VINTAGE SHOTS FROM DAYS GONE BY! (Part 2)

New Jersey. An example of the kind of home-garage dragsters that raced regularly at Atco Dragway in, of course, Atco; this photo is from the 1960s.

 

Clifton, NJ. This 1964 photo taken in Clifton shows Peter Hreno working on a 1956 Chevy at a garage at Allwood Circle. Courtesy of Joe Torkos

 

The first taxi in Woodbridge, 1917. This photo taken in 1917 shows William Golden at the wheel of the first taxi in Woodbridge. The service was owned by Golden, Albert Thompson and Lawrence McLeod; a typical fare was five cents.
Courtesy of the Free Public Library of Woodbridge

 

I wonder if he had go-fast lights on the mud flaps?

 

erector sets- An Oregon invention?

 

59 Chevy clay design study?

 

Yes....https://www.motortrend.com/news/how-gms-radical-1959-chevrolet-came-to-be

 

1951 - Portland Oregon

 

1952 - NW Lovejoy St. & NW 14th Ave. looking east - Portland Oregon

 

1949 - SW 5th Ave. & SW Washington St. - Portland Oregon

 

A study on what the '59 Chevy should never look like.

 

Not only Atco but every course in the country...including racing cars just like the push cars pictured.
BTW, what is that motor in the foreground? Nailhead?

 

You are correct. You "NAIL"ed it.