Today’s street scene, which we spotted over on Retro World, shows lines upon lines of vehicles waiting at the California-Mexico border in October 1969, which gives us ample carspotting opportunity. Any street scene from that region tends to provide a Read more
Suzy Dietrich should be mentioned in the same breath with Donna Mae Mims and Janet Guthrie. Denise McLuggage called her an “enormously cute” librarian who was also hugely talented and drove a Porsche 550 to multiple records. And at 80 Read more
Recall that Charles Cushman, who has already provided a number of street scenes for us to peruse, was quite the world traveler. The year before he made his trip to the British Isles, he toured Paris, where he took this Read more
It’s hard to argue with a shoebox Ford. Sure, they’re not all that flashy in normal trim – which is most likely why we see this 1951 Ford Deluxe club coupe for sale on Hemmings.com fitted with whitewalls and painted Read more
* Over at Dean’s Garage this week, Dick Nesbitt posted a reflection on George Barbaz, a designer with Ford from 1945 through 1981. * NealinCA’s recent (and well deserved) Tech Week win over at the H.A.M.B. came for the jump Read more
As we’ve mentioned before, Ford of Britain is celebrating its centenary this year, and has combed through its archives to find a bunch of interesting photos that have seldom been seen. This week, they’ve found one taken on this side Read more
Since Ewan McGregor took the Long Way Round in 2004, the literary genre of “Guy on dual-sport motorcycle rides a very long distance,” has really exploded. Not necessarily in a good way, either, sort of like when the idiot in Read more
For today’s street scene, let’s return to Alden Jewell’s street scene collection and to California – specifically, San Benito Street in Hollister, where it appears that all the buildings in this picture still stand. We’re also returning to the daytime Read more
Over on the My Hemmings pages, the folks from the Hanson Mechanical Collection shared a couple of ridealong videos for a couple of WWII military vehicles in the collection, one from each side of the conflict. The first, the 1944 Read more
As we’ve come to realize over the last few weeks, street scenes are often never merely collections of cars on a public thoroughfare. There was always a reason for the photographer to choose that setting at that time, and occasionally Read more