Vintage shots from days gone by!

That early 50's ??? Olds ??? behind the hearse looks to have an Olds see through plastic "promotional" hood on it, does anybody else make out what looks like Caddy fins on it?
I know that was a popular thing to do, an old neighbor inherited an early 50's Chevy convertable from his grandfather that had them grafted on, not so nicely either.
Also looks like maybe Olds headlites, not clear enough to be sure, grill maybe a Chevy???

 

1949 Oldsmobile 98 Plastic Display Hood ORIGINAL Factory Photo och8056



1949 Oldsmobile 98 Plastic Display Hood ORIGINAL Factory Photo och8058

 

Montgomery Al.

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1954 Subaru.

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photo credit- Tommy Justice.

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Photo credit- Tommy Justice.

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The horn on the side of the tow truck tells us it was once a 1920/21 Cadillac Type 59.

 

This woody is pulling double duty, snow skiing for the winter, I bet surfing for the summer.

 

^^^^ looks the Neikamp to me^^^^

 

Some would say he WAS the Rat Fink.

 

Indeed


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Wow. That is very impressive that both of you guys knew about that! Very cool and thanks for the photos.

 

A couple people got suckered....... Ha Ha ,,, Doh !


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When dirt roads were prevalent, rising dust was a problem particularly if your house was close to the road. E. Hemingway described the trees on the sides of roads being covered with dirt upwards of 20 feet high. These are scenes we rarely see today. The calcium chloride was, however, corrosive to cars so not all southern or western cars escaped rust.

 

kbgreen I have some memories on the dust laying and also how corrosive it was. George Schirk (can't remember the spelling for sure) was the tire dealer where I used to take many tires over the years for repair. They hated it when I pulled up because they knew there was a good chance they would have to make machine repairs after I left. The rubber would almost melt to the wheels and when breaking the bead sometimes the machine would break and other times the machine would pull the threaded studs right out of the concrete. That stuff is super corrosive.

My grandfather held a couple of patents which I have the copies somewhere. One was a patent where he would use calcium chloride to deice airplanes. When I was a kid I used to play in the machine that he built to do it. It was pretty close to the size of a one car garage that was mobile. Even though he was granted a patent thank God it was never used. Could you imagine the aluminum panels dropping off aircraft as a result?

He also was credited by people in the industry with developing the liquid procedure to keep dust down. I really believe his interest in cars when he worked in the auto industry in the teens helped him with how to use it. I did not know but they often used calcium chloride as an additive to radiators in the northern states to keep them from freezing.

Here is a picture of an early Packard and his triple combination and an AC Mack with a double. Not sure I would want to pull a triple with an old Packard for sure.

 

Gary, I like the family pics and haven't considered it an invasion of privacy. The cars are great, but when the photo shows the life of the day with people it adds a personal dimension.

 

I figured a guy with Rat Fink for an avatar had to know...