Vintage shots from days gone by!

I wish everybody here a Merry Christmas (eve)!











"I'm driving home for Christmas"

 

For those that might not know what a Powell is...

Built in Compton Ca. they utilized wrecked Plymouth chassis...yes, straight out of Compton.



bodies were hand built with out a single compound curve except for the top which along with the grill was made by a local boat shop out of fiberglass.


ugly but kinda cool...





Built in fishing rod holders...

 

Music to listen to as you view photos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLF125BF695FC4BBEA&v=TdKvY9Pq46o

 

"Merry Christmas Bedford Falls"..................and to all you HAMB'ers out there!!

 

^^^^^^^
that was a set and filmed in July at night in California............Great scene!

 

Found one of these in a wrecking yard in Idaho a few years back. It had one of the best lettering jobs I've ever seen on the door. Some commercial business.
Used to have one running around Woodburn when I was a kid. The guy was a plumber and he kept pipe in those pull outs in the rear.

 

I've been a "looker" for a while, I guess it's time to post some from my area.



Might as well throw in one of where I work:

Merry Christmas, all.

 

I have first hand experience that these would have been a good idea on my dads Desoto. Luckily I only needed some stitches. I was only two at the time and don't remember it.

 

Looking North on Trade Street, Amity, Oregon
Looking Northwest on Trade Street from Nursery Street, Amity Oregon. Off camera, to the right, was Aldridge & Watts service station when I was very young. My dad work
ed as a mechanic there until 1951.

Taken slightly easterly of the photo above, below is the gas and service station which either had been, or was to become Aldridge & Watts station in the late 1940's.

Dan L

 

In Dayton, Oregon, taken near the location of the current High School, which lies immediately to the right of this scene.
Below, Dayton, Oregon, looking easterly on Ferry Street. The bridge shown replaced the wooden structure that collapsed in 1914.

Below, even though this sign indicates Dayton, Oregon, it was actually located along the Westside Hwy., at the current intersection of Hwy. 99W & Hwy. 18 (McDougal Corner)

Below, Dayton Oregon again, looking Easterly on Ferry Street.

Dan L

 

What large headlights it had. Any idea who she is? She makes the pic.

 

I actually have one of these, red Coronet 500 convertible with white interior, but I don't have the hood ornament........

Merry Christmas everyone!

 

Merry Christmas

SA 1920023 by mactexas, on Flickr

 

My dad and his 39 chevy

 

The family chevy

 

Milwaukee Wisconsin still has Sherpers which was an Army, Navy Supply store and still is a Military supply store. They bought all the remaining inventories from all the local AN stores and draw vintage products from their warehouse to put on the store shelves.

The vintage stuff sells at collector prices. Canteens, packs, web gear, and some tents etc....

They have other countries stuff mostly clothing but its cool to see some of their tactical gear as well.

Just don't expect the give away prices that they used to have!

 

We had Sunnys Surplus stores in our area. The one closest to our house had a pizza shop next to it. Spent a lot of birthday and grass cutting money there. Once I got enough stuff there to make a hat like the head guy on Rat Patrol. Banana seat, high rise handle bars and that hat. I thought I was the stuff!

 

Merry Christmas to all!

 

I visited Chicago in 2009 and loved it. Got a Christmas present yesterday which is a collection of old/new photographs. Found one that suits this thread.Sorry about the poos reproduction. The grille on the 37 is interesting.

 

A 1950s photo of downtown Taylor, Texas at Christmas time.

 

Here's a Christmas, 1947 photo of the Texas State Capitol building and Congress Avenue in Austin. Note the U.S. Army information shack on the sidewalk on the left, The photographer, Neal Douglass, stood in the center of the street with his camera and tripod and took a time exposure of a few seconds, which is why the lights of oncoming cars (left) and cars going toward the capitol building (right) appear blurred/streaky.
Courtesy the Austin History Center. — with Giana Loren Vega. www.facebook.com/TracesofTexas