Sunday, December 28, 2025

I don't think I've ever seen a camera car that was new, and not banged up from being on set

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/502/

For some really cool ones from when movies were made in Hollywood, see https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/502/

this must have been a Rolls Royce


https://media.invisioncic.com/r277599/monthly_2023_04/IMG_1026.png.62552fa14682224dbeeb4906432c46e9.png

ever see a car that only had a way for the front passengers to get out of the sun and rain? might be a 1909 Renault


https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/632/

I bet this place was full of interesting stuff


interesting scooter


it took 12 years but I finally came across some good photos of the Wagenhals electric postal delivery cart





https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/626/

interesting crane, by the Badger Body MFG Co


Alfred DuPont

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/618/

Leon Baldwin at Old Orchard Beach, 1911. the No.3, is a special 30 hp Stanley steam race car, one of two designed for long-distance events, specifically the Vanderbilt Cup races in 1906. In one of his runs on the beach, Baldwin set a speed record for a mile in 39 seconds, 92.3 mph.

https://www.mainememory.net/record/35460

Fancy hubcaps!

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/615/

a radio station mobile broadcast truck!





I found that there is a guy out there, the Radio Historian, who is collecting photos of radio station remote location cars




Thank you Chuck and Lisa B for the Christmas card and kachinging my tip jar!


cool documentary on Art Himsl (legend, and winner of the 1969 AMBR) and van painting from 1970 to 73! (skip to 3:25 for the vans)





brakemen needed an out of the weather place to hang out, a place more comfortable than a step or ladder rung. Because there was no room in the cab, on the Shevlin-Hixon Lumber Company train tenders, they installed 32 Chevy coupes












https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p1ilti-i4g at minute 26

when the snow is deeper than the snowblower can work with, they double up with a dozer to knock down the walls, is what I'm guessing is going on here

 



torque converter 101

 

men that used to hand paint the billboard signs for Shell in the SoCal area



I've appreciated the hand painted signs for a LONG time, and this is the first time I've been able to share a photo of the guys that did the painting! With a cool work truck! 

Interesting rack over the truck bed, with a large open area behind the cab, in front of the Shell sign



in the junkyard, getting rubber for the WW2 scrap drive, that's my guess

someone was NOT satisfied with the typical acetylene headlights... they went for the huge spotlight on the running board option. I might be mistaken, but it looks like it also has the mother in law side seat

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/609/