Vintage shots from days gone by!

[jimi'shemi291]

Oops, finally figured out it's "Special Deluxe." SORRY!

[Rod Zombie]

James Dean R.I.P.

The Little Bastard

The most famous race car that never raced.

Little Bastard's engine Specifications:

Engine: Ernst Furhmann 547

Type: Four-Overhead-Cam flat four-cylinder with

horizontally opposed pistons.

Dispacement: 1498cc 90 brake horsepower @

6200 RPMs, 125-135 peak horsepower @ 8,000 RPMs

Gearbox: 5-speed manual

Chassis: Tubular with torsion-bar suspension

Top speed: 150 miles per hour

[twin6]

Two reminders to drive safely over the holiday.

[Flatheadguy]

The Eagles Aerobatic Team
Tom Poberezny, of EAA fame
Gene Soucy, still at it aerobatically speaking
Charlie Hillard, R.I.P. A great loss for all

[Flatheadguy]

Walter Extra, in Germany, with the first Extra 230. This aicraft was sold to Clint McHenry, Pompano Air Center. In the second photo we repainted it for Clint. PAC become the world's first and largest Extra dealer/distributor. After a brief period of time, the Extra factory developed slightly larger two seaters and went to to become FAA (LBA) certified.

[G V Gordon]

1968, sitting on the back of my MGA infront of the pool hall in downtown Waukomis OK. Momma would be soooo proud.

[Silverick]

Originally Posted by brendog67rat

that looks like it is in the avenues

You're correct! Geary at 39th Avenue looking in toward the city (away from the beach). The Outer Richmond District

[Flatheadguy]

[QUOTE=Rod Zombie;5898817]James Dean R.I.P.


You failed to mention that it was a "production" Porsche rennwagen.

[twin6]

Rusting away near Barstow, 1967. Were bodies like these common back then?

[Kool66]

Twin-Rod and Custom used to run a feature called Vintage Tin back then.Lots of current, to that time, shots of bodies,cars,etc.The cleanup squads and scrappers certainly have reduced the amounts.In the fifties and even sixties in rural areas of Michigan old stuff was quite common.Those days are gone now! This particuliar body resembles a 32 Ford five window but it's another make.

Originally Posted by twin6

Rusting away near Barstow, 1967. Were bodies like these common back then?

[twin6]

London, 1963 (not quite as hot as rock n roll).

[twin6]

More cap guns and BB guns, a rite of passage (are cap guns even made now?).

[zombie]

my dad and mom with dads 35 chevy. circa 78


my brother and i riding in the back of the 35 in lawn chairs. on our way to the western streetrod nationals in bakersfield. cant get away with that anymore...


mom pregnant with me in 72 with dads manx...

[StillOutThere]

If Christmas is game, I'm in, literally in these pictures, receiving a Rathman race car for Christmas that year. Never better!
And the other one is age 1 with my very first "car", a streamliner!

My mother gave both away when I "got too old for them" of course.

[roadkillontheweb]

Originally Posted by StillOutThere

If Christmas is game, I'm in, literally in these pictures, receiving a Rathman race car for Christmas that year. Never better!
And the other one is age 1 with my very first "car", a streamliner!

My mother gave both away when I "got too old for them" of course.

Not past Thanksgiving yet but someone already started before me.

Here is my brother. HA HA

[jimi'shemi291]

Q: Rusting away near Barstow, 1967. Were bodies like these
common back then?

A: In a word, YES. The sad thing is that guys at the junkyards
would mostly consider this TOO far gone and just scrap it on
out if they got one like this! One of my best friends helped his
dad run a yard. He lived in the country and had over 20 cars
he'd saved to work with, in way better shape, so he'd just
shake his head and put 'er in the crusher. His brother had a
gas station and kept a fine Deuce 5W. They were car guys,
but back then availability wasn't much of a problem.

[Mazooma1]

Originally Posted by jimi'shemi291

Q: Rusting away near Barstow, 1967. Were bodies like these
common back then?

A: In a word, YES. The sad thing is that guys at the junkyards
would mostly consider this TOO far gone and just scrap it on
out if they got one like this! One of my best friends helped his
dad run a yard. He lived in the country and had over 20 cars
he'd saved to work with, in way better shape, so he'd just
shake his head and put 'er in the crusher. His brother had a
gas station and kept a fine Deuce 5W. They were car guys,
but back then availability wasn't much of a problem.

yup.....a guy came into the gas station I worked at in 1967 when I was in high school. He knew I liked old cars because my Model A panel was always parked out front. He asked if I wanted his old car he no longer wanted for free. I said sure and my boss let me store it behind the gas station.
It was a '34 five window, boxed frame, Olds rear end...no front end or motor.
I didn't know what to do with it so I gave it to a friend. Then he gave it to some other guy. Nobody seemed to want to keep it. ????

[327-365hp]

I cracked my nuts just like this. Thanks for the memories guys. I've had a hard time keeping up.

Originally Posted by LowKat

[Mazooma1]

uh, oh...a cuffed punk !



HATS!





more bounce to the once....dinner that is...


















Albert Einstein

[Mazooma1]

Originally Posted by StillOutThere

If Christmas is game, I'm in, literally in these pictures, receiving a Rathman race car for Christmas that year. Never better!
And the other one is age 1 with my very first "car", a streamliner!

My mother gave both away when I "got too old for them" of course.

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Holy Smokes...that #98 toy is a much sought after collectible. The toy guides say that a nice conditioned one is worth at least $2,000 ($1500-2500 range)