VINTAGE SHOTS FROM DAYS GONE BY! (Part 2)

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Old Bridge Drags New Jersey 1/12 mile strip on a 1/2 mile oval 1965

 

Agree, and very well said '28.

 

Any idea what drag strip this photo might have been taken at.
Could it be Charlestown in R.I.
Jimbo

 

I woke up this morning complaining my internet was running slow till I saw this picture then I realized that was nothing to complain about.

 

I raced there in 1965 as a young punk....Good place the practice your off the line reaction time

 

SW Broadway & SW Taylor St. - Portland Oregon

 

c.1929 - NE 14th Ave. & NE Broadway

 

SW Stark St. & SW 6th Ave. - Portland Oregon

 

c.1940 - NE 33rd Ave. & NE Knott St.

 

I think this is a McMenamins now.

 

Those "spots" in the sidewalk are actually glass inserts that let light shine in the underground tunnels that ran throughout the sales/commercial district of Portland, serving businesses from boats along the seawall on the Willamette River. Quite a few "Shanghai's" occurred along there, too.

 

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I remember my parents bought a new Bug from them in 1968. I think it was the worst car they ever owned. They traded in mom's 63 Comet S-22 we had at the time. It was a very sad day.

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I think there's a Toyota dealership there now.

 

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Portland, OR​

 

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