Vintage shots from days gone by!

Ya don't care for it, I guess?

 

My guess would be 1946 or earlier. Wasn't the red bar added to the insignia in 1947?

 

YA! As a young boy it was like Nirvana with all the bikes, the trikes, the wagons, and all the cool stuff a guy would need as he grew up and got into cars!

 

Studebakers at Indy:

 

Western Auto and the northern version 'Canadian Tire'. Bicycle parts and car and farm stuff.

 

The pic below is from my childhood hometown ****ord Michigan, taken in the 1959-60 timeframe. You can see the Western Auto sign above the store where I and some other kids spent many a day - and dollar - buying bike parts and checking out all the great stuff like toys and fishing tackle. The store was operated by one of our cl***mate's dad thru most of the 50s and 60s. If memory serves, some of the store brands were Western Flyer and Revelation. Just 3 stores up from the Western Auto was the D&C 5 and Dime Store. Heaven for kids with 10 cents for a quarter!

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Just saw a bit more info on this in post 54 of this thread:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=218346&page=3

 

Totally cl***y lady, always. For us who were kids in the 50s, we 'grew up' with Annette via the MMC. Gone too soon for sure!

 

Agreed !

scrubba

 

First two didgets of the SN indicate it was built in 1944

 

The second one is a bit more tricky - I'm only guessing, but I think it's around Mt Lawley / Maylands, looking towards the east end of the city, with the old East Perth Power Station in the mid-distance...........?

I'm happy to be proven wrong though.

Thanks.

 

Yeah, the second one is at the Mt Lawley underp*** at Guildford Rd.

 

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Cab Calloway, another style icon.

 

Cab Calloway, another style icon.

 

Washington DC. 1947,

 

The Fisher/GM project was during the war, an political attempt to include those companies as aircraft manufactures ( GM did make a version the F4F Wildcat ) by using various parts of existing aircraft. It was a cl***ic boondoggle from the start, was a mediocre aircraft and a money pit for taxpayers. A great example of political BS and designing by committee!

 

Was somebody saying something about ugly cars?

 

D.B. Cooper?

 

Now THAT is a beautiful car.
I didn't think so back in the day. I thought it was an old man's car, but hey, now I'm an old man.