Vintage shots from days gone by!

Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana in Taupo 1920's


Ratana was an early civil rights leader and a religous leader

 

Taken at a NZ Hot Rod show


Cool car
A Lincoln Zephyr powered channelled roadster [I could imagine cruising around in this ,listening to "Charlie Ryan" ]

 

Baney's Cammer. This time with Bill Tidwell in the seat.

 

What a stance!

 

Tom Schrader's grandfather's garage on SW 1st & Woods St, Portland, OR


Grandpa

 

The Automatic Reaction Henry J.
C/Gas was such a cool class!

 

The Palmers Drugs building is still there.

 

This photo was taken in 1951.
The boy in the photo is a 13 year old Bruce McLaren. who was diagnosed with a crippling "Perthes Disease"
So as a boy he needed crutches, and eventually 1 leg was shorter than the other requiring special footwear, and he had to learn to walk again.

Bruce overcame his handicap to be the youngest F1 winner in his time , Win the 24 hours of LeMans for Ford in 1966, and Totally dominate the CanAm series until his death at 32 years old in 1970.

His legacy went on ,with Indy Cars, F1 Cars and today McLaren Supercars



L to R Ruth [Mother] , Bruce , Jan [Sister] , Les [Father]

 

What do we have here, a tail dragger? ?

 

My dad worked with McLaren in the Can Am series and in 1969 during one of my visits to the shop with my dad Bruce gave me one of his driving suits. I still have it after all these years and remembering those times as a kid hanging around the shop brings back great memories.

 

Do you wanna swap that old suit for a new one?

 

Gary,
I really do appreciate all your photos, but man you really need to get a life. Step away from the computer for a bit and find something in life to enjoy.

 

^^^^^ I think Gary has.

 

Thanks much!!


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Staging Lane repairs at Mount Maunganui



75 yards behind the trees in the background, is one of the whitest sand beaches in the south pacific.[Just behind the trees was "Ocean Pines" holiday park]
The track got closed because it became prime real estate.

 

Drag Race at Goleta

 

Hot rod show at Claudelands Showgrounds Dec 26 1965 to Jan 1 1966

Check out how the public were dressed back then [not a slob in sight]

 

Kerrs Road crowds .. Watching the racing

 

It would suck for the rest of us if Gary got a different hobby.
Enjoy the photos he works tirelessly to find and post. Without telling someone you never met what to do. Really.

 

Thanks to Gary and y'all I have something to look at when I can't sleep.

 

Great set of pictures. Foreign car alert! Man, that's got to be the earliest bug I've seen so far in this thread. Don't know what the other two are but great photo's jchav62!!! Also anyone know whats going on with the helicopter? Jim E. OKC

 

maybe more accurate to say "Bango".

 

Austin A30near the crosswalk. Fiat Multipla on the cross street.

 

How about a Simca Aronde next to the Fiat ? .( half behind the bus )