Vintage shots from days gone by!

How about "A close shave".

 

This is the only photo I have ever found of "Old Blue" when it was owned and raced by Butch Leal, before it was sold to Tom Jacobson. The sponsor name on the back fender is Del Munson, the Chevy dealer in Pixley, CA...

 

I sure as hell would like to know the background story to this picture. My thoughts are, that either this car is very special to her, or she has consumed a quart or two.
Bob

 

Those cornbinders were not a high performance truck, it must have taken some highly unusual event to cause this.

 

I've been in that situation, but I stepped off when I knew it was out of control and while I still had a choice.

 

That kid walking by the front fender looks like he left his swim trunks at home!

 

I am very fond of this photo. Thanks, Gary...

 

This way "Big Boy"

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Just "Airing" it out!

 

If your going south from Carson City. North from LA..... 395 The Great American "White" Highway.

 

From Manitoba, and sitting on a Monarch no less. Who is he?

 

Cleverly hidden in the glove box, this 1940 GPS option was easy to use, but nearly impossible to re-fold along the original creases ....

 

Reminds me of a girl in High school in 1960. We called her "Cadillac".

 

It also doesn't care what voltage is available.
I can remember that you could send a note to Esso or Texaco, that you were planning a trip to a specific place, and they would send you all the maps you needed, with the best route highlighted. All this for free in a neat plastic folder.
The last time I used the service was in 1970, when I was posted to the US as an exchange pilot for the USAF.
Bob

 

Two feet of snow fell last weekend on Mt. Hood - just enough for two boys to turn their skis into rock skis.

 

Sheffield Ferry in Kirbyville, Texas. The ferry was hand drawn, and operated for 100 years, from 1860-1960

 

One would want to make sure you line up with the bridge...no second chances.

 

No longer a retro sign like that today, in North Bend, it's Neon!

 

Looks like the Lovings, whose landmark case invalidated laws prohibiting interracial marriage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_v._Virginia

Rob

 

Here is another shot of Butch's car. This is one he sent me to put on his web site.

 

***hint: The Hef stationed at Camp Adair, Corvallis, OR***

 

Only if Lee Van Cleef pulled it over with Mariette Hartley on board....