Vintage shots from days gone by!

Guy's! We gotta keep a lid on this! If it gets out that Texting and driving is traditional it could be devastating!!
Imagine if the Rock-a-Silly R*t Rodders found out, as if they are not a big enough danger and embarrassment to Hot Rodding in general. They would think its 'so cool' and rebellious and have to do it so everyone can see how big of a rebel they are.
Just another reason for the fuzz to target us!!

Doc.

 

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Da, Mister Nixon, about th[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]is[/FONT] Arms Limitation Treaty . . ."
. . . uh, er, isn't that Jill St. John's booty???"​

As I always say, ONLY in the real world! Hollywood can't create anything
funnier than real life. Here, in a 1973 visit with President Nixon at San Cle-
mente, Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev shows his Russian blood is indeed
red, getting a tad distracted by comely actress Jill St. John! Quick to see the
candid action, Wally McNamee was in the right place to grab this classic
shot! That's Brezhnev's interpreter to his left, though Jill's looks required
NO interpretation!​

[Here's a funny, also TRUE aside: A number of years after President Kennedy
was killed, Brezhnev was asked during a serious interview what might have
been different if he, instead of Kennedy, had been shot. Brezhnev paused for
a moment, then quipped, “Aristotle Onassis would not have married
Mrs. Brezhnev." ] ​

Photos thanks to IntheKnow7 and DegatoEsapato's blog.​

 

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Rev. Martin Luther Kings relaxes with admirers.​

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Photo thanks to Degato Esapato's blog.​

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Like father, like son. Kirk and Michael Douglas, each GREAT in their
own right. Thanks to Degato Esapato's blogspot.​

Newman and Eastwood. One became a racer, one started out a hotrodder!
Thanks to Degato Esapato's blogspot.​

 

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Photographer Richard Avedon teaching some unknown how to pose for the camera.
Thanks to Degato Espato.​

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THE most natural beauty ever? Or, would it be Ann-Margret? Norma Jean Baker? Other?
Natalie Wood, thank to Degato Esapato's blog.​

 

The winner!​

 

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Well, EXCUSE US! We thought this was a DRAGSTER forum!
Kinky Stones, thank to Degato Esapato's blog.​

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And a just plain inexplicable shot of Rod Stewart in -- what? -- an introspective mood???
Pic thanks to Degato Esapato.​

 

Yup, Grumpy. Natalie was in a class all her own, THOUGH I honestly think several of the "most beautiful" women (and handsome men, for that matter) just didn't look close to anybody else.

Some models are MEANT to be one-of-a-kind!

 

looks like a Lincoln Zephyr dash to me!

 

Dynamic Duos. One famous, one sort of infamous.​

Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, thanks to Degato Esapato.​

Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski in a peaceful frame.​

 

There once was a girl from Nantuckett.....

 

A HAMBer's ideal grocery-getter, eh???




1939 Ford Sedan Delivery






Just a Sa-WEET color ad for the 1940 Buick Limited!

 

Wow. You have to wonder if the prototype of this survived.



1955 Tri-Car Suburbanette -- Quote Alden Jewell of the FlickR community: "...on the subject of 3-wheel vehicles, here's one from 1955 that never made it into production." And retired GM Design Staff member Bill Porter noted, "The 1955 Tri-Car Suburbanette was designed by H. Roy Jaffe, a New York designer who had worked at GM for Harley Earl for about four years, during which he spent time in Oldsmobile Studio in 1951. Jaffe can be credited with the 1954 Olds front end design. He had an engineering degree but was somewhat self-taught as a designer. Jaffe had a successful career in product design after leaving GM and today lives in retirement in New York."

 

i think i did,

 

Look at the mfg tags. What kind of cars are those?

 

1935 Pioneer Courthouse Sunshine Division, Portland, Oregon

 

First generation Ford Mustangs. Sold at Barrett-Jackson a while back

http://www.barrett-jackson.com/application/onlinesubmission/lotdetails.aspx?ln=1290.2&aid=304

 

Unlikely 1935 with a 1937 Dodge Brothers humpback in the photo.....not to mention the 1940s era cars behind it.

 

There's a white one just to the lower left of the one circled...

 

That looks like a Hodaka Wombat.The Combat Wombat was the moto cross without lights.I have had both along with some 100cc Hodakas.The Wombats and Combats were 125cc.

 

Natalie, hands down.

 

Found this picture of my dad in his Model A back in '61 in Walnut Creek.

 

Ah, that was the date listed for the photo - good to know.

 

Walter and Margaret

 

Peta Snyder



Snyder Family car



Another Snyder Family car

 

1940s in or near Denver​

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"Colorado Cool Aid" Coors Beer Truck - about 1926

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