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  1. Rootie Kazoootie
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  2. Any idea what track this is? Rootie?
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  3. Rootie Kazoootie
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    Not exactly, but I would guess that it was in the Ind. Ohio area though. The cut down doors, like in the background car, was pretty typical in those parts. There were a bunch of ( short lived now long gone) tracks running roadsters post war all across the country back then.
     
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    The track is the "Shady Bowl" in DeGraff, OH. It was sort of a home track to the Triangle Racing Association. There have been several images posted over time of this scene-with slightly different angles/background. The baffling thing to me is that the car looks very much like Del Baxter's which was a California car usually driven by Troy Ruttman. 'Can't imagine what that car would have been doing at DeGraff.
     
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  14. Thank you!
     
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    Santa_Fe_Super_Chiefred.jpg Santa_Fe_Super_Chiefred.jpg Albuquerque, NM 1943
     
  17. The Queen of England no less, serving her time in the military. pip pip the queen of england.jpg
     
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    Vintage western-001.jpg
    Vancouver Island around 1956... Maybe Western Speedway but I cannot be sure.
     
  19. Chrisbcritter
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    Back again. The Louisiana online archive has been a real treasure trove with tons of car-related photos, so I cherry-picked another hundred or so good ones. And away we go...
    This is the Gayle Building which housed a dealership in Lake Charles, dated 1940:
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    And in 1950, it inadvertently became an Esso station...
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    ...wiping out a showroom full of brand new Packards.
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    More coming up...
     
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    Part 2:
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    To be continued...
     
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    Part 3:
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    Remember the Buick dealer from my last mass posting? This is from a few years earlier:
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    ...and remember their '57 Special eight-door courtesy limo? This is their earlier one:
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    And by '61 it became a Chevy dealer.
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    Yet even more to come...
     
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    Part 4:
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    (In case you're wondering what this car is, the original caption reads "Matilda Miller's Mercer" :D)
    Last batch coming up...
     
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    Part 5, and finally a Corvair for swi66:
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    Wait a minute - what's that wagon? Zoom in once more:
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    Of all things to find in the USA, let alone Louisiana, it's a 1959(?) Simca Vedette Marly ("Marly" was the designator for station wagon). Powered by the old Ford V8-60, and almost never seen in this country. Any French HAMBers here who can verify the year? I've only found one other shot online of a wagon with these taillights.
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    ('56 Olds vs. street sweeper. The street sweeper won.)
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    This last one's my favorite, despite the quality - Sharknose Grahams at a dealer which sold three other makes that were already dead - and Graham would soon be gone as well. At least they had REO to fall back on for a while...
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    Over to you. Thanks for looking!
     
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    Nice batch of photos chrisbcritter
     
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  25. Indeed a great batch and nice to see the odd Willys pop up(34 Sedan) and the Gas Station shots. Very, very cool and thanks. JW :D
     
  26. Chrisbcritter
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    Thank you!
    Funny thing is I never realized how small the Willys really was until I saw it parked in front of that Chevy.
     
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  27. ^^^I have a 35 Willys sedan and they are rather small. JW:)
     
  28. Rootie Kazoootie
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