Vintage shots from days gone by!

This has GOT to be the very first rat rod!

 

I'll bet they regretted the decision to remove the trunk when they were loading the luggage and spare, and then regretted everything else by the time they got out of Fla.

 

Looks like the lake was low in 64 also!! That's Shasta Dam.
Here is the same spot last Sunday!!

 

Wasn't air-ride an option on '58 Chevs? Pretty rare I think, but that would explain the rake.

 

That little girl has been giving people the "evil eye" since 1954.

 

Rhoda

 

Those Mustangs were made by Wen-Mac. They also made 65 or 66 Coupe, 57 Chevy Gasser, and a 68 Camaro. Some were electric, some were wind-up and some had the gas engine.

 

Cripple Creek, Colorado

 

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Interesting story on the crash here:
http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19510719-0

regards,Rod.

 

Remember when they used to leave the rest of the malt with you???

 

Judging by the bare, exposed rim around the lake, it appears there is LESS water in the current photo.

 

Isn't that the "Airborne" Cushman model?

 

Good lord!

'Flight 601 departed Newark for Miami at 14:15. As it passed Philadelphia, at 14:52, the cruising altitude of 18000 feet was reached. For the next 25 to 30 minutes violent turbulence accompanied by intermittent periods of hail was encountered. The flight continued past Philadelphia for a few minutes toward Dover and then made a turn to the west in an attempt to avoid as much of the storm area as possible. The flight broke out in a clear area at about 15:17. The flight was able to continue VFR and descended to 8,000 feet. A second squall was encountered in the vicinity of Lynchburg at 15:50. The aircraft was slowed to 185 mph IAS, light turbulence and buffeting were experienced. After breaking out of the storm at 15:54, the buffeting became so severe that the crew believed the aircraft would disintegrate. Airspeed was further reduced, but the buffeting continued. Two minutes later the captain radioed an emergency and the flight descended. The captain recognized Curles Neck Farm, selected the largest field, and landed straight ahead with the flaps up and the landing gear retracted. He felt it inadvisable to make any turn, lower the flaps, or otherwise to change the flight configuration, since the cause of the severe buffeting was unknown. During the last few moments of flight, as the nose of the aircraft touched high corn in a field, the copilot and flight engineer cut all switches. A power line pole at the edge of the corn field was struck by the right wing as the aircraft passed under the wires After passing over Curles Neck Road, a section of fence was torn down and the aircraft skidded 1,100 feet through a field, another fence, and finally came to rest in a pasture 265 feet from the second fence. A localized fire developed outside of the No 4 engine, but was extinguished by rain and a local fire truck which arrived at the scene within a short time. The airplane was repaired following the accident, but was lost in an accident near New York on October 19, 1953.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the in-flight opening of the hydraulic access door, which caused extreme buffeting of the aircraft and resulted in the captain's decision to make an emergency landing."'

 

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I think this is Gallup.

 

Any landing you can walk away from is a good one. Any landing where you can re-use the airplane is an EXCELLENT one