Vintage shots from days gone by!

I had a relative who survived "D " Day . I never really got all of his stories as he was having heart troubles the last time I was able to talk to him. Still, I admired his bravery. scrubba

 

I wonder what they were thinking? Not about world affairs?

 

".......and when I died, they washed me from the turret with a hose...."

 

Skyway, Buffalo

 

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Yup! These photos were all before my time, but as a kid whenever at a tag sale and I saw the Aurora stuff I grabbed it. I've got a big plastic tote bin in the ba*****t FULL of it. Two pit kits full of cars, tires, accessories, some in boxes, etc! And yeah running those things was awesome, the smell was great!

 

Nice hog! Check out the thing parked by the curb! Looks like a sidecar with a steering wheel.

 

SWI66, Thanks for the Sea-Tac & Floating Bridge pix.I can remember being at Sea-Tac
early 1947. At that time IIRC it was called Bowlake Airport and the Floating Bridge still
had the yellow/orange lighting at night.

....................Jack

 

2x. Great archived photos here.

 

David and Ricky Nelson

 

thanks empire, and your welcome

 

Grants p***........

 

^^^^ Love that lowered '57 Ranchero with the Lancer caps parked in the foreground!

 

Oh man, someone s****ped a bunch of perfectly good people!

 

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Yes, and the car lives in Allentown, Pa.

 

Pontiac ''Ghost Car'' Built by Fisher Body for the 1940 World's Fair

 

Pontiac Fire Bird III built for the 1962 World's Fair at Seattle