Vintage shots from days gone by!

[Dago 88]

Originally Posted by John Brown

Dated April 19, 1957 Chevrolet published the 24 page "1957 CHEVROLET STOCK CAR COMPETITION GUIDE" that listed all the part numbers and suggested modifications to build your own Black Widow race car. The 6 lug hub, drums and wheels needed are listed in there, along with a truck style 6 lug rear axle that was made to be a direct bolt in replacement for the original car rear end. To say that you would just slap truck hubs on the original spindles would be an over simplification, since stronger steering knuckles, wheel hubs and brake drums were usually replaced at the same time, for greater durability, as the guide so aptly puts it. No doubt there were some local racers that adapted whatever they had at hand to build a car that would take the same abuse however.

Thanks for the explanation John , that's why I love the HAMB.
Great thread BTW.

[29AVEE8]

Originally Posted by HemiDeuce

Does this mean one more lap, or take it easy?
HemiDeuce.

IIRC the guy in the infield is Wally Mezkowski. Can't remember who is in the car.

[2many projects]

Originally Posted by Joe Nix

There was a Mirak Chevrolet, Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA where I took my '37 Chevie sedan for front end work in about 1950.

Mirak is still in Arlington. They are about 2 miles up from the old location on the opposite side of Mass. Ave. now.
Good place to deal with.............lot of history.

[Bob W]

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[DocWatson]

Originally Posted by Bob W

OH man this is awesome! The first one shows a converted Hudson bomber (With the twin tails), an awesome aircraft and the big 'Jetliner' in the lower one is the De Havilland Comet, the worlds first ever purpose built jet passenger aircraft.
(And the worlds first ever jet passenger aircraft to crash!)

And the NEW DC-6 and the Convair? Man the golden years of public air travel.
Doc.

[sixdogs]

Originally Posted by Novadude55

Very Nice automobile,,
I am envious in that I wish I had pics of some of the previous cars I've owned.

Note to "kids" or anyone. Take lots of photos and tuck them away. Even right now.They are almost free today and it's neat to look back after even a couple of years. For whatever reason I have always done that and can see where I've been.
The trees in your yard that never seem to grow leap before your eyes. The wife still stops traffic if I check the older photos. And on and on.
Uhhh, no pictures on the couch watching TV--we should either be turning wrenches, helping others or youngsters turn wrenches or tacking on the miles.

[DocWatson]

Originally Posted by sixdogs

Note to "kids" or anyone. Take lots of photos and tuck them away. Even right now.They are almost free today and it's neat to look back after even a couple of years. For whatever reason I have always done that and can see where I've been.
The trees in your yard that never seem to grow leap before your eyes. The wife still stops traffic if I check the older photos. And on and on.
Uhhh, no pictures on the couch watching TV--we should either be turning wrenches, helping others or youngsters turn wrenches or tacking on the miles.

Damn straight! There is not a photo in existence of me from the time I left home to the time I left the Army (A few from recruit training, so.... I lied.) I wish I had some of the shit I did on film. These days I point out, I have done that to something on a movie and everyone goes 'Yeah sure!'.
Jumping out of an airplane on oxygen above.................well bloody high! That view on the ramp as the globe curves away, far above cloud level, awesome!
I have pictures of the cars I have owned but none with me in them and again no one believes they were mine! Fuckem.

Take pictures, with you in them. Fuck op-sec.

Doc.

[Bob W]

Originally Posted by DocWatson

OH man this is awesome! The first one shows a converted Hudson bomber (With the twin tails),Doc.

They were a Lockheed Lodestar that CP purchased new.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Lodestar

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Barbra stanwick

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Her again,

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I think she was a beautiful woman!

[DocWatson]

Originally Posted by Bob W

They were a Lockheed Lodestar that CP purchased new.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Lodestar

And the Lodestar is a conversion of surplus Hudson's, production did continue post WWII as the Lodestar but the simple fact is, they came from the Hudson.
Somewhat like the A.V.Roe Lancastrian , a converted Lancaster. They even completed a number of uncompleted Lancaster's still one the workshop floor at the cessation of hostility's to civil airliners.

Doc.

EDIT!! OK, I was wrong, the Hudson was variant of the Lockheed Superelectra 14. The Hudson was made for the RAF for maritime recon work.
I learned something, the Hudson came about because the airline that had ordered the Superelectras returned them due to the type crashing too often!! So what do you do? Yup, give it to the Military, those dumb shits wont know!.

Doc.

[scotts52]

Originally Posted by Bob W

A straight six in the 55 Pontiacs? Was this a Canadian option only. I heard they never offered a 6.

[jimi'shemi291]

Yeah, there were some pix on here a month or so ago of Gable & Stanwyck at INDY at the time they were doing the movie. The back-story on the "four birds" gag shot is an hilarious, true piece of racing history -- even if on the ODD side! LOL. THANKS all for putting all the pieces together!

[jimi'shemi291]

Thanks, CalCoy for adding facts about Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous Brothers. A little-known fact is that Bobby was a great baseball player. He turned down a major-league contract to stay with his music career!