Vintage shots from days gone by!

Driven past here a few times..














Like I said, the secret is knowing when to stop.




I hate it when that happens..






Zora at Sebring 1957

 

All I know is the driver's name is Andy Botto who raced it around the Nor Cal bay area: Oakland, San Jose etc.

 

I have to ask... What have we here? (best guess is Studebaker/Rockne)

 

Never realised the filler was there on a 'Vette.














Way to ruin the shot, dude..












Hemi'd 'Bird.

The Cabriolets.


Impressive measures for flood damage avoidance.

 

And I though this was just a bad Bondo job...

 

Not sure exactly how this worked.. Must have been early radio control (or something).



















Taiwan - I, for one, was surprised to see American cars there.










Walked through there recently with Mrs Mart. Chester, England.


Obligatory Corvair pic for swi66







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Staff Jennings, Portland, OR - Willamette River

 

Front is 1938 Buick. The rear is about a 1932 ?

 

Thanks, Rootie!
I did some Googling, and according to this article, Botto was in a match race against Johnny Lamonto in 1947 at Allemand Raceway:
http://www.gilroydispatch.com/publi...e-41cc-11e3-a070-101f742c6b16.html?mode=story
I guess I need to pick up the "Roaring Roadsters II" book. It looks like there may be some coverage of Botto in there.

 

Abilene Texas, Polio fundraising?? (Lead to this from one of the images above).

 

The year was 1931; grandma posed dad outside at her parent's small home farm in San Lorenzo, CA. That's her dads 1919 Essex sedan in the background. It kind of reminds me of a scene from the movie "The Grapes of Wrath".


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what's the connection?

 

Poor dirt farmers, scratching out a living in the midst of the Great Depression, while driving well worn used cars.


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The year was between 1916-1918; happier times. My great grandparents (passenger side front and rear seats.) got together on New Year's Day with their cousins. The old touring is a 1915 Buick. Grandma is the little girl with the long dark curls; who is looking away from the camera. By the end of 1919 three of the young adults in the photo were gone.


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The year was probably 1934. The previous year, my grandparents and their cousins, had visited the local Plymouth dealership, and bought three 1933 Plymouths! That winter they followed one another to Yosemite to play in the snow! One of those cars eventually wound up being the car my dad learned to drive in.


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I can't help goin' back to this picture and thinkin', how could I hack the Hell outta this thing.

 

Not to be picky, just informative. Those are 1934 Plymouths. They may have been titled as 1933 (year sold) as it was common in those days to title a car as the year sold and not the actual production model year.

 

Thanks for clarifying; I don't know Plymouths. My 1940 Ford Coupes registration states "39" as the YOM. I was just going by the word of mouth story I was told when I was a kid. They could have bought them in late '33, and drove to Yosemite that winter.


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I told you. One more word about my driving and out you go! Take a taxi to your mother's.

 

sorry, i meant to quote @bobchris64 .

 

A survivor! 1947 Republic Seabee amphibian, serial number 1026, registration N6738K - still current; last registered with the FAA in 2011.
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1553902

 

What in the HELL is perched up on those rocks above the car?

 

I'm guessing a very upset Cougar, seems his mouth is open and not especially happy?

just sayin'

brasscarguy

 

Eddie Murphy's father

 

I have seen photos of Rollie Free with his prone riding position, but I had never seen this one.

 

Phil Freudiger VW land speed racer at Bonneville in 1959. This SS36 Beetle's top speed was 67.56 miles per hour. Stock 36 horse VW engine.