Here are some old photos that I would imagine were taken back in the 1940's when these cars were in everyday use, Just wanted to share. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do collecting them when they arrive in the mail
Neat old photos.......Thanks
Nice pictures Bob, Thanks, Chet...
Thanks for sharing them!
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here are some old photos that I just got in the mail Friday that I thought I would share
Nice idea Bob, well done, I have a few photos of my PD, first is thought to be of the original owners, the Grand Parents of the gentleman who sold it to the guy that found it in1970 The second is as found in 1970, it then changed hands a couple of times one of which JB has on record which was useful to confirm the serial#. Next we go to 2002 just before being shipped to the UK ( forgot to mention that the previous history relates to South Africa), we know it was a Detroit build and not a Windsor KD The last is when it arrived in my empty workshop in January 2012. I do have more old Photos which I will add in time.
Quote from: twpoulter on July 02, 2017, 07:18:42 PM
Nice idea Bob, well done, I have a few photos of my PD, first is thought to be of the original owners, the Grand Parents of the gentleman who sold it to the guy that found it in1970 The second is as found in 1970, it then changed hands a couple of times one of which JB has on record which was useful to confirm the serial#. Next we go to 2002 just before being shipped to the UK ( forgot to mention that the previous history relates to South Africa), we know it was a Detroit build and not a Windsor KD The last is when it arrived in my empty workshop in January 2012. I do have more old Photos which I will add in time.
Looks like it got some '34 (or maybe '35) steel "artillery style" wheels pretty early on. I wonder if they kept the original wire wheels and that is what you have now or if someone acquired them later to put the car back closer to stock.
Quote from: TodFitch on July 02, 2017, 09:33:25 PM
Looks like it got some '34 (or maybe '35) steel "artillery style" wheels pretty early on. I wonder if they kept the original wire wheels and that is what you have now or if someone acquired them later to put the car back closer to stock.
Hi Tod according to my build card it left the factory with 6 wire wheels but all the early photos show the later artillery's without the water trap around hubcap fitment. The last couple of photos show the wire wheels which are on it now, have added another photo of when Ralph Barnes of THE VETERAN CAR CLUB OF SOUTH AFRICA collected it with his Pontiac that he still has. The wheels were changed back to year correct between 1970/2001, to my knowledge the car has not been roadworthy since pre 1970 when the gearbox lost a tooth.
Here is a photo of a 1950 Special DeLuxe doing what it was designed to do,
from about 1955. The car belonged to my cousin's family.
Thanks Bill, I just love the old photos, here is one of me standing by my Dad's 1951 Ford and My Uncle Don's 1950 Plymouth at my grandparents from with my younger brother and Anne, our dog at the time
It is really nice to follow these posts!
Got this one in the mail yesterday, should have a few more in the next week or so
here are some old photos that I got in the mail yesterday, I hope everyone enjoys
Hi Bob,
Nice old pictures. Are the people in the pictures related ?
Chet...
no, I get them off of ebay
Thanks Bob, You are one of the few that keeps this site from being a total dust bin. I am so used to Facebook I keep looking for the LIKE button ;). We all need to post more to show folks that this can be a vital asset to the club members.
I so agree with you, I have enjoyed this forum for many years. Mark as done a great job keeping it updated and such. I also wish that it was used more.
Here is one more I got the other day in the mail. 1939 Plymouth to the right
Here are some old photos that came in the mail today that I thought I would share, I hope you enjoy them as much as I do collecting them
Here's a few for you Bob Pic1 getting ready to tow you can make out the original Reg OB 106 am told that the O is for Orange Free State and the B is for Bloemfontein Pic 2 the couple that found the abandoned PD in 1970 while on honeymoon, Ralph Barnes from Durban SA was stationed in Bloemfontein while doing his military service
Thanks Tom
Bob,
I will throw in a few .....
Can anyone ID the semi pulling the trailer full of new cars?
Dodge
One of my earliest memories of things mechanical. This Borough Superior SS1000 1932 Vee twin Jap, the only photo I have of it and I only ever knew it as a solo, the man pictured became my step father. Roll back to 1952, I was five, one of 4 boys that my mother raised single handed after my dad went to work one day and didn't come back, looking back gee things must have been tough.
The Borough had a few problems, we had a pair of heads cast and machined, I remember lapping in the heads to the point where you could pick the 2 parts up just holding on to the head. All the work was done on the kitchen floor as long as mum was out, anyway it all went back together and ran, my job was to watch the oil pump forcing oil passed a glass file showing that we had flow. The pillion seat was just a rectangular pad supported on springs from the mudguard. Boy did I have fun on that pillion, no helmets back then, hate to think how many miles we travelled.
Sadly my step dad died when I was seven and shortly afterwards the Borough, an Indian straight 4 and the Austin Seven all got sold for a few pounds. I'm the good looking lad on the R/H running board
Re: the photo I just posted with the young lady winning a 1940 Plymouth, here is the story
that was attached to the photo when I first saw the photo, and the product mentioned. I had never
heard of this product before then.
Bill you talk about the young lady winning the 1940 Plymouth. Did you ever hear of the Golden Key Contest that took place during the 1940 NY World's Fair.
The Big Three would give a car away on their specific day, here are some photos of the winners and their new 1940 Plymouths.
I am so sad to say that the photos I found on the internet in a article about the contest. but I do have the envelope which I one on ebay
Bob,
Thanks for the great photos. I had never heard of the Golden Key Contest held at the
1940 World's Fair. Thank you for posting the photos.
Got these in the mail yesterday
oops, I posted one twice and forgot this one, this one was taken in 1943, the two with the people standing by the '41 says July 4, 1944 on the back
Bob,
I will post a few more ...
One more. I had to go back and re-size this one ....
This is a great photo, it almost looks as if she is in a WAC uniform, but with the shoes she is wearing and no military markings on her coat, not sure either
Here are some that I got this past week
Quote from: Bill Davis on December 16, 2017, 11:09:02 PM
One more. I had to go back and re-size this one ....
Hi Bill, do you have a full side view of one of those transporters? Thanks
is this one close enough
Quote from: RC Drown on February 14, 2018, 06:43:55 AM
is this one close enough
Thanks Bob, would have rather it was a 37 Dodge lol but I found later Dodge (I think) instead,
Tom,
No, unfortunately, this is all of the photo I have. I did not crop it before posting. Sorry.
Tom,
Here are a couple of Dodges (I think) for you.
when you said transporter, I thought you meant the trailer not the truck, you English talk funny LOL
Great photos Bob - keep them coming - I will try to find some to add too.
Here's another. I would really like to have one of these woodies.
another transporter....
I love this beautiful collection!
Greetings! Go!
I received this one in the mail earlier this week
Quick note... I noticed some of these photos didn't show up at first. I reloaded the page and got an error message. I reloaded again and the pics were here. I hope it's just me and a transitory error but ... if all else fails reload.
most of the photos aren't available
Greetings from Düsseldorf!
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Quote from: RC Drown on April 07, 2018, 04:22:20 PM
most of the photos aren't available
Something funky is going on where the system needs the page to be refreshed. I think it's related to the image cacheing system. I never encountered this with SMF before. I've tried going back to php 5.6 but it's got to be something odd in the settings.
Update: I changed a setting and pics should now appear full-size rather than as thumbnails. Still having odd refresh issues and now permissions problems.
I just looked and I can see all the photos all the way back to the first post on this topic.
Bob, nice photo you posted a few days ago. What uniform is the fellow wearing ? It looks like Navy
but the markings on the uniform are not correct for the US Navy.
Good to see your thread growing, great collection you have.