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This unique 1925 Cadillac V-8 Model 314 one-hundred and forty-five inch WB show chassis must have been a delight to view in person. It was used for Cadillac’s exclusive “Custom” Body Series automobiles and powered by a 314 CI L-head ninety-degree V-8 engine backed up by a multiple disc clutch, a three-speed transmission and a…
The circa-1932 lead image today containing one of the Goodyear Buick “Air Wheel” cars and a 1932 Chevrolet was taken at Manchester Blvd and Southwest Ave in Maplewood, Missouri, a suburb of St Louis. Goodyear had the Flxible Co. of Loudonville, Ohio, construct two stretched four-door sedan bodies on lengthened 1929 Buick chassis’ to promote…
Today’s featured street scene is a view looking north from the intersection of Western Ave. and 1st street in Los Angeles, CA, circa-1923. The vast majority of the vehicles visible on the Avenue are Fords, Chevrolets, Dodges, and a Buick roadster on the far-right with a spare tire cover dated “1923.” On the right-hand side…
Today’s lead image is an example of the post-war economic expansion, which with a few exceptions, continued from 1946 to the 1973 to ’75 recession. To many, a house in the suburbs and a new car meant that they had attained the American dream. To some owning a Cadillac was a status symbol that represented…
Today we take a look at three service centers that sold tires located in Ann Arbor, MI, in the 1930s and the ’40s. The Firestone Store in the lead image and the expandable version of it (below) is still in business today. The service center was photographed in July of 1946 and is located at…
The date was May 26, 1947, when “Hot Rods” were raced for the first time at the Dakota County Fairgrounds located in Farmington, MN. The racetrack was located about twenty miles south of Saint Paul, the home of the State Capitol. The midget racing craze, which began in Los Angeles, CA, in 1933, also was…
Back in the pre-EPA days, it was fairly common to dump waste engine oil onto the ground. This set of circa 1925 images contain a Yankee Filling Station located on Wells Street next to the Park River in Hartford, CT. Oil drums visible in the lead photo point to were gas station employees dumped used…
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