Vintage shots from days gone by!

JP Nelson Service Station 7232 SE Foster Rd., Portland, OR 1929

 

Granger's restaurant in Sabine Pass, TX during the 1940s.

 

… O.K. we got this one pegged …. what with the Honda 305 scrambler, penny loafers, white socks, lite cord slacks, Foremost milk signs plus the plymouth is starting to show it's typical rear quarter panel rot this has got to be 1964 … q.e.d.

 

boy there's another memory had a 305 scrambler of my own around that time

 

I was thinking this was a 160 also and with the mention of 305 I remembered the Yamaha 305 Big Bear!

 

This is a 305 Super Hawk that I bought from a friend after he had thrashed it to death - he even rode it into a lake (accidentally) and we had to fish it out. Anyway, I converted it into this flattracker/scrambler kinda thing - it was heavy but fast and I spent many a fun day blasting up and down the dry creek-beds of Nevada with my buddies.

Edit: forgot to mention the bike was also street legal - I could connect a small chrome headlight, and a taillight/license plate holder and the mirrors in about 10 minutes. I used to ride it to work unless the weather was too bad.

 

Rootie...Great photo #6..8th row at Indy in 1940 25 Emil Andres 17 George Robson 29 Raul Riganti

 

My son has one of those Travelalls. It is dead in the water because of an engine fire. The rest is cherry.

 

John Anderson and Chet Thomas, Portland, Oregon. Picture taken most likely at Woodburn Dragstrip.

 

Pasadena CA Christmas decorations on Colorado Blvd


Colorado & Fair Oaks, Pasadena, neat '41 Ford convert.


Colorado Blvd., Pasadena


East Pasadena


This was home base, we used to sneak out from Pasadena High, drive to Bob's, got out of the trunk, PHS Principal was standing there....This on Colorado Blvd., no trace now, it's the location of a pet store.


Oriental Art Museum, Pasadena, still there


Arroyo Park Freeway (now Pasadena Freeway) was hard on cars and their drivers...(good to know that the writing never appeared...):




Figueroa Tunnels




Colorado Blvd in Pasadena looking east






Long gone now, Market Basket was all over SoCal, I sacked groceries at the one on Rosemead in Temple City

 

I am guessing 1966 first year for the 305 scrambler it may be a 250 scrambler

 

1921 by the National Spanish Motorcycle Factory. Open valve train, straight six.... Don't wear your Sunday go to meetin clothes on this one.

 

3 of my Uncles Clyde , Kenny , Gene and my older Brother Fred on our Dad's Tiger Cub about 1959 , going to the Playground on Chabot Road in the Oakland Ca. Hills

 

From bangshift today.

















































SBC cut in half V-4

 

This ad brings back memories. When I was in the 8th grade my dad bought a kart just like the one in the ad. It was used and had been raced a lot by the previous owner. It did not come with an engine. We cleaned it up and put a new Power Products engine (from Sears) on it. It could not compete with the newer, lighter karts that came on the market and though our engine was rated at 8 hp, it could not keep up with the newer McCulloch (sp?) engines. Dad chose to use the clutch rather than a straight drive system as he thought it would be easier to drive and not as much trouble for us "beginners" to operate. This was a family project and dad got a huge class pickle jar where the whole family put their spare change into. If there was not enough in it to go racing, we didn't go racing. I delivered newspapers and go lots of tips, most of which ended up in that jar. It was a fun family project even if we were not competitive on the track.
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