Vintage shots from days gone by!

move in day in one of the new suburbs in 1953

 

1949...the new car culture after the end of World War II in full swing as Los Angeles has drive-in fever...even a drive-in liquor store
I gotta tell you that drive-in bottle shops are an absolute staple in Oz - just about every pub has got one and there are plenty of standalone examples around the place.

 

dad-bud, thanks for posting the picture and history. Excellent stuff

 

Chris
I've heard that term many times over the years.
I could Google it, but better if I hear what that means right from the source, so to speak.
A car crazy kid growing up in small town America didn't allow much chance of seeing anything exotic in the early 60's. But my first sighting was of an E-type about 64.
One of the wealthier men in town had one, but must have been his fair weather car only because I never got to see it very often (rains a lot in Oregon) and by my memory it was silver, I must have been only ten years old, but I knew I had stumbled on to something pretty cool. That is until I saw my first Corvette, and boy it didn't take long to forget about that Jag. The Corvette (62), ended up being owned by the son of one of my mothers' friends but he was away at college and it was quite a while before a first ride materialized. I was hooked.
Thanks for jogging my fuzzy memory.

 

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I wonder if the designers thought this was a consequence of the cheap-arse swing-arm rear suspension, or whether they just hoped it would go away and no one would notice?
Frightening

DAD-BUD, TUESDAY AT 4:34 AM

This was a test to show the effects of not having the front anti-Swaybar by GM

 

This Thread rocks! ....

 

So many building don't last beyond 30, 60 or 100 years, cheaply built and maintained.

 

I can remember the first time that photo showed up on the Little Book

 

Canby Ferry 1960 - still runs daily.

 

Canby, Oregon

 

Oregon City, Oregon

 

Wilsonville, Oregon - 1961
Anyone familiar with Wilsonville will note it doesn't look anything like this now.




1963 - not much has changed...yet

 

Molalla, Oregon 1962

 

Redland Store, Oregon City, Oregon - 1964

It looks exactly the same today -

 

Marquam, Oregon (Molalla), 1966

 

Mt. Hood, Oregon - 1941

 

Library truck at Rock Creek School - 1939-40ish

 

Portable paving plant in operation near Brightwood in Clackamas County, Oregon, ca 1937

 

Dayton, Oregon - 1939


1958


and 1961

 

Willamina, Oregon - 1961

 

Sheridan, Oregon - 1961

 

Salem, Oregon

 

In the last batch of photos there is a 50 ford convertable with the gas filler in the wrong spot , but the car looks stock whats the story ??