Vintage dealerships

Theoretically, you could indeed pull a house down the street using a model train locomotive, if you gear it down enough. You can then imagine how much horsepower would get exerted. The only reason why the locomotive wouldn't succeed in pulling the house is because of the friction taking place in the gearing

 

No, the model locomotive would not be able to pull the house because the locomotive's tractive effort cannot exceed the house's weight. You need about 25% of the locomotive's weight to at least about equal the house's weight on straight and level track. Curvature and elevation, of course, reduce that.

 

We are puring neutrons into the locomotive's water tank, then, A matchbox full of those weighs about as much as a jumbo jet

 

The Opel Wagon sure looks small and out of place, but it was probably sold new there.

 

Paper City Cadillac Pontiac 1962

 

This scene was recorded on the front lawn of Phelps Chevrolet “Eastern Carolina’s Volume Dealer” located in Greenville, NC. The press photo was taken by a photographer from the Greenville “Daily Reflector” apparently for a year-end clearance sale held on August 1-3, 1967. In the line-up, visible here are seven Camaro’s five of which are Super Sport models.


Courtesy of The Old Motor.

 

At least 4 of them appear to be RS/SS models. I like how most of them had plain wheels with hub caps of some sort from the factory. I am sure if any survive they have Rally Wheels today. Nice picture BTW