Vintage shots from days gone by!

Here's a picture of a flight simulator my Dad built in Yuma Testing Grounds as a company Army Air Corp carpenter in WW2, I don't know if he smashed his finger or was flipping the bird. LOVE OLD CARS AND PICKS

 

MMMMMMMMMMM in Korea , 1954

 

DC-women-armed-1950. LAs Chicas LOCAs

 

.......................Let's talk about "ahead of the curve"...
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1959 Cadillac Cyclone
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Looks to be Volkswagon powered,
No wonder it never got off the ground...

 

A Martin B-57 on the deck?

 

From their house in Baldwin Hills (Note the Hollywood sign in the distance).

 

You came to the right place. I did the research on this one about three years ago. Pappys Auto was located at 19750 Livernois in Detroit. They were written about in Life Magazine in 1954. This photo was taken in 1952. They had Tucker #1047 on loan for several months. Louis Grand & Yale Simmons were the owners back then. They bought a lot of their cars from Hi Dawson Ford which was just down the street at 17600 Livernois.

 

Who is "Rocket Muff"? A bit of unintentional editing of the lettering on the fender.

 

I'll take a look. I have about 10,000 Tucker photos. Gyronaut may be able to come up with one quicker. He is the expert on all things Tremulis.

 

Fiat’s one cylinder Volugrafo. Rome, Italy, 1947.

 

Just a few random shots from British Columbia.

 

Fill 'er up...,High Test of course.
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Neil Emory and Clayton Jensen at Valley Customs in Burbank workin' on it.

 

Doug Cook changing the axle gears in his 265-powered '37 Chevy gasser, the one that made him famous before the Stone-Woods-Cook race cars. This was in October, 1957.
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via: http://www.hotrod.com
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Dan Gurney
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1952 Packard Special Speedster

 

Pikes Peak

 

1935 Campbell-Railton-Rolls-Royce Blue Bird
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Here's a few of the more notable Tremulis designs that spanned a little over a decade. His 1936 rear-engined Bubble Top that he said he drew upon for inspiration for the Tucker, his 1940 Chrysler Thunderbolt he did while at Briggs, the DeSoto, and the Tucker. Going back further, as a child of 6 or 7, Tremulis studied the designs of Paul Jaray for hours on end and would draw them for his father, also a car nut. They each owe a tip of the hat to Jaray(some pics flipped for orientation, various sources for the photos: BoldRide for the Thunderbolt, RM Auctions for the Tucker)...

 

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