Vintage shots from days gone by!

'32 Hudson? If so, does this make it a stud with
a Hud?





Stud with Stude? One of my very favorite
Studebakers, a 1941! (Pix thanks to Miss
MagnoliaThunderpussy at ipernity.)






We can never get enough pedal cars on the HAMB, eh?

 

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on his attire! (Pix thanks to MissMagnoliaThunderpussy
at ipernity.)




Looks like a Dodge M-37 3/4 ton utility truck. Introduced
1951, so this could be a Korean War era photo.


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Filling station somewhere in the U.S., ca. 1920. (Pix thanks to MissMagnoliaThunder-
pussy at ipernity.)

 

Found this one at work one day, a 1960's shot of field crews at the Helix Water District.

 

Never heard of this New Zealand make of camper, "Acquires," photographed
at the beach (presumably on the big NORTH island?) in the early '40s.






Shirtless Kentucky miner working on his truck with a son.

Photograph by William Gedney, taken during his 1972

stay with a family of Kentucky miners. (Pic thanks to

MissMagnoliaThunderpussy at ipernity.)

 

Keith's Chicken in the Rough drive-in, Sandiego, 1939. Notice the carhops on duty.




WhiteTower hamberger stand, NYC, 1941.




U.S. sailors drinking beer on leave (we hope!), WWII.
(Pix thanks to MissMagnoliaThunderpussy at ipernity.)

 

(Pix thanks to MissMagnoliaThunderpussy at ipernity.)




Willys-Knight with crazy woman, San
Diego, 1920





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A '58 Cadillac! That's it, JUST the Cadillac!

 

the tags look awfully American to me. Counties in the U.S. used to order "highway cars" in the 1950s-early 1960s for their maintenance crews. these were normally the cheapest Ford and Chevy tudor sedans fitted with a small pick-up box in the trunk at the factory. Given that the road in the pic needs a tiny bit of repair I'd wager you're looking at a highway car.

 

<!-- LICENCE METADATA -->A proud dad with his son and '32 Ford, Indiana, 1933. From the deuce's looks, it seems
Dad might have harbored a tacky streak, doesn't it???




Here's a rare one for NovaDude! '48 Fiat 500 Model B Topolino Giardiniera Belvedere.




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(Pix thanks to MissMagnoliaThunderpussy at ipernity.)

 

Actually, that photo looks to be a Texas Public safety person . At one time , they had several of these cars . Generally, they would scoop up road kill..... scrubba

 

Yeah, she'd look good in hip boots & a hair net! (Stevie Nicks)

 

His first car, maybe? This young guy seems to love the Merc!









(Pix thanks to MissMagnoliaThunderpussy at ipernity.)

 

Its texas

 

No date or location with this pic of Thelma's rip-roarin, "Dash-Inn." But appears to be
out West. Maybe a HAMB bike nut can at least narrow down the date from the cop's
motorcycle?




Sharply focused , non-faded pic from 1925. Two cute
young'uns posed on the bumper of their parents' Olds.
Does that plate say "Wisconsin"?




Arkansas catfish this size are scare nowadays! Anybody date the CAR so we can
guess about when this young fella hauled this monster in? (Pix thanks to Miss
MagnoliaThunderpussy at ipernity.)

 

just curious - does anyone have a copy of the October 1961 "Hot Rod" handy? supposedly there's a feature in it on a four-door '31 Model A owned by a Noel Devito that a buddy of mine swears looks just like Danny Devito!

 

"Main Street, USA." A study in contrasts?



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Main Street, Cascade, Idaho, late '30s.




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Lotsa boards, bodywork and buns! Classic surfing shot from 1950.
(Pic thanks to MissMagnoliaThunderpussy at ipernity.)

 

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I do believe this is one of the earliest Maxwells I've seen. Shown here in 1904
are Ruth and Vida Patterson of San Diego. Quaint that Ruth has donned her dust
bonnet. (Pix thanks to MissMagnoliaThunderpussy at ipernity.)

 

That's what I meant, got my older and newer words mixed up - we figured it couldn't have been older than 1938 judging by the cars in the film. Not sure why there isn't sound (surely they had that technology even in the highway department).

 

This one cracks me up, I have a 1974 with a whopping 67hp, bug racing I get, but busses just hit my funny bone.

 

Those buses probably have 50 hp!
1500 or 1600 cc engine?
One looks like it's drifting a bit?

 

1100-1500 in those vintage vans. 1600 was after the style change. They don't "drift". The swing axles lift and tuck the tires inward as a result of being under max power. Foot on the floor is the common driving position IIRC

 

The 1963 model year introduced the 1500 engine – 1,493 cc (91.1 cu in) as standard equipment to the US market (Wikpedia).

Yes the swing axles and reduction gears would cause the inside wheel to tuck inward like in the picture.

I had a 1970 bus (with full IRS and 1600cc?) and it actually handled pretty well if you could get it up to speed but headwinds and hills took care of that.

 

Rising star Van Williams, his 'Vette ... and is it
Brylcream or Vitalis?



Well, we know that's not the Black Beauty that Van
is lounging on! (Pix thanks to MissMagnoliaThunder-
pussy at ipernity.)






Bruce Lee and Van Williams in a '66 promo shot,
the only season they worked together before Lee
died. Photo by Bud Gray, thanks to MPTVImages.
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Gotta be Vitallis , you know "Little dab will do ya " . Brylcreme was considered DAT "GREASY KID STUFF "!!!!!!!!!! scrubba

 

Hey, Ed! Do you still remember when Annette F. sang, "Are You Still Using That Greasy Kid Stuff?" Or "Tall Paul"? Or, "Pink Panama With a Purple Hatband"?

 

Crap! They're throwing away the ones I like
the best! Am I the only one who likes potato
chips good and brown? Or, those theater
popcorn kernels that only pop halfway, then
soak up extra oil and salt at the bottom of the
popping kettle?

Original cutline: Inspectors pick brown chips
from the assembly line at New Era's Detroit
plant. From The Detroit News: http://apps.-
detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=209-
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One I DO remember! I couldn't forget the sedan delivery
on the little bags of Gordon's Potato Chips. Also, I think
there was a later version with a '50s-era sedan delivery. (This
nice can is actually for sale on eBay by WhereWereUin62.)​

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Vernor's Ginger Ale delivery trucks line up in this 1915 photo.
From The Detroit News: http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=209#ixzz2O1Teih7o​

 

those New Era chips were promoted as healthy food... I guess a pound of those and a gallon of beer daily

 

You folks are tripping me down memory lane. I remember New Era Chips, Vitalis, Butch (for flat-tops) and Brylcreem...

Now for some trivia - who remembers "the flavor deputy ...Slim Chiply..."? Yes siree, they're pips!

And what about Wildroot? I still have a bottle of this stuff someplace - but nowhere - or is that no hair? - left to apply it

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