Vintage shots from days gone by!

I think it would be fun to car-pool with James Garner!

Car-pool. There, I said it! You all know you wanted to but you didn't have the brass!

 

2 of these bread trucks are the main body of the abandoned hippie bus with the hudson turret and desoto grills for tail fins shown in a much earlier post.

 

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Whipple Chevrolet - year and location unkown

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1951 Detroit area

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I'm guessing early 40s?

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1957 Frankfort KY

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1958 Shively KY

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1946 unknown location

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1959 pinball arcade

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Now THATS funny!! Had a great laugh with this one.

 

My cousins had a restored one in the 80's when we were kids.

 

Not sexist, look at the style and pattern!

 

Hillman

 

Buster Keaton ? I thought that was Neil Peart ?

 

People who drive glass trucks shouldn't.......theoldmotor.com

 

Grow flowers?

thanks,
Douglas Johnson
"Skrach"
www.VividlyVintage.com

 

Why cant billboards have that beautiful art deco look still. So wonderful. It would be nice to have that add too. Probably worth a pretty penny if its still around. Chances are it isnt.. but what a piece of art.. both the hand painted ad and the billboard frame

thanks,
Douglas Johnson
"Skrach"
www.VividlyVintage.com

 

Must be Billy Jack's mom!

 

Just got to the (current) end of this thread after about 6 months, what a trip back in time..

A big THANK YOU to everyone who's posted...

 

From Toronto

 

here's a current picture from Google Map. The Gas station building still exists.