Vintage shots from days gone by!

Halstead & Dunlap aka Western Mfg. Co. Special AA/GD at Bakersfield. 1966.

 

Interesting. The Bud Grimm car that Tilley was driving was probably the most successful OHV Ford powered car until Casey Luna's cars that ran with the WOO.

In the late sixties Adamson and Wilbur Hawthorne towed out to Ascot for one of those " open " races that was really supposed to be for the local kids only, proceeded to kick ass, and left the California guys wondering what hit them.

 

I think that"s the kid who used to beat me up in school and steal my lunch money!

 

You know where he lives????
I'll send a few of my boys over there and make him an offer he can't refuse.....

 

Ah Cool,yeah mate,I found it on a Castlereagh old pics site.Was Bob in The Shifters,because I have a pic here of my mate Jeff Dunn(Bobs son)as a kid in the same bucket I think at Castlereagh.I remember both of those names when I used to go there as a kid myself!...

 

Found it Charlie,but I think this one is Bob Sheaperd's bucket??...

 

Thats a beer bottle . Great photo.

 

Google Jean Harlow death

 

Automobile road race day, Imperial, Cal., Feb. 22, 1913

 

Looks sturdy enough but not a high speed bridge!

 

Stutz Weightman Special and another automobile going around turn on Benning race track, Washington, D.C., area on Thanksgiving Day

 

Corona Speedway, start of the medium & heavyweight auto race

 

First Annual International Sweepstake Race, 300 miles, Cincinnati Motor Speedway, Sept. 4, 1916

 

Baby Vanderbilt Cup Race, Athletic Field, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California

 

Is he drinking and driving?

 

I've always liked the Thomas Flyer. I had a book about this great race from New York to Paris when I was a kid, it's probably still over at Mom's someplace, I'd enjoy reading it again it's a really interesting book.

New York to Paris automobile race, start of race, New York City, the Thomas Flyer




Thomas Flyer participating in New York-to-Paris automobile race crossing a railroad bridge in Indiana during the winter




Thomas Flyer participating in New York-to-Paris automobile race in front of a streetcar during the winter




Thomas Flyer participating in New York-to-Paris automobile race driving behind a streetcar during the winter

 

OK Driver,step on it and take me to the Opera, tonight is my big break,I have a staring roll in "Swan Lake." HRP

 

Is this Louis Chevrolet?

 

might be Louie, I read where he drank alot....

 

New York-to-Paris automobile race: Thomas Flyer being shovelled out of snow




New York-to-Paris automobile race: Man walking in front of the Thomas Flyer on snow-covered plains




New York to Paris automobile race - the Thomas Flyer




Crowd and racers of New York to Paris automobile race - Thomas Flyer in front




New York - Paris race: Thomas Flyer car, New York




New York to Paris automobile race - five men trying to pull the Thomas Flyer out of mud




New York-to-Paris automobile race: Thomas Flyer stuck in snow

 

Yes, that is Louis Chevrolet in his "open-cockpit" automobile drinking a Coca-Cola during the Atlanta National Automobile Exposition of 1909, held at the Atlanta Speedway, Atlanta, Georgia.