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Today we travel to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania for a view down a line of automobiles on Forbes Avenue in the Oakland neighborhood which is located on the eastern side of the City. At the head of the line of vehicles in the left-hand lane is a 1936 Ford “Tudor” sedan followed by the oldest car in the…
The Charlotte Coliseum is located at 2700 East Independence Blvd. in Charlotte, NC. In 1955 when it officially opened the structure was covered by the largest unsupported steel dome in the world. Up until when later renovations were undertaken the Coliseum could accommodate anywhere between ten-to-fourteen thousand visitor seats. The building has survived and has been re-named…
Today’s lead image dated to November 6, 1934, by the source, shows either a 1934 or ’35 Chevrolet “Knee-Action” promotional car equipped with it parked in front of the St. Louis Monument located in Forest Park at St. Louis, Missouri. This form of independent front suspension was developed by Andre DuBonnet, and Chevrolet’s version of it…
Today’s lead image apparently taken in a family’s yard in Florida during the 1960s is a study in contrasts. On the right-hand side of the photo is a full-sized Pontiac hardtop and behind it, a large-sized power boat, and on the left-hand side is a Volkswagen which in comparison looks like a dwarf. Share with us…
Radio station mobile units or promotional cars and vans are usually covered in lettering and two-tone or bright color combinations to make them more eye-catching to the general public. The three distinctive examples shown here certainly do gain attention and date from the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s. The lead image contains two female models wearing “Blue Bonnets”…
In the 1950s stock car racing found its way from the United States to England where it quickly became a very popular spectator sport. Soon a number of quarter-mile oval tracks were built around the UK. You will find the feature, an early-1960s film on video “Look at Life – Smashing Trough,” interesting, informative, and…
Today’s lead image is dated by the source to September of 1951 and contains a view of the “Hays Cross Roads” near Pittsburgh, PA. Perhaps the most interesting automobile in this scene is the 1936 Ford roadster on the far-right hand side of the lead photo and visible in the enlargeable photo (below). From outward appearances,…
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