History Photos taken before WW2 - history in black and white

Bucciali TAV (TractionAVant - front wheel drive) - Little bit of background on the link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucciali

and

http://www.cardesignfetish.com/2010/05/13/cool-cars-youve-never-heard-of-1932-bucciali-tav-12

 

Wow, you're right it is a 1915 Studebaker thanks. I did a search and found a pic of one in color and its a match to Dr. Clark's Stude. Cool!

 

'Ames-bilt' 4-Passenger "Cloverleaf"
Bodies For Ford Model T's' - circa 1917.
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Just had a quick look at the National history site in the link. Very interesting and worth a look. The pic here is captioned 1912 on the site but is clearly 1915 from the licence plate. Interesting to see Firestone NONSKID tyres on this car - must be about the first of them?? I recall there was a big National visited NZ from Canada for the 1996 NZ Vintage Car Club 50th Anniversary Rally. It had supposedly competed at Indianapolis - not sure if it was the first 500 or one of the earlier events. Not sure of its exact year. I remember it was on an odd wheel size which was no longer available and it was going to require new wheels to be made. I think it was on 28" rims when most of the other big cars were on 29s. I also remember it was very tall - probably about eight feet to the top of the top. I haven't been able to find a picture of it on the net.

 

Nice 1912 Model T Ford, must be a late year production, can't see a door handle on the rear door and the windsheild brace is unlike any I've ever seen before.

 

Great thread, all you regulars and visitors! HAPPY Turkey Day, and THANKS for making 2010 a good, good year!

 

"Ford 'Tri-Motor'
Type - Ford 5-AT-D
Serial number - 5-AT-99
U.S. Civil Register - NC432H
U.S. Owners - Ford Motor Co. from 07.04.31
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"Fokker F.VIIb
This was a rival to the Ford. Pictured here is the one flown by Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith on some of his long-distance flights. It also was the type of plane that crashed, killing famed Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne. A factor in the crash was Fokker's use of wooden construction for the wings, spelling commercial doom for the F.VII: Fords were all-metal."


http://artcontrarian.blogspot.com/2010/10/tri-motor-aircraft-1930-1950.html

http://www.mainememory.net/bin/Detail?ln=25468

 

Read: http://www.visit-queensland.com.au/113/hiking/stinson_plane_crash.html

 

http://www.kansas.com/2009/11/23/1068346/from-maytags-to-mercs.html

 

http://dairyantiques.com/Other_Dairy_Antiques.html

 

http://www.rainiervalleyhistory.org/stories/articles/rainier-valley-dairy

 

http://localhistory.kingston.vic.gov.au/htm/article/217.htm

 

http://cmsimg.nky.com/apps/pbcsi.dl...0103&ArtNo=110190008&Ref=V3&MaxW=308&Border=0

 

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FfetiF7C9...Ro/S600/Biltmore+Dairy+Farms,+truck.+1920.JPG

 

http://www.stevensonfarms.com/history.htm

 

http://gallery.pictopia.com/ftw/photo/6674986/

 

http://www.oldcarsweekly.com/article/Speedlined-Delivery-A-milk-truck-mystery/

“Aerodynamic” and “sleek” aren’t terms normally associated with delivery trucks,
but this circa-1939 one-ton Dodge wears a slick body believed to have been built
by the DeKalb Commercial Body Corp

 

http://morekisdairy.wordpress.com/

 

http://www.wexfordcountyhistory.org/photos/?gal=6&ts=1290432677

 

http://www.capitalwraps.com/blog/?&&&Tag=Fleet Wraps&BBPage=1

 

An interesting mix of pics on that site. I reckon #9 of the set which is quoted as "probably a Model A" is obviously not and is, I think, a 1928 Studebaker GD commercial. #10 is said to be four new Mercurys but I think they are 1939 Fords, a Standard and three Deluxe models.

 

Looks like the Hemming's Blog follows the H.A.M.B.
They posted comments about my posting of the monowheel, and posted a photo of their own.
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/page/2/

Looks a little different than the one I originally posted.

Motor Wheel 1931

Swiss engineer Mr. Gerdes astride/inside his one-wheel motorcycle at Arles, France, in 1931.

He was apparently on a journey to Spain- there is no info on whether he got there. At any rate, he looks cheerful enough here. It was assumed that this machine was Gerde’s invention, but it now looks as though he may simply have been one of the customers- and there were probably not that many- of the Motorouta company.


Motor Wheel 1931

Swiss engineer Mr. Gerdes astride/inside his one-wheel motorcycle at Arles, France, in 1931.
He was apparently on a journey to Spain- there is no info on whether he got there. At any rate, he looks cheerful enough here. It was assumed that this machine was Gerde’s invention, but it now looks as though he may simply have been one of the customers- and there were probably not that many- of the Motorouta company.

One wheel motorcycle (invented by Italian M. Goventosa de Udine). Maximum speed: 150 kilometers per hour ( 93 Mph).

 

I saw that on Hemming's, thanks for the better picture. Now, what is the steering wheel for? It appears to have two cables going through the front of the column. Do they attach to the sprocket arrangement to shift weight from side to side to turn this critter? Why not just lean to turn?

 

Hey, MrFire, this '39 Dodge delivery van really is slick!
Seems ahead of its time.

 

http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/071809/liv_465226053.shtml

 

http://www.benekeith.com/food/about_history

 

http://derrs.com/history.html

 

http://www.sandiegohistory.org/collections/autos/images/83-14506-41.jpg

 

http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=209