Post Your Automotive Shots!

[crashton]

1967 SAAB 96 with a 4-speed stick on the column. Plus a 3 cylinder 2 stroke! The car is long gone, eaten by tin worms. My young wife is still with me. :beguiled:

 

[bluzman]

Re: 1963 Pontiac Le Mans Convertible

Looks like a 3-Speed Manual in the LeMans?

That's what I said.

The 1963 Pontiac Lemans with a 326 cu. in. V8, 260hp engine was the precursor to the Pontiac GTO. Some folks say it was the first American muscle car. The Le Mans started out as a performance upgrade to the Pontiac Tempest but in 1963 it became a separate product line. I saw this one yesterday at an informal car show. It has the optional floor mounted 3 speed manual transmission.

 

[Sandpatch]

1967 SAAB 96 with a 4-speed stick on the column. Plus a 3 cylinder 2 stroke! The car is long gone, eaten by tin worms. My young wife is still with me. :beguiled: ...

THAT is a great photograph!

 

[crashton]

Saw this driving through Mt Gilead OH.

 

[crashton]

The increasingly rare tin pumpkin.

 

[Needa]

 

[crashton]

 

[Needa]

Saab Sonnett ?

 

[crashton]

Saab Sonnett ?

Yes very good call. A 1971 SAAB Sonett III. The poor neglected thing is sinking into the ground. The owner told me he is going to place the body onto a Jeep chassis. :nightmare:

 

[crashton]

I'm sinking! layful:

 

[Danino]

 

[crashton]

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Sweet Targa with a whale of a tail. Turbo?

 

[Danino]

Thanks, no just a 3.2L NatASp.

 

[Sandpatch]

I came across some interesting 35mm Kodachrome slides while cleaning out my late mother's home. I'm trying to figure out when they were taken and I'm figuring that it was in the WW-II era, late 1930s to mid 1940s. Modern Kodachrome was introduced in 1935. I'm pretty sure that the top image here is of Washington, DC Union Station. Looking at the automobiles in the bottom image, can anyone identify models that would nail down the era, i.e. are they all Pre-War? Thanks for any ideas.

Many of the slides are in a standard cardboard mount, but are also sealed between two sheets of glass, leaving an assembly that's as thick as three stacked cardboard-mount slides and a tiny bit larger all around.

 

[crashton]

Great find Sandpatch. Not an expert on those types of cars, but they all look pre-war to me.

 

[Needa]

Great find Sandpatch. Not an expert on those types of cars, but they all look pre-war to me.

The observation that all of the car look prewar does not directly indicate it was not taken during the war. It is my understanding there was a shortage of new cars during the war, as were gasoline and tires rationed. My grandfather being in a critical industry was able get the gasoline and tires, he spoke of ration stamps. One would need to identify the newest car there and that would indicate it was taken sometime after. Sorry no real help with identifying them.

 

[Needa]

Many of the slides are in a standard cardboard mount, but are also sealed between two sheets of glass, leaving an assembly that's as thick as three stacked cardboard-mount slides and a tiny bit larger all around.

My uncle indicated some of my grandfather's slides were mounted in metal frames but never mentioned anything like that. Quite interesting.

 

[Sandpatch]

I just found three more boxes and Crashton is correct with his pre-war estimation. The boxes are all clearly marked 1939-1940, with one reading Washington, DC. It'll be interesting to see what he shot.

 

[crashton]

I just found three more boxes and Crashton is correct with his pre-war estimation. The boxes are all clearly marked 1939-1940, with one reading Washington, DC. It'll be interesting to see what he shot.

Nice to be correct. Truth be told it was a just a wild arse guess on my part. :unconscious:

 

[Sandpatch]

Here are two slides from Washington, DC with cars as taken by my Grandfather. Capitol Building is first and the Lincoln Memorial second.