Vintage shots from days gone by!

Ford's soybean plastic bodied light car.My dad knew a guy who worked on it.He told dad it smelled like a funeral home because of formaldhyde used it the molding process.

 

1957 or 58
Quad Cities, IL



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1948 Portland, OR
Mason's Club building.

 

Ike in Portland 1956

 

Too bad we all can't go back to the good old days.

 

This is my favorite local spot.

 

For sure!!!---Once caught with finger on the "Button", they should have shot him dead!!!!!!!!!!

 

"Tower to pilot"----You are approaching runway from wrong angle!!!


Thanks Tower-----I knew that!!!

 

Lovely picture of a rare car. Normally with scuttle mounted lamps this one has them factory fitted next to the radiator, they were moved back to the scuttle as the position was thought to be illegal. They were put back to the front in 1928.

 

looks like my yard............

 

Man you gotta' chase that filthy hippy outta' your yard!!

 

Throws me! What have we here???

 

Ever the Jokester! You notice Joe's wearing saddle shoes???

 

Has there EVER been a design warmed over or gussied up
as long -- or AS WELL? Loewy's '53 kept getting facelifts
for 12 straight years, ending only after Steven's '64 Euro-
take Hawk Gran Tourismo. Some of the iterations are
Stude -- and American -- classics, in my eyes anyway. Besides
the low-slung original, kudos should go to the '55 President
Speedster, '56 Packard-powered Golden Hawk, '57 Stude
Golden Hawk and Steven's elegant final GT series.

Other than the Model T, Checker Marathon of '56-'82 and the
Vee-Wee Bug, can anything top this for successful longevity?
(Jeep morphed a lot, so I didn't include mention of it.)

 

Sticker shock was born