Vintage shots from days gone by!

A corvair in each.

 

I always wondered where they got those haircuts.......


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94 horses. Pretty good for 1933!

 

While I, along with a majority of otheres, would agree, these comments could easily become a political direction for the H.A.M.B. Not a good thing. Let's keep it on track.

 

Back on track..

 

"Models wearing the new Poses, strapless, backless wireless bra adhesively gummed to hold the cup on at Jones Beach."

 

Shirley Buchanan and De Soto fire dome v-eight motor at the 1952 Los Angeles International Automobile Show, Calif.

 

Pat Hall, "Miss 7-Cent Cup of Coffee, 1950," serving William E. Kinman coffee while wearing a bikini, Los Angeles, Calif., 1950

 

Hudson surely wrung a ton of model years out of the same basic body, didn't they?

 

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WAG here, but from that ol' fella's apparently advanced age, he might have lost his leg as early as the Spanish-American War.

 

A red Corvair.

 

What a photo. It almost seems surreal, doesn't it?

 

Presidential election paraphernalia two <nobr></nobr> packs one promoting Adlai E. Stevenson and another Dwight D. Eisenhower, Calif., 1952

 

..Wow, suicide doors, these things were difficult gettin into with regualar doors.
anyone ever seen one like this?

 

California Highway Patrolmen giving driver sobriety test in Los Angeles, Calif., circa 1953

 

Vic Tanny with four women exercising at his gym Vic Tanny's Gym in Los Angeles, Calif., circa 1953

 

I don't know about this Ford, But the COE's of Internationals and Autocars of this era had suicide doors on one side and regular doors on the other.

 

I love my local historical society...

WAC officer and a Packard, 1944


Local newlyweds, 1940


Caterpillar assembly line, 1942


Employees of the Illinois Culvert Company, 1943.




President Eisenhower Visits Peoria, 1955.


Raber's Meat Packing House, 1956. This business is still there today, and puts out a great steak.



Lou's Drive In, 1958. This business is also still open seasonally. I believe its owned by a distant relative of Sec. of Transportation and former Congressman Ray LaHood.



and Today...

 

Illinois River Flood, 1927.




A local Doctor posing with his new Buick in 1910.

 

Love it

 

Yes it sure does. And back in school in the 50s & early 60s, they thought we'd be safe from them by hiding under our desks!

 

.......

 

Kurt Russell during filming of "Used Cars" at Darner Chrysler Plymouth in Phoenix, 1979

 

Look closer at the picture, there is no door.-MIKE

 

Reynolds Buick showroom in SoCal, opened 1964. Prominently displayed: The Riviera, a "halo" car that ran like a real demon!
Thanks to PalmSpringsAutomobilist.

 

THANKS, John. I think we kicked the "Shotgun Granny" pic around until we
got it down to a '51 Roadmaster.

BUT, the '49 Riviera is actually a more interesting topic! So I dug for
some info and pix.


[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Though some sources don't show the '49 Riviera hardtop coupe, Buick did, indeed, [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]make a production '49 Riv hardtop. And John noted that it was a MID-YEAR addition [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]to the Buick lineup, as well! P[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]roduction numbers must have been [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]very, very [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]low. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif](In the following 1950 model year, for comparison's sake, only 2,300 Riviera [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]hardtops [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]were built.)[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]O[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]ne does have to be curious just how many Rivieras were actually built for Model [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Year '49. Any help from the Buick crowd?[/FONT]

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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]'49 Buick "show" Riviera, silver and white with silver interior, thanks to LostShowCars. Indeed, this car [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]seems to be lost, extinct. But, for a time at least, it was for real.[/FONT]

 

Car guy Alden Jewell of the FlickR community agrees with our JohnBrown, confirming
that there was a '49 Riviera hardtop coupe, and he posted these two ads. He also added
that the Riv was available with the side sweepspear or with the standard Roadmaster
side trim.

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'49 Riviera hardtop vintage shot, thanks to Reservatory6 and the AACA forums.

 

Really? I'm SME '67!

 

'63 Buick Riviera from a Tom McCahill cover story in the October '62 issue of Mechanix Illustrated.



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