Vintage shots from days gone by!

my first guess was "highway patrol."

 

The two-passenger Auburn Cabin Speedster used an aluminum body, cycle fenders, Woodlites, raked/veed windshield and airfoil hood vents where an airplane’s wings might attach. The interior included wicker seats, an altimeter, and a compass. The car stood 58 inches high – very low for the day – thanks to its frame being kicked up over the front axle and underslung beneath the rear axle. The car weighed about 3000 pounds; wheelbase was 120 inches; it used Lycoming’s 299-cid, 125-bhp in-line, eight-cylinder, side-valve engine and hydraulic brakes.

 

Cycle fenders turned with the front wheels. Tiny, hidden rear window made backing up precarious. Borrowing styling cues from aircraft, the Cabin Speedster’s body stood atop frame rails that were lowered with kickups over the front axle and underslung beneath the rear axle.

 

In February 1929, the car got trucked to a dealer show in Los Angeles. There, on Tuesday, March 5, after hours, an electrical short set the whole exhibit on fire, and the Auburn Cabin Speedster, along with some 320 other cars, was totally destroyed.

 

1929 Auburn Speedster 2 seater -
Cylinders Straight 8
Capacity 4.9 litre
4894 cc
(298.65 cu in)
Bore × Stroke 82.55 × 114.3 mm
3.25 × 4.5 in
Bore/stroke ratio 0.72
Valve gear
2 valves per cylinder
16 valves in total
maximum power output 127 PS (125 bhp) (93 kW)
Specific output 25.5 bhp/litre
0.42 bhp/cu in

 

Where are the Woodlite headlights?

 

Funky 61 Plymouths!

 

Knock, knock...

Who's there?

Carloada....

Carloada who?

Carloada people at your front door!

 

I have one of those Sun testers.! Just missing the O scope cable.............

 

Great Pic of Cloverdale! I lived there in the 1980's, owned the local locksmith shop. My spare tire cover on the back said "I'm not the mayor of Cloverdale, but I am the Key man!" Would love to see more if you have any

 

Always was a decision to make at Fisherman's wharf in SF as to who had the better clam chowder. Aliotos won out a lot....

 

I just typed in "Let me see a picture of the most UGLY car ever produced" and up pops a 61 Plymouth!!

 

There is a thread where members have posted their acquisitions. I have a 740, but don't have any extra pieces. Maybe if you posted your picture on the thread with a request, you may be able to find the cable.
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...stributor-thread.839016/page-11#post-12537283

Bob

 

That would match my feelings about the Chrysler designs in those years, however I have seen worse. One doesn't come to mind right now.
Bob

 

My favourite was Scoma's located on the Warf. Back in the 60s and early 70s, before they became more pricey than their weight in gold, my favourite meal there was the abalone. It was to kill for.
Bob

 

Let's not start one of these discussions. It leads nowhere. Everyone has different ideas of ugly and beauty and no one cares what anyone else thinks.

 

Sorry to hurt your feelings, I know opinions are just like a**holes, everybody has one. That said, beauty is only skin deep- but ugly goes clear to the bone!!!!

 

'62 Dart ring a bell???? Or how about a Senica (sp)????.....

 

And I think 60-62 was a high water mark for Plymouth.

 

Been gathering these up for a while; Logan, Ohio High School had a bunch of good stuff in their yearbooks. Part 1:












More coming...

 

Logan part 2:










Still more to come...

 

Logan, part 3:










Yet more to come...

 

Logan, part 4:






My favorite find from this town:


And finally, one more from Logan - this time Logan, Utah:

Hope you enjoyed 'em - have a good Father's Day weekend!

 

A color shot for a change - 1965 Homecoming at Arcadia High in Phoenix, AZ:

Among the freshman class that year was a future TV star:

Sometime during high school she changed the spelling to Lynda.

 

She must be the one with the big boobs sitting by the front tire

 

WOW...What a difference from today's "Mega-Dealers".......

 

Yeah...what he asked....

 

What an interesting place. I never would have expected to find awesome duck hunting conditions in UT. A beautiful town with an incredibly varied terrain. Some HAMB like old school motels too. Check it out.