No, we haven’t forgotten the CC Cohort; at least not totally. And we’ll try to do better. Here’s a nice double CC by Andrew T. Takes me right back to Iowa City in the early seventies, when old bars like this where still commonplace. Before Sports Bars, and Yuppie bars, and Theme Bars, and Wine Bars, and Olive Oil Bars (yes); instead,just plain old bars. Tall tin ceilings, battered wood floors, a pool table in back, and a superb old hand-carved “bar”. And PBR, of course.
Here’s a fine ’63 Fairlane 500 Sports Coupe, by Dave_7. Nice black and red theme.
Someone drove this fine ’41 Buick to the store, and Jim aka molbilene snapped it, on film too. Good catch.
Bryce sends us this baby blue Avenger. Much better name than Cricket. How did we deserve that?
Dave_7 is hitting me in my soft spot for old campers, big and small. Here’s cute little number that’s likely homemade, sitting on the back of a 70’s Datsun.
A particularly fine example of a ’71 Olds Delta 88 coupe, also by Jim aka mobiline. Help me out on those wheels, though. They’re not stock, I’m 99% certain, but what are the from. I should know…an older Olds?
Another one from Bryce, this one a Holden Kingswood wagon. I’m particularly fond of these wagons; a lot trimmer than the Colonnades we got here.
Finally, a ’66 Facon Futura coupe, by channaher. These just aren’t very common anymore. Sure reminds me of an overgrown Cortina of the times.
Keep them coming; I’ll try to do better.
Chuffed to see my photos here — the 41 Buick and the 71 Olds. The wheels on the Olds are stock, according to the 1971 Olds brochure I found at oldcarbrochures.com.
If I am not mistaken, those wheels did not reappear for 1972, and were pretty rare on the 71s.
I like em, says “road wheels” to me. Much easier to clean than spoke covers.
That’s why I’m confused. Before I said that, I also went to oldcarbrochures and checked, and I can’t find them; http://www.oldcarbrochures.com/static/NA/Oldsmobile/1971%20Oldsmobile/1971_Oldsmobile_Prestige_Brochure/1971%20Oldsmobile%20Prestige-36-37.html
There’s a “Super Sport” wheel that looks similar, but clearly is not the same.
Update: It is shown in the ’72 brochure: http://www.oldcarbrochures.com/static/NA/Oldsmobile/1972%20Oldsmobile/album/1972%20Oldsmobile-36.html
Update2: The ’71 SS wheel is now looking the same to me; when I first looked at it, it just didn’t quite jive. Never mind.
This discussion piqued my curiosity. I found a piece on Hemmings on these. The Olds Super Stock IV wheel is also known as the Polycast wheel and was offered in 1972 and 72. Here is the link.
http://www.hemmings.com/hmn/stories/2009/02/01/hmn_feature26.html
I remember seeing these back then, but rarely. Most Oldsmobile buyers (at least in the midwest) stuck with the standard wheel covers, or might splurge on the wires.
No, I just commented on the fine 1971 Oldsmobile, please credit Jim (Jim=mobilene). The brochure calls them “F” Super Stock. Also, “1966 Ford Falcon Futura Sports Coupe with period-correct knock-off wheel covers but no whitewalls.”
Fixed that. Thanks.
I have always thought that this Falcon model looked a little like a Cortina, particularly from the front. Glad someone agrees.
“Help me out on those wheels”
Present may not be true of the past.
Detroit wheels typically had a cast-in two or three letter code that could be used with the Hollander wheel guide to ascertain wheel info, what vehicles it fit, and other useful data.
Yards with computerized interchanges allowed button-pushing info access.
Some codes repeated but varying appearance allowed differentiation between wheel-types.
Straightened up the yard’s wheel stock and found some relatively rare OEM steel and “mag” wheels that were desirable OEM wheels I entered into the yard’s data base.
Memory weak but some wheels were larger/wider and intended for use with certain-optioned cars with the BIG V8s installed.
Those seeking to re-create numbers-matching “properly optioned” cars that had original wheels tossed aside in the past for aftermarket wheels would pay BIG bucks for those hard-to-find OEM wheels.
Enjoyed the happy excited faces of those who typically called in and were told to come on down…. we DID have two or four or whatever of the proper wheel with the proper code.
Obtained some outrageous prices due to rarity.
Some of the rare wheels included very rare center caps, trim rings etc. Those sub-units of the wheel are often the hardest piece to find and I do not recall if there was an interchange for them other than being kept with the wheels they arrived at the yard upon.
Unsure if modern aftermarket has replicated those old wheels with proper code, thus driving down prices.
For the uninitiated…. the dismantling yard pros utter “wheels,” not “rims” or “mags,” whatever.
Carry on ye hosed-off rabble yearning for whatever ye slimeballs yearn for.
Remain distanced afar from my chosen dumpsters.
Nice cars. The only way that bar picture could be more perfect is if the car was a duce and a quarter hardtop.
I also love that bar shot. Parts of Milwaukee and the upper midwest still look that although it might be an Old Style or even a Blatz sign outside. Nothng wrong with driving your curbside classic to the local bar.
Thanks! That particular subject was the Badger Bar in Platteville, Wisconsin; built in 1907. Plus a 1969 Buick Skylark on the curb…
I love that one too, and not just because it has a Buick in it. It’s because it you could easily pass that scene off as having been captured in the 70’s.
Just when Avengers are getting scarce here several have emerged for sale on trademe and I found some dead ones in a yard nearby I always thought the Hunter& Avengers had good names Cricket is a summer game and insect not really a car name. The XR Falcon does have a lot of MK2 Cortina about it must be the angle of the shot as Ive never noticed that before.
That particular Holden wagon was forsale Im sure it could be shipped stateside for you Paul it was a V8 auto though the badging is missing. Great to see some of my shots used again I try to shoot cars you arent likely to see in the US we have many american cars here but you are surrounded by them.
Paul, you must remember the Hamburg Inn in Iowa City, it’s still there after all these years. The Brown Bottle and Pagliai’s is still in business too. We used to go to the Highlander out on Dodge Street when we were in town, though it was more of a supper club. In about 1997 they closed the restaurant building and put a smaller, more cookie-cutter restaurant in the main hotel building that wasn’t near as good.
Yes I do! Spent quite a bit of time in the Hamburg Inn. Back then they had two or three of them; #1 was the original downtown, #2 was…um…I’m forgetting the streets…Linn St.? e bot north of downtown. And I think there was a #3, or it might be a figment of my imagination.
Brown Bottle and Pagliais are before my time; I moved away the second and final time in 1976. Although Brown Bottle rings a bell. The Mill? Is that still there?
My aunt and uncle live in Iowa City, so I’m down there quite a bit, since I’m only an hour away in the QC. Hamburg #2 is the remaining one on North Linn, they have a great breaded tenderloin and always seem to be busy. The Brown Bottle is on Washington Street right by the Old Capitol, and has been there since ’72. I’ve been there many times, along with House of Lords in Coralville. The Mill is still around, although I’ve never been there. Driven by it several times though!