Showing posts with label 1950s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1950s. Show all posts

Really moving old truck

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This seriously modded late-1940s to early-1950s GMC pickup truck really catches the eye. The paint job looks almost like lacquered primer undercoat. The building it's  parked in front of is a relatively recent building that used the shell of the existing historic brick apartment building as part of the new design. It's an example of the kind of Vancouver development which sucks up old bricks from demolitions ►.

Putt... putt... putt... putt... putt... putt... putt...

Posted by Unknown
BMW Isetta

Saw this in the far, West-bound lane of West Broadway, stopped at a red light before Granville Street. The flash from the camera totally caught the driver's attention. He looked at me. I gave him a happy wave. He waved back, so, it's not like I took his picture, and published it without permission, is it?

This cheerful little throat lozenge of a car, is, I discover, a BMW Isetta from the late 1950s. Do a search, there are loads of neat images. I've personally kind of lost interest, now that I have the photo, which you can click to see a larger version.