VINTAGE SHOTS FROM DAYS GONE BY! (Part 2)

Ann Arbor MI 1956 ~

 

I was searching out Lagonda Rapier on this site as my dad owns one.
I came across this photo a few months back.
Vintage shots from days gone by!
After a bit of searching on Google I came across the photo at the National Library of NZ and bought a hi-res copy of it.
We are %99.9 certain that this is my dads car because of the UK number plate under the NZ plate and the body is identical to a photo we have of the car from the late 60's early 70's.
Now the car looks like this due to it having been in an accident in its past life and has recently had its latest restoration finished.

 

Hillbilly condos?

 

And once again, thanks for making me feel even older with that post...

 

Check out those horns. That would put Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass to shame!

 

1964 Times Grand Prix - Riverside. Allen Grant (81) drives a Chevrolet powered Cheetah GT as Bruce McLaren follows close behind in his McLaren Elva Mk1.

 

Two of the Granatelli brothers sit by their STP-turbine car. Exposed is the Pratt and Whitney turbine.


1965 - Bonneville Land Speed Record Attempts. The Kriedler 50cc motorcycle entries were shipped from Stuttgart, Germany to participate in the event at Bonneville.



1965 Bonneville National Speed Trials. Bob Herda's 999 streamliner is powered with a single Chrysler engine.



Pikes Peak

 

3rd Annual Hot Rod Championship Drag Races Yellow Fang

 

For Squirrel

 

Gypsy wedding 1953 The meeting was also the occasion for a wedding in the old gypsy tradition, though with a modern touch.

 

How may of you used Harly wax ? I did.

 

Way back in 196? my brother picked up some "Chicken Delight" take out.
Everything was fine except for the used Bandaid in the coleslaw.

 

My dad always talked about reaching through the steering wheel when shifting.

 

That Nash either got/getting rear ended or it's being pushed through the intersection.

 

Vernon, BC