Walt G Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 a page from a ring bound business book from 1923 published in CHicago 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewOldWood Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Appears as though street racing is at least 100 years old. And aparantly fun for the whole family. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Roth Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 The date of the first street race was the day the second car came to town ! 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipdang Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Depicting the fully loaded modest car (T?) beating the upmarket luxury car?😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 39 minutes ago, zipdang said: Depicting the fully loaded modest car (T?) beating the upmarket luxury car?😁 Whilest spinning its front wheels. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFranklin Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Matt Harwood said: Whilest spinning its front wheels. Roads were dirt and dusty back when. Plumes bellowing from excessive toe-in! Edited March 13 by JFranklin (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank DuVal Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 (edited) We had chariot and foot races didn't we!😁 Nothing new here. Even the Amish teenagers have buggy races. That is a GREAT picture!!!! Edited March 13 by Frank DuVal (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 (edited) I enjoy off beat auto humor like this from "the era" as much as I do seeing the buildings etc in the back grounds of the period photos, the lettering on the vehicles and signs on stores, it gives all of us a bigger picture of the attitude and thought of the time period that produced the vehicles we love. I have two cartoon books from England of the same era that focus on automotive related humor. Such simple thoughts and activities that make you chuckle. Ok when was the last time you read someone was chuckling at something. Today's generation does not know what chuckle means. Edited March 13 by Walt G (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 The smirk on the front seat kid's face as he waves is priceless. 1 hour ago, Frank DuVal said: Even the Amish teenagers have buggy races. One of my Oldsmobile friends in upstate NY is a retired sheriff's deputy in a county with a sizable Amish population. He said the craziest call he ever worked was a bunch of teenage Amish boys got drunk and were drag racing their buggies on the town's main street. He said it tickled the deputies so much they let the boys go with a warning to take the buggies home and put them away. And natcherly the kid with the two-horse buggy was ruling the streets that night! County Sheriff here tells me he's glad the local Amish kids haven't tried that yet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28 Chrysler Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 There was a posting about a guy racing a Prius, he had it beat up until 1/8 of a mile, by then he could only run so fast. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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