imatt88 Posted December 1, 2010 (edited) Hey all, I was out and about in my travels for work Monday, and look what I ran across in a customers yard. These came off of my phone A late 50's Ford..Fairlane, maybe? 1960 Cadillac And he was nice enough to let me look in his garage as we share an interest in old cars Unfortunately, all I had was my camera phone, and it was dark in there.. A 1950 Ford, chopped, and a 1969 Road Runner. The Road Runner had a 4 speed tranny with a pistol grip shifter, and it said "440" on the hood. Oh yeah BABY!! I drooled the whole time I was in there... Anyway, I thought I'd share Cheers, Ian Edited December 1, 2010 by imatt88 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
montelsc Posted December 2, 2010 Hey all, I was out and about in my travels for work Monday, and look what I ran across in a customers yard. These came off of my phone A late 50's Ford..Fairlane, maybe? 1960 Cadillac And he was nice enough to let me look in his garage as we share an interest in old cars Unfortunately, all I had was my camera phone, and it was dark in there.. A 1950 Ford, chopped, and a 1969 Road Runner. The Road Runner had a 4 speed tranny with a pistol grip shifter, and it said "440" on the hood. Oh yeah BABY!! I drooled the whole time I was in there... Anyway, I thought I'd share Cheers, Ian cool pics ian really nice Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casey Posted February 23 (edited) Edited February 23 by Casey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
espo Posted February 23 The last picture makes me sad to see. The '56 Chevrolet 210 has the same two tone paint that my family's car had in '56. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casey Posted February 23 25 minutes ago, espo said: The last picture makes me sad to see. Yeah, many of these pictures were taken by the Resetttlement Dept.(?), and most before and around the Great Depression, so many people deep in poverty are pictured, but I thought this particular image was worth sharing. The Model A caught my eye, and the overall composition (not to mention the photographer's timing) are obvious. 29 minutes ago, espo said: The '56 Chevrolet 210 has the same two tone paint that my family's car had in '56. I try to share some which have a scale counterpart, and with Revell's '56 Del Ray easily available again, this one worked. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
espo Posted February 23 3 minutes ago, Casey said: Yeah, many of these pictures were taken by the Resetttlement Dept.(?), and most before and around the Great Depression, so many people deep in poverty are pictured, but I thought this particular image was worth sharing. The Model A caught my eye, and the overall composition (not to mention the photographer's timing) are obvious. I try to share some which have a scale counterpart, and with Revell's '56 Del Ray easily available again, this one worked. Got to wonder how the wood spokes got broken on the one car sitting in the snow. Could have been spinning the tires in the snow and they suddenly got traction maybe ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casey Posted February 26 On 2/23/2021 at 10:09 AM, espo said: Got to wonder how the wood spokes got broken on the one car sitting in the snow. Could have been spinning the tires in the snow and they suddenly got traction maybe ? The car appears to be up on the sidewalk, so perhaps a slide from the street, with the curb (if there was one) taking out a few spokes. Looking at the tread on both the broken wheel/tire and the spare, I'd guess sudden traction of any sort is not a consideration. 😲 Maybe tire treads weren't a thing back then? Mr. Chevrolet: This car carries two spares?: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
misterNNL Posted Friday at 09:02 PM I am always impressed by the crisp,clear quality of the professional black and white photos taken approximately 90 years ago. The depth of field focus is incredible. Thanks to everyone for them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casey Posted Friday at 10:43 PM 1 hour ago, misterNNL said: I am always impressed by the crisp,clear quality of the professional black and white photos taken approximately 90 years ago. The depth of field focus is incredible. Thanks to everyone for them. Most of these, especially the D.C area images (which seems to comprise 60%+ of the images at shorpy.com) were taken by professional photographers and scanned from plate glass negatives, which seems to be a big reason for the clarity, etc. It really is amazing how many details you can see. Kodachrome images, a bit less so, but there's something in every images if you look long and hard enough. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
misterNNL Posted Saturday at 12:15 AM In the one Street photo shown above three of the cars parked at the curb have two license plates on the rear. I didn't notice that until I enlarged the image on the screen of my Kindle tablet. You can even read the signs in the window of the book store. A fascinating look at a snippet of time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casey Posted Sunday at 03:42 AM A Haynes car, and finally, tread on some tires: When a trunk was, literally, a trunk: "Circa 1916. "Hackett Motor Car Co., Jackson, Michigan." Part of the Hackett assembly plant." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casey Posted 8 hours ago (edited) Here's one for the Trekkies. Good CA blue plate to use when building the AMT '64 Galaxie, too. Gregg would approve. 🙃 "December 29, 1964: STAR TREK’s original eleven-foot Enterprise parked outside Volmer Jensen’s Production Models Shop in Burbank, California" Edited 8 hours ago by Casey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
