Vintage shots from days gone by!

Just discovered this thread ... and it looks like it will take me months to go through every picture, etc. The ones from Los Angeles and Southern California bring back fond memories of my growing up there in the 1950's and 1960.s It is so good to see that these pictures are being preserved here for future generations ... THANKS to everyone who have posted these.

Dave

 

From the info I can find, there were 783 '42 Mercury wagons produced. They bring pretty good bucks these days.

 

I think that one and the following one here are coach built, vs being factory ones, anyone have any info?

 

Was this ride known as the "Zombie Express" at a Midwest State Fairgrounds? Does it look familiar?

 

Just like a Cammed up Flatmotor - Rump Rump, Rump Rump

 

Good call. You are absolutely correct. I found this interesting story on how they came about.

http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/m/monart/monart.htm

 

if it's an ambulance ya got a chance.
if it's a hearse it's gotta be worse.

 

http://www.carstyling.ru/en/car/1954_cadillac_el_camino/images/6170/

 

I could have bought a Nash Healy just like this one for 500 bucks from my neighbor, only it was in black. Had the six in it with two carbs. Came with a manual to put in their V8 guanteed to do 160 mph. I choice his father's 56 New Yorker with the 354 that originally came with the dual quads and mildly customized it. Came out beautiful. Damn, I'd love to have the NH today. Lot's of gremlins though.

 

Somethings should NEVER change!

 

The gremlins of early cars are normally easily solved today.

Found a site full of random images just now, here are some of the good ones.

1942 Chevrolet assembly line.



1950 Chevrolet



1951 Chevrolet



1955 Chevrolet





1956 Chevrolet



1957 Chevrolet





Kaisers!



1951 Hudson



1951 Nash



Studebakers





1951 Oldsmobiles



1952 Fords



1956 Buick wagons!



1958 Buick hard-top wagons!



1958 Impalas.



1959 Fords



1959 Studebaker Larks.

 

1961 Chevrolets



1962 Chevrolets



1963 Chevrolets



1964 Chevrolets



1955 Nomad





1957 Chevrolet Cutaway, I would love to own something like this!



1958 Impala



1959 El Camino



1960 Chevrolet. 4 door hard-top, 2 door hard-top, and 4 door Corvairs.



1960 Impala





1961 Impala.(note how the top of the photo was extended... not sure of someone photoshopped it or if it was originally added to like that.)




Bel-air



1962 Chevy II



1962 Impala (I wonder if any of these display cars survive?)



1962 Chevrolet



1962 Impala



1963 Chevrolet line-up

 

Promotional matchbook covers!

 

More promotional matchbook covers!



Postcards!

















Not sure if the next two are actually vintage, but I'm sure you will all survive if they turn out not to be.




This one is so fitting!

 

LN7 NUT

Not sure what you are doing... but none of your photos are showing!

 

They are all showing up for me?

This seems to happen randomly to others where they don't work... I guess it's my turn.

EDIT: refreshed several times, used a different browser, they all show up except a few at the start for some reason... hopefully it temporary because some of these were very interesting.

 

Not showing for me either. were both in europe, wonder if thats anything to do with it.

This photo. what car is she sitting in? is it a ford publicity photo?

 

I hope somebody can see them, I spent a lot of time doing it!

The car is a 49 Ford.

 

Red x's here!-MIKE

 

LN7, nothing but red x's here as well.

 

Thanks for the info, just reminded me of the fx atmos photoshoot model that everybody thinks is bettie page, she was actually just a secretary at ford.

 

And now my photos are not showing up for me.... damn.

I just tried some of them again but by using the URL upload, and it says they are invalid... Oh well.

 

Here are some of the ones I was about to post when the error was brought to my attention, I'll find a way to get most of the others on here another day.



























Can you guys see these ones?

 

Probably because you were hotlinking them. some websites wont let you do that.

 

That seems to most likely.