Vintage shots from days gone by!

Just quit your pissing and moaning about the pictures being repeated. Be thankful that someone has taken the time and effort to put them here so we can enjoy them.

 

1954 Cadillac LaEspada








1956 Pontiac Club de Mer
The Club de Mer, a low, two-passenger sports car with an anodized brushed aluminum body, is Pontiac's experimental 'dream car' of 1956. Equipped with a 300-horsepower Pontiac Strato-Streak V8 engine, the Club de Mer stands only 38.4 inches to the top of the windshield and is 180.06 inches long. Built on a 104-inch wheelbase, the car is 69.7 inches wide and has a tread of 56 inches front and 54 inches rear. Road clearance is 5 inches.
The exterior body color is cerulean blue, while the interior is fashioned in vermillion red leather. Most striking feature of the Club de Mer is the dorsal fin which flashes up from the rear deck surface. The fin not only adds fleetness to the car's appearance but also functions as a stabilizing influence during operation. Twin bubble windshields, designed to deflect wind upward, protect the passengers.

At the nose of the car is the air intake aperture for engine cooling. This chrome lined opening half engulfs the lower section of the front end. The highway and parking lights are brought together in dual arrangement, one placed directly over the other. The entire lamp unit is so designed that when not in use, it revolves and disappears into the body, leaving a completely smooth front surface. Excessive motor heat is removed through outlet ports located on the sides of the front fenders.

The Club de Mer's synchomesh transmission is mounted behind the passenger compartment and connects with a special type rear suspension. This arrangement allows for greater leg room for driver and passenger.


1957 Olds 88

 

1956 Golden Rocket











1957 Pontiac Seacrest Green

 

My dad bought a new '56 B/A ,H/T same colors as this one, only his was an automatic.
What is the little red light under the dash for? Don't remember ever seeing one before.

 

That's not a cast iron powerglide it's a dual range Hydro. See the Hydromatic badge on it

 

Yep. I saw the Oldsmobile sign, but knew it was not an Oldsmobile.

 

Probably an indicator light that shows when the parking brake is engaged.

 

You know how sometimes your brain reads a word and until you read it properly you realise your first go at it was wrong?
When I saw this I thought it said "Groansville" and I thought that was what the wooden structure was thinking, you know, like groansville, Man.

It is just me, isn't it.

Mart.

 

Wife's 55 has the ebrake light as well and a power seat

 

I love the seat. Probably would not be either NHRA or SFI legal today...