Variety of car catalog photo from the 1930's.. these weren't very expensive cars, but were very classy looking

 32 Plymouth

 33 Buick

 37 Chevy taxi

 37 Cord Phaeton Sedan

 37 Westchester sedan

 37 Graham

37 series 95 Cavalier

1937 Packard 120

found on http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/

Cool airplanes interest almost everyone.

I wasn't sure what the aircraft on the ground was (above it you see the B52 that it used for piggy back rides to test altitude) , but 3 readers used the comment feature to let me know it was the Northrop HL 10, used to do flight research on aircraft design for unpowered reentry from space, utilizing the speed of falling to create lift for the controlled flight of the spacecraft. More interesting than the facts of it's intended R&D use, is that it was the featured spacecraft the Million Dollar Man tv show appeared to use as the crash vehicle that made it necesary to create the bionic man. Just a fun tidbit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_HL-10

Amelia Earheart and her Cord

Bombers, love them, love the look, the stories, the awesome amount of turret guns

From http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=920

Thanks to Pablo, we are looking at his friends Supercharged Cord in a garage in Uraguay

Thanks Pablo!

Trivia

The 1931 Royale had 36 inch rims / wheels. So big, they had to have tires made specially by Michelin. According to "The Automobile" by Cheetham, they were the largest ever fitted to a road car.
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Citreon
The double chevron emblem represented meshing gears

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Cord 810/812
The headlights were from the Stinson aircraft, Cord/Auburn also owned Stinson

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Oldsmobile Starfire had a design of tailfins that were upside down, and below the rear bumper.. they were called "Skegs"

Woodlight headlights, very cool looking, very rare. It figures they are in high demand

I am a fan of the design of these headlights, and if you want to see more, click this link and see all the rest I've posted: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/woodlight%20headlights

On the Blastolene B-702, also known as the french curve. Beautiful work of art, a full gallery here: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2007/11/b-702-beautiful-design-by-blastolene.html

Those woodlights were stock on the Ruxton (top) and the Cord (below)

For more about the Ruxton: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/05/ruxton-legendary-in-classic-american.html

Images from http://www.airbrushtour.com/blastolene-b-702/2008/02/06/ and http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/event_list/&mode=recent

The last La Mesa cruise night of the summer of 2009

A look around at the small main drag that everyone cruises

The bikers always line up on this street

I found it cool that this VW doesn't have a back window

1929 Cord

These two Caddys are always in front of Sanfilippos

1956 Empi sportster before fiberglass

The Sanfilippos Stude has a happy driver

There were about 4 split window vettes

Terrific color

I noticed the fender skirts on this Galaxie and didn't recall ever seeing them before