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Carpenter’s Sandwich drive in restaurant located at 6285 West Sunset Boulevard and Vine Street in Los Angeles, CA, certainly was a popular place back in time. The attention-getting-octagonal-shaped wood frame building is topped by a neon sign, with four levels of conventional signage below it. The ground level walls and counter are decorated with ceramic…
1932 was one of the toughest years of the Great Depression. New automobile sales had slowed to a mere trickle of the yearly sales figures established in the late-1920s. At the same time, a glut of leftover used cars from the same period threatened the sale of new models. At the same time, there was…
It seems to be common for used car dealer’s to have some type of a promotion or “special deal” going on as a way to get you on the lot and try to sell you a car. The Auto Mart, sited at an unknown location in the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, apparently was not…
Today’s feature image is a partial view of one of the 1939 New York World’s Fair parking lots in the Willits Point section of the Corona neighborhood of Queens, a borough of New York City. The “Long Island Daily Press” picture dates to November 18, 1947, the day that the parking lot reopened. The expandable…
General Motors introduced one of the most important innovations in closed car passenger comfort, its new “No Draft I.C.V Ventilation” window system to car buyers in 1933. GM’s unique new vent window system led the way by offering this new individualized comfort to all passengers who rode in its Fischer-bodied cars. Alfred J. Fischer was…
Editors Note: Our network of computers was hacked over the weekend and finally late last night we were able to cobble enough wires together to put this feature together. The Old Motor Motor will not be running on all of its cylinders this week; the posts will be brief and after Friday’s feature is posted…
Updated below: Even though the lead image contains only a rear view of a 1930s sedan we decided to use it today because it is an exceptional photo. Tell us the make, model and the year of the automobile along with the story behind the CCC license plates. In this series, we ask our readers…
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