Vintage shots from days gone by!

In 1907, the French newspaper Le Matin announced that they were organising a motor race from Peking to Paris, a distance of over 10,000 miles, with very little in the way of rules, and the tempting prize of a magnum of champagne for the winner.

Here we see Auguste Pons and his Contal cyclecar in Peking before the start. Auguste was the only competitor to register a DNF. After he got lost and bogg...ed down in the Gobi Desert. Stranded, he and his crew had nearly starved to death before being rescued by local tribesmen. The Contal was never recovered. And as far as anyone knows, it’s still there!

 

"1922 model Chevrolet coach"

Photo of an overturned bootleggers truck in Anderson County.

 

Im supriced that any of the moonshine jugs survied...
This photo is really good for being 1957, looks like nowadays in the colors and sharpness.

 

This is the oddest looking thing I've seen today, but it's still early. Adding this to my screen saver file.

 

That is the actual winning ticket. Rudy Schroeder bought one chance for 35 cents and won a Tucker.

 

Whats the car on the right?

 

Like a rollin' tire... ah, no that's not it! O.k., how 'bout "like a rollin' stone"?

 

Tit for tat?

 

Was I the only one that noticed the blue '40 Business Coupe?

 

AHH, NO!?!?! I noticed it, right after you mentioned it. LOL

 

Vintage shot of a budding little hoodlum offering to SHARE his Lucky Strike
candy cigs! Enough to bring a nostalgic tear to the eyes of any dedicated
HAMBer! Sniff! (Pic thanks to MissMagnoliaThunderpussy at ipernity.)

 

56 ford with a ute box on the back. More common down under.

 

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Tucker Fan: That is the actual winning ticket. Rudy Schroeder bought one chance for 35 cents and won a Tucker.

Mind boggling to consider, isn't it, TuckerFan? For 35 cents, he got a car that's worth a million bucks-plus today!!!

 

Thanks

 

Is it my imagination, or does this gas station look a LOT like the one in Steve Martin's first big time movie, "The Jerk" ? Gary

 

Yeah, I wonder if he or his family still have the car? I also wonder which Tucker it was/is?

 

NOT to worry. TuckerFan will know!

 

Fixing a flat on the way to a July 4th celebration, 1906. What is this car???