Vintage shots from days gone by!

Letting the shop warm up and having the last cup of coffee before I head out to start bangin on the Anglia. Six Days On the Road blasting from the jukebox is great background music for viewing!
Have a great weekend all, John

 

Your so right, and personally I tend to like those shots a lot, they can tell a lot about the time frame.

Here is my dad and his sister and their parents Renault Daulphine in 1964.



My dad, his mom, and my mums brother in front of my dads 63 Pontiac wagon in 1975.



My dad working on his beater 54 Dodge in 1964.



He replaced the beater 54 Dodge...



...with this nice 41 Canadian Dodge coupe in 67.



Here is a photo from my dads parents wedding in 1947 I believe, this might seem like a mistaken shot, but my grandpa was a car guy, so he likely took it because of all the cars there, at the time he was driving a 36 Chevrolet sedan delivery with rear side windows and dual sidemounts, an extremely unusual car.



I have found a lot of these random car shots in their estate, when I have the chance i will upload more.

The following shots are of my DD 31 Pontiac, tried my hand at making them look vintage, any thoughts?









...and random cool stuff.











My home town.

 

That's not a Buick sign under there. For one thing the U is too far to the right. For another thing, the says "BEER" in the lower right corner...

 

Are you saying Buick never made Beer? Than what the hell have I am been drinking??

 

A staged photo to highlight public safety and street crossing issues.




here's a stages one to highlight littering.

 

Signing the praises of her car? Look at her face, I don't think so...

 

Who is the little kid on the bottom??

 

Swedish Stock-Car races in the 1950´s, and it´s destruction of thousens of 1930´s cars.

 

Some Swedish home made tractors and other vehicles.

 

These home made tractor´s in Sweden was called EPA-traktor here. EPA was a short for a warehouse here called Enhetspris AB (Unity price Co), which sold items that were "cheap and of various quality", like these home made tractor´s. So they were started to be called for EPA-traktor, and the name stuck and they are still called that today.

 

I guess it's supposed to be "Mooseic" to our eyes… "D'ho!"

 

Lemme out here. It's time ta go MOOSE my hair!

(At least if my Dada says I can! LOL)

 

Sweden races? Boy and I thought I raced some rough tracks.LOL

 

From previous post on the bar sign...possibly a Blatz Beer sign?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10644166@N04/3426774079

 

Some more pic´s from Swedish Stock-car races!

 

Hence the term "The Great Depression".

It is nonetheless an essential film that everyone should see for the historical perspective it provides. It is very realistic and contains a lot of stock footage that really provides a great illustration of the Dust Bowl and subsequent migration. Many people in CA have families that were part of this migration and have stories not unlike those protrayed in the movie to some extent or another. Another nice thing is that crystal clear black & white versions of the movie are available.

 

Niagara Falls, 1929...

 

She's horny!

 

1937, Tennessee

 

1938 Georgia

 

1940, Iowa

 

1942 Dallas