Vintage shots from days gone by!

1938 James Stewart, actress Carol Lombard, at Santa Monica gun club

 

hot babes from yesteryear, how about Dorothy Lamour

 

1932 public drinking fountain
Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany

 

unknown hot babe 1950

 

hot babes and cold dudes

 

no babes and weird dude

 

1945 Guam
Giant seawall under construction by Seabees.

 

1944 Bougainville, Solomon Islands
Marines of VMF-222

 

she better keep an eye on his perch

 

1942 Georgia State Guard

 

1960

 

A few shots of the family stable from my earliest childhood days in California.

First, the car Mom learned to drive in, a '40 Ford Tudor Coupe, w/Mom. Her next ride was the '40 Cad. The '50 or so Riley Drophead Coupe was her daily driver when I was 4-6 years old (I remember EVERYTHING about that car, like the smell of the leather, the non-California-legal popout turn indicators, the wood dash & trim, etc.). Then the '50 Chevy, in which I would ride around town standing up in the front seat (horrors!). Next is my dad's #36 jalopy, also seen winning a trophy dash. Finally, Dad's #23 Ford Vic jalopy. Wish I had a shot of his '46 Willys Jeep pickup powered by one of his racing flatheads. That pickup with a homemade topper pulling a homemade tent trailer was our Route 66 road trip setup. Not a bad childhood. Oh yeah -- Dad also rode a Harley flathead 80. What I wouldn't give for just one of those machines today . . . .

 

1953 Pittsburgh

 

1943 Brooklyn

 

1937 Hollywood

 

1955 Detroit

 

I finally got by that place outside Paris , This is what is left.
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Most Corvair people actually thank Nader for his book.
GM planned on dropping the Corvair after the 1966 Model year. The replacement was the Camaro. But due to the book, and the lawsuits, GM maintained production until the 1969 Model year, because dropping it sooner lent creedance to Nader.
Some have said the Corvair is the most influential car ever.
Not necesdsarily for all the right reasons.
It had many "firsts" for a regular production automobile.
but also spawned, for better or worse, the consumer advocacy trend, and Nader's and other's careers.