Exactly HOW does grease and oil improve the way a car starts? Uh huh.., an example of nonsense advertising one product vs the competition when all of it is identical (gas, oil, filters, etc)

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10161807431002343&set=gm.1414704103690209&idorvanity=169550661538899

coffee and donuts video tour of Dennis Varni's museum/shop and garages (Thank you Larry!)

intriguing parking lot, the Citroën showroom, Marbeuf in Paris, built in 1929, 5 levels high, demolished in 1952 (thank you Robert M!)

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/512/

Electric kids car

https://thezerocar.wordpress.com/2013/07/29/the-citroen-conservatoire-diaries-the-oddities/

If you wonder just what was all the hub bub was about, well, Paris in the 1920s was having a grand time, and Citroen even had a 1/4 million light bulbs installed on the Eiffel tower for advertising in 1925

But, due to the stock market collapse, and a LOT of competition from other French car makers, in 1934 Citroën went bankrupt. 

Not just because of the financial crisis but also because of Citroën’s rivalry with Renault and the lengthy and costly development of the Traction Avant that had crippled the company and arguably also its boss. Fortunately, Michelin stepped in and saved the company.

https://www.hagerty.co.uk/articles/automotive-history/freeze-frame-citroen-illuminates-the-city-of-light/

https://laventure-association.com/en/live-adventure-citroen/the-citroen-story/illumination-of-the-eiffel-tower-with-the-brand-name/

https://www.vintag.es/2023/09/marbeuf.html#google_vignette

Jake Erlich from Colorado, born to Polish immigrants and was 8' 6 1/2"

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/512/

Similar to the Harley Servicar, this motorcyclist was returning from delivering a car that he drove, and has this towed behind it, (with the outrigger wheels in the lowered position) until delivery was made, and he rode this motorcycle back to the dealership of service station

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/510/

Dr Pizza

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=9385735848190275&set=g.392177154465434

Western Electric had it's own fire department

https://chicagoareafire.com/blog/2012/10/western-electric-fire-department-in-cicero-il/

1942 Kalamazoo Coach Co. built on a Ford chassis, originally constructed as a Mobile Hospital Unit to allow doctors to operate on patients during major alarm calls, re-purposed as a communications unit.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10221991289251139&set=g.1434456940102314

WCAU-TV's Field Remote Van, a standard RCA TJ-50A Mobile Unit equipped with three camera chains, a master monitor, relay equipment and accessories.

https://broadcastpioneers.com/mobile.html

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=29567294206217310&set=g.1434456940102314

1921 and 22 advertising silent movies on an odd eye catching car on the Market Street crossing of the Schuylkill River, near 30th Street Station. The 1921 silent film The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, starring Rudolph Valentino.

another photo of this exists, from a newspaper, but only on Facebook pages, and after wasting an hour to try to dig it out of several pages, I'm giving up, and posting this thumbnail of the much larger image

https://www

.etsy.com/listing/570073755/handsome-large-print-silent-movie-era

1948 Spartan Trailer broadcast rig

https://www.ebay.com/itm/273922502158
https://www.etsy.com/listing/570073755/handsome-large-print-silent-movie-era

horse-drawn streetcars at the Ridge Avenue depot in Philly

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1620299824697684&set=gm.2014189662129036

I wish there was a website, or facebook page for summer camps, or similar scouting, hunting, and vacation places that had woodies, and advertised on the doors with hand painted lettering

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/1933-isotta-fraschini-tipo-8a-takes-best-of-show-at-2019-keeneland-concours-delegance/

to see the ones I've found and posted, see https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/summer%20camp

John Wayne and Claudette Colbert in "Without Reservations" 1946, with a 1933 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A that was a Hollywood rental

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=609655510531079&set=a.285793942917239

was reportedly driven by James Dean in Giant, released in 1956. It may have also appeared in 1941’s The Wolf Man, 1942’s Invisible Agent, 1946’s Without Reservations, and 1951’s Mr. Imperium

It graced the greens at Pebble Beach in 2017, took the Best in Show European award at the Atlanta Concours d’Elegance last October, and earned the Governor’s Cup (Best of Show) at the 2019 The Elegance at Hershey.

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/1933-isotta-fraschini-tipo-8a-takes-best-of-show-at-2019-keeneland-concours-delegance/

compliment of the day! Thank you Richard!

Love your posts, you are absolutely the best, I hope to meet you one day.

Your blog is a reflection on who you are and you are the salt of the earth and the best on the planet.

Keep it up, and thank you!

4x class winner in the Baja 1000, Team Canada Racing

thank you Richard C for kachinging my tip jar!

 

an L29 with Wood Lites and the hood lovers open on top

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/505/

Amelia Earhart christening an Essex Terraplane on stage... first new to me Amelia Earhart photo I've come across in years

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/507/

I don't think I've posted an original boat delivery trailer before

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/504/

working on this sound truck must have been one incredible job

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

Follow up to August's post about Pete and Pickles, the movie Hitpig! is now on Amazon

The post from August, for the background info: https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2025/08/yes-that-is-pig-on-elephant-riding.html

coffee and donuts video... this might be the coolest thing you see all day (but watch it at 2x speed setting)

an engine pod of the Graf Zeppelin

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/504/

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

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/631/

Salsbury Motor Glide de Luxe scooter Thanks Kim!

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/630

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

Steve looked these up way back in 2012, https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/09/1913-wagenhals-electric.html

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

interesting farming equipment, by the Badger Body MFG Co

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/624/

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

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/616/

Fancy hubcaps!

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

a radio station mobile broadcast truck!

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/613/

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

http://www.theradiohistorian.org/remote/vehicles.html

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