Sunday, January 11, 2026

when your advertising had to be memorable, I suppose using a calliope was the best choice

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A trio of National race cars built in Des Moines, Iowa in 1932 which used a Briggs & Stratton 1 cyl. type Y motor, used as a attraction in department stores as a give-a -way to bring customers in, and at State fairs. There were 20 built

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Steel bodied with a 4 cycle gas motor that got 60 miles to the gallon, and a top speed of 8 mph. Built by National Sales & Mfg. CO, of D...

the famous aviator Roscoe Turner, with the 3 most famous trophies in aviation, that he earned and gathered together for the 1st time, the Thompson, the Harmon, and the Bendix Trophy

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If why he's famous escapes you, from the rare times I've posted him (not very often he shows up in pop culture, that's for sure...

custom interior of a 1927 Lincoln

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a Ford model K

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there once was a time 100 years ago, when billboards were built to be appealing so we'd look at the advertisement between the pillars

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Large billboard with elaborate carved posts featuring the Durant Star car as viewed on March 29, 1924. https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-...

little did I know that this famous duo led a dual life, and were truckers that helped demolish buildings in their spare time

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a Bugatti mini 2 seater with an aluminum body and 4 cylinder, in 1927/28

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This is a photo by Jacques-Henri Lartigue, of a rally check point in 1927 https://forums.aaca.org/topic/369374-hispano-suiza-and-bugatti-192...

Lincoln K Willoughby phaeton carrying Howard Hughes

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back in the day before VW Bug on the roof of the High School, there was a Bantam on the breezeway

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a racing Stutz Blackhawk... but what is that on the side cowling? The spare tire mount?

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https://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/1948/Watkins_Glen-1948-10-02-032.jpg#google_vignette

this car ought to get shown around in geometry class, 1914 Delauany Belleville 6 cylinder

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back when it wasn't crazy to bring along 4 spare tires.  https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stres...

biggest side curtains I've ever seen

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this little kid helps fix the Snow Machine! (light easy going enjoyment moment)

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I wonder how many news paper companies had cool trophies like this made, and when they stopped doing that... probably the stock market crash of '29

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before the people realized how badly the politicians treated them, the politicians had no reason to fear meeting with people that had pitchforks in hand, and outnumbered the suits

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I wonder when the greed and corruption became so well known that the tide turned from respect of politicians to despise. Probably after poli...

'38 Isotta 8A was intended for his majesty the sultan of Iraq

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Saturday, January 10, 2026

what a great photo

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I wonder how the rich figured out how to get permission for specific times to use their cars on the railroads. Hmm, well, I suppose they met at parties and talked to the railroad owners, or the golf course.

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Glidden made his fortune in the telephone industry before retiring in 1901. He was the millionaire sponsor of the Glidden Reliability Tours ...
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Automobiles, Bought and Sold, and Repaired and Rented! By the Day, Hour, or Week

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way back when horse shoe nails were loose everywhere and repairing a flat happened all the time. The license plate is 1911

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https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/389/ It's great that we normally wear the tread ri...

1931 build sheet check off list for a Cadillac

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it was an electric MU car built for the New York Central

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it's puzzling to me, why all these were forgotten and abandoned. Why weren't they stored at corporate lots, or scrapped for the hundreds of tons of good steel? Or sold (while they were still running) to South American countries?

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https://www.facebook.com/groups/abandonedrails/posts/26068337276106441/

interesting memorial to public service streetcar tracks, Haddonfield, NJ

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These tracks were found when the street was reconstructed. I worked on this project. The town put this in to commemorate the tracks. https:/...

Interesting tour bus in the Smoky Mountains, it's got dual rear axles, and the name under the drivers window "Miss Oconolufty" (likely refers to the Oconaluftee River/area in North Carolina)

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 #47 "Miss Oconolufty" was a 1935 Packard Twelve 17 passenger dual rear axle, and there was also a  #21 "Miss Nantahala"...