I spotted an (insert obscure car name here) classic car today! (Archived)

benjaminh

Buying a Nash in 1940....

benjaminh

1949. Greyhound or chauffer?

benjaminh

Photographer R.J. Long of Lafayette Studios with the company car. Mr. Long probably took some of the photos I've been posting....

benjaminh

Unfortunate end for this lovely car, c.1940....

benjaminh

Corn Flakes or tires? Not sure....

benjaminh

Can this Oldsmobile be saved? About 1940....

benjaminh

Dodge 8 Mileage Marathon car....

benjaminh

Fact Finding with a Ford V-8....

benjaminh

Going in style in 1939....

benjaminh

This 1941 Dodge Brothers dealer has some holiday spirit....

benjaminh

This 1939 Cadillac ambulance might help save your life....

benjaminh

In 1946 this dealer would show you everything about the new Nash....

sda

benjaminh said:

In 1946 this dealer would show you everything about the new Nash....

As always, thanks for posting these. It is enjoyable to see these snippets in time. Have a great Thanksgiving!

thebean

@benjaminh, those are great photos. Where did you get them? I've been looking for some black and white old car photos to frame and hang up? Anyone have a source?

andre1969

That Nash actually looks like they were pretty forward-thinking, with that frame. More of a perimeter style than the more typical ladder frame of the era. Gas tank actually looks fairly well-protected as well, with not only the bumper, but the rear cross support of the frame, plus it looks like extra beefing up at the end of the body.

ab348

My first thought on seeing that Nash frame was how insubstantial it looked. It seems really skinny.

Mr_Shiftright

Nash put out some very advanced features for a "small" automaker.

benjaminh

thebean said:

@benjaminh, those are great photos. Where did you get them? I've been looking for some black and white old car photos to frame and hang up? Anyone have a source?

University of Kentucky photo archives.....

ab348

The is extremely cool, and very rare:

1957 Dodge D-100 Sweptline

Watching the videos and looking at the pics, the dash design and interior controls really seem like afterthoughts I guess pickups weren't yet worthy of much attention to those things.

benjaminh

1934. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt visits Kentucky in her car.

benjaminh

Packard owners in 1934.

benjaminh

John Epping's truck fleet in 1940.

benjaminh

1942 Kentucky highway patrol....

benjaminh

1952. (I wish some of these other photos had been in color....)

benjaminh

Halcyon days....

benjaminh

Pepper gas station. 1940.

benjaminh

Nash service. 1940

benjaminh

kyfdx

I grew up in Lexington, and none of that looks familiar!

benjaminh

c. 1918....

ab348

Is that Happy Chandler riding in that parade Lincoln?

benjaminh

benjaminh

1935.

benjaminh

In 1943 you couldn't buy a new car, but if you went to the Ellis drugstore in Kentucky this was one of the displays that year....

uplanderguy

Eleanor Roosevelt drove a Studebaker Scotsman in later years, believe it or not.

benjaminh

The parts department at a Kentucky Chevrolet dealer in 1937....

benjaminh

1947. Nash dealership in KY....

benjaminh

And while your car was serviced in Lexington, this is what was on the menu at a local place in 1939....

benjaminh

A gas station in 1938 has a display for Shellubrication....

Michaell

benjaminh said:

And while your car was serviced in Lexington, this is what was on the menu at a local place in 1939....

I'd go with the hamburger, since that's the only really good thing on the menu.

ab348

benjaminh said:

And while your car was serviced in Lexington, this is what was on the menu at a local place in 1939....

I am trying to imagine what an olive and nut sandwich looked like. Olive paste of some sort I wonder? That one did not seem to stand the test of time.

However, it appears that the long-standing debate on whether an hot dog is a sandwich was resolved 80 years ago.

kyfdx

Some of those prices seem a little steep for 1939.

benjaminh

If you were driving good car in the 1940s, these are some places you might be shopping for clothes. And then perhaps some chocolate?

benjaminh

If your car was in the shop the Greyhound was always an option. This bus was photographed in 1948. Made by GM I assume....

benjaminh

The art of display, from oil (1934) to groceries (1947)....And I believe I'm done. Thanks for the positive and funny comments.

Mr_Shiftright

I believe a "nut and olive sandwich" was with cream cheese, sliced green olives and pistachios.

kyfdx

Mr_Shiftright said:

I believe a "nut and olive sandwich" was with cream cheese, sliced green olives and pistachios.

I don't ever remember that.. of course, it was 20 years later, for me.
Olive loaf was a thing, though. I don't ever remember anyone eating pistachios, when I was growing up in that area.

Shifty, your concoction sounds like something where you grew up in NY.

ab348

I resorted to looking up the recipe for olive-nut sandwiches. Seems to be more of a party thing, cut into small square or finger sandwiches. It is cream cheese, chopped olives, chopped toasted pecans and some mayo all mixed together. Pumpernickel was the bread recommendation I saw.

kyfdx

ab348 said:

I resorted to looking up the recipe for olive-nut sandwiches. Seems to be more of a party thing, cut into small square or finger sandwiches. It is cream cheese, chopped olives, chopped toasted pecans and some mayo all mixed together. Pumpernickel was the bread recommendation I saw.

Pecans make a lot of sense for Central Kentucky.

Mr_Shiftright

kyfdx said:

Mr_Shiftright said:

I believe a "nut and olive sandwich" was with cream cheese, sliced green olives and pistachios.

I don't ever remember that.. of course, it was 20 years later, for me.
Olive loaf was a thing, though. I don't ever remember anyone eating pistachios, when I was growing up in that area.

Shifty, your concoction sounds like something where you grew up in NY.

I do remember those as a kid, served to us in prison....er.....school in NY. P.S. 91 with its razor wire and barred windows wasn't exactly Brookdale Country Day, I must say.

On the other hand, I developed life skills which have served me very very well.