mike6024 Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike6024 Posted July 17, 2021 Author Share Posted July 17, 2021 This one is Los Angeles 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 At the 1:11 mark Rutlands Department store shows up. There was one in St Petersburg. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesR Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 I love the smoke on acceleration in the Florida video. Rings or carb? I usually think of blue smoke with rings, but it may be the the film that gives it a white look. I'd be interested in knowing what you all think. As to the film, I find it amazing beyond description. Dare I say...even more wonderful than the cars were all the pretty women walking around in rather elegant (by today's standards) dresses and skirts as everyday attire. How beautiful...(sigh.) My favorite cars were the '36 Ford coupe and the '40-ish Ford pickup ("US MAIL.") I'm still waiting for one of you guys to invent a time machine. I wish you could be a little quicker about it. 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike6024 Posted August 24, 2021 Author Share Posted August 24, 2021 Ford pickup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike6024 Posted August 24, 2021 Author Share Posted August 24, 2021 (edited) The round grill and the rounded roofline complement each other. Edited August 24, 2021 by mike6024 (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesR Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 Yes, that's the one I'm thinking of. Looks like a Ford to me, but I'm not used to the blacked out trim. Was that part of some lend-lease pre WW2 nickel/chrome conservation effort? I think I remember hearing something about that, but most cars I see from 40 or 41 have the conventional shiny trim. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike6024 Posted August 24, 2021 Author Share Posted August 24, 2021 Ford roadster off to the right. And then an early Shell Station. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JamesR Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 Very cool! I liked this video more than the other California video, which was more sort of industrial parks and slightly less attributable to a specific era. I was thinking that this Bunker Hill video might even be pre-war, or maybe during the war, but then I saw a '47 Studebaker at about 4:01 in the clip.Most cars in the video were early '40's. That would indicate how hard it was to get a brand new car right after the war. There was also that '46 Mercury that followed the camera for a while. Just before the 6 minute mark, it goes through an intersection that had those old mechanical traffic "lights." The fenderless roadster you pointed out was also great. At first I couldn't tell if it was an early attempt at a hot rod...or just a few Okies/Arkies cruising around in whatever they could afford. I think it was a hot rod...there was also a very nice looking slightly modded fendered roadster with wide whites and hub caps. Thanks for posting! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike6024 Posted August 24, 2021 Author Share Posted August 24, 2021 What is this monster COE truck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike6024 Posted August 24, 2021 Author Share Posted August 24, 2021 Yeah my brother and his friend made themselves a roadster like that in high school, or shortly after high school, and gave themselves some sort of name. I have some pictures of them with it. That would have been very late 1950's. But it was a fenderless Ford bucket roadster of some sort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 35 minutes ago, mike6024 said: What is this monster COE truck? I'll take the truck on the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1932chev Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 COE looks like a 47 Dodge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cizu Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 Looks like a ford to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Cizu said: Looks like a ford to me It's a 1947 Dodge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cizu Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Oh alright, thanks for clarifying 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Dobbin Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 On 7/17/2021 at 6:02 AM, alsancle said: At the 1:11 mark Rutlands Department store shows up. There was one in St Petersburg.blv That's CORRECT! Between 4th Street and 5th Street headed westbound on Central Ave. As a 16 year old worked at the Beach Bath Club in Redington Beach and we catered parties at Hubert Rutland's home on Brightwaters Blvd in St. Petersburg. Later I worked in Rutland's Bank in St. Petersburg FL. Rutland was a cattle rancher and business man. The sign in this film was Rutland's Department Store at 4th & Central. Now they're building a 46 story condo across the street. On 7/17/2021 at 6:02 AM, alsancle said: At the 1:11 mark Rutlands Department store shows up. There was one in St Petersburg. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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