Vintage shots from days gone by!

Tuxedo Street

 

At the Brown Derby, Hollywood and Vine.

 

ALTERNATE CAPTION - From
the 1922 'National Trolley Racing
Association Streetcar Nationals' '
- "Even though it was still early in
day and hours before eliminations
were set to commence, time trials
had already begun and both the pits
and the staging lanes were already
crowded and a hive of activity when
Bill arrived at the 'track' with his
brand new 'Evening News-sponsored'
Pro-Stock Streetcar entry!"

Mart3406 ("who, just like his
old 'streetcar racing' mentor
and pal 'Bill', has also sometimes
been accused by his detractors,
of being 'more of a short-circuit
than a live wire', of being 'a few
volts short of a charge' and of
having 'a one-track mind!")
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Very Retro pictures and they really take you back in time when things seemed so much more innocent.

Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

Jimbo

 

Thanks for the Bernd Rosemeyer correction guys, that Horch is a fantastic piece of kit.

The chassis shot was lumped in with the aero car pics, I arse-yumed it was from that car. Did Merc do a rear engined job?

Edit: Yes, Mercedes did a rear engined car. (I googled it) Though the engines look different to that in the chassis shown. I think the chassis shown may be from the aerodynamic car, not a Merc.

Edit of the edit: One online source states the car was built on a Mercedes 170h Chassis. so good eye that man.

Google "Göttinger Ei"

Mart.

 

I'm guessing stick on wide angle lense.

 

Looks like about 1947?​

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Source says this is "Big Bill" France (NASCAR founder)

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1934 German Race Team

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1956 Ford C800 Firetruck

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New Nash cars awaiting departure from plant to dealerships - 1936ca

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1913 Mail Truck Driver strike

 

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Martin XPBM1-2

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Piper AE1. What is that plane behind the Piper? Kinda looks like a P47?

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An FNG with his brain on drugs.

 

That is a Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter. They were built to operate mainly from aircraft carriers.

Doc.

Some more info on the Hellcat;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat

 

This is the best that you can come up with for a first post?

 

Close! as i recall they were a stick on (they did not come off!!!) and supossedly they would keep the window from foging, or frosting up. but you couldn't see thru them on a good day!

 

Do you remember these...

 

From Smithsonianmag.com:
In less than four months, the South Dakota would limp back to port in New York for repairs to extensive damage suffered in some of World War II’s most ferocious battles at sea. The ship would become one of the most decorated warships in U.S. Navy history and acquire a new moniker to reflect the secrets it carried. The Japanese, it turned out, were convinced the vessel had been destroyed at sea, and the Navy was only too happy to keep the mystery alive—stripping the South Dakota of identifying markings and avoiding any mention of it in communications and even sailors’ diaries. When newspapers later reported on the ship’s remarkable accomplishments in the Pacific Theater, they referred to it simply as “Battleship X.”

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