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To be offered for sale on The Old Motor in the near future, School Teacher Miss Augusta West’s documented two-owner 34k mile unrestored early 1929 Model “A” Ford she purchased new. Good original plating, top, upholstery, and rumble seat cushions, pre-WWII repaint that appears as original. A rare opportunity for someone who values originality and…
With the US elections coming up in just a little over a week (political comments will not be allowed,) Washington, DC, has been the center of attention all year long. Just recently, this uncirculated photo of parking on the drive at the base of the Capitol’s East Front steps surfaced, which shows that it looks…
Today’s lead image and the enlargeable versions below were taken during set-up for the 1959 General Motors Motorama in Vancouver, BC. The show ran between March 6th to the 14th at the Pacific Showmart building. What is interesting to see is the complete GM product line was on display, including Frigidaire refrigerators and stoves. The…
Today marks the first appearance here of a Burger King restaurant and a small 1970s GM economy car rusting away on a Bicentennial year at a state located in the “Rust Belt.” It appears it was a pleasant spring day, and the local gearheads were hanging out at the fast-food burger joint and no doubt…
Updated: Thanks to contributor Alan Ballard we have posted a photo at the bottom of the post taken in NYC in the late 194os when the 1907 Thomas New York to Paris race winning car was on display at an auto show in unrestored condition. At the time it was owned by Austin Clark and…
Love Field is located six-miles northwest of Dallas, TX, and its roots reach all the way back to 1917 when it was first used for training pilots who flew aircraft in WWI. In 1927 the City of Dallas purchased the facility for civilian use, and in the early-1930s commercial aviation began at the facility. Following…
Peter Bentley and his mother Antoinette Bentley resided in the beautiful “Nichol House” located at 1402 McRae Avenue in the Shaughnessy neighborhood of Vancouver, BC, Canada. Leopold “Poldi” Bentley Antoinette’s husband and Peters father founded Pacific Veneer and other forest product ventures with his brother-in-law after fleeing Vienna, Austria in 1938 after losing the family’s…
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