Vintage shots from days gone by!

As a general rule occopying German forces, which were part of the regular army, navy or airforce, behaved rather modestly towards the property of the civilians of the occupied country. Most of the stealing, particulary of the Jewish population, was done by the SS, and by the collaborators. When cars changed hands, usually a normal price was negotiated. Of course things got worse as the war progressed, but many cars simply remained laid up for the duration of the war. As the war continued petrol got scarce for the occupying troops as well.
Since the cars shown obviously are being used by German airforce units it is not at all likely they were stolen. (And no, I am not German...;-))

 

This is one of two postcards we have up on The Old Motor showing a National roadster at the Outsyde-Inn on Kelly Lake, Wisconsin. The other card shows a close up of the car and the Inn.

 

Thanks for all of the excellent pictures and information. I've learned a lot going through these. Looking forward to more.

 

Dennis Ketcham in 1956, the original inspiration for Hank Ketcham's Dennis the Menace.

 

Bill Albee was the driver of the above vehicle, running over his father as a demonstration of the effectiveness of low pressure combined with a very flexible bag/tire. This vehicle was designed and built in just 9 weeks at the request of the Army Transportation Corp. in 1953.

 

La Guna Seca 1964

 

Governor Edmund G. Brown attends a dedication to mark a expansion project at the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. in Salinas on Monday, September 14, 1964. Leonard K. Firestone stated that after the expansion of the plant would employ 600 people with an annual payroll at more than $3 million. The plant will be able to produce more than the 8,000 tires daily by including truck and bus tires.

 

Inside auto museum 1957

 

Hatfield auto buggy

 

Frayer-Miller
a well-known early make was produced by the Oscar Lear Auto Co., at Fourth and Gay streets, Columbus, from 1905 to 1909. ...

 

Dad didn't know I was waiting at the horn button.
Shortly therafter, I learned the meaning of "prolapse".

 

So that's what a cat looks like after you start the engine...yuck!

 

I wonder what's playin at the garden?

 

I love the smell of the Coke ovens in the Morning! J&L steel South Side & hazelwood works, My dad spent 28 years there.

 

GM Electrovair

 

General Motors cars of the future

Electric cars in Paris

 

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