VINTAGE SHOTS FROM DAYS GONE BY! (Part 2)

1962

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True May 1964

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AAA midget drivers from the 1950,s . Rex Easton # 1, John Hoble # 64, Ronnie Kaplan # 69 , Elmer George # 47, Tony Bettenhausen # 5, Mauri Wilson # 61, Forrest Parker # 88, Jack Bates # 84, Don Branson # 54, Al Alpern # 48, Gene Hartley # 61, and Clyde Young # 51 .

 

Car builder Frank Kurtis with his first ever midget built . From left to right Frank Kurtis, Paul Weirick , Bill Kurtis ( Franks Brother ) driver Roy Russing and his wife Jo. Photo from this fabulous book Legacy of Justice an American family story . per John Loya

 

Midget driver Babe Bower won this big midget race held at Roosevelt Raceway in New York , with 61,000 people in attendance , back in 1939 ! I know they had a big midget race at the Los Angeles Coliseum and they had 68,000 people in attendance ! per John Loya

 

Us Old Timers have lived in the best of times, IMO

 

Johnnie Parsons, 1950 Winner.

 

Article and instructions from the 60's on how to remove the split window option on a 63 Corvette.

 

Fly In Drive In Movie Theater for cars and airplanes 1949



Is this Dan Little Hoss? Front is up pretty good with all that weight on the back

 

Here pull my stick

 

Yep.

 

The dog's name is Daffy - 1942

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National Geographic Magazine March 1928

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Montgomery Wards Summer 1960 Sale catalog

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Family Circle March 1948 "Easter Issue"

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Those were the days my friend we thought they would never end.

 

This is painful

 

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Lots of guys did it.
Split window BTW was a one year only 1963,
and NOT optional. They were all that way.