Vintage shots from days gone by!

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_auto_racing_colors

 

Looks like a "Red headed,doublebreasted,bedthrasher" to me...jmho...

 

You may be correct. Pretty hard to find a picture of the rear of a '31 without the accessory trunk although I'm sure we all like the accessory trunk in the original picture.

 

On further research, I don't think it's any earlier then 1933. Note the similar rear window and curve in the back of the body on this 1933 Cad V-16.

 

Vintage photographs.

 

1932 Cadillac. The plate says 1950.

 

Quick question: How does a person post a photo on here "full size" as opposed to the "thumbnails" I keep posting? I don't see anywhere you can designate to be full size.

 

What identifies it as a '32?

 

It certainly could be. But all the pictures I can find of the 31 and 32 have sort of a broken line before that rear slope starts. The '33 shown above looks more like the picture without the broken line. Given that, I am leaning toward the '33. I could be wrong.

 

Mostly bumper and body lines to me. Also the rear window frame shape. I suppose it could be a 1931 or a 1932. The '33 bumpers are different.

 

Not only is it a 56 Crown Victoria, but to me it looks like a Glasstop, or Skyliner. Very rare, only about 600 were ever made in 1956. I once owned a 55 Glasstop, hotter than hades riding in it in the summer.

 

Ford built 13,344 "Skyliners" for 1954, and 1999 Crown Victorias "with transparent roof" for 1955, then a mere 603 Crown Victoria "Skyliners" for 1956 (the quotes being official Ford jargon during those years).

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/1955-1956-ford-fairlane-crown-victoria2.htm

 

Looks like a recently built rat rod to me instead of a vintage shot.

 

The Durant was made in NYC and the company was insolvent by 1931. You are thinking of the "Kline Kar." It was made in Richmond from 1912-1923 and a restored example is on display at the Virginia Historical Society. The original factory is across the Boulevard from that cinema. The cinema was a huge storage warehouse. Wiki says the cars were entered in races. Maybe (?) that's why there used to be a race track behind the plant in Scott's Addition.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kline_Kar

 

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THANKS, John T., for your tech expertise, and thanks, Eddie, for
finding the photo! I just think it's a CLASSIC for "Dog's" thread!
Now, if we just knew the year and place it was taken.

 

Not a vintage picture, from here.

 

Thanks for the heads-up, I was close, sort of just mis-informed............

 

looks "vintage" enough to me but now that I look at the dogs it does not look so "vintage" after all.

 

Really ?Strange because It was on the last page so then I quoted it..then it was gone ..weird Either way

 

Circa 1940 Seagrave fire truck of the Santa Ana Fire Department south of Los Angeles, with top of fire hydrant where the bumper pushed it.

1940 Seagrave Fire Engine vs. Bottle Truck

 

The proud new owners of a 1957 Thunderbird JR pose with their car.
Thelma and Louise the early years?? Or is the passenger a boy?

 

Look closer---Front one is a Ranchero---Behind it is another cars roof line.