Artist Robert Williams behind the wheel of his wife’s ‘34 sedan, I wonder if that is Suzanne in his Roadster?
1949 Philadelphia & National Antique Auto Show program June 11-18 1949 Come see more like this and other things at https://misforgotten2.tumblr.com/
1954 Buick Wildcat II show car was the pace car at the 11-lap 1955 Seneca Cup Race at Watkins Glen. Winners then advanced to the premier event, the 'International Sports Car Grand Prix' of Watkins Glen in southern New York state.
Asymmetrical: The 1960 Plymouth XNR was a one-off concept car. Designed by Virgil Exner, the red sports roadster was based on the Plymouth Valiant chassis and was developed to show off Chrysler Corporation's new overhead-valve Slant Six engine.
Backyard Geniuses: Dave Burge observed, "For my money, the coolest 1950s small block Chevy-powered Ford hot rod was Duffy Livingstone's 'Eliminator', a Model T roadster with a beefed-up Chevy 283 that regularly smoked brand new Ferraris on road courses." "That's the spirit of hot rodding distilled: one guy with a garage, ingenuity, ambition, and a pile of junk parts beating the pants off some rich boy's store-bought Spaghetti GTO."
These days, when you see this made-in-Japan, lithographed tin beauty, made by Yonezawa Toys, it will sell for $1,500-$2,500, depending on condition. Yonezawa Toys was one of Japan's largest and most prodigious post-war toy manufacturers The firm also made Diapet scale diecast models. (posted 10/26/16,
When Rock Was Young: Bill Haley and his Comets rocked the house during a performance at the Sports Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania on April 20, 1956: Hershey
Born in 1908, Earl Scheib never went to college. Instead, he got a job as a gas station attendant changing oil and tires for General Petroleum Co. in the late 1920s. Not long after, he went into business with his own gas station on the corner of Whitworth and Fairfax in Los Angeles. His neighbors soon began asking if he knew anyone who could paint their cars. So, each night, after closing time, Earl would paint cars in the station's lube garage.
When first introduced in 1935, people lined up at rail crossings just to see the new Milwaukee Road's Hiawatha streamlined train fly by.
Whenever I think of Pep Boys, I recall its old house brands - Cornell Tires, Cadet batteries, Pure-as-Gold motor oil, Varsity auto accessories and Dur-Alloy mufflers. Pep Boys started in Philadelphia in August 1921 when some Navy buddies chipped in $200 apiece to open a single auto parts store. They dubbed it Pep Auto Supply Company after noticing a shipment of Pep Valve grinding compound on the shelves. By the way, Manny, Moe and Jack were real-life people - the founders of Pep Boys
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