Wagons in vintage Street scenes

Colorful scene was photographed outside the Chevrolet Truck exhibit space on the lower level of McCormick Place. In the foreground is a Vega panel wagon, towing a small racing boat and trailer. Several full-size pickup trucks are in the space, including a red and white one with a camper top.

 

Chicago Auto show 1972

Overhead view looks down into the Ford exhibit area on the main floor of McCormick Place East. Near the center is a 3/4-rear view of a Pinto Squire wagon on a raised platform within a triangular display. Several other Pintos are nearby. On the far right of the photo is a portion of the Chevrolet display booth, with several Caprice models in view. In the foreground is the top of the Dodge sign.

 

Close-up of the Ford exhibit featured a 3/4-front view of a white-over-goldtone 1972 Galaxie 500 hardtop coupe, and a black 1914 Ford Model T. This Galaxie was the five-millionth Chicago-built Ford. Both cars sit on a raised platform.

 

Scene at the Pontiac display, features an all-white LeMans Sport convertible with the T-41 Endura nose option and white-letter tires. On the right, behind the convertible, is a red Luxury LeMans two-door hardtop. A profile of a LeMans four-door station wagon, with tape applique of simulated wood grain is on the far left.

 

Photographed inside the crowded Oldsmobile exhibit, Dante the magician performed on a small stage, entertaining the multitude of visitors. The roof and dashboard of a Vista Cruiser station wagon can be seen among the mass of people. Note the elevated roof at the rear of the wagon.

 

Truck-like passenger vehicles are featured in this scene outside the Chevrolet exhibit. In the foreground, left side, is a cream/yellow Suburban 4-door wagon. In the center, on a revolving platform, sits a gold-toned Kingswood Estate station wagon, with tape applique of simulated wood grain. On the right is a black-over-red two-door Blazer.

 

Colorful scene photographed from outside the Chevrolet truck exhibit on the lower level of McCormick Place East. On the far left is the front portion of a yellow Vega panel truck, with "Mod Bods" eagle graphic vinyl decals. In the foreground, at right, is a white-over-blue Cheyenne 10 Series Fleetside pickup truck with another example of the Mod Bods graphics. Directly behind, on the right, is a yellow El Camino SS. All of these were examples of the "New Trend Trucks from Chevrolet."

 

On the left in this close-up view of the large crowd inside the Ford exhibit on the main floor is a Pinto "Squire" wagon on a raised/revolving platform. Two female models are leaning against the side of the car, with features simulated wood grain bodyside paneling.

 

A major attraction in the Buick exhibit at the 1972 Chicago Auto Show was the experimental Riviera Silver Arrow III. Notable features that distinguished the concept from the production '72 Rivera began with the lowered roof that included B pillars, triple rectangular headlights, and additional taillights flared into twin pods on the roof.

 

Position on the edge of the Oldsmobile exhibit was the General Motors Experimental Safety Vehicle (ESV). The vehicle was built to specifications supplied by the U.S. Department of Transportation as a public service for the contract price of one dollar. The ESV had a 124-inch wheelbase, 219-inch overall length and 56-inch height. One feature was the removal of the A-pillars to improve driver vision. Two of these five-passenger sedans were delivered to DOT in October of 1972, after twelve similar vehicles were crash tested into barriers at a speed of 50 miles per hour. On the far left is the 1972 Olds Vista Cruiser station wagon, with fixed-glass, roof-mounted skylight over its second-row seating.

 

I cant remember if I posted this before or not. It is an old local photo of a supermarket. I actually have worked for this company since 2001 and have been at the corporate office for this company since 2011. This is obviously one of the older store designs, they look nothing like this now and I am not even sure where this particular store is located. Many people say that this was taken in the 70s, which if it was it would have to have been late 70s, I see a downsized full-size GM car, as well as the front corner of a Ford Fairmont and I also see a downsized Monte Carlo (came out in '78) and some sort of import with retangle headlights. I am thinking it is 1984-85, because our company really didnt go with that store name until late 1984. I am guessing that this MAY have been taken in late 1984. Notice the Chevy Caprice Estate wagon up front.



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1975 Chicago Auto show

Within a roped-off section of the Buick exhibit with black/white checkerboard flooring, was the Century Custom 2-door coupe, which would be the pace car at the '74 Indy 500. A limited-edition Indy replica package was available to the public, including red, white and blue decals, Hurst Performance T-top removable roof panels, and a 350 cubic inch V-8 engine. Note the "Free Spirit" and "Official Pace Car" lettering. A total of 1,800 pace car replicas were built.

 

In the foreground of this colorful scene within the Lincoln-Mercury exhibit is a front view of a Mercury Cougar XR-7 coupe. At left is a side view of another Cougar XR-7. Mid-photo, on the raised platform, is a Bobcat Villager station wagon, with woodgrain vinyl bodyside appliqués. Related to Ford's Pinto, the subcompact Bobcat was a new model for 1975, available as a hatchback sedan or Villager wagon.

 

Inside the colorful Datsun exhibit on the main floor, is a 3/4 rear view of a 260Z sports car (about to be replaced by the new 280Z) with its hood and hatchback lid opened. A light blue 260Z is partially obscured by the first car's hood. The orange car, mid-photo, left, is the rear of a 610 2-door hardtop, with a glimpse of a 710 station wagon above the 610.