Vintage shots from days gone by!

swi66, is that your Mom? she looks like a very nice woman.
when i was a kid my family had a manger like that one. we lost it
in 1980, we had a fire in our house a week before Christmas.
Lucky no one was hert.

 

The guy in the back looks like he is maybe looking at the instructions for putting something together? He has that 'huh!' look on his face and he's scratching his head.

 

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My Uncle Pete sent me that same helicopter set for Xmas -- lo those many years gone by -- and I had so much fun with it! U. Pete always had the best judgment on toys -- what a terrific guy he was -- greatly missed, but never forgotten.....

Thanks so much for posting that!

 

1940.....

 

Vintage traffic jam

 

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http://www.carofthecentury.com/gm's_first_modern_era_sports_cars.htm

 

http://www.shorey.net/Auto/American/Chrysler/1966 Chrysler 300X Concept Car Rr Qtr BW.jpg

 

http://www.shorey.net/Auto/American/Chrysler/196x Chrysler Concept Car Rr Qtr.jpg

 

evil kenvil in SF

 

ironic

 

http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/a/amblewagon/amblewagon.htm

and (a few years later, the same company).........

"Dodge & Plymouth A/FX Racecar (1965)
Drag Racing fans may also be familiar with the Automotive Conversion Corp. as well. In 1965 they modified twelve 2-door sedans into special light-weight drag racers for the Chrysler Corp. They were built to compete in a special NHRA Factory Experimental (A/FX) class that debuted in 1965. 12 factory A/FX Hemi-powered Chrysler racecars were built; 6 Dodge Coronets and 6 Plymouth Belvederes.
The bare bodies were acid dipped, reducing total body weight by 200 lbs. then shipped to the ACC plant, which by now had moved to Troy, Michigan. Once at ACC, the vehicles front wheels were moved 10" forward by installing a new lower sub-frame assembly and fabricating new inner and outer front fenders.
The rear axle was relocated forward by 15" necessitating sectioning the floorpan and fabricating new rear wheel tubs. The wheel openings were cut-out (sectioned) and moved forward 15" as well with the resulting hole patched with new sheet metal. A roll cage was installed and both stock doors were replaced by fiberglass replicas with Plexiglas windows. A fiberglass hood with integral air scoop plus a fiberglass trunk lid were fitted in place of the steel originals. Fiberglass replicas were also fabricated for the front bumper and the dashboard.
The 500hp hemi engine and drivetrain was taken from existing A990 F/X factory racers and the resulting racer weighed only 2800 lbs. and turned 140-mph quarter-mile times in the high 9s. ......................... ".

 

http://www.autoalmanach.ch/picts/album/alfa-romeo-6c-2500-de-1952(italy)-0021-133.jpg

http://www.autoalmanach.ch/album/marques/marque-liste.php?shortBy=1&parPage=20&action=csess

 

http://www.autoalmanach.ch/album/marques/marque-liste.php?shortBy=1&parPage=20&action=csess

 

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