Vintage Photo Of The Day

[muddy]

Never knew about the on the car balancers

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[Rural53]

Ram pump

[john k]

The gas station pic with the girl pump jockeys is interesting.   Getting briefed on new extinguishers by the  FD.  Looks like 10? pump islands, wow, and this was the late 40s.  Like the big chrome coin dispensers, gas was probably 21 cents, might have had a roll of dollar bills in their shorts.  These days one would need 5's-10's and 20's for change, plus a card swiper.

[wantedabiggergarage]

The gas station pic with the girl pump jockeys is interesting.   Getting briefed on new extinguishers by the  FD.  Looks like 10? pump islands, wow, and this was the late 40s.  Like the big chrome coin dispensers, gas was probably 21 cents, might have had a roll of dollar bills in their shorts.  These days one would need 5's-10's and 20's for change, plus a card swiper.

And the girls would be in shorts and a tight white top with the name Headlights on them.

[muddy]

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[john k]

Ah, the Chrysler turbine car!  The  bodies were built by Ghia of Italy.   Same company that built the Kharman Ghia for VW.  Shipped to the US where the power train was installed.  Looks like a mini assembly  line was set up.  Shame, most had to be destroyed.  What I find interesting is the tranny looks like a Torqueflite.  The turbine turned at very high RPM,  20,000 or maybe more, wondered how they got it down to usable speed.   That Mayflower truck now, what in the world would they have hauled that required  hoisting it up there?   Machinery extra long?  Great pics

[muddy]

Ah, the Chrysler turbine car!  The  bodies were built by Ghia of Italy.   Same company that built the Kharman Ghia for VW.  Shipped to the US where the power train was installed.  Looks like a mini assembly  line was set up.  Shame, most had to be destroyed.  What I find interesting is the tranny looks like a Torqueflite.  The turbine turned at very high RPM,  20,000 or maybe more, wondered how they got it down to usable speed.   That Mayflower truck now, what in the world would they have hauled that required  hoisting it up there?   Machinery extra long?  Great pics

Thanks for the info on the turbine. Always thought mother Mopar had a brilliant R&D team.

Not sure about the mayflower, can't see it fitting in much through one of those small doors.

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[muddy]

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[john k]

Stegmaier Beer, the pic of the Chevy wagon,  1953,  must of been running real well.  In the background is a 54 olds, behind that is a 62Valiant,  long time for inner city delivery work.   The 1961 Chevy assembly line is neat.  I never worked assembly line anything, butan 8 hour shift putting body bolts overhead would be rough in my book.   Always enjoy the gas station pics.

[muddy]

poems of encouragement

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[goodfellow]

The middle picture is interesting. You rarely see a gallon sized oil can. Even back in the day it was not very common. Oil was either pulled from the bulk drum, or off the shelf in single quart cans.

[fatfillup]

When I worked in the 66 station in the mid 70's, we had gallon cans of Phillips Trop-Artic oil.  IIRC, kind of a pain to use.

[The Magic Ratchet]

If I'm not mistaken, the Veedol can is actually 5 quarts. The gasoline companies made single oil change size cans available for their gas stations. Cars of the 40's and early 50's usually took 5 quarts plus one for the oil filter. With the brief oil change intervals back then, it was common to change the oil filter every other oil change. In the later 50's, when crankcases were reduced to 4 + 1, the oil companies started making one gallon cans. I don't remember how long they lasted but we still had some in stock when we closed my dad's Esso station in 1965. They were metal cans and the fill openings on the engines were pretty accessible so the spout pictured worked really well. Sometimes we would punch a small screwdriver hole in the opposite side of the top for a vent. Those old cars could take oil as fast as you could pour it in. 

Lou Manglass

[goodfellow]

If I'm not mistaken, the Veedol can is actually 5 quarts. The gasoline companies made single oil change size cans available for their gas stations. Cars of the 40's and early 50's usually took 5 quarts plus one for the oil filter. With the brief oil change intervals back then, it was common to change the oil filter every other oil change. In the later 50's, when crankcases were reduced to 4 + 1, the oil companies started making one gallon cans. I don't remember how long they lasted but we still had some in stock when we closed my dad's Esso station in 1965. They were metal cans and the fill openings on the engines were pretty accessible so the spout pictured worked really well. Sometimes we would punch a small screwdriver hole in the opposite side of the top for a vent. Those old cars could take oil as fast as you could pour it in. 

Lou Manglass

Thanks for the insight, and welcome to the GG. Hope you stay a while.