Vintage shots from days gone by!

It's a shame so many were destroyed - but it's great you got what you did. Thanks for sharing and welcome back, Mazooma!

 

Have a neighbors boy putting long skid marks on my driveway. I figure it is a right of passage for all kids on a bike, and I dont say a word to him. A kid has to be a kid!

 

Spotted on Flickr


Border between West Germany and Netherlands near Aachen, 4 August 1960 by allhails, on Flickr

 

Struck you that way too huh?
I may be wrong, but for some reason it looks more recent.
The sunglasses and clothing just look too modern to me.

Could the photo have been taken in Cuba over the past 20 years?

We called that type of bicycle brake a coaster brake.

 

Some more,


Near Place Rogier, Brussels, 1958 by allhails, on Flickr


Brussels, 1958 by allhails, on Flickr


Grand Place, Brussels, 6 August 1959 by allhails, on Flickr


Brussels, 6 August 1959 by allhails, on Flickr

 

I guess you missed the fact that is is from 1960 sat evening post mag.

 

What make and model is the unfortunate car about to be murdered?

 

Eventually THEY will also have kids. Revenge is sweet!. (Just been there. Anytime from now will be grandchildren time. All over again).

 

55-56 Plymouth i think

 

I remember, even 40 years ago, when I got this negative printed that I thought this guy looked like Richard Petty. I'll never be able to look at this photo again without thinking about that when I was 21.

 

Right, it's a '56 based on the small fins and squared off rear.

 

I did miss that.
I stand corrected then.

 

"Wow, with a sign like that---Must be a farting contest inside"!!!

 

Thanks Mazooma1, for all your contributions!!!

 

my Dad (on left..1955) after a day on the Cape Fear River...

 

Big in 1964.

 

somewhere in the West Los Angeles, Santa Monica area....

 

Track bikes is what the pictured guys would call them.

Fixie is hipster talk, they made a scene with them but they've moved on to other things now like artisanal wood chopping.

My riding clothes look about like what those guys have on. My shorts have a pad (chamois) and my shirt wicks sweat. You can dress to ride without dressing like a clown.

 

1956 Plymouth Belvidere

 

Seen here on a better day

 

The guy walking through in the suit looks all matrix