Vintage shots from days gone by!

"A bowling ball grip and a good shine works every time!"

 

BRRR! it must be chilly in there.
I've never been much for bowling but I didn't know people polished their bowling shoes. I've never seen slip on bowling shoes before either.

 

AMC was going to source the rotary engine from GM, as they were going to market their own Wankel powered car. As with the Pacer, GM already tooled up the cars when the deal fell through with Mazda. That's where we get the Monza, Skyhawk, Sunbird and Omega from.

 

V/8 Pontiac engine mounted sideways and front wheel drive.

 

Jean Harlow

Jean Arthur

 

The rest of the story .......

 

Saxon

 

http://sbctango.activeboard.com/t36436481/luniverselle-front-wheel-drive-in-55/

 

SWI66, in the shot of the couple, is that you with the Japanese girl? Looks a lot like a friend of mine at Misawa AB in the late 50s.

 

So why couldnt the factory build stuff this low?

 

That vertical grill bar and grill treatment turned into the 56 Olds front. Like it or not.

 

Oooohh Nnnnoooo!!!! Not another thread to while my time away.

 

You gotta be jokin' me. I don't care what it is she's sellin' - I'm buyin' some.
I don't even care that she's probably 80+ now - that is an image worth saving for posterity.
Woof!
Thanks axe grinder.

 

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"A bowling ball grip and a good shine works every time!"

Baaaahahahahahahaha - I nearly choked when I read your comment!!

lewislynn - you are overthinking it.
Seriously!!!

 

Bob W, Thanks for the rest of the story on the GMC van..

 

What bowling shoes ?

 

We car modellers call something made up of different car parts kitbashing. And it works!.

 

Hey Pipopak, wanna take a guess as to how many kits I raided to do a model of the L' Universalle ?




scrubba

 

Ford Falcon, the national car of Argentina, with a 29 year production run!