Vintage shots from days gone by!

This is one AWESOME thread!! Thanks to all for sharing.

 

No riders were hurt in this minor crash at old Ascot Speedway circa 1940. One of the racers was Ed Kretz who was a well known racer and he raced H-D's and maybe was the #3.

 

Model T and H-D parts. Pix was submitted on the Ford Barn T race thread.

 

At last. A safe way to jockey shift.

 

we have come a LONG way, baby...

 

Albion Park Racecouse (horses) around 1900:



and in 1937:



then in December 1943 some unknown bloke on the left speaking with Lt Colenel Blackween, at Albion park races:



That bloke on the left ........ Marion Morrison

 

1967 and the bus would have been on one of it's last runs:



the replacement models were on the streets of Sydney:

 

Hotel at Tennant Creek, Northern Territory - 1950:

 

At the Queensland/Northern Territory border - 1950:

 

Articulated bus at Barrow Creek in 1951. The trip from Darwin, Northern Territory to Alice Springs, Northern Territory took 3 days. The driver had a lonely trip:

 

Mack road train in the NT in 1974:

 

When the NT's dirt roads were wet and became impassable, this was the alternative (mid 1970's):

 

That would be a killer hauler today.

 

Road train from 1968 - rigid with trailers:

 

Federal truck of Frasers of Newcastle:

 

Truck and Machinery show in Brisbane - 1950:

 

Perth, Western Australia - 1952:

 

Shell collector cards in album. (Wonder what happened to mine?):

 

Looks like some white death on the ground so when it snows down under does it snow in the north or south.

 

the hell with building cars, i'm gettin to work on a time machine....

 

With or without the lion, this is a great looking little car, eh? Was this the first Gilmore Spl? Gary