Vintage shots from days gone by!

Speed trap in Finland in 1958. The radar is an American Electro Matic Radar Speed Meter .

 

Scotty's Drive In ,Portland

 

Brazilian Alfa Romeo

 

Ed "The Ace" McCulloch with the Scotty's Drive In AA/FD.

 

Lloyd Center, Portland. At the time, the biggest "Shopping Center" in the world. The term "mall" wasn't invented then. 1960

 

Reo bus in Finland during WWII. Note the snow chains on front wheels and the carbon monoxide tubes from the gasifier at the rear end of the bus.

 

Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, and Further.

 

Portland in the 60's. The beginning of tearing everything old down to build trendy crap that continues to this day. I obviously prefer the OLD Portland! Good times.

 

Checker taxi cars and drivers in Finland in early fifties.

 

...OR, a Mustang with a Brazilian...

 

Combined bus-trucks ("brucks") were quite common in Finland from the twenties until early fifties. This one is a Volvo from the thirties...

... and a Ford, also from the thirties...

... and a Chevrolet 1948...

... and a Mercedes-Benz 1965 from Sweden.

 

I miss 60's girls!!! LOL

 

Funny, but like a lot of guys my age (63) when I look at pics like this, I don't see "old cars", I just see "cars". It doesn't register that this pic was taken 49 years ago.
Guess that's old age!!! LOL
I had a silver 66 Cuda like the one on the right. Wish I still had it!

 

I read that Sears is on the ropes! Too bad, a part of Americana lost. Monkey Wards is long gone.