1948 Pennsylvania railroad color photo

I'm impressed! Found on http://thesunsetempire.tumblr.com/

can you imagine being able to drive next to an enormous locomotive

 Found on http://thesunsetempire.tumblr.com/

Peter Helck, car guy and artist in the same league as Normal Rockwell, and sharing a founding members duties with Norman as well, of the Famous Artists School.

"my interest in cars dates from childhood. I'm old enough to remember the automobile as a novelty, a rarity of sufficient interest to amaze and attract a swarm of youngsters whenever one came to a smoke-belching standstill on West 96th Street in New York City."

"My art schooling was of the standard type - drawing from antique casts, the nude figure, etc. - all unrelated to my love of cars. In 1913 this fascination got a substantial lift. I won the poster contest for Brooklyn's annual auto show and a job with a small firm engaged in advertising and press agentry. Its clients in both categories were automotive. I became submerged in the delightful atmosphere of auto race promotions."

"Drawing cars was my daily stint, made even more pleasurable by the $20 per week salary and the frequent glimpses of famous figures from New York's "Automobile Row. From then to now I suppose eighty percent of my professional work has involved automotives. I've had years of national campaigns for Packard, Republic, Ford, Mack, Chevrolet, and other highway haulers."

"But the occasions for picturing what the enthusiasts love to call "The Heroic age" or "The Golden age" of automobiling diminished with Detroit's policy of change or face-lifting with every fleeting year. This was sad stuff for an artist so irrevocably addicted to the early romantic periods of motoring. By 1926 I had already signified my interest in old cars and my hobby potential by acquiring a few elderly specimens like Mercedes, Renault and Locomobile."

it might explain his interest in vintage cars when you learn he had some, well, a collection of some

Found on http://todaysinspiration.blogspot.com/2014/03/peter-helck-like-piece-of-music-some.html

exhibit of speed or maneuverability? or just indoor racing 3 wheelers?

Found on https://www.facebook.com/AutoClasico 

1972 Brazil dealership

found on http://antigosverdeamarelo.blogspot.ca/2011/08/concessionaria-chrysler-dodge-1800-e.html

the Flying Millyard

Photos by David Lancaster and Dave Norvinbike at http://www.southsiders-mc.blogspot.com.ar/2014/03/salon-prive-london.html

Model T work horse / logging truck

How in the world it was able to move that log, and the log on the trailer, on anything but level and dry surface is a mystery

Found on http://antigosverdeamarelo.blogspot.ca/2011/11/torpedo-ford-tt.html

1920 Studebaker taking the stairs in stride... it had tall tires and lots of clearnence

Found on http://antigosverdeamarelo.blogspot.ca/2011/10/studebaker-big-six-touring-1920.html

a website that collected a LOT of early car advertisements

Check them out if you're just out to browse, or looking for a particular maker http://www.earlyamericanautomobiles.com/advertising.htm

the last great railroad fair, the 1948-49 Chicago Railroad Fair

photos found on http://www.railarchive.net/rrfair/rrfair_photos.htm

When two planes love each other very much...

Found on https://www.facebook.com/groups/yachtclubdesavionsdelaroute/

cool old bike found on Forever 2 Wheels Motorcycles facebook page

Found on https://www.facebook.com/Forever2WheelsMotorcycles 

reporter tags along with Bob Burman around Indianapolis in 1909.. it's a hell of a bumpy filthy noisy ride.

Bob Burman, Land Speed world record setter in the Blitzen Benz on Ormand Beach

Found on http://www.firstsuperspeedway.com/articles/indianapolis-speedway-first-races-8

A couple of cool photos found on Imagerie Mécanique facebook

Found on https://www.facebook.com/imagerie.mecanique?fref=ts

Packard video about getting the word for the body structure... from where I was born and raised, the Upper Penninsula of Michigan

the horses are hitched to the truck... how under powered is the truck engine for that load? I doubt anyone would put that much wood in a new 1500 Dodge, Chevy, or F150 Ford!

Among a treasure trove of 1920's and 30's Packard videos https://www.youtube.com/user/mrpitv/videos?sort=dd&shelf_id=1&view=0

Thanks to George!

How they advertised and attracted buyers to Fords in 1926 Brazil. How else could they? Possibly before radio, newspapers, and full wall advertising posters, options were limited

Found on http://antigosverdeamarelo.blogspot.ca/2012/08/ford-t-na-caixa-puxado-por-trator-ford.html

seating for 12... that is a BIG car. New SUVs only seat bout 9 at most

Found on http://theoldmotor.com/?p=116283

1931 gas station and Chevrolet dealership in Sao Paulo Brazil

Found on http://antigosverdeamarelo.blogspot.ca/2013/04/agencia-chevrolet-nos-anos-40.html

owner/drag racer sells off his barn kept 57 Chev dragster to move to Florida from Pennsylvania

parked in the 70s, and out of the weather ever since, this was a Bel Air, but he tossed the Chevy parts and planted a 426 max wedge with an 8 3/4 and a B&M trans. Now he's heading for warmer weather and the the new owners are in vintage racing heaven!
photos and info from http://bangshift.com/bangshift1320/bangshift1320-drag-racing-feature/gasser-barn-find-the-surprise-package-1957-chevy-bel-air-dgas-426-max-wedge-mopar-power-epic/

dWrenched George has posted his photos from his tour through the Dimitrie Leonida Technical Museum in Bucharest, Romania! Here are a couple of the most interesting to me

From his post at http://www.dwrenched.com/2014/03/dw-dimitrie-leonida-tech-museum-part-1.html

and from his Flikr page http://www.flickr.com/photos/dwrenched/sets/72157642058863545/