Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1965
Date: February 1965 Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee Source: Ed Westcott photo, via Department of Energy on Flickr What do you see here?
Date: February 1965 Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee Source: Ed Westcott photo, via Department of Energy on Flickr What do you see here?
If you plan to race in Baja’s Class 11, be prepared to meet Eric Solorzano and come away from your encounter with a tale or two, as this Playboy profile of the long-time racer illustrates. * Do you t...
Date: circa 1970s Location: 38th Street and First Avenue, Columbus, Georgia Source: Historic American Engineering Record, via Library of Congress What do you see here?
1941 Ford staff wagon, built in Canada for the British Army. Photos courtesy Tom Mack Auctions. Located in the Southside neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama, Old Car Heaven is an event space unlike a...
Date: circa 1950s Location: Franklin and Twiggs Streets, Tampa, Florida Source: Tampa Bay History Center What do you see here?
Photo by Tony Hisgett. A proposal to continue preservation efforts for Route 66 by designating it a National Historic Trail received endorsement from the National Park System in a legislative hearing...
1971 AMC Hornet SST (top; image by author); 1973 Mercury Comet (bottom; image by Jim Donnelly). Editor’s note: This or That is not a comparison report between two vehicles, but rather a feature that ...
Date: August 1974 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Source: Vintage Las Vegas What do you see here?
1966 Chrysler 300 convertible for sale. From the seller’s description: One of Chrysler’s most attractive designs in the mid 60s was the 1966 300 Sport. The Chrysler 300 “Lettered Series” ended in 196...
Date: December 1973 Location: Rochester, New York Source: Steve Groer photo, via AZCentral.com What do you see here?
Circa 1908 Prinz-Heinrich Benz. Photos courtesy Bonhams Auctions. Designed to compete in the Prince Heinrich Tour, a multi-day, 1,200-plus-mile event that wound through Germany, Hungary, and Austria,...
Date: May 1960 Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee Source: T.R. Cook photo, via Department of Energy on Flickr What do you see here?
Fully restored, award-winning 1949 De Soto DeLuxe station wagon for sale. From the seller’s description: Gorgeous and extremely rare, great investment woodie. DeSoto only made the wooden station wago...
1938 Autocar tanker. Photos courtesy AACA Museum, unless otherwise noted. Without commercial vehicles, modern life would grind to a halt rather abruptly. Despite their importance, these workhorses ar...
Willoughby-bodied 1937 Lincoln Custom for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: For the past 20 years I have been the owner of my Grandfather’s 1937 Willoughby Lincoln 7 Passenger Tour...
The Gentleman Racer this week pulled together a bunch of photos telling the story of an American road trip circa 1954 from the collection of road tripper Jack Canary. * An Indonesian sculptor, Ichwan...
Date: circa 1966 Location: Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood, California Source: via the H.A.M.B. What do you see here?
From the seller’s description: 1954 Ford Crestline Sunliner Convertible Excellent original car with nice pale yellow paint and black and green interior. Original 255 CID Mercury Flathead V8. Three sp...
Solid 1982 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Your Attitude Adjustment Vehicle 307 V-8 , 4 speed automatic. 105,000 miles Power Steering, Brakes, Wind...
Photo via Indiana Landmarks. After multiple considered and discarded ideas over the last several years, the Indianapolis plant that once churned out Ford Model Ts is slated for transformation into ap...
1925 Flint E-55 Sedan (top); 1925 Studebaker Big Six Duplex-Phaeton (above). Images by the author. Editor’s note: This or That is not a comparison report between two vehicles, but rather a feature th...
Date: November 1957 Location: Memorial Boulevard, Winnipeg, Manitoba Source: University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections via ManitobaMaps on Flickr What do you see here?
The remains of the Commonwealth Coach and Trolley Museum. Photos courtesy of the Virginia Museum of Transportation. On November 1, a fire destroyed the building that once housed the Commonwealth Coac...
Date: circa 1955 Location: Division, Ashland, and Milwaukee, Chicago, Illinois Source: Chuckman’s Chicago Nostalgia What do you see here?
Mishmosh of Chevrolet, Ford, and fire truck parts titled as a 1936 Ford for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Like any proper English bastard, there’s a paradox in the parts. While...