Vintage Ephemera

[kyrbz]

 

[four.cycle]

1964 Early Times

 

[thehorse13]

Over the years, some paper followed me home. I have a bunch of 1950s brochures from various manufacturers along with 1930s and 40s service station trade magazines. The cool thing about the service station stuff is that they have giant litho posters inside. I could detach and frame them but for the moment I plan on leaving them alone.

 

[four.cycle]

 

[piehammer]

Meet Craftsman Mike.

 

[four.cycle]

Thanks! I need that! I never had to use one! That was the job of the guys on the crank lathe and the boring bar!

 

[kyrbz]

Mazda T360 brochure

 

[four.cycle]

F. Mayer Boot & Shoe Co. ad card

 

[bbbarracuda]

Recently found this in a toolbox I bought.
Welding and repairing plowshares.
Copyright 1953

 

[kyrbz]

 

[four.cycle]

Gulf Station

 

[kyrbz]

You guys are going to get a knuckle sandwich if you keep making fun of my pink scooter

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Loving all the bike stuff!

 

[isb cornbinder]

1959 NSU Prinz promotional brochure

My brother and I drove Prinz 20 and 30 models in the 1960s. There was a short time when we had five of the little sedans and one of the sport. The used Prinz cars were often in the used car classified section of the Calgary Herald. The most I ever paid for one of these cars was $100 for the sport 20.
I drove a Prinz from Calgary to Banff a few times. The biggest problem was vapor lock. The fuel pump was in a hot place. I tied a shop rag around the fuel pump and installed an electric windshield washer pump and tank from Manchester Auto Wreckers. When the engine started to stumble, a few shots of cool water cleared the vapor lock, temporarily.
I do not have any pictures, now.

 

[isb cornbinder]

In the early 1960s, I bought a Lambretta TV175 at Woodwards. My brother bought a Lambretta TV150. The TV175 was later traded for a Honda 300 Dream.

 

[kyrbz]

In the early 1960s, I bought a Lambretta TV175 at Woodwards. My brother bought a Lambretta TV150. The TV175 was later traded for a Honda 300 Dream.

Never owned a Lambretta, but I'd be all over one like Mike Wolfe on a rusty bike rim if one crossed my path. It's happened a few times with with me and eBay. I bought a magazine and something else was inside it. I was pleasantly surprised when I found this Lambretta LD brochure in a magazine bought on eBay.

 

[isb cornbinder]

Interesting.

 

[four.cycle]

 

[kyrbz]

 

[four.cycle]

1926 Ludwig Hohlwein Munchen Daimler Mercedes advertisement

 

[kyrbz]

Cezeta 505 3-wheel utility vehicle based on the Cezeta 502 scooter

 

[four.cycle]

1953

1954

1956

 

[bbbarracuda]

Dealership sales catalog for 1957 Dodge Coronet Lancers

 

[d42jeep]

I sent your pictures to an old friend who’s mother used to drive us to school in a ’57 Dodge. Quite a car.
-Don

 

[four.cycle]

1957 Dodge Custom Royal Lancer as seen in "The Astounding She Monster"

 

[four.cycle]

.... but nothing says ugly like De Soto!


1960 De Soto two-door hardtop

 

[inphx]

Today a programming colleague pointed me to a magazine archive form the 80's related to game programming. But while on the site i searched for popular mechanics - fun to see many old issues:

https://archive.org/search.php?query=popular+mechanics&sin=

 

[kyrbz]

 

[four.cycle]

1899 Hardware pp 156

 

[four.cycle]

1862 Pawson & Brailsford's Illustrated Guide to Sheffield Interior of Drury Brothers & Walker's pp 162

 

[four.cycle]

1955 Field & Stream 1956 Nash Ambassador ad pp 3

 

[d42jeep]

It’s hard to believe that GM sold all of those ugly ‘56 Chevys when such an attractive alternative was available.
-Don

 

[four.cycle]

 

[NJ Marty]

Proto brochure.

 

[kyrbz]

 

[Provincial]

I flew military-surplus C-47's (DC-3's) in Alaska in the 1980's. Civilian manuals tell you how to fly with passengers for airline service. I needed to know what the airplane would actually do when flying into and out of short runways, beaches, and gravel bars. I used this military C-47 manual, which had the information that I needed for my job.

There are some interesting pages. The take-off performance with 4 1,000 lb. thrust JATO bottles is impressive, but I never got to experience that. The airplane will take off and land in a reasonably short distance. The shortest runway I used was 1,650 ft. long. The shortest with a full load was 2,200 ft. long.

The highest civilian gross weight is 26,900 pounds.

My avatar is the airplane I flew the most, a C-47B. It was picking up Sockeye Salmon on a beach in Bristol Bay. It has since been converted to turboprop engines and is currently based in Germany, supporting Arctic research. It was built in 1944.

 

[four.cycle]

1938 Birmingham Steel (photo Walker Evans)

 

[four.cycle]

1953 Future Science Fiction

 

[Ricky Joe]

You guys are going to get a knuckle sandwich if you keep making fun of my pink scooter

I’ve got one of those in my shed; a 1966 Puch Allstate. Mine is white.

 

[Ricky Joe]

.... but nothing says ugly like De Soto!


1960 De Soto two-door hardtop

But, the phonograph! Personally, I like the late ‘50s-early ‘60s Chrysler products.