Vintage shots from days gone by!

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If the thread said vintage shots of cars from days gone by. it shouldn't have any thing else but it dosent. The count of this thread shows that most of us love it. my .02 cents

 

That truck is still around although it's had a few changes over the years. Owned by HAMB'r "Wildcycles"

 

Until now, I never knew the model kit was based on an actual car!

 

This bike was made local to me.

Check the chainwheel = B S A

Birmingham
Small
Arms.

See, you learn something new every day.

Mart.

 

Robert Kennedy in Batavia NY

 

I used to go to these places while in college in Batavia!

 

NY Thruway Batavia opens 1954

 

Remember the days before we became a throw-away society,
and your mom would use iron-on patches to make your clothes
last longer? My Mom would have killed us if we wore our "school"
clothes or shoes out to play after school. You took those off and
put on your stuff for knockin' around and gettin' dirty in!

I actually looked for some of these a while back to preserve
some special jeans and couldn't find any. Maybe I didn't look
hard enough, but I figured maybe few people repair anything
anymore.


Drezo "Seal brand" Iron-On Knee Patches - 1950's

"Made in USA" with classic 1950's illustration atrwork
on cardstock peg-board packaging.






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The stuff we read for thrills, back before we could even drive!


The Shadow, Street & Smith pulp magazine, April 1939


Dime Detective, pulp magazine, January 1939

 

Did you try the sewing section at Wal-Mart? I buy them there all the time - just used some to patch a comforter a month ago, and usually use them to reinforce pants pockets.

 

Thanks, Chris. I guess I thought they'd gone extinct! Thanks for the clue, bro.

 

Weird Tales cover by the incomparable and tragic Margaret
Brundage, September 1932.



Detective World pulp, October 1949

 

Black Book Detective pulp, March 1939



Best True Fact Detective pulp, July 1948

 

Man's Daring pulp, July 1961



La Paree Stories pulp, July 1934 with nice cover art by Earle
Bergey.

 

Phantom Detective pulp, Thrilling Publications, January 1934



Phantom Detective pulp, Thrilling Publications, February 1939

 

i can understand that. but for me i love the pics of old downtowns and gas stations ,motels etc. i even like the pics of old movie queens.i almost feel sometimes that ive slipped back into another time when i look at the old buildings.ive always loved the way they built those victorion buildings.the work and detail that went into them is off the charts.nothing being built like that today. i know this is a traditional car site but those were the things that happenning and also being built while the cars that we love so much were just everday cars.to me it all ties together.the buildings, the movie stars and the cars.

 

no need to go to itunes, listen right here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd5zadgAYg0

 

A photo of a wild model a coupe taken at a 1959 drag race at Sanford. Photo courtesy of Marty McDonough.

Don C. Breithaupt's 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe B Altered champ, also known as The DCB Coupe, at the 1959 NHRA Nationals in Detroit. Photo courtesy of Marty McDonough.

Two altered coupes at the 1957 NHRA Nationals in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Top Hat altered coupe hauled all the way from Longview, Texas. Photo courtesy of Marty McDonough.

 

United States Army First Lieutenant Daniel K. Inouye

Rest in Peace
Daniel Inouye
1924-2012

Loyal American citizen, soldier and lifelong servant
of the people of Hawaii and the United States of America


U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye of Hawaii died at 88 today in Bethesda, MD, of respiratory complications. Besides being the second longest-serving U.S. senator ever, Inouye was a U.S. Medal of Honor recipient for his service in combat in WWII in Italy under General Mark Clark. Following is a brief Wikipedia excerpt about the latter.

"He was a recipient of the Bronze Star Medal and the Purple Heart. Inouye was initially awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his bravery in this action, with the award later being upgraded to the Medal of Honor."

And, "On April 21, 1945, Inouye was grievously wounded while leading an assault on a heavily-defended ridge
near San Terenzo in Tuscany, Italy, called Colle Muscatello. The ridge served as a strong point along the strip of German fortifications known as the Gothic Line, which represented the last and most unyielding line of German defensive works in Italy. As he led his platoon in a flanking maneuver, three German machine guns opened fire from covered positions just 40 yards away, pinning his men to the ground. Inouye stood up to attack and was shot in the stomach; ignoring his wound, he proceeded to attack and destroy the first machine gun nest with hand grenades and fire from his Thompson submachine gun. After being informed of the severity of his wound by his platoon sergeant, he refused treatment and rallied his men for an attack on the second machine gun position, which he also successfully destroyed before collapsing from blood loss.

"As his squad distracted the third machine gunner, Lt. Inouye crawled toward the final bunker, eventually drawing within 10 yards. As he raised himself up and cocked his arm to throw his last grenade into the fighting position, a German inside the bunker fired a rifle grenade that struck him on the right elbow, severing most of his arm and leaving his own primed grenade reflexively 'clenched in a fist that suddenly didn't belong to me anymore.' Inouye's horrified soldiers moved to his aid, but he shouted for them to keep back out of fear his severed fist would involuntarily relax and drop the grenade. As the German inside the bunker reloaded his rifle, Inouye pried the live grenade from his useless right hand and transferred it to his left. As the German aimed his rifle to finish him off, Inouye tossed the grenade off-hand into the bunker and destroyed it. He stumbled to his feet and continued forward, silencing the last German resistance with a one-handed burst from his Thompson before being wounded in the leg and tumbling unconscious to the bottom of the ridge. When he awoke to see the concerned men of his platoon hovering over him, his only comment before being carried away was [sic] to gruffly order them to return to their positions, since, as he pointed out, 'nobody called off the war!' "

 

Of all the thousands (millions?) of pictures of old hotrods, this must be the first chanelled chevy I have seen, with the parallel springs like this.

Mart

 

Illinois, 1969 © Ralph Crane

 

Variety, it's the spice of life.
Maybe, my point was misunderstood, and that's okay. I to, love pictures of all subjects from the past. If you look back at my postings, they have been pretty eclectic, covering all sorts of subjects related to the past, hardly all traditional rods n' customs.
But, when things fall into a rut, I have to object.
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