Vintage shots from days gone by!

#21955 should have included this:



http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z125/nota_photo/Holden2006Proto.jpg

 

Prototype 1965 Falcon XP photos







Artist impression:



http://www.xpfalcon.com/

as released:



http://brisbanetimes.drive.com.au/p...rd-falcons/20100625-z8s9.html?selectedImage=3

 

http://theage.drive.com.au/photogallery/motor-news/1965-xp-falcon/20100624-z34o.html?selectedImage=2

 

http://xpfalcon.kicks-ass.net/XPFalcon/History/History.htm

 

http://www.vsv.com.au/volvoracinghistory.php

 

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=6225925&postcount=21921

Some cars just deserved to be crushed!

 

Thanks. And when I opened that link and saw the title of the page .....

Cars That Suck​

it made sense. I thought the front end looked something like the 82 Olds Cutlass my wife bought new.

 

Well, you're probably right on that one, but you can never be sure. Times and tastes are cyclical and repetitive. Kids might crush the wrong stuff.

In prosperous economic times, people want futuristic with shiny, new and different. Big bucks.
In leaner times people seek the retro look of the comfortable classics from an earlier time when things were seeemingly better and more secure. Think low buck. Things change popularity places every now and then in a classic and repetitive pattern.

All cars will again be popular at some point, just some more than others.
I can't tell you the number of old "jalopies" and similar cars abandoned in the '60's because everyone knew the trend going forward was extensive mods with fiberglass bodies leading the way.
Only in retrospect are we so wise as to know what car we should have hung on to decades earlier.
You sort of have to save all things and let God sort 'em out.

 

Look at it this way: At least it's not an Aztek!!!



I really didn't want to comment on this car, but it won't seem to go away. When they came out, I felt it was a perfect example of what happens when a company's design group losees their way -- but knowing they have to present SOMETHING. (Sort of what happened at MoPar in the post-fin era! LOL) The worst was when I spotted one of the above-style bodies with "4-4-2" badging. I said, "NO! It can't be!" Maybe the best excuse is that all of the Big 3 put out some awful-looking cars in the mid-'70s. Thank the Lord, the HAMB cuts off officially after '65, SO we don't even have to claim this body style.

 

feels like i just passed thru a time warp,,
love this picture

 

Grahame, this is one of the best, most idyllic and picturesque
photos I have laid eyes on! THE perfect blend of scenic setting
and "automobilia"!!! What is BEST is that's not some computer-
generated image, either! Every day, folks are on here praising
Dog's thread and the constant SHARING of thoughts and experi-
ences, as well as bygone photo images. This one of those out-
standing images. Just, WOW!

Thanks for the LINK, too! Great, as it provides a good deal of
detail about this photo, maintained in the Australian National
Archives. Taken in 1946 by the well-known photographer, Max
Dupain (1911-1992), generally shooting "architecture, industry
and culture" on commission by the Department of Information.
It shows an auto and homestead in the Canberra vicinity in
western Australia. It apparently was part of a larger project
recording various aspects of life in that post-war era. ALSO,
there seems to be an added link to a larger, high-res version
of this photo!

 

Chevy Citation, Olds Omega, Pontiac Phoenix, and Buick Slylark Introduced in 1980 were the Generals first attempt at front wheel drive (except fo the Olds Toronado and the Caddy version) compact cars aimed at the imports from Eurpoe and Japan, Nissan Sentras and Toyots Camreys, etc. that were flooding the market in the post fuel crisis world.

4 cylinder and v6 models were available. Not the most succesful but a step up from the vega, and Chevette they followed. Ahh the good old days

 

Rover did a similar thing in the U.K in the 70's. It was O.H.C with the inlets direct on the cam and exhaust operated by rockers. Terrible engine. Leave it ticking over for a couple of minutes before it was warmed up and the cam would seize.

 

I've seen plenty about Holdens but nothing about the early 70's Holden Torana. I used to know an Australian, Brian Mure, who used to race one. It was essentially a Vauxhall Viva H.B. with a factory fitted 350 Chevy. Brian said the front wheels used to fall off regularly when racing. When he lived in the U.K. he used to race B.M.W.

For any one who doesn't know a Vauxhall Viva was a U.K. built small family car with a 1256 c.c. engine

 

"Love 'ol "Honest Charlies" tailight trim & skirts!!!!!!

 

HEY!!!---Hands off my honey!!!!

 

"Damn--------Stripped another one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I am glad technology has helped mankid. However I think we have lost so much personality with cars. Cars today are so blah. I wished one company would bring back some class and start producing the 20s 30s and 40s style cars again. Just my viewpoint anyway

 

"Waiting for the rest of the gang"

 

"Never on Sunday"--------Tee Hee

 

Another old fashion traffic stop in MALIBU!!!!

 

"We been had Joe"-------Damn cell phones!!!!

 

Damn Hoodlums!

 

1100 pages... Outstanding! Thanks to everyone who takes the time to post.
Blessings,
PK

 

In honor of Valentine's day (belated) I offer cheesecake. Moderator if this is out of line please feel free to remove them...

 

Here's the second helping of cheesecake...

 

Here's what some of the World War II GI's came come to. Quonset homes.

During construction & mock up:


Home sweet home...

 

Didn't Caddy have one of these things also?

 

Sorry to quote with pictures but I felt it was pertinet to this post.

When my Dad got out of the Marine Corps in 1946 we lived in one of these until 1952 when we finally found a house to buy. It was in a complex of about 300 quonsets on E Bay St. in the Bay View neighborhood on the south side of Milwaukee, right in the middle of a Polish & Italian neighborhood.

Each hut housed 2 families, each living unit was about24 feet wide and 40 feet long. As you can see there was a livingroom/kitchen, one bedroom on each side of a central hall one was larger than the other because the bathroom was on that side. My brother and I had bunk beds because you could not fit 2 beds in the room otherwise.

Great time as I remember, all of the huts had former servicemen so all of the kids were about the same age and we had a ball.

Those were simpeler days. Brings back memories, thanks for posting these pics.

BB

 

Awesome pics bluemoose! Thanks for taking this thread back to "Vintage" and away from a '78 GM shitbox
I'd like her to sign my check!