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Vintage pics? Anyone? The more I see the more I get into the photos.

Feed me.

I'll kick this snowball rolling....

 
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1940 chevy assembly line

 
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My dad was a penny-pincher, and when I was a kid he purchased a special tool and box of loose tire studs, and studded his own snow tires. I remember trying to put one of the things in myself, and how much of a bitch it was to do (I was about 12). :laugh:
 
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Bridges back in the day. narrow and a little freaky for a new driver. (for that matter most drivers found these bridges to be challenging.)



From Steinhoff's notes.

Crossing the bridge was a rite of passage


Crossing the Mississippi River Traffic Bridge was a rite of passage when you first got your driver’s license. No bridge in the world ever felt higher, longer or narrower. It didn’t just LOOK narrow, it WAS narrow. It was common to see splintered reflective glass on the deck from when 18-wheelers slapped mirrors.
http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/crash-on-the-bridge/
 
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Bridges back in the day. narrow and a little freaky for a new driver. (for that matter most drivers found these bridges to be challenging.)



From Steinhoff's notes.



http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/crash-on-the-bridge/


Another shot of that bridge



Notes from photographer Steinhoff:

You can tell that this was taken in the era before seat belt usage became common. The windshield has the characteristic dimple caused by someone’s head bouncing off it.
 
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It's a sliding...........dump arrangement

 
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Curtis Turner (vw larry probably has something to say about this iconic character)



Let's just say that one of the cars he drove, when he wasn't drinking and whooping it up, was this thing by a fellow named "Smokey"

:p



 
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Another Steinhoff photo

A night at the stock car races in Cape

Steinhoff commentary:

I knew I had a few stock car photos kicking around, but I didn’t know that I had this many. Some of them are of marginal quality because they were shot at night with flash at long distances, but I’m including them to round out a portrait of the event.

These photos were taken in 1966. I shot a scuffle at the track that ran earlier this year.




http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/parks/arena-park-stock-car-races/
 
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I went looking for the fisticuffs at the races.

:p



Not all of the action happened ON the track at the Arena Park stock car races. Police officers break up a dust-up along the sidelines.
http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/arena-park-stock-car-scuffle/




Steinhoff notes:


Nobody seems particularly worked up about the scuffle. Even the guy getting stuffed into the police car seems to be taking it in stride. Things were a lot more casual in those days. I can’t imagine a cop letting a perp get his hand that close to his sidearm today.

I think one of these photos may have won a minor prize in a Missouri Press Association contest, which says more about the quality of the competition and the dearth of spot news in the state than it does about the quality of the pictures.
 
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Here are a few pictures from my home town of Salem , MA . The bridge the car is hanging off is the Kernwood bridge between Salem & Beverly , MA. Notice the VW split Panel bus in the background. In the other pic notice the VW Split bus in the distance traveling away . It looks to be either a 15 or a 23 window, (man, wish I could find that in a garage around town). Also, the Bug in the pic. These pictures were downloaded off the Salem Police dept website. They have tons of old pics from alot of accident scenes all around town . Enjoy !

 
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