Vintage shots from days gone by!

Were you there for opening day???

 

I admit I stole the pic

 

No.....first time for me at that strip would have been 1960-61........
when whitewall slicks were still king........here's my first two photos at Lions when I was 11.........

dig those steering wheels !!!!!!

 

This must be a close second.
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"Hot bed Sash"?? I think I knew
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Well only 1.2 million views actually.

Actually these are bigger ..

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=228509

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http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=236178

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You know, in 1908 there was a real race from NY to Paris.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1908_New_York_to_Paris_Race

In 2008 they were going to do it again as a timed ralley and I was going to enter my 57 but the whole thing fell apart and the race was canceled. It would have been the drive of a life time.





Bob

 

Years later I ended up owning a Ferrari Curtis bought new back then. I still have his original paperwork for the car.

 

American tourist camping across Europe in 1956

 

"Spanky"...the first rat-rodder.....

 

Looks as though these German tankers like their new machine!
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Looks as though these Frenchies need a Miller to go with their smoke break!​

 

'kay, guys, we got this slick new weapon. Let's scare the shit out of the Geries!!!


It's working!


Oops, this one didn't perform to spec.



Ouch. Well, as Mick J said, you can't always get everything right
(or something like that!)

 

WTF are you and why should I care?
I have posted pics here, has comprehension always been a problem for you?

 

Had these sent to me at work, thought they would be great to add here

 

more........

 

last few.......

 

I love to see those old COE's when they were new.
...Jay

 

Myrtle Beach, SC, early 70's? Went every July 4th!

 

Cary Grant and Grace Kelly

 

Tiger 131 - reputedly the first German Tiger tank.



"Tiger 131 is examined by troops hours after it was captured in Tunisia in 1943."

http://www.culture24.org.uk/history+&+heritage/war+&+conflict/world+war+two/art75433

 

Soviet T34 Tank - (60,000+ built on assembly lines based on Ford assembly lines, which were visited by the Soviets in the 1930's. Persons associated with Ford set up offices in the USSR and assisted a number of Soviet industies design and install assembly lines).



http://www.historyofwar.org/Pictures/pictures_t-34_model_1940_column.html