Vintage shots from days gone by!

You got it......here they are raised for action in this drawing.....click on the image a few times to enlarge....

 

Yep!
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Sheridan Drive-In Theatre, 7901 South Harlem Ave., Bridgeview, IL. Opened 1960, demolished 1986.

 

Thank you for this rare shot of 300SL Proto chassis. Indeed: German "Conti" or Belgian "Englebert" shod the 300SL, according to the customer demand.[/QUOTE]

1952 MB W194, the carbureted pre-production, race version of the fuel-injected 300SL Gullwing.

 

I was hoping not. They were so effective in WWII against much slower fighters over Europe... I would have thought a quad 50 or 20mm radar guided "stinger" in the tail would have simpler and been more effective, ala B47/52.

 

Look ma, no hands! (Or arms, for that matter.)

 

Found this nice group of vintage photos on Facebook. Most are from Riverview amusement park in Des Moines Iowa.
Last photo looks like Elvis?
This one is classic with the sparks coming down.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikki_Dougan

 

Boy, that looks ugly. Track guardrail sticking out of the car!

 

You are correct, they tore it down sometime in the last 70s. I recall it also, it wasn't far from our cruising grounds.

 

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"Shelter" - Stupid and sad...