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Osceola Iowa Taxi fleet 

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From my personal collection   I think this is my Uncle’s first car. Iowa farm scene

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1 hour ago, nzcarnerd said:

A photo posted on a facebook page a couple of hours ago. Captioned 'Dust Bowl refugees 1935.

 

Any thoughts what the car might be. Something not cheap when it was new I think. Marmon maybe??

 

What a great photo.  Makes me ashamed to think the kids and I thought we  were camping when we jumped into the 40 ft Diesel pusher and went to the Indy 500 every year.

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4 hours ago, alsancle said:

 

Next time you post something that was on the cover of Hemmings like it was hidden in your personal archive I'm calling you out too!

If most of us haven't seen it, it's fair game!!  Remember we are on page 348 and I can't remember page 340!!!

[American car show in France]

My wife and I went to France twice a year for 15 years and obviously loved the people, wine and food.  You brought back fond memories.  Great car show.  Thank You

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You should have said that was you polishing the car  Great Photo 

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Another, different venue

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Another from the box of photos I recently discovered labeled “family photos”. I wish I had some family history to go with them.  Notice the group standing across the fence watching. Must be a local race  or speed event. 

[Speaking of small car restoration, Matchbox anyone?]

From a non toy collector, these are great.  Glad I am too old to start a new collection.

48 minutes ago, keiser31 said:

My problem is lack of display space....

More space is not a solution, you fill it rapidly.

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Low budget. I thing the driver is sitting on the gas tank. Where is OSHA?

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A few transportation related LP covera

[RIP “Cadillac” Carl Fielding]

I talked to Carl often as we both had unrestored 63 series Cadillacs .  Over the years I think I learned his entire life history  including losing a small fortune when his mother fell for an investment scam.  He also had health problems that he didn't dwell on.   I will miss him greatly     Take the Covid cause of death with a grain of salt.  If the health facility has any chance of adding the Covid diagnosis to the death certificate Medicare adds 15% to the payment and a positive Covid test is NOT required   If Carl had received even a single Covid shot his chance of dying from Covid is extremely low.  Also the rare break through cases after vaccination are rarely severe or cause death.  I can only strongly second rocketraider and encourage everyone to get vaccinated.  Remember:  SH** HAPPENS and "The road of life is paved with flat squirrels who made the  wrong decision!!"

[Cadillac Carl, is your 27 Cadillac missing?]

I hope this story has a good ending.  Carl has had more than his share of bad luck in his life.  Praying for him!

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Ready to tour!

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A water damaged ad for Fisk Tires  Neat graphics. Are the cars real or artists renditions?

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I thought I had seen that posted before but forgot about your sheet music thread.  It's hard to keep a thread going when you have most of the material.  

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Terry I don’t remember if you posted this previously. If this has been posted before I apologize. Neat graphics 

 

[A first Car...]

1947 Ford PU at age 14.  In Iowa you could get a special permit to drive to school at 14 if you lived  on a farm.  Of course we all abused it and drove everywhere.  Three years later I dropped a 51 Merc motor in it with dual carbs and home made headers.  Sure wish I would have kept it.

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Another brand I was not familiar with. 

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Thanks Terry.  Good advice.  We all like everything to be perfect.  After all these years my wife suggests I'm not perfect either.  This is part of my stash that was placed in CC storage when we moved to the panhandle of Florida in 2000.  Because of humidity and hurricanes I left a large amount in storage.  Little did I know that helping raise triplet grandsons in Texas for the past 12 years would consume so much of my life.  So now I am starting t go through my collection and I can probably keep several threads going for a while.  Some of the stuff I have no recollection where it came from although the Ford Truck banner came from the Indy Advertising Show prior to 2000. I am getting ready to have it matted and framed.  More to come.

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Another “Living Large”

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While David was at the Pierce event I went back to the CC storage unit. Well preserved Ford Truck advertising Banner 38 by 52. The close up shows one blemish.  The material is synthetic. My question is can this be cleaned and how?  Is the material likely Rayon?  Thanks

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19 Garford truck from my Garford file. Under Willys ownership Garford trucks were produced through 1933 when production of the trucks and the Willys Knight automobile ceased and production shifted to the inexpensive Willys 77. Thanks to 1937hd45 for stimulating my research. I don’t think I have ever seen a Willys 77. The photo posted earlier was in a box of family photos.