Vintage shots from days gone by!

Happy Mother's Day Mom! RIP.

 

Visiting Milwaukie, OR

 

Not one homeless person either.

 

Duncan B.C. Canada, 40 miles north of Victoria.

 

Commercial Hotel Duncan B.C. Canada

 

Those are some serious fins on the '59 Buick but the winner for the longest fins would have to be a '61,2,3 Thunderbird. From the very front of the car to the rear. Can't think of another car that would be longer. Ford never seemed to go for tall fins however.

 

Lot of Chevys here too




Rapid Transit

 

I remember seeing the neon signage for the South Seas in West Hartford and thinking it was so exotic and neat, a place where only grown-ups went; so I settled for the Toy Chest instead.

 

I can be your drivin' wheel
We could make those tires squeal
Ooo I like the way it feels
Takin' it one fin over the line

(and no, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band didn't write it this way!). I doubt 4 fins would work either! Gary

 

I never did this, ahem.

 

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Looks like Radio Gardner working around the supercharger on Duke Nalon's car. And check out that tall left rear tire; Novis used 20" wheels to help with tire wear due to the car being so heavy.

 

The video has 2 different races on it. The 37 car crash was a sportsman or modified race. Don't follow stock cars so don't know what the correct term is/was.

 

Springfield Motors still there & looks the same. Clarence Schere on the right was the owner, his son runs it now. Frank Anderson the quintessential used car salesman on the left . I bought my first '57 Chevy from him in 1966.

 

^^They carried the little Opels too. Cool. I like to see the European jobs amongst the big boys.

Mart.

 

Wow, this film, although shot years ago still rattles me.


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Now these were the days when NASCAR was entertaining


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