History GRAPHIC DESIGN WHEN RACING WAS DANGEROUS AND SEX WAS SAFE!

Great typograhie on the barn - discovered by @HOTRODPRIMER in "Vintage shots from days gone by!"

 

First off, it's gotta have a car, the right kinda car...

 

In 1958 my dad, brother ,and I drove by that building in a '53 Ford pickup on a trip from Happy, Texas to Crystal Lake, Illinois to pick up a grain dryer for the grain elevator where my dad worked. We went to Meramec Caverns. Thanks for posting that.

 

Come on guys, it's not a mystery:
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/the-h-a-m-b-rules-guidelines.44274/

joemac05 summed it up.

 

Could someone photo shop that into a pickup? Could someone please build that pickup? Bob

 

LMAO If you are gonna say it - say it proud I guess.
Ah wondered what happened to my post.

"Your post in the thread GRAPHIC DESIGN WHEN RACING WAS DANGEROUS AND SEX WAS SAFE! was deleted. Reason: 0ff topic
7:04 PM"

 

1965 Plymouth Fury styling concept- by John Samsen.

 

Hot Pulp Rod Fiction

 

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Interesting piece of history. To say that it was a bad day for Rex Mays is an extreme understatement.

 

That's some pretty ordinary graphic design. Old ads is about the best I could describe them as.

 

Here ya go Bob...
This is one beautiful rendering this artist did...



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Henry George Felsen >>>
Books and their cover:

 

Has anyone read them in the past?

 

I wouldn't have spent the money on them. Those & others were in the high school library when I attended.

In grade school, I can remember a couple of books (novels) about racing pre-war. One comes to mind about a guy that had built a rig with a two-speed rear & zephyr gears.

Frankly, most were not "best seller quality" as far as writing style.

 

Just pulp fiction ...

 

yup!

 

Personally, I have better things to do than be deliberately disrespectful. I work hard to understand and "play by the rules". The folks who post to the picture threads are great peeps in my book, and I enjoy their resourcefulness. But I continue to be bewildered by this site's lack of consistency - or maybe it depends on who the member is.

The post of mine that was just deleted, was of the Minneapolis Moline UDLX. It has everything "street rod" going for it; small tires in front - big in back, road worthy, full fendered, full dash & speedo, license plate bracket, even a v-bumper reminiscent of a certain Ford.

I also made sure the images and the brochure were "period correct". That is, the images were pre-65.

The brochure certainly had everything car worthy going for it too: A pretty gal (coveralls, top hat & cane), and great interior images featuring the Ross steering wheel with horn & speedo.

In fact, that particular model was considered so "rod-worthy", it was featured not just on Hemmings, but Jalopnik - and wait for it - there was a thread for it right here on the HAMB back in 2006.

https://www.hemmings.com/magazine/h...apolis-Moline-UDLX-Comfortractor/1280675.html

http://jalopnik.com/359170/1938-minneapolis-moline-udlx-the-gentlemans-tractor

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/minneapolis-moline-udlx-comfortractor.101595/

In short, having looked in on the HAMB off & on since its inception, I certainly thought it was as on-topic as could be.

Hope you guys work it out - racing season is full-bore & look forward to fall & winter picture threads.