Showing posts with label Lincoln. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lincoln. Show all posts

Charger Steve's annual Pacifc beach car show on Garnet was another success












railroad inspection cars and special back plate rims so regular vehicles could ride on the rails easier

 That is pretty smart, as long as the car has exactly the right width of a footprint between the tires

 The above is a Lincoln model L, a more luxurious railcar than most
 pedal powered rail inspection car... the exercise it would take to push this 100 pound rail riding machine would be a lot... consider that bicycles are talked about in ounces... and that's because of the energy it requires ot keep them moving for long distances
 a very early track car, that has a good size spot light and bell
another mobile turntable to get inspection cars turned around for the trip home. ( This summer I learned they couldn't make the trip in reverse in the case they didn't drive far enough to find a rail house with a full size turntable, because (of course) the radiator has to be ahead of the car in the direction of travel to correctly cool the engine)
All of these are from TheOldMotor.com http://theoldmotor.com/

1885 to 1929 interesting cars

 1885 horseless carriages in Russia
 1893 Haynes with E. Haynes in both photos. It was the first successful automobile in America

 1901 Franklin
 1902 Cadillac
 1904 Caddilac
 1907 Isotta Fraschini (really shiny paint)
 1908 Ford, the first model T
 1916 Studebaker landaulet roadster (I've got thought that a roadster can't be a landaulet, and vice versa)
 1925 Lincoln club roadster with body by LeBaron
 1925 Locomobile
1929 Studebaker with Neysa McMein (great first name) she was a designer at Studebaker
Found digging through the photos at http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/

The San Diego County Fair is on til July 4th, at the Del Mar racetrack, and it's theme is cars, all kinds, everywhere. Come check it out and enjoy



































Tere took better galleries of the cars, like the Ghostbuster "Ecto 1" and the characters from Cars 2 http://justacargal-s.blogspot.com/ so check them out too if you're ready for more