History Photos taken before WW2 - history in black and white

Twin Six is on the road today.....See the first pix, he can't drive..... for full info on Joan Cuneo follow the link below to Kurtis's cage (second photo) were there are more photos of her racing

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5236114&highlight=joan+cuneo#post5236114

http://dvalnews.com/view/full_story/...ance=news_page

 

Yes, it's a Yale. The same photo (without the background removed) is pictured in the Standard Catalog.

 

T6 is gone this afternoon so lets have fun.....

 

Redwood Falls, Minnesota.....

 

Filming for the movie American Girl......

 

Look Ma......No hands......

 

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Custom car for an optometrist.......

 

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I'm typing a letter of complaint.

 

As a matter of fact......i resign from this position.

I wash cars now.

 

Think you're clever, don't ya, T-Head??? While the cat's away,
the chimp will play! LOL

 

Kurtis, you can type to your heart's content, but
the shit won't hit the fan 'til T-6 gets back!!! I
tell ya all, this T-Head cat bears osme watching!!!

 

Pretty amazing! You guys turned up an eight-cylinder car from 1917-18! The eights were around 275- to 280-CID, by Colonial and also Massnick-Phipps. HOW damned often do you hear THOSE two engine-maker names????????

 

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Caption- "When their GPS failed while on their way
to attend the world famous Guggenheim 'Aardvark
Symposium & Macramé Festival' in Cincinnati, Bob
and his friends made a wrong turn off the Interstate
and got horribly and irretrievably lost!"

Mart3406
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I'm back, and it looks like everyone went bananas. Here's the only old photo I have handy of a Rickenbacker, and I was careless in making note of its source. Probably kurtis' thread.

 

Twin6, I don't see the a-PEEL of your comment there, buddy!

Anyway, Eddie's fan club out here does know that the working-class guy honed his interest in mechanics in Columbus, Ohio, THEN became a racer, including Indy -- and all BEFORE going off to shoot down Fokkers. His resume' does not end there certainly, but I'll leave it for now, as it would take a book (Hmmmmm????) actually there are SEVERAL books on him!

 

More license plate fun and games. I have no idea what the car is on the left, but someone with access to Iowa registrations would. Or one of the sharpies on this thread will know. On the right, an Olds (even a Packard guy recognizes those two tiered running boards as Olds). In 1914, Mr. U.L. Cupuis of Warsaw, NY was the registered owner of this car (their spelling, not mine). Fits in nicely with the banner behind the car.

 

Boss man T6, I tried to keep these guys in line while you were gone but you can see what happened.

Your photo is Rickenbacker in a early four cyl. Duesenberg or Mason racing car. The Duesenberg Bros. built cars for Mason that they designed and also called their early four cyl. racing cars Masons.

The first photo is the Mason racing team with Eddie on the left.

The second and third photos show the early 8-valve walking beam engine as in Rickenbackers car. The last photo shows the later 16-valve racing engine that has rocker arms on both sides actuating 8 valves on each side.....

 

Two more photos of Rickenbacker in Duesenbergs, the first the 1913 Elgin Road Race and the second in Cailf. possibly at the Corona Road Races....

 

More photos of Rickenbacker, first in a Peugeot that he raced after he left the Duesenbergs, next in one of the Maxwells he drove, this being at Indy in 1915. The last photo shows the Rickenbacker Car he built which never really was a sales success but I forget the reasons why.

 

Another observation tower, this time in the Black Hills.

 

First car show at Pebble Beach?

 

Just a guess - American LaFrance?

 

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Auto meeting in Utah.