Vintage shots from days gone by!

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Heeeeeee! Like the way you think!

 

Yes, that's what it is, more or less all cars and trucks in service during WW2 here in Sweden was equipped with wood gas generators.

 

Chris B - yes this is the replica

 

Spent 30 years working for John Deere in their parts distribution warehouse in Dallas. Only tractors I ever drove were the Farmalls my uncle owned!

 

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Cuban Carrera Pinar del Rio race in 1956.





One of the cars (victims) in the race that despite the violence of the upset, their occupants were unharmed.






Mario Padron, the well-known driver who has won many races of the Havana River Pines, suffered an upset that prevented his finish. According to the timekeepers, Padron had been the best time of the Race until the moment of the accident, and was miraculously unharmed...

(This all came from the Studebaker Drivers Club Forum July of 2008)

 

Lee Petty at a race track near Palm Beach Florida, looks like about 1953:

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1950 Detroit Michigan

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1930 Boston

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1960 Havana Florida

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Mid 50s Cheyenne Wyoming​

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Connies in military configuration. Designation C69s

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Northrop XB35

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Accompanying short story from ArmyHistory photo history archives: Sicily. Cartoon on the Jeep of Cpl. Paul F. Janesk, Antrim, Penn., with the face of Mussolini crossed out. (3 Sep 43) Signal Corps Photo​

 

1941 ca​

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1923 Shively Kentucky​

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Befitting the March 31st anniversary of the introduction of Ford’s milestone motor, the flathead V-8, The Old Motor is featuring one of the most celebrated and well documented cars ever to roll behind one such power plant. The two photos seen here are just two of close to a dozen you can see on the post.

 

1939 McAllen Texas

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1941 Berkshires MA

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1941 Groton CT

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