Vintage shots from days gone by!

Prequel time! "Heart Like a Wheel II -- Shirley
Muldowney, the EARLY Years"!!! Tee-hee!

 

V8Nutter, here's a brief quote from Wikipedia on the roots of Ruston-Bucyrus:

"In 1930 Bucyrus joined with the English firm of Ruston & Hornsby Ltd Lincoln, England, to form the Ruston-Bucyrus Ltd firm in England. Ruston & Hornsby Ltd were the pre-eminent manufactures of Steam excavators at the time, having started in 1874; the merger gave the company access to previously unavailable world markets. Ruston & Hornsby Ltd sold their share in Ruston-Bucyrus in 1985, during a period of recession and consolidation in the Mining industry, as they divested themselves of non-core businesses to survive."

Incidentally, Bucyrus, in business since 1880, is scheduled to be bought out by Caterpillar in mid-2011.

 

1924 marmon


1925 nash



1927 Whippett, 27 Chevy

 

1913 Pope hartford

 

Since the "Daytona Continental" is going on, how about a shot of the great Dan Gurney and the Lotus 19B Climax that won the first race in 1962.

(unknown photographer)

 

His engine failed at the end of the race (it was a three-hour race back then) and he used his starter motor to get across the finish line!

 

Current talking head David Hobbes drove an XKE (which was introduced 50 years ago this March!) in the '62 race.

 

Richard Macon in a Shelby GT350 in the 1966 race. Chased by Innes Ireland in the 275LM. Note the Barracuda in the background...the Shelby and Ferrari didn't finish, the Plymouth did!

 

A sign from times long gone...

 

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Any HAMBers in this class?

 

something tells me that towing a Corvair like this isn't GOOD!

 

A rocket-powered train! That is so cool, Doug!

 

Looks like Brookline Blvd. in Pittsburgh's south hills area ?

 

First time I've seen a ragtop version of this car!

 

Looks like a shot from "Pine Lake" in Wisconsin in the early sixties Theodore Trecker would land his PBY on the lake and dock it in front of his house... the landings were cool to watch but the Take offs usually involved some trees being trimmed.!

 

I'm a school librarian, a distinct minority, as I'm a male! I don't look anything like these gals. I sure remember the bookmobiles in Wichita, Kansas. Got to be on a first name basis with some of the librarians.

 

Gale Banks dyno muffler