Rare Mille Miglia Race Car in Palermo, Italy
Visiting Palermo, Sicily, a few years ago, while I was nosing round the old harbor area, I hit the jackpot stumbling across a specialty garage. Outside that garage, when I told the garage owner that
Category: 1940s
1946 Ford Custom 4×4 Truck in NW Austin
Don’t know anything about this truck although I imagine it rides on a modern truck chassis. I particularly like it because I learned to drive in a 1946 Ford flatbed in Pittsburg, Texas, on the
1940 Cadillac at Green Pastures in S. Austin
I chased this Caddy down the street, ended up at this fine old restaurant transporting a wedding couple going to a celebration.
1948 Triumph 1800 Roadster at Ron Shimek’s Specialty Garage, Austin
Although it doesn’t look like it, this is a post WWII design, with an aluminum body and tubular frame. Its Standard engine’s typical flat head was modified by Harry Weslake and shared with Jaguar (his
Milestone Car: 1949 Cadillac at Lonestar Round Up
Beautiful, and significant car. The 1949 Cadillac had the first modern OHV, lightweight V8, with 331 cu. in. 160 hp, plus the excellent four-speed Hydramatic automatic transmission. It took the other American manufacturers as long
1949 Custom Mercury at Mercury Charlie’s Hot Rod Shop
This car is a build for a customer that supplied the chopped 1949 Mercury. Mercury Charlie’s staff upgraded it in only two months. Powered by a multi-carb Chevy 350 V8 and adorned with a 1953
1940 Ford Deluxe Coupe in Ft. Worth Texas
1940 Ford Deluxe Coupe at a recent Good Guys car show and swap meet in Ft. Worth, at the Texas Motor Speedway.
V-12 1941 Lincoln Continental Coupe
1941 Lincoln Continental Coupe powered by a 322 ci flathead V-12. I found it behind a Dallas, Texas, collector car dealership, now closed.
Pristine 1949 Lincoln Cosmopolitan in S. Austin
Near perfect, impressive car at Murphos Rod & Custom. Had either a four speed Hydramatic from GM, or three speed manual. Big 337 cu. in. flathead V8. More info on wikipedia.
