Studes in Roadside Americana photos

[StudeRich]

RE: photo #7522
"What year is that Rambler?"

The Rambler looks like about a '64, the first boxy American, but there is a '55? hiding behind it.

I love the '59 Final Line (7531) and '60-'61 Hamilton Plant Pic. (7529) for some reason there is a Mix of years, maybe the last of the '60's and the First of the '61's.

[Dwain G.]

I should have worded that differently "What year is your Rambler?" (as in what stupid questions have you been asked at a car show?)

[59 explorer]

Rambler American is circa 1961-1963, 64 was a brand new body that carried thru 1969

[8E45E]

I love the '59 Final Line (7531) and '60-'61 Hamilton Plant Pic. (7529) for some reason there is a Mix of years, maybe the last of the '60's and the First of the '61's.

That photos of the brand new '61's does look like a dealer's 'drive-away' promotion of sorts.

Craig

[JRoberts]

What! A gasser that doesn't have a front end up in the air on a straight axle? Can't be.....

[DEEPNHOCK]

Don't you recognize that car, Joe?
Geisler Banks & Kehoe ran that car for decades.
IIRC, it is in the Peterson Museum now...

What! A gasser that doesn't have a front end up in the air on a straight axle? Can't be.....

[JRoberts]

[BobPalma]

Good photo, Joe. If that's an air strip being used as an early drag strip, I'd sure worry about all those overhead electric lines and a chemical plant near the runway! BP

[JRoberts]

[JRoberts]

A Straight Eight Studebaker competing in the 1929 Brooklands Double Twelve event.



A Straight Eight Studebaker competing in the 1929 Brooklands Double Twelve event.

[Dwain G.]

#7544 is a very early shot of Pomona Dragstrip, basically built from scratch at L.A. County Fairgrounds.

[kurtruk]

#7544 is a very early shot of Pomona Dragstrip, basically built from scratch at L.A. County Fairgrounds.

Looks like they're breaking in some brand new asphalt.

[Dwain G.]

Looks like they're breaking in some brand new asphalt.

Yes, this was a graveled lot at the fairgrounds, so when they got permission to make a drag strip they had to pave it.

[BobPalma]

#7544 is a very early shot of Pomona Dragstrip, basically built from scratch at L.A. County Fairgrounds.

Cool beans, Dwain; thanks for the info. BP

[Studedude]