Vintage shots from days gone by!

Renfro Valley (Ky.) Singers, 1930s & 40s...

 

X2,, Go Do your intro WaldorfNomad , things will go better for you..
It took me awhile to get caught up too, iirc I started reading when it was only 700 pages,,
Crazy

 

Main St., Corbin, Ky. 1915...

 

L&N Depot, Corbin, Ky...

 

Those Nash pictures from page 1086 bring back childhood memories for me. My parents bought three new Nashes...1950, 51, and 53. We had a boat so we always went fishing and camping. There was no need for a tent as the Nash seats laid down making a bed. Here is a picture of me at age 5 in the summer of 1953 next to our new Nash.

 

"Sheet music for the Buick song. The men pictured are: Louis Chevrolet, Lewis Strang, Bob Burman and the team manager William H. Pickens."























































































































































































































http://buickcity.blogspot.com/2009_10_01_archive.html

 

http://www.prewarcar.com/postwarclassic/magazine/press-releases/

 

http://vintageengineerboots.blogspot.com/2010_06_01_archive.html

 

http://cultofdualsport.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5546b237788330120a63c1165970b-400wi

Jane Mansfield

 

http://daytonamotorcycletraining.co...1/fullsize/1919-harley-davidson-Mack-S_fs.jpg

http://www.harley-davidsonforums.com/forums/general-motorcycle-related/15170-old-bike-pics-3.html

 

http://www.harley-davidsonforums.com/forums/general-motorcycle-related/15170-old-bike-pics-3.html

 

http://www.harley-davidsonforums.com/forums/general-motorcycle-related/15170-old-bike-pics-3.html

 

Sunbeam V12 engine - (Autocar Handbook #9 - 1919)

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sunbeam_V12_engine_(Autocar_Handbook,_Ninth_edition).jpg



"While working for Sopwith after WWI, Harry Hawker, Australian pilot and aircraft designer, used his Sunbeam-Mercedes for fast transportation. He had to lengthen the Mercedes chassis by 10 inches in order to accommodate the 225hp Sunbeam V-12 aero engine."

http://www.airportjournals.com/display.cfm?varID=0611015&PrintPage=True

 

Darracq rotary-valve engine, sections (Autocar Handbook, Ninth edition

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...ections_(Autocar_Handbook,_Ninth_edition).jpg

 

Diagrammatic section of the Gobron engine
The opposed-piston engine used in Gobron-Brillié cars.
Unusually for an opposed piston engine, there was only a single crankshaft. The lower pistons were driven conventionally, the upper pistons were driven by long connecting rods to a yoke above them.
As for other engines of the period, it used petrol (gasoline) as a fuel, although this was unusual for an opposed-piston, or a cylinder-ported four-stroke engine.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gobron_engine_(Autocar_Handbook,_Ninth_edition).jpg
<TABLE><TBODY><TR><TD>A</TD><TD>Valve pocket</TD></TR><TR><TD>B</TD><TD>Cross head</TD></TR><TR><TD>C</TD><TD>Coupling rods</TD></TR><TR><TD>D</TD><TD>Upper pistons</TD></TR><TR><TD>E</TD><TD>Lower pistons</TD></TR><TR><TD>G</TD><TD>Ordinary connecting rods</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

 

A Variable Stroke Engine
A piston engine (gasoline) with a stroke that may be adjusted whilst the engine is running. The crankshaft stroke remains constant, but an adjustable linkage between this and the piston connecting rod allows adjustment

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Variable_stroke_engine_(Autocar_Handbook,_Ninth_edition).jpg

 

The Eight-cylinder V type Vulcan engine
70 × 150mm. 3,540 cc

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vulcan_V8_engine_(Autocar_Handbook,_Ninth_edition).jpg

 

Split-single two-stroke petrol engine, as used in the "Valveless" car

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...g_cycle_(Autocar_Handbook,_Ninth_edition).jpg

 

Knight_sleeve-valve_engine



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F..._stroke_(Autocar_Handbook,_Ninth_edition).jpg

 

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leaf_valve_spring_(Autocar_Handbook,_Ninth_edition).jpg

 

Hardy_flexible_coupling_(Autocar_Handbook,_Ninth_edition) - circa 1919

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hardy_flexible_coupling_(Autocar_Handbook,_Ninth_edition).jpg

 

Makes me wonder where our balls have gone

 

MrFire,

Thanks for posting those picks of the old non-common engine types. I just love that kind of stuff.

David

 

This sign advertised deals at the Harley Dealer in Shreveport Louisiana in the 1950s. Notice that a Cushman motorscooter was worth more than a Knucklehead!

 

Royal American Shows Tampa Florida 1960s

 

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very nice,,
Apparently you didnt read the sticky about your first post being an intro,,
Go on do your intro,, then post some more Vintage Shots From days gone by..

 

http://insurencecarsite.blogspot.com/2010/12/in-movie-great-race-you-may-have-liked.html

 

Times Square start of Great Race of 1908; Thomas Flyer at right (Time, Inc.)

http://jerrygarrett.wordpress.com/2...onoring-pioneer-automobilist-george-schuster/



Schuster & his Thomas Flyer, 1964

"Schuster had been a mechanic and engineer at the E. R. Thomas Motor Company of Buffalo, N.Y., when he got a last-minute call from the company&#8217;s founder who asked him to ride along and take care of the 1907 Thomas Flyer Model 35, an open touring car, that they&#8217;d entered in the race. The event started on a wintry morning February 12, 1908, in New York City&#8217;s Times Square; the grueling conditions took their toll on at least three drivers before the team reached California. Schuster, initially just a riding mechanic, was compelled to take over the driving duties the rest of the way. Months later, on July 30, he was at the wheel when the Flyer triumphantly rolled into Paris.
Schuster never raced again; he was soon out of a job too, as the race&#8217;s heavy cost helped bankrupt the Thomas Motor Company."

http://jerrygarrett.wordpress.com/2...onoring-pioneer-automobilist-george-schuster/