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It's a twin lens reflex camera with two flashguns attached. Don't know why he's looking at it upside down. They're usually used at waist level.
I agree. Looks European. I even like the 4-door quite a bit. My brother had a 65 turbo. That thing was a little monster.
Guys working on cars sure got a lot dirtier in those days! 'Course I did too.
That's the Pali Road on Oahu that's now a lookout since the new highway went in in the early 60s.
Radio KYA, 1260.
I have twisted legs and use canes. My wife helps me in and out of the car. Wouldn't bother me a bit. if that was me in the pic. I suspect you had...
Love that sound! the 4-71 fleshes out the engine bay quite nicely.
Hmmm. . . '57, I thought they all had porthole tops. Guess not.
Early efforts at acid dipping for SS.
She'd be about 100 now.
I'd bet it's not the one who owns the Chevy.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the 1956 one.
I remember that Tucker at Sutro's. Another HAMBer told me the car had been moved before the fire.
[IMG] Looks about like my brother's '50 Olds coupe. He got hit head-on at highway speed by a drunk in a Caddy. The cars looked like they'd been...
53 Pontiac. What a travesty.
Nope, no Bango here. Wish we had it. Oh yeah, Bento! When I was a kid, they were a big treat!
They look pretty deluxe, with fireplaces and all. My mother grew up in sugar cane picker shacks on the big island of Hawaii. All the kids in the...
JFK?
Hey, they all have '49 Merc headlights!
Ed Sullivan and Johnny Mathis
What the heck is going on here?
Holy crap. How did he manage to keep his feet?!!!
Who would crew on a team where youo have to wear pajamas?
What the heck? Inline 3-cyl flatheads? What are they?
I spent years in Shriners hospitals and knew a couple kids with osteogenesis imperfecta. They had the same stature as the unlce, and very brittle...
Yes indeed. Dec 18, 2009.
Mine was a 390 into a 1955 T-Bird when I was 18 in Napa CA. I paid $800 for the car with its stock 292 and AT, which had both just been rebuilt. I...
Probably true. Those old pre-35 mm Kodaks had pretty big negatives and often got decent quality pictures if there was enough light. Cut my teeth...
A little camera geekery here. It also tells that the photographer was looking down to take the picture by the shape of the shadow of his hat. It...
Ooooohhhh yeah. A bench seat seating 3 in front made washing windshields a wonderful thing.
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