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Archive for the ‘Transport’ Category

  • Baby You Can Drive my Car – Illustrated Automobile Adverts

    • 18409 Views • 1960s, 1970s, Retro Advertising, Transport • • Comments Off on Baby You Can Drive my Car – Illustrated Automobile Adverts

    Whilst we’re not by any means petrolheads (we think that’s what they call car fanatics) here at VoEA we do appreciate classic car advertisements done well. Here we take a look back to what must be the golden age of car ownership. A time before global...

  • ‘Ello John. Got A New Motor – Retro Porsche Posters

    • 27198 Views • 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Retro Advertising, Sport, Transport • • Comments Off on ‘Ello John. Got A New Motor – Retro Porsche Posters

    No, well then check out this bunch of ads for Porsche. You know we love our advertising here at VoEA, there’s no artwork that sums up a time more than advertising. It is very representative, because it’s trying to appeal to the masses of that...

  • You Need Wheels

    • 11589 Views • 1950s, 1960s, Transport • • Comments Off on You Need Wheels

    In these overcrowded, thrifty times, what better way to get from A to B in style, than on a moped….. Hard to define moped fully, but generally 50cc, lighter framed motorcycle type thing, just about captures the essence of it. Nip in and out of traffic,...

  • Soul on Bikes – The East Bay Dragons

    • 21052 Views • 1960s, 1970s, Transport, Youth Culture • • Comments Off on Soul on Bikes – The East Bay Dragons

    While East Anglia’s biker gang The Outcasts cruised the promenade of Great Yarmouth, The East Bay Dragons were riding on the mean streets of Oakland, California.  The All Harley Davidson Black American biker gang started  as a car club in the 1950s...

  • HMV Nipper Car – Wymondham Wheels of Steel

    • 4746 Views • HMV, Transport, Vinyl • • Comments Off on HMV Nipper Car – Wymondham Wheels of Steel

    A couple of bootiful photos of a Car used by “Smiths of Wymondham” in Norfolk. The car has the legendary HMV dog Nipper hanging off the back...