Vintage shots from days gone by!

Baywatch

 

baywatch

 

Wow, rbantique, good stuff.

 

Rocket ...(57 w/olds 371 J2 in avatar)

 

Thanks for the amazing thread- I've spent a lot of time noodling around here.. love the mix of images, some stuff familiar- is this Gravity Hill in Mendocino county?

 

Its a metfore "Shes Blown ya Horn"

QQ

 

Moncton, NB, Canada

 

The very first automobile show, Madison Square Garden, New York, 1900.

 

Not a dance step,... look at the front fender,...

 

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Yes, can't tell the year. I can't make out the plate dates.
Looks to be around 1957/60
My new wife and I were there in 1956. The only thing standing were the 2 towers.
Now we cross The Big Mack at least once a year.

 

Yes, can't tell the year. I can't make out the plate dates.
Looks to be around 1957/60
My new wife and I were there in 1956. The only thing standing were the 2 towers.
Now we cross The Big Mack at least once a year

 

Interesting shots of two rare 1938 Ford Phaetons not convertible sedans,notice the side curtain snaps.Last of the breed,its amazing they were still being made.Last Ford roadsters were in 1937. 1169 built

 

My dad knew the pilot that flew the B47 under the bridge, said he was nuts but the best pilot he ever met. My father also said he had the distinction of piloting a Piper Cub thru the uprights of the bridge when he was young and foolish.

Here is the story of the B47 (from the Michigan absolute history web site):
U.S. Air Force Captain John S. Lappo had the heart of a jet pilot--skillful, bold and committed. However, the personality traits that served him so well on bombing missions during the Korean War and covert spy-in-the-sky missions over the Soviet Union also “grounded” him after a playful-but dangerous-stunt that involved the Mackinac Bridge.

On April 24, 1959, Lappo, a Muskegon, Michigan, native and his five-man crew were returning from a routine simulated bomb run to the Lockbourne Air Force base near Columbus, Ohio. As Lappo later confessed, “I always wanted to fly under a big bridge. I thought it would be the Golden Gate.” Suddenly, the Mackinac Bridge came into view. Lappo polled the crew about his scheme to fly under the bridge. After the crew responded affirmatively with a 4 to 1 vote, Lappo declared, “I’m taking her under!” At a speed of 425 miles per hour, the RB-47 Stratojet raced through the 150-foot clearance between the roadbed framework and the Straits. In Lappo’s words, “It was exhilarating to say the least!”

However, the one naysayer among the crew was not amused. Two weeks after the “fly under,” the navigator snitched. Lappo pleaded guilty to charges of violating an air force regulation that prohibited flying an aircraft less than 500 feet above the ground or water, except during takeoffs and landings. Besides a forfeiture of pay ($50 a month for six months) and a formal reprimand, Captain Lappo was forced to surrender his wings.
Lappo contended that flying under the Mackinac Bridge posed no danger to the crew or the aircraft. According to the veteran pilot, every flight was a risk, and he saw this as no greater a threat than many others. Larry Rubin, Mackinac Bridge Authority executive director, disagreed. “It is a dangerous thing to do. . . . There were cables hanging from the deck. They were there when work was being completed and then they were there off and on after construction. They would have cut the plane in half.”

Despite the blemish on his record, Lappo remained in the air force, serving as an aircraft maintenance officer in Vietnam and other bases. After thirty years of service, he retired with honors as a lieutenant colonel. Although he never again flew for the U.S. Air Force, Lappo piloted his own private plane after moving to Alaska with his wife Olive Kay (also from Muskegon).

 

Do you recognize the driver in the second picture?

 

57 Chev has 57 Michigan plates,dark red and white.The car was also from Wayne or Oakland county,Detroit area due to the ES suffix on the plate.Each county had a range of letters assigned to it.

 

Of course,Edsel Ford.Old Henrys in the middle in back.

 

Most people miss that,....

 

Does anyone remember Jon Provost of Lassie fame in photo 21933 at the 64 Indy 500.When i was a kid i would've loved to have tossed some eggs through a window fan at his house