Vintage shots from days gone by!

This looks like the prototype for the Pontiac Aztec

 

Want your buddies to really question your manhood? Show up wearing an ascot .... and see-thru socks.

 

The "Sir Vival" still survives, too!

 

Notice she's riding side saddle, proper Italian style.

Mart.

 

I wonder just how many Austins there were in that town.

Mart.

 

"Want your buddies to really question your manhood? Show up wearing an ascot .... and see-thru socks."
Especially if you weren't all over her!

 

And that is Joel Grey behind Darrin.

 

Agreed. Little known '50s fashion model Anne Gunning was exquisite.

 

Yes, it is. One r in Bobby Darin, 2 r's in Howard "Dutch" Darrin

 

Circa 1959 Austin A99 Westminster.

 

Ah, the weekend is here, back to posting "Vintage Shots", from British Columbia. These are all from Digney Speedway.

 

Continued...Then some motorcycle racing from Abbotsford Airport.

 

Some more from BC, Doc will have to ID the aircraft for us.

 

Continued...

 

Continued some more.....

 

More ,more and more

 

Back in the day, Austins were not a common site, but they sold quite a few. I remember our neigbors had a 4 door (Ford?) Consol with the semaphore signals. I thought they were very cool. The interior also had that English leather smell.
British cars are really popular amoung collectors here on the west coast. What is really wierd is when you hear of MG's, Triumphs and Jaguars being exported back to the UK!

 

Lots of Austins around on the mainland. My dad went through a few of them as go to work cars in the late fifty's/early sixties.
I even had a Consol for a summer till I could save up enough to buy a better car when I was sixteen in'65.
In '79 I had a Buick v-6 powered '48 Austin Dorset, the tudor model.
I still remember the smell of the leather interior, that was a mint little car.

 

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