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Pole's Beer Mexican Chili Hot Dogs Coca-Cola in Bottles
1950 Chevy convertible sporting Miami rental plates (thanks, anonymous) on another sunny day in postwar Florida.
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Country Picnic
A perfect summer afternoon, with at least one Model T among the touring cars resting up for the journey home.
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Sports Car Racing in Finland c.1954
c.1953 Ferrari 212 by Giovanni Michelotti for Vignale.c.1953 Ferrari 250 MM Berlinetta by Pininfarina.c.1953 Ferrari 250 MM Berlinetta by Pininfarina w/ Vignale 212 up ahead.1953 Ferrari 500 Mondial...
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1920-1 Kissel Gold Bug
1920-1 Kissel Gold Bug Model 6-45 (thanks to R. Hausmann for the ID), jump seat drawers removed for possible rifle stowage, on the hunt for jack rabbits or some such in the Southern California desert.
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Salisbury Motor Scooter Dealer Tempe Arizona
Postwar Salisbury Motor Scooter Dealership @ Tempe Garage, Tempe, Arizona, with Baker's Body Shop scooter alongside '39 Chrysler in background and Salisbury poster in shop window.
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Raymond Jones 1947 Studebaker Convertible
Raymond Jones Studebaker 1950. Although signs, posts and pennants reflecting off the car's exotic bulges and curves create funhouse mirror effects, it almost looks like filets of Jag XK120 over the...
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Training Wheels
1941 Steelcraft or postwar Murray Navy Patrol, pressed steel, rubber tires, 45' long, 34' wingspan. 1946-7 Olds 98 Coupe?Polaroid 47.c.1930 American National Oakland.1941 Cadillac1948-50 Pontiac Model...
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Backyard Special
Mystery roadster w/ early 30s Chrysler grille modified to match Woodlites, somewhere in California. Photos were found more than ten years apart.Rocket car used by Wilford E. Danelz (1909-1999) of...
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1950 Olds 88 Troy Special
Kustomrama has the story on this postwar Olds 88 sports roadster built by Springfield, Illinois garage owner Wally Troy for the 3rd Annual Indianapolis Custom Auto Show held at the state fairgrounds on...
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The Week In Pictures
Woodward Sand Co. soap box derby car w/ '51 Ford F1 pickup sponsor vehicle.'39 Plymouth convertible.Somebody's bad experience with a '54 Hudson Hornet, despite the factory wires.Old soldier 1928-9...
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GM Art & Colour 1927-67
1927 LaSalleWhen Harley Earl's father sold the Earl Automobile Works to Hollywood Cadillac distributor Don Lee in 1919, Lee put Harley in charge of custom body design and sales. In no time he was...
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Wild Youth - Stockers, Hot Rods, Jalopies, Bikes, Customs
1951 StudebakerModel A Ford1941 Ford1971 Ford Torino GT1936 OldsmobileCirca 1948 Mustang1938 Oldsmobile 6David Greenlees at The Old Motor has the scoop on this Auto Red Bug buckboard, likely a Smith...
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1931-3 Auburn Speedster On Muroc Dry Lake & Route 66
Muroc Dry Lake 2/38 93 mph Muroc Dry Lake California 4/7/40
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The Week In Pictures 2
Driver Babe Stapp & riding mechanic Johnny Apple in Pirrung Special Shaw-Offy w/ Chevy Suburban in background, 1936 Indianapolis 500.1957 Fiat 600 Multipla with skis on the roof and freshly made...
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Thunderbowl Comet Again
Subject of my very first post, this formidable machine was identified by Dan Strohl of Hemmings Daily as the Golden Eagle aka Thunderbowl Comet. Although the car's story varies from one teller to the...
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New York City Auto Shows 1952-56
Madison Square Garden, Eighth Avenue between 49th and 50th in Manhattan. Photos dated in pencil, this one 3/53. Kit Foster supplied official name and venue details for NYC auto shows of this era here,...
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Vignale, Touring & Stabilimenti Farina Street Show Again
Taken in Rome and Vienna by an American stationed in Europe after the war.1947 Cisitalia 202 Mille Miglia Aerodinamica Coupé, designed by Giovanni Savonuzzi and built by Stabilimenti Farina. Or maybe...
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Paris Salon de L'Automobile 1948 / 1955
October 1948. Citroën 2CV, the French Model T, prepares for its public debut, with Kaiser-Frazer sign about to be hoisted in background. I test drove one of these in the early seventies, from a sleepy...
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Beater
Consider the life cycles of non-living things. Every drop of rain that falls onto a slope washes away another bit of mountain, just as a clock is already ticking when auto assembly line workers tighten...
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Imports In The Land Of Giants
Wealthy Americans indulged in foreign cars from the earliest days of the Automobile Age; an imposing Rolls or Renault for the East Coast industrialist; a parade of extravagant Mercedes, Hispano Suiza...
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