Showing posts with label Station Wagon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Station Wagon. Show all posts

Saturday, May 21, 2011

I often come across photos that I add to posts with similar items... but this time I'll just post the new stuff and links to where they would go

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search?q=weasel

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/12/photos-of-unusual-from-days-gone-by.html

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/03/few-more-from-shorpy.html

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/Disney

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/10/chuck-yeager-american-hero-drove-hot.html







All those labels under these posts, and in the long column (about 1000) are there to help me, and you, find the stuff you are looking for. They sure help me find the things I recall having posted before, so I can add photos like these to the posts I want them in, or want to let you know where you can find similar things.

photos from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=270

Sitting and Rusting thread on the HAMB

Sitting for 35 years.
the size of the tree trunk though this body indicates many decades of not being disturbed





The above is a DeSoto converted into a truck because the owner had a body shop, but not cash for a truck

Monday, January 10, 2011

The 1963 Pontiac ambulance that transported JFK's body after the assasination



This 1963 Pontiac ambulance was used to transport President John F. Kennedy's body from Air Force One following his assassination in Dallas on November 22, 1963.

Details: This 1963 Pontiac Ambulance was made in June 1963 and is one of 15 delivered to various service branches. It's U.S. Navy data plate shows it was assigned to Bethesda Naval Hospital. Following President John F. Kennedy's assassination on November 22, 1963 it met Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base.
94-49196 was used to transport President Kennedy's flag draped casket as well as members of the Kennedy family from Andrews to Bethesda and later to the U.S. Capitol. Following naval service, the ambulance was moth-balled and eventually sold as surplus. It is PHS documented. It was shown at the 2010 Military Vehicle Preservation Association National Convention where it won the Gold Award

Thanks to Gary for letting me know!

Sunday, January 9, 2011

first car show of the year, the Vista Frosty burger run


















pretty cool 3rd tailight











Above a deluxe, below a super deluxe








Made from spare parts from the back yard when the city started getting on the owners case to clear out the neglected cars