Vintage shots from days gone by!

Creating the "crookedest street in the world"--grading Lombard St. 1922

 

Neutral drops weren't so much of a problem with a GM Turbo 400.

 

I may have to stop including the original captions of photos since many seem to be wrong .

 

Add a Starbucks to one of the buildings and update the cars a bit, and you have present day Walla Walla.

 

Don't forget to add the big purple octopus located just about where this photo was taken!

 

The purple octopus lost his appeal and has to go bye bye, city of Walla Walla seems to have won that fight.

 

1906 ad for Aerocar, 1906-08. Anybody in HAMBland know if one still exists?
To me, one thing really interesting about Aerocar is that the founders were so confidentthat they built a whole new factory to build the cars. By 1908 they were under water, and the brand new Hudson Motor Car Company set up shop there, staying through that company's duration -- as "Hudson," that is.


The smokestack of the old Hudson plant on Connors north of Jefferson
falls during demolition in 1961. Photo THANKS to the Detroit News !


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Said to be a 1906 Aerocar by the original source,
but the radiator looks Packardish to me.

 

Maggie, you have been a great and successful addition to Dog's thread. Please don't get too worried whether the original poster had info right. You can always just SAY, "Original source said ..." and give what you have.

One of the really cool things about the HAMB is that there are SO many people with not only car/truck knowledge but also diverse backgrounds, hometowns, etc. Seems like 90 percent of the time, if you aren't sure of something, just say so, and one or more folks will pop right up to fill in the blanks. Promotes interesting, entertaining conversations, too. Heck, just look at the facts and viewpoints that came out on that dumped Torqueflite!

 

"Said to be a 1906 Aerocar by the original source,
but the radiator looks Packardish to me."

It's a Packard.

 

Well said, Jimi. I hope that Maggie doesn't take any of my comments personal, certainly not how I intended. Keep up the good work, Maggie.

 

Here's a really awesome ad for a pretty special car, as U.S. auto history goes. We
talked recently about the transitional '39 Plymouth model year. But we didn't talk
about this (arguably rarest) '39 Plymouth.

ACCORDING TO A SOURCE I saw a few years back, 1939 for Plymouth marked the
FIRST U.S. convertible with a power-operated top. But (maybe a tad ironically), the
model pictured was the LAST U.S. car that could be considered a "rumble-seat road-
ster." It was a body style that gained popularity in the early '20s and lasted until
road quality and concomitant faster vehicle speeds made open-air driving less pop-
ular for backseat passengers.

 

Poor old Bomber has looking pretty seedy for a long time http://www.katu.com/news/local/95638799.html , these folks http://www.b17wingsoffreedom.org/ are working to restore it, but it's an uphill battle.

 

Hey there, Grump! Not to speak for Maggie, but she seems to be
a very easy-going, perceptive, good-humored HAMBer who fits right
in. We could do with more like her (I miss FarmerGal and G'Ma, for
that matter.) As everybody knows, you can't post on a car site and
not catch a little static now and then. Goes with the territory. I'm sure
she takes everybody's input as constructive, not ill-intended or ... uh,
grumpy!

 

Hey, Gary! How's this for an EARLY Pierce magazine ad??? I
hadn't seen it before and thought you, as a Buffalo boy (not Goat
Boy) might enjoy seeing it! Great post cards and locales of late,
I might add!

[Incidentally, we haven't seen a photo of MM in a Corvair yet!]

 

Not sure if an Aerocar, but it's not a Packard. Hubs, spokes (count) and hood louvers are not Packard, tie rod should be forward of the axle, etc. I went to where I think you got the image and found several cars not correctly ID'ed.

 

Not quite yet. The octopus owner has now appealed to the US Supreme Court. They should hear in the next few months if the Court will accept the case. If so, it will take roughly another 18 months for it to move forward.

The City will likely win but the octopus looks pretty cool. Too bad they can't get together on a solution to let it stay.

 

Well I donut maek mistakes so I wouldn't know if anyone from 40, 50, or more years ago did or didn't. But I've posted info on some pictures I posted and others noted the information as erroneous & made corrections.

Good, healthy debates that DON'T include politics or religion are usually welcomed and encouraged.

Point - there's a lot more to this thread than just the pictures. It could almost become a history course.

 

I think you're right. Now that I see the larger image, I see the hubs. I guess a few early companies had that hood/radiator configuration.

 

Stupidity in retrospect I can give you, like some of the experimentation we did with hydraulics and transmissions, ie; never try an unregulated pump connected externally to a transmission.

But if it's history you want though, contact Bill Taylor in Memphis, Tn. if he is still available. (realize we're talking 5 decades here)
He made the first hi-stall convertor we ever used and back in the day helped put us kids on the right track.......... before some one got killed. If he says he's seen it all, get ready for some real history.
You're very welcome Jimi; Tom S. in Tn.

 

Ron, Maggie & others - just because the source might turn out incorrect, please keep up the great work posting and sharing, with or without captions from the source. Jimi is right - there is a tremendous collective knowledge in those following this thread, and almost always someone sets the record straight and does it politely. Maybe even with some humor tossed in for good measure. It is part of what makes the thread fun to follow, and we all learn something in the process.

 

Back to photos - cool cutdown Hudson from way long ago.

 

Photo's are great here on the HAMB, but there isn't a day go by I don't learn reams of new information from the commentary, both current present day as well as from foggy charcoal grey memory cells like mine of the long gone past.
Photo's stir the memory (good & bad) but the education from the commentary is what makes it worth spending hours a day here. And who's to say exactly how accurate a post is. Just make as accurate of a comment as you can, and post it! Give us unknowing a clue as to where and what some of these photo's are about. We can always google it.
If only I had this computer for input like this back in 60's.

 

It looks like 1910 to me. Here's an all original Pierce Great Arrow...


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Reasons to like Vintage shots:

* Never any stress! Just ask General Savage:

* Always something exciting to see:

* Never a dull moment:

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* Unlike some 'entertainment', it isn't harmful to your health:

* And it's rated G, good for all family members, as certified by the following:

But 'course, ya can't please everybody:

But it's great to keep trying, eh?!
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Hi Maggie, thanks for the update on the restoration of the gas station B-17 bomber. We have a couple fly into Burbank CA, every year, it's great to see them fly over.