Vintage shots from days gone by!

[Still_Crazy]

Manfred von Richthofen

[Bono4783]

Wedekind Motors -State Street, Schenectady, New York.

Schenectady race car driver Ed Sollohub, left, and George Wedekind of Wedekind Motors look over the Nash Rambler that was knocked out of the Mexican Pan-American Stock Car Race in May 1950. Sollohub bought the Rambler at Wedekind, then a local Nash dealer, and entered the 2,178-mile race.

[thunderkiss65]

[fbi9c1]

Originally Posted by CustomCab

I'm pretty sure your mom is standing in front of a 47 kaiser-Frazer.
Like this'n.

More specifically, it is a Frazer.

The Kaiser looked like this:





similar cars, but branded separately.

Jim B.

[George G]

Originally Posted by Heo2

Finnish antitank weapons...gues you
have to have hair on your chest to
knock out a tank when you must be able
to trow it by hand on the tank

So is that a Molotov cocktail?

[Phillips]

Originally Posted by mosconiac

This pedestrian "overpass" is in Iowa City, Iowa...home of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes. In fact there are two of them & they both remain in operation to this day. Thanks for posting that old pic...

This one is on the corner of Riverside Dr & Melrose Ave (West Iowa Ave) and the other is nearby at Riverside Dr & Grand Ave (West Burlington St).

Melrose:
http://maps.google.com/maps/myplaces...,6.27,,0,11.61

Grand:
http://maps.google.com/maps/myplaces...33.45,,0,-5.21

Haha I remember getting SCREAMED at by an angry coed the day after I moved to Iowa City for zipping down one of those on my bike.

[Kentuckian]

Originally Posted by Bono4783

Wedekind Motors -State Street, Schenectady, New York.

Schenectady race car driver Ed Sollohub, left, and George Wedekind of Wedekind Motors look over the Nash Rambler that was knocked out of the Mexican Pan-American Stock Car Race in May 1950. Sollohub bought the Rambler at Wedekind, then a local Nash dealer, and entered the 2,178-mile race.

That's a full size Nash, not a Rambler.

[map]

Originally Posted by 731132

Speed Bump machine?

[Bama Jama]

Anti-speed bump machine.

[CustomCab]

Yes - what he said.....thanx



More specifically, it is a Frazer.

The Kaiser looked like this:

similar cars, but branded separately.

Jim B.

[Marty Strode]

Originally Posted by Still_Crazy

Al Pombo, Kearny Bowl Speedway, Fresno, around 1967

I recognize the car as one of the Peat Bros Supermodifieds out of Salt Lake City, I didn't know Al Pombo ever drove it. The Peat's numbers were 17 and 71. Thanks for posting this great shot of my favorite Super!

[old no.7]

Originally Posted by CustomCab

Yes - what he said.....thanx



More specifically, it is a Frazer.

The Kaiser looked like this:

similar cars, but branded separately.

Jim B.

Thanks guys, when I blew the picture up I can see the vert is a Merc.

[Deuce Daddy Don]

Originally Posted by CustomCab

I'm pretty sure your mom is standing in front of a 47-48 Kaiser-Frazer.
Like this'n.

1932 chevy----1948 Frazer-----1939 Mercury

[raceron1120]

A great history lesson - thanks!

Originally Posted by MrModelT

Well, That is a good question.....but I think there is actually a very thin line separating the two in some ways...it just depends on how you look at it.
Sadly info on the "gowjobs" is spotty at best and there really isn't a set period that the came and went in the "Hot Rodding Universe".... Bigcheese and I have estimated the period to be from about 1926 to 1935 when the Flathead V8's started to make their appearance on the dry lakes...and the 'bangers rein began to dwindle.
I would however say that your explanation is pretty much right on in my book. Anybody could go down to the local scrap or wrecking yard, buy a used Model T for $2.50, pull off the fenders and drive the piss out of it (as seen below)....but it took engineering, skill, a good knowledge (and access to new info) or racing and the "Need for speed" to produce something more....OHV conversions, racing wheels, a nicely built racing chassis...
This kind of skill and creativity is what gave birth to "Backyard Hot Rodding" as we know it today and produced some truly remarkable, timeless and advanced cars of their era.
The Roy "Multi" Aldrich car is a prime example of what makes these cars "Gowjobs" and not just a "Jalopy"
The Robert Hodge car is another prime example of a car that is perhaps 30 or 40 years ahead of it's time. Hodge built (in his spare time while working as machinists apprentice in Orange, CA) his own, one-off, SOHC conversion head for his '23 Touring car, that sported a Wills St. Claire crank, possibly Durrant rods, Stutz twin ignition...and the list goes on and on. That is not what I classify as a "jalopy"
On the other hand, most that sough these cars stalking the street and were not so mechanically inclined might simply refer to them as "jalopies" not understanding the difference..."they all look like old beater Model T's to me with no fenders" ...or something to the effect.

[old no.7]

Originally Posted by Deuce Daddy Don

1932 chevy----1948 Frazer-----1939 Mercury

Thanks DDD!
I'm trying to get a handle on what year the pic with the Merc would have been taken. Any idea of the year of the newest car in the background?

[raceron1120]

Is this a "mooo-par" billboard?

[fbi9c1]

Originally Posted by old no.7

Thanks DDD!
I'm trying to get a handle on what year the pic with the Merc would have been taken. Any idea of the year of the newest car in the background?

I'll take a shot at it and say a '47 Cadillac, tough to see clearly. Unrelated, but note the sealed-beam headlight conversions on the '39 Merc.

[raceron1120]

WWI era USA Air Service Poster:

[raceron1120]

Another WWI-era call to Service Poster:

[raceron1120]

WWI-era "tourist"(?) poster: