1931 Chevrolet Van

[mickeyobe]

I went to Toronto's Distillery District this morning. After a Balzac coffee and a biscottti I strolled around with my Pentax K100D hanging around my neck and found this old Chevy Van. It was beneath a sign for a new shop which was closed it being Easter Sunday.


I don't know if will be selling ready made models or models to make or real artifacts from old cars but the Chevy was real enough.









And then on the way home I spotted this car. The driver may still be talking on his cell phone, totally unaware where he is.


Mickey

[doubs43]

Mickey, that's a beautifully done van and I love the license plate! Nice images. It looks cold with the snow on the fenders. (Wings?)

I'm not so certain that I'd park my car beneath that other one though!

Walker

[Randy]

Wonderful Mickey...that miniature below the by the sign is interesing too. City TV...must be close to Dundas Street, eh?

[GeneW]

Love that van, Mickey. Nice shots!

The City TV wall is very clever and eye-catching. Not far from Dundas Street Randy -- it's on Queen Street, the next major street parallel to Dundas on the south side.

Gene

[Randy]

I haven't been there since Go Transit got their new EMD Diesels from London. Train Buff here....

[mickeyobe]

Car buffs.

Has no one noticed what appear to be turn indicators on either side of the license plate? There also appear to be red flashers at the rear.
They appear to be electrical. I don't recall such devices on Canadian or American cars until, I believe, the early 50's.
I think the English had raising arms, some illuminated, on the door pillars well before that.
Just curious.

Mickey

[Just Plain Curt]

Hi Mickey,
Good call there. I believe the English called theirs "semaphores" Can't recall when turn signals came in but I believe even seatbelts were a relatively new invention circa 1962-63 ??

[paulatukcamera]

The word we use for these yellow "lifting arm" type indicators is "trafficators" Don't ask me why. Long dead!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafficators

Paul