Vintage shots from days gone by!

Main St., Santa Ana, CA 1916

 

Wilshire & Western, 1922


Wilshire & Western, 1948

 

Main Street between Sixth & Seventh, 1941

 

Wilshire at Lafayette Park, 1948

 

Studebaker hits fire plug, 58th & Vermont, June 11, 1951

 

Can't be! Both those streets run North/South!

 

What can I say, that's what was on the tag. I haven't been in that area for over 20 years so I forgot a bit about which streets run which way.
Good catch.

 

anyone know what two door non-woodie body was used with Merc frontend?

 

Looks like an ambulance with out the lights & signage. Bob

 

Check out this link:

https://www.hotrod.com/articles/0901rc-1949-mercury-station-wagon/

 

Note the extension or "basement" under the turtle deck. Made a deeper storage area, never seen one before this photo. Thank! Bob

 

I'll guess LOTUS 11 or maybe a LOLA. Bob

 

1950 Mercury 8 Hearse

 

Rear body quarter does not match the door lines. All ambulance, hearse, etc would have..

 

1959

 

1961

 

1935