Wagons in vintage Street scenes

It depends on the race:

 

Dont count...

 

I am sure there was more than one "Valley Ford" but this may be from my home town of Yakima WA.


Here's a photo from 1970:



Looks like the same place to me.

 

^^ If you had those Fords lined up there today, in showroom condition, I'm guessing that's around $375,000 - maybe more. (I put $200k on the Boss 429....)

 

I'd lean to the "maybe more" side. The Boss 302 is a big dollar car and the Mach 1 on the end would be as well if it were a Cobra jet.

Either way I thought both photos were neat. To see a snapshot of the neat vehicles that once roamed the streets of my home town and the thought that some may still be around.

 

I believe it's real.

I've been watch this week's TV special about how cars made America. They compare prices. It's amazing Henry Ford's $5 day equals around $350 a day now. Most of those cheap cars were beyond what many blue collar workers could afford. No wonder I was always broke.

 

I thought the show was interesting, but they should of done better with the cars and pictures used. Pretty sure Ed Cole (GM) didnt put a Ford v8 in a mercury with no badges, Deloren probably didnt use a Buick and on the introduction of the Chevy smallblock we saw Pontiac pictures. All in all it was worth seeing.

 

I was surprised no mention of the Ford flathead until the 1949 Ford. The flathead also changed America as did the Chevy V-8. Still an interesting series.
Someday those cars of tomorrow will be part of Wagons in vintage street scenes for my grandkids to look at.

 

More fruits and nuts than Grandma's Christmas fruitcake!

 

I too was surprised by that omission.