Vintage shots from days gone by!

The Chairman, himself.

http://www.gizmag.com/up-close-and-personal-with-saics-yez-concept-car/15808/picture/118394/

 

http://minutia-microcarsminicars.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html

 

http://minutia-microcarsminicars.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html

 

The Reyonnah at the Paris automobile show

http://minutia-microcarsminicars.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html

 

Leo L. Mc Kenzie built some midget autos as a sideline to his bodyshop business

http://minutia-microcarsminicars.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html

 

http://museumvictoria.com.au/collec...by-willys-overland-car-montmorency-circa-1950

 

Singer Shirley Lloyd riding in an Army jeep on the way to a USO show. Fort Benning, GA, US. 1942. Photographer: William C. Shrout. SOURCE: LIFE



NT Australia, WWII


Lots more similar photos:

http://willysma.com/ma_serial/photos.php?id=MA_Period_Photos

 

"Two Eyes" Cafe - London



Harry Webb and The Drifters (later known as [Sir] Cliff Richard and The Shadows).

 

Charles Westover (DOB 30 Dec 1930) - sang, among other hits, "Runaway".

He was also known as Del Shannon (DOB 30 Dec 1934).

Four years younger? Is it any wonder he looks confused?

 

Ernest Evans seems to be in a "twist".

AKA Chubby Checker.

 

Brooklands wasn't the smoothest of tracks, having been built in 1907, 28 years after the Napier was probably doing a ton plus when it hit 'the bump' in the track, it was a well known point in the track where take-offs were quite common.

 

Well, these images take the cake. Monkey racing rail cars. Un-effing believable. Dare I ask if you have any more pix? Gary

 

...and the little Nash Rambler went Woo Woo Woooo!

that would almost be embarrassing to get pulled over by.

 

Beleive it or don't , Nash Metropolitians were used in the Down Town area of Richmond Virginia back in the early 1950's ............. Oh well. scrubba

 

Nash Healey.... Superman's ride.







1949 Lois Lane posing with a new Nash (like the one she drove in the Adventures of Superman) in a Nash publicity photo.

 

Hank "Blackie" Bernal:



BEFORE SAFETY WAS AN ISSUE, AND SPEED WAS ALL

THAT MATTERED...​

 

Clark Gable...........Celebrity Hotrodder.........

 

Old time camping pictures

 

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Great photos!

 

This front end looks a lot like a 56 T Bird

 

Cool old movie from VJ day in Hawaii. Lots of old cars..

<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/5645171" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><p>VJ Day, Honolulu Hawaii, August 14, 1945 from Richard Sullivan on Vimeo.</p>

 

The above location looked familiar to me....

 

Cool video seawolf, but those added sound effects nearly ruin it.