Vintage shots from days gone by!

For those of you that remember the USNTC you might remember this to.

 

Anybody besides me old enough to remember when it was a
common custom during the heat of the day to go out an "set
a spell" under a favorite shade tree??? I like the Duke's mix-
ture of lawn furniture here! A rocker, a wicker chair, wood and
canvas deck chairs, I think. The bird bath is a nice touch! Re-
minds me of my granny's side yard, back in the days when
family units spent more time together. AC, TV and other gad-
getry had an effect on some old customs, eh?

 

yep didnt have ac until i was 20. 73 now and get tired of hearing people moan and groan when they dont have ac. we survived without a lot of things the young squirts think they are intitled to.

 

was raised in upland california.... in 1967 I had a '56 pontaic safari with a under dash a/c unit that worked great... when i swapped engines I removed the a/c and the power steering... and put in a floor shifter for the hydro and ran for a while with no front bumper... almost forgot... the air shocks, chrome reverse 14" wheels and muntz 'blue light' 4 track player. in early 1969 I sold it for $175.00 after buying a honda 450.... which I traded later for a '51 merc. don't have any of those things now... (except for the muntz blue light!) I destroyed more cars back then. I took some pictures of them... just haven't found them yet.

 

The great dust bowl...............

 

An Elva, in SF. Looks like it got dinged...

 

RodZ, THANKS for posting these. If somebody hadn't caught
the FACTS on film in the '30s, young people today wouldn't
even believe HALF of how bad it was out in the flatlands in
the '30s !!!

 

Damn shame

 

Well,
what DID happend ???

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2CiDaUYr90&feature=related

 

http://factoidz.com/facts-about-the-dust-bowl/

 

Man, I haven't seen one of those in years!
A friend has one squirrled away to restore someday.

 

Fair question, buddy. DUST BOWL in a nutshell: The plowing techniques of the time went with the path of least resistance. And fertilizing was generally limited to using your live stock's manure, mostly on the truck garden near the house. Not scientific. Componding matters, trees and bigger shubs that MIGHT have served as a windbreak were often cut up and used for heating and cooking. This had often WORKED east of the Mississippi, but it wasn't sustainable in the west.

So, when the soil "wore out," there was little to keep it in place. Dry spells came along, and the frequent wind storms in the exposed flats picked up the dried-out topsoil and blew it here, there, everywhere -- but where it was needed.

Many families that had been hanging on just couldn't make a living off the depleted land and had to "pull up stakes" and abandon thier farms, searching for ANY work they could get farther west.

The government finally got their butts in gear and started promoting contour plowing, planting of windbreaks, mpdern fertilizers, etc., and the land gradually came back.

 

From dust bowl to pipe bowl...

 

somewhere in california.... late '40s

 

a '41 plymouth lead sled built by my dad starting in may 1948 and finished july 1948.

 

Those are fantastic!!!!
Thank you for sharing

Your fathers car was in one of the early Custom Car magazines as well...

 

http://cr4.globalspec.com/PostImage...model_BFDBA8C9-96D5-0DC0-BB5D83830568A76B.jpg

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/47661552@N00/4275622450/

 

http://www.bmwism.com/designers/bmw_chief_stylist_meyerhuber_model_builder_schmuck_bmw_335_1940_.jpg

 

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/1950s-willys-concept-cars.htm/printable

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/glenhsparky/3750127107/

 

a couple of bad photos taken in 1946 and sept. 1950 of dad's '40 plymouth 4 door. this was our family car for a short while... wonder if it survived....

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/glenhsparky/3790388084/



http://www.flickr.com/photos/glenhsparky/3789569957/

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27096349@N07/3866924590

 

http://nvestsmoo.edu.ms/lndex.php?u=desoto-promo-model-car-1955