Vintage shots from days gone by!

No LA, but my Uncle spent quality time there and some of these are from his "stash". Good eye though.

 

Here's my contribution to the idea of "an old car trying to ruin a nice train"...



and more carnage...









They seem to have a problem here...

 

It's Ok to cry isnt it................OH GOD! PLEASE TELL ME ITS OK TO CRY!!!

Doc.

 

The "original" Adam 12? (they do kinda look like them )

 

USS Boxer 1945 - 1969, in the background.

 

I was stationed on the Boxer 66-68, it was a helicopter carrier then.

 

GEEZ!!!-------And 11 years later, I had a Sat.Eve.Post magazine route!!

 

"Hang on Murphy, here comes another T speedster going all of 45"!!!!!

 

I think we can Doc... I know I want to!

That is too cool, just imagine the high speed pursuits and the pit maneuvers in that T... LOL

Look at the aftermarket bumpers and hub caps and I see a Royce Motor meter! (I recently got one for my 26 TT)

 

Doing those quick custom paint jobs is how I cut my custom-painting-teeth. We got big bucks for a quick turn around on those vans. We painted for Kar-O-Van, El Capitan Van Conversions and a couple of others. They threw thos windows in and did the interiors in a day. I'm glad those van-craze daze are over.

 

For what its worth....I would take the bodies of solid 1/8' think metal with todays electronics and safety mechanics...The cars back then were definitely easier to work on and the bodies lasted forever because the metal was so thick...Can beat the newer brakes, suspension and electronics though...I would love to go to the local Chevy dealership and get a 50' fastback body and frame with a 2011 mechanics...I had a 1949 Plymouth with a staight 6 that was like working on a singer sewing machine...Everything was so simple and you could really get in side the engine compartment and work on stuff....but you couldnt do more than 20 around a curve or the thing would roll like a beached whale..and dont even ask about the seats and vacuum wipers.....

 

Sorry....new to this...i was referring to the old train derailment pic with the load of ramblers destroyed....

 

fish'n

 

An accident...




and one waiting to happen

 

another one from different angles. Notice that all the people were not "stick skinny" back in the day, a few of them ate rather well.

 

Oh, you mean your comment back in post # 25139?

See how it works? Even your last post, above, doesn't get it.
There are SO many posts, so many with the same basic subjects, that you MUST refer to the post number when making a comment about it or
you're just peeing in the wind. Keep trying, you'll catch on.

(This is really a great thread. Join in if and when you have photos to post)

 

Sounds like he needs these ladies...

 

Make it even easier on us... click on the "Quote" button, then there is a link (that little blue arrow thinging at the top by the dude you are quoting) back to whatever you are referring to.

 

I really like the 1964 video of driving on Sunset Strip better, but heres someone's home movies of driving on the PA Turnpike in '53. Its kind of cool too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOP_QoizcWc&feature=related

and heres a 51 Chevy commercial featuring the PA Turnpike.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohtUiPZ0xSc&feature=related

and heres some cool video of street cars in Los Angeles in the late 50's and early 60's. Lots of cool cars on the streets as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAPMvhD62kA&feature=related

Beautiful fifties cars stuck in rush hour on California freeway in the 50's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCXcoiF09sE&feature=related

 

Cool Pictures

 

Those are 28-early 29 Ford bumpers, the 'bolt' in the very ends holding the two together was deleted early in 1929.

Doc.

 

They very well could be, but there was a number of aftermarket manufacturers who made nearly identical bumpers during that period.

That 26-27 T roadster never had any from the factory.

 

fuhget about it,, if ya click on the quote at the bottom of the post you're referring to,, it will include it when you post, but be sure and remove excess IMG statements so as not to clutter up the thread,, I'm sure someone else will chime in.. provided you're not using a Mac,,, then all bets are off

 

Looking for some pictures in my memory stick I found these, my gramma Marion, my dad Art on the (I think,,) Triumph,, my dad with my brother(Robert) and sister (Jenny) on a (I think,,) 54 chevy, and then my biological mom, gave us all up for adaption, back in 56,
long story,,
Click on it twice to enlarge,,
I think its Senneca lake in background in the bike pic,, anyone know the bike?

 

1959 vicinity of El Paso TX

 

Kingston Trio

 

Van Nuys - new luggage

 

"Well it "LOOKS" like a driveway"!!!