Billy Kingsley

Not far off with my guess, which was to keep rain off them. Did that actually work?

That seems like a bad idea to me. I don't like being next to a triple-trailer "18" wheeler, either. The third trailer in line is usually bouncing all over the road... perhaps swaying is a better term. They aren't legal here I don't think, but I encountered them often on my trips to Toledo. There is a staging area for them right off exit 59 on I80/90, which was right across from the motel I stayed at every year. I seem to recall seeing them on the NY Thruway or Northway as a kid in the 80s, but I don't know if they used to be here and then changed the rules, or if it was just tandem trailers and I'm misremembering.

Why are the Pullman's lights in bags? In the vintage photos...I don't think I've seen that done before.

I photograph the cover (or spine, if there is no slipcase) and let my website put them in alphabetical order. I have only a fraction of my collection photo documented, however. Physically, I store the books by size. It's just easier that way.

You know, I don't think I ever recall him mentioning it!

61(?) Ranchero

There's a father and daughter team that does the vintage cameras at WWII reenactments and conventions that I see at the FDR Home Military Encampment. (part military car show, part military history convention, part reenactors) I know they can do it with all different kinds of cameras, because they have photos they have taken with them there. At last year's show she let me hold a camera used in WWII bombers, which was awesome. I know a guy on a forum that actually shoots Daguerreotype. I haven't been on that forum in a while though. He builds his own if I remember correctly. I would love to get into vintage photography but I don't have much of the knowledge base. I DO have my grandfather's cameras...somewhere in my storage unit. I need to dig them out.

Here's my dad and his dad in 1947. My dad was a year old here.

My dad drag racing a school bus at the US Diesel Truckin' Nationals at Englishtown, NJ, circa 1993. I'll let somebody else have a turn now...

My brother's 1996 Chevrolet Cavalier. This was the first car I ever drove, 20 years ago this month. Of the four cars he's owned, this was his favorite. He regrets selling it.

My grandparents' wagon and my parents' truck. That little camper by the truck was sold to pay for the house I still live in. This is either 1975 or 76. I never got to "meet" any of these vehicles. The truck was lost to an accident when it was only a few months old. A better view of the Ford, at least the nose. My grandparents had given it to my parents at some point and I know I was in it- we have a photo of me standing on it's hood at under 2 years old- so young that I basically am still being held to stand up- but I have no memory of it. I don't have a lot of old car photos because my Mom, who was the family photographer before I took over that role, only took pictures of people.

Here's the only photo ever taken of our Cordoba. That's me in the picture, circa 5 years old, around 1989/90. My mom's Chevelle's hubcap in the background. My dad was a lifelong mechanic, he could make anything run...the Cordoba was the only car he ever gave up on. Pawned it off on, err, gave it to a relative. We had it for probably less than a year.

White! I never would have guessed that. My guess was American LaFrance, in case anyone is wondering. (not that I expect anyone would be). I know they used T-heads and were in production after the war but not in passenger cars.

I always liked that generation of Chevy/GMC. Congratulations!

Looks like fire damage. Sad.

I remember when ebay put in the policy of of no negatives available to sellers...the listings literally halved overnight. I've been thinking about thinning some of the duplicates out one of my collections...and thought about ebay. Not sure if I want to go that route after reading the thread. It's not a small number of items- I estimate it at roughly 80 thousand-, with most under a dollar. (would put many into lots). It's mostly not car related, with the majority being sports cards. I'll probably just continue to store them for now.

I saw one of these at a car show a couple of years ago, I don't think I would fit into it. The owner couldn't find replacement wheels so he ended up using golf cart wheels and tires. I love the microcars and it was one of my favorite finds of the 2018 show season.

I know it's not, but finding an otherwise unknown car gives me just a faint glimmer of hope that an Octoauto may someday be found.

My own. Link in signature. Around 50,000 images. Well, over 400,000 images, but I'm guessing 50 thousand are cars and trucks. That's not counting my fully photo documented diecast car collection, which I lost count of somewhere north of 10,000, or the scale models I've built, collected or photographed at shows.

Hey, I'm responsible for maybe a dozen worthwhile posts in that number.

My brother reports that the man stayed with it and his wife went in to get the food. I have not seen a Duesenberg in action but I have seen Cords, Auburns and pre-War Bugattis driving under their own power. I have been to the ACD Museum in Indiana, as well, a fantastic place!

My brother got this photo this week. Wow! Wish I had seen it. It was in the parking lot at the McDonald's by his job.

It's from 1988 if that helps.