Vintage shots from days gone by!

Looks like the next one on the line is a Tempest judging by the torque tube.

I like production line pics having spent my entire working life in the motor industry.

Mart

 

Cannon Beach is a dog friendly town, we love it, especially in the Summer when everyone is showing off their pooches.

 

This is the first early (“rope drive”) Tempest assembly line pic that I’ve seen, and I pay attention to these shots, too! I didn’t think they’d have dropped bodies for the full frame cars on the same line, but when you think about it, the Tempest engine/suspension package was all bolted together. On the Corvair, F-85, Buick Special, they were either separate or joined only by the front driveshaft spline, and required a jig or cradle to keep them in the correct position.

 

Utopia, TX

 

Madras, OR


Kerrville, TX

 

As I mentioned earlier, I'm not fluent in Pontiac but seeing that belhousing lacking a "real" transmission got my attention. When I realized what it was, I too thought it odd to be on the same assembly line as the big cars.

 

they forgot cell phones and cb radios and walkie talkies...

 

Jack Sheppard:
Has the louvred panels in front of the rear wheels, means it is a Porsche 550A, IMO
Philip

 

From above....
Anybody know WTH this car is? Early custom? Movie car?

 

Did a google pic.search found this

 

^^^ German coach builder 'Spon'? A few were brought back by returning GIs. They were into big fins, and oddball styling.

 

^^^^^^^Looks like Studebaker roof and rear glass.^^^^^^^

 

LOVE this 1923 Peerless photo....

 

^^^Well... Maybe not. Correct spelling is 'SpoHn'. 98% of examples found were convertibles.