Vintage shots from days gone by!

Oh boy this one will cost you

 

...worth every penny

 

1936 Wards catalog

 

ugly, tacky and overdone both ways too

 

hilarious

 

perhaps for you, I'll pass.

back to car pics..

 

'36 Wards catalog prices

 

No bathroom inside.....outhouses were the rage!

 

It's a 1908 Maryland Roadster - see it here: http://www.shorpy.com/node/15027

 

Holy moly! Look at those long feet!

 

..and one taken in 1982...

 

Better balance when "top heavy"

 

Lots of carbs & mufflers

 

Mercury pickup

 

As my dad use to say..."water,water everywhere and not a drop to drink"

 

Maybe the rest is overdone, but I really like that rear bumper/grille combo - the designers were definitely looking at the Kustom scene for inspiration. And I bet the folks at Pontiac borrowed some of that taillight design for 1960.

 

1962 Grand Prix with 421 Super Duty racing engine and 8 lug alum drums

 

Okay, this one comes from my family archives. From 1957 and filmed by my aunt, the 125th anniversary parade in my childhood hometown of Milford Michigan. I was one of the kids on one of the floats, I remember riding in it but not too many other details. The General Motors Proving Grounds is about 5 miles from Milford, check out the Buick Concept car. And the "new" 1957 TBird.

Many years later and 4 days out of the Air Force I was working at the Ford dealership in Milford, learning the parts business. That multi-story building in the far background was the Ford Carburetor Plant where my aunt worked at the time.

​