Vintage shots from days gone by!

Jacksonnville's Municipal Parking Lot, FL

 

Where was the pic taken that shows Vance Grille?
Just curious thats my last name

 

Pierre SD

 

Canisteo

Hornell

 

From Joe Cieslak's Early Hornel site

 

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Mountain View Ca. Right off the 101.

 

Never mind the hand, the rest looks real fine!.

 

Northrop YB-35 “Flying wing”


http://bassman5911.tumblr.com/post/18780989790/northrop-yb-35-flying-wing

 

State and Madison Streets, 1926 - Chicago, Illinois

 

Paris Blues - 1961, Newman & Poitier.


http://josh-l-padilla.tumblr.com/post/18703464660/newman-poitier

 

http://mygang.tumblr.com/post/18738578371

 

23rd Street, New York City (1901)

http://autarque.tumblr.com/post/17511192682/23rd-street-new-york-city-1901

 

What is that Ford in the lower right? I've never seen trim like that.

 

1958

 

What Model?

 

http://eternal-wonderlandsnights.tumblr.com/post/13702520939

 

I built a model of that when I was a kid, remember it well, thought it was the most outa-sight thing on earth

 

Alternate Caption... I've got to lay off those chili dogs!

 

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And they had a spot on Gober Sosebee's Grand National Oldsmobile.....Gober is a 2002 Inaugural Georgia Racing Hall of Fame Inductee.





-Cody

 

Or how about making up an entirely ficticious brand with it's own emblems and colors. Try to make it sort of resemble one or more actual brands so it fools and confuses some. ??

 

Me too! First time I had seen a front mounted blower! I didn't know twas a real car until much later....I remember that model vividly! I tink I was 12....

 

Well I'll be DANG! That was Raymond Parks' gas station. He had many, but this was one of his main ones. Long story short, Raymond was one of the richest men in Atlanta by the late 30's - by moonshine, the number business (illegal lottery) by service stations, novelty machine, liquor stores, etc. He owned the car that his cousin Lloyd Seay drove to the first organized stock car race in the state in 1938 at Lakewood Speedway. Fast Forward 10 years, he was instrumental in the formation of Nascar. Big Bill came to him to get money as Bill was dirt poor before nascar. Bill even drove some of Raymond's cars on occasion including a Graham.

He passed away in June of 2010 at the age of 96. You can learn more about him from this article I wrote back last June....http://stockcar.racersreunion.com/profiles/blogs/the-godfather-of-southern-auto

Thanks for posting!
-Cody

 

IIRC this was not confined to a special model just an alternate trim choice. There was a recession in '58 and car sales really died off. My older cousin was living with us and selling Oldsmobiles in Beverly Hills. The dealers and car makers were trying anything to stimulate sales and Ford started offering a couple of alternate side trims in an effort to increase appeal and move some cars.

 

In other words....It's a Fairlane.