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[IMG] Just a genuine, sharp vintage snapshot I ran across and thought everybody would enjoy it as much as I did.:rolleyes: Etsy member...
Bill, maybe we're speculating to some extent and will go down in flames together when/if somebody turns up actual info to go with the pic:eek:,...
Carroll Shelby was Sports Illustrated 's Driver of the Year" in 1956 and 1957. A little later, he came to be known by his credo: "Yesterday is...
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SWI's comment of 12/14/09 on another thread: The best Review ever about the Tucker came from the Late Tom McCahill in the pages of Mechanics...
Yup, not the kind of straight-forward material you have posted in the past. We just need to stay away from religion, politics and drama....
Cool piece of history here from Paula Wirth of the FlickR community. This was back in the era when advertisers still tried to push -- or...
Wow, John, you shocked a memory center in my gray matter. I remember the stylized lady figure from billboards and newspaper ads in the '50s. But...
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Yeah, man! Know what ya mean! After you put these (plus HotRod) down for a while, you just get DRAWN BACK and read 'em all over again! FUNNY,...
TuckFan, what an interesting piece of info on the Tucker. Thanks! I don't recall ever reading much of anything on just what a Tucker 48 would do...
What a porthole back in time for any car guy or gal! Ya GOTTA read this! May '56 Mechanix Illustrated coverage of the Daytona speed trials in...
We've often discussed ultra-rare prototype or coachbuilt convertibles on this thread:cool:, from the Henry J and Hudson Jet, to the Packard Hawk...
[IMG] Promo shot from '56 Daytona Speed Trials, posted elsewhere originally by HAMBer Rich Finch.
These pedal car pix just make you smile, don't they? I love the kid playing traffic cop!:D Thanks to Jesse at "Just a Car Guy." [IMG]...
[IMG] Gorgeous just to eyeball! :rolleyes: But WHY do some prototypes NOT get produced, huh? Photo of a '63 Riviera 'vert was turned up by...
Hey, isn't that a Gen-I, fourth row and about a third of the way in from the right? :confused: (Sure a TON of VeeWees, eh?:eek:)
Yes: "Cellophane was invented by Swiss chemist Jacques E. Brandenberger. . . . By 1912 he had constructed a machine to manufacture the film,...
[IMG] Sawmill item from an issue of Ford Times, 1912, thanks to the Model T Ford forums.
[IMG] One-of-a-kind 1915 Luverne Special Speed Roadster -- I love this car:cool:, but very little history seems to exist on it....
[IMG] 1907 Luverne Model C Runabout, above, and the Montana Special, below, thanks to American-Automobiles. [IMG]
Here's a Luverne two-tank chemical and hose rig from 1917, the FINAL year that Luverne would build any passanger motor cars. It was built for...
[IMG] Amazing pic here. The fire apparatus was manufactured by Luverne which had built the "Big Brown Luverne" automobile in Minnesota from...
Hell, Ron. My wife has always acted as though our '55 Hemi Desoto is just as much HER car as mine! :p After all, it WAS our honeymoon car....
Carroll Shelby was Sports Illustrated 's Driver of the Year" in 1956 and 1957.:cool: A little later, he came to be known by his credo:...
Yeah, DesertDan! Every time MAN thinks he's mastered the world, Mother Nature proves differently. When Mount Saint Hellens finally blew its top,...
Amazing isn't it, Janice?:confused: When REAL history is made INTERESTING with pix and even first or SECOND-hand accounts, it's not boring at...
Hey, nothin' to be ashamed of there! I did the same thing. I wish more marriages could last over four decades.:) Think of it! 42 years, and...
Wow, Radiation King. I see SIX, but some are so mangled that I can't tell for SURE from the rear ends. How many actually?:confused: Also,...
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