Vintage shots from days gone by!

Building the Copper Creek Trestle at Speers Ferry (Scott County, Va.) at the mouth of Copper Creek (and Clinch River).

 

I had that same jeep when i was kid ithink the tractor to

 

Recognize anyone?

 

Chock Norris, Bruce Lee and a stalker?

 

Bruce Lee's old school that was in LA's China Town is now a bakery-has been for years. Knew a guy who was along time martial arts enthusiast, claiming he trained breifly with Lee. Yea right i think to myself. One day he brings an old poloroid of him with a towel that was used to wipe the sweat from an obvious workout. Standing next to him in the dojo is Bruce Lee.

 

Wow, Julie Newmar looks hot. She left acting in order to raise an At Needs Child. Did well in real estate and aged well according to a few recent photos. Batman beware.

 

so do I !

 

Weird ...I can see all the pictures .No red x here.

 

The Seversky P-35A, I don't know what it is about these but I think they are one of the coolest aircraft ever built!!



Doc.

 

Very Rare plane... saw one at Chino Planes of Fame... don't know if it's still there?

 

The 1935 Chevy built between the cherry tree and the apple tree in Paul Horton’s parents back yard.



I just posted a whack of these on our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/paul.hortons.welderseries

 

Cool looking plane for 1935. They only made 196 of them. Sort of a forerunner to the much bigger P-47. The P-35 is only 26' long, it was underpowered and out gunned. It was quickly replaced with the P-40.

 

Yeah, most of them went on to service with the Swedish Air Force and very few survived when they were replaced. It was just an old out of date lump of scrap then.
Yes Planes of Fame has one,
The US Air force Museum has one,
Kermit Weeks has one that is airworthy, or close to it. (But is there anything he doesn't own that flys? I bet he even has an airworthy Panzer Tank!!),
and there is one in a Swedish Museum.
I believe that's it for complete examples in the world, all of 4!!
Would love to see one in the flesh, kinda' jealous!!

Doc.

 

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Bod Johnson's bike rental in Rio Nido, Ca 1949. The two people are Betty and Bob Johnson.

 

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This shot was taken on a street behind my house back in 1960.

 

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This guy was a San Francisco cab driver in the 50's. He loved cars and had plenty of them. Here is his 1929 Plymouth 4 Roadster.

 

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The cab driver's 1930 Dodge 6. Westside Park, Ca 1931

 

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The cab driver's 1937 LIncoln. Near Strawberry Lodge on highway 50 Calif, 1946

 

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The cab driver's 1949 Cadillac Fleetwood. Two shots same car, one after he repainted it.

 

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The cab driver's 1953 Kaiser

 

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The cab driver's 1950 Mercury. This got a repaint too. He liked to travel, maybe the car had too many road chips for his liking or never came in his color.

 

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The cab driver's 1960 Dodge Dart.