Re: [CBQ] Pioneer days at Polo, IL May 1934

[James Vivian <jvivian765@yahoo.com>]

Thanks for the correction Noel. A Buick would have been my next guess. I've got some of my Dad's old  8mm films converted to disc and there is one tearing it up at the 'Rockford Dragway' (Byron) about 1968 or'69. Well, if it's a 1936, then whomever wrote 'May 1934' was a bit off. Unless Buick was the way to time travel back then instead of the later Delorean in later years. Your pops sold it for a dollar per year, huh?

On Wednesday, January 15, 2014 8:23 AM, Noel Crawford <georgecrawfordsr@comcast.net> wrote:

 

1936 Buick straight eight. Cannot miss that big trunk bump. My dad had one all through the war. Sold it for $50 scrap in 1950. I was heart broken.
noel




On 1/15/2014 8:44 AM, jvivian765@yahoo.com wrote:

 

The following photos were given to me by a retired 'Q' section foreman and are used with his permission. Unfortunately the photographer is unknown but at least he had the foresight to preserve the future. Both shots show the coming east  version  from the Highway 26 overpass and the 2 westbound views are from the IC's 'Gruber'. Lower quadrant semaphores and tell-tails as well. I've adjusted the contrasts which are a slightly better result over the prints given me. An observer can be seen on the sitting on the the rail of the house track. The auto, I believe to be an Oldsmobile or Pontiac. Enjoy, Jim 

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