Thread: Back "IN" the Day

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Was cleaning some stuff off of the computer and ran across some really neat pictures. Most of this is pics of In The Day. Take a look any of you "OLD" guys remermber any of this?? I DO!! Hows about putting a name to some of these old Towns and Citys.

A few more. Take a look at that Chevy "W" BB dragster couldn't have been to many of those!

OK so the dragster wasn't in there, what can I say?? I'm old.

What great old photos. Where did you find them?

Man if we could go back in time and get some of them .some nice pics. thanks for letting us see them

Here's a few more. Couple of these are "Concept" cars any body got a guess as to what manufacturer and what year? Also on the sad side both of these concept cars as well as all four of the Corvette Cocept cars in the above post were crushed right after the final photos were taken. That was and still is the standared fate for almost all "Concept" cars. The exception being just a small handful of three or four Concept Corvettes that Harley Earl was able to save.

Pictures like that are so much fun to look at. Thanks for sharing.

What's with that Auto Wash Bowl thing?

Don

Grat photos and very tradgic to crush those beauties! Is it a liability and safety thing?

Yea, Stovens I think that is the reason. I remember on the TV show Trucks a year or two ago with that guy that is hosting the Gearz show now Casey David, or what ever his name is. A few of there project trucks showing lift Kits and such, the trucks were donated to the show by the manufacturer like Chevy or Ford or Dodge. All of those project trucks "Had" to be crushed as well. The said it was something like you mention Liablity or some lame a%$ reason.

Now Chevy nor any of the manufacturer called and asked my opinion but for what its worth. It would seem to me that they should have a museum were these old and the not as yet built Concept vehicles could be preserved for us all to see. I would gladly pay for the chance to see them from time to time. But what do I know?

Couple more pic's--------------

Your two "prototype" cars are 1955 Ford Mystere and either 1954 or5 Chevrolet Impala (similar lines but different detail from the Biscayne motorama car). On the Impala especially the sharp of eye can pick up a number of styling features that show up in actual production cars years later.

Love the pictures...

Santa looks like he's taking his morning constitutional. It even looks like a Chevy dealership. He must be a Ford kind of guy.

The third picture is somewhere in Ohio, could be Dayton, but I'm thinking closer to Cleveland.

I'm surprised no one's taken a shot at the last car pictured...........famous customizer, still going strong.

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

I'm surprised no one's taken a shot at the last car pictured...........famous customizer, still going strong.

Doesn't look like a Barris creation, I'll guess Gene Winfield.

Originally Posted by NTFDAY

Doesn't look like a Barris creation, I'll guess Gene Winfield.

Good guess Ken, better go buy a lotto ticket!