built with locally sourced parts, instead of just assembling the imported Viva panels from the UK . To illustrate the point Holden used the name ‘Torana’, an Aboriginal word meaning ‘to fly’
Not that the HB Torana could fly, it was a tiny 2 door with a 1.2 liter 4 cylinder engine, with a 4 speed manual transmission. It produced a whopping 42Kw of power.
The 1968 HB Torana series II came out with a Series 70 option. This boosted power to 51 Kw thanks to higher compression ratio, improved camshaft, and the Stromberg carburettor.
A 4 door body model was also added to the line up, the panels were made locally and even exported back to the UK to be assembled as the Vauxhaul Viva."




The Brabham Torana upgrades:
"To commemorate Jack Brabham’s win of the 1966 Formula 1 Championship Holden released the ‘Brabham’ HB Torana. Some of the sportier touches included twin Stromberg carburettors, reworked exhaust manifolds, with sports air cleaners, and bigger exhaust system boosting power to 59Kw. The Brabhams also had wider rims with red walled tyres, black bonnet stripe, and special badging, and Brabhams logo on the wooden gearnob."

 

Sir Jack & Geoff Brabham - not their fastest transport:

 

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