Art & Inspiration Interesting images from old magazines

circa 1955 (based on caption mentioning 1954 record), unknown publication
swiped from http://toybaron.com/Tetherhistory.htm

 

When high school kids cared about cars and not
I-phones.

 

wow, looks as classy as a concept car!

 

Hot Rod, May 1951
Sometimes it's nice to see an illustration instead of a photo.

 

Hot rods have gone national? When did this happen? ...I like how they even painted what look like flathead markers in the driveway!

 

OK. That took me a minute to figure out. But you're talking about the oil spots, aren't you?

 

Car Craft, August 1960

 

Motor Life, May 1955

 

1952 Fawcett book
See the "Create Your Own Custom Body" article at: http://www.forgottenfiberglass.com/...-design-and-build-your-own-sport-car-in-1952/ . Here's background on the author: "Vincent E. Gardner began his career as an automobile designer back in1936, working as a model builder on the Cord. From there, he moved on to Briggs Manufacturing as a draftsman, then to Budd Manufacturing, where he started as a model builder and worked his way up to chief designer in the space of one year. In 1943, he joined Studebaker as a designer."

 

1946

 

Looks like a custom painted car with spots and aftermarket chrome on the fender skirt.

1949 pulp novel

 

I came across this in the January 1958 issue of Car Craft


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1001 Custom Car Ideas, 1966

 

Fair dinkum, that Bohman/ Schwarz Zephyr is the duck's guts..

 

Goldwater needs a better pit crew.