I saved these pictures from BAnQ (Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec) many years ago and to follow the rules of the Hamb at the time, I didn't save much "stranger" cars pictures.
Hard to find an image of a real one. I did find some information in one of my Chevrolet books. In 1955 Chevrolet came out with 3 different Forward Control Ch***is options that independent builders used to build these vans. Along with the ch***is Chevrolet produced the grille and headlight units as standard equipment. In 1960 one of the independent builders, Airvan continue using the Chevrolet ch***is and replaced the Chevrolet insignia with their own.
Around that same time frame 1850 Holleys were advertised at $26 and the manufacturer and seller still made a profit on them.
I’ve been wondering the same thing. Just a guess but some of the images seem to have a local ordinance violation, could city inspectors have been issuing citations and they were do***ented with photos?
These guys worked for the city of Montréal at the expropriation department. These building are gone since the mid-sixties. That's why the photographer didn't focus at the cars, but to the buildings.
Vanport was a 'temporary' city built for the sole purpose of housing WW II shipyard workers (3 shipyards in Portland, OR and 1 in Vancouver, WA). It was totally planned out before construction began, and was complete with schools, churches, community centers, shopping, parks, etc. At its peak it housed approx. 45,000 people. It remained a viable city until the 1948 flood devastated it, wiping out every thing and killing several people. IIRC, the guy in the white shirt and hat had been walking with his family along the top of a dike, escaping the rising waters, when he spotted the little boy in trouble, left his family in a safe location, and rescued the boy. Very famous picture. Thanks for posting @Witchhammer !
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