Vintage shots from days gone by!

Soon to be followed by the V8 Vega and Hemi Duster. I was a dreaming teenager when I saw that 57 go by...

 

Me thinks this is a modern pic. Someone snuck a 700r-4 tranny in this car and cleverly kept its use by adding the extra markers on the shift indicator .The "O" (overdrive) before the "D" gives it away. Nice way to do it tho....

 

Cool rods just not the vintage the thread is asking for. The rest were awesome however...

 

Barnes Auto was a towing service and they also had a filling station in the main part of town in Brisbane Queensland Australia. Their motto was "We Never Sleep". They are still in business today but mainly heavy haulage. The truck in the picture was built on a Dodge chassis.
http://www.yourbrisbanepastandpresent.com/2010/01/barnes-auto.html

 

The photo is from the 60's,Drakes Store was long before we had convenience stores here in the rural South.

As a teenager I stopped here many times for gas,a Coke and a pack of nabs. HRP

 

Oh shoot! 56-55. I'm just a silly Ford guy who doesn't know the difference!

 

Hey Deep, that first one there^ about the 'meats' is getting a lot of love already.
What else ya got?

 

jcmarz
I went through the thread above and could not resolve this however my research found this...
check this link below...

http://www.classicchevy.com/chevy-s...0-700r4-automatic-transmission-1955-1956.html

Hudsonnutt is correct...The car has a new model tranny and pic is not that old.

Hey lets put it to rest and on with the Vintage Pics from quite sometime time ago...

 

This was posted by SWI66

What is the air compressor for Vintage bags? Car looks to be late thirties. Just curious.

 

Air compressor or a/c?

 

Your right ned Air Conditioning. Don't need it up here today

The Packard Motor Car Company was the first automobile manufacturer to offer an air conditioning unit into its cars, beginning in 1939
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_air_conditioning

 

Don't need it down here either !!

 

Thanks for clearing it up.

 

Multnomah Transit Company

 

Measles Vaccination Van (Multnomah County)

 

Sad demise of a Deuce sedan. HRP

 

an it has 56 dash trim....

 

To further flog the deceased equine - that trim looks ''billet'' and the chrome e brake handle is modern, too.

 

This is a rig built up here in Australia. Based on a Dodge Chassis . See link below.http://www.yourbrisbanepastandpresent.com/2010/01/barnes-auto.html