This really is an operating speedometer in a hot rod

pretty cool and funny

1913 Pope Hartford

and more remarkable, that gentleman on the far side of the car, with the white motorist jacket... was one of the team that found and brought the Peerless down from the mountain http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/07/old-man-of-mountain.html 

 Have you ever seen as many of the early brass registration tags on one vehicle? I haven't! I've never seen more than one. The one on the far right indicates (and the owner told me) that this was used as a bus... tourist type, from Tonopah to Goldfield I think he said.. they are Nevada towns that were the hub of the goild rush between 1900 and 1902 http://www.rockhounds.com/rockgem/articles/tonopah_goldfield.html

 the above and one of the below are this same car, the one on the far left below is a Pope race car

Some of the interesting variety from an online library of 1920's advertising

 That is cool, the inner workings of a magnetic speedometer

 Pretty good pitch for why an electric vehicle is better than the internal combustion engine, and better than the steam cars.

Not interested in the camera, that car is cool

found at http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/?facet=Subject=Autos%20and%20Roads

1958 DKW "Universal" Kombiwagen

What are the buttons under the radio? The numbered ones.

the paper in the window that describes the car descibe the car as having an optional Marine Band radio, is that what the numbered buttons are? Seems most likely

photos I meant to post when I still knew where I'd found them

1938 Alfa 8C 2900B Le Mans
Those are incredibly good looking Jaguars
On of the most remarkable and well designed instrument gauge clusters I've ever seen
Fiat 1400b junior Ghia
Awesome use of a hoodscoop to make an ugly car better looking
Sorry, I don't know where these came from anymore, but I bet they were from websites that I've posted from in the past month

Lioncoln Premiere, when Lincoln cars had their own style and design department, and weren't cookie cutter fords or mercs with different nameplates

Notice the enormous running lights - turn signals in the bumpers, has to be the biggest I've ever seen on a car or truck

on the left side of the photo are the cool switch levers.. they might make a bitchin addition to a hot rod

What a big old barge, must be a great solid feeling tank of a ride.

See Tere's photos of it at: http://justacargal-s.blogspot.com/2011/04/good-guys-del-mar-lincoln.html

1951 Muntz Jet

The backseat armrests double as the tops to liquor cabinets / champagne coolers

the most heavily publicised Muntz is also in my area and shows up to a lot of local cruises, it's about 1/2 way down this gallery: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/08/vista-rod-run-cool-cars.html and is a candy apple color, convertable with snakeskin looking upholstery