VINTAGE SHOTS FROM DAYS GONE BY! (Part 2)

OOOPS!​

 

1946​

 

Wish I was there.too.

 

All the good
gear! That one in lower right corner?

 

1953 Corvette production line.​

 

Maybe a later B17 with chin turret,so four 50 cals. forward. Read a book recently by FW190 pilot that the favored attack was frontal from below, with their cannons,to try and eliminate the pilot. By all accounts it was the most successful method of downing all type of bomber aircraft.

 

Man after my own heart! can watch it for hours.

 

Now..If only there was dirt spewing out from those rear tyres!

 

Wow! mudguards and a puncture repair? on front right?

 

Where it starts...look at all the awestruck boys!

 

Ferrari logo on body,but somehow looks more like a Maser.250F to me. Ferra's had exhaust manifolds on RHS in that era. ??

 

Sheeit! V16 Auto Union C. Around 500HP on skinny tyres! Those guys had big ones.

 

Ookay,thanks J. Will do some research myself on that one. Lancia mentioned also. Aah,these Italians...lovers,not fighters! except where passion is involved.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernd_Rosemeyer

 

Nice..very nice.

 

Yeah..ya gotta love that!

 

Yes,you can see how it instantly attracted people to the shopping hub.

 

Helmet has seen some action.

Herb Thomas with Smokey Yunick's 55 Chev


Armed with The Fabulous Hudson Hornet, Herb Thomas won more NASCAR races than any other driver in the first half of the 1950s. Photo courtesy of NASCAR Archives & Research Center via Getty Images


In 1954, Herb Thomas won 12 races for the second year in a row. Photo courtesy of NASCAR Archives & Research Center via Getty Images

 

SUNOCO painted on the door, but Gulf managed to sneak into the background!