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D500Jim |
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Expert Posts: 1363 Location: Apeldoorn, Netherlands | 1957 DeSoto Fireflite Sportsman at Niles Hotel and Motel in Alturas, California (DeSoto ForwardLook postcards) | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | "Honorary FL" mention .... 59 Buick Invicta or LeSabre 2HT BTW - you got the DeSoto right ..... the high backglass is a dead giveaway for the Fireflite. | ||
D500Jim |
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Expert Posts: 1363 Location: Apeldoorn, Netherlands | Doctor DeSoto - 2011-01-02 3:53 PM " BTW - you got the DeSoto right ..... the high backglass is a dead giveaway for the Fireflite. :) I'm learning... 1958 Plymouth Savoy, looking south on Main Street in Waupaca, Wisconsin (Plymouth ForwardLook postcards) | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Hello ? What about the 59 Buick convertible right there in the front row !!!!!! Hello ? | ||
D500Jim |
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Expert Posts: 1363 Location: Apeldoorn, Netherlands | Doctor DeSoto - 2011-01-03 4:15 PM Hello ? What about the 59 Buick convertible right there in the front row !!!!!! Hello ? That's not considered Forward Look... , another "Honorary FL" mention? And on to the next postcard..., (Plymouth ForwardLook postcards) | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | D500Jim - 2011-01-05 1:33 AM That's not considered Forward Look... ******************************************* Someone at GM had a sip of Exner's secret brew when they dreamed up the 59 Buick. It deserves at least an "honorary mention". | ||
SavoyPlaza |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1172 Location: Georgia | The '59 Booick is quite the stylish ride if no Mopar is available, although I'm not to crazy about the starter button under the gas pedal. Thanks Adriana for all those Holiday Inn cards. I recall those huge neon signs almost everywhere when I was a youngun. Here are two photos from a collection, the first marked Hollywood and Vine. The second is labelled San Francisco street view. Pete (159 HollywoodVine.jpg) (160 SanFranSTView.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 159 HollywoodVine.jpg (93KB - 355 downloads) 160 SanFranSTView.jpg (82KB - 331 downloads) | ||
SavoyPlaza |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1172 Location: Georgia | And two more photos, of unknown locale. Pete (161.jpg) (162.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 161.jpg (72KB - 327 downloads) 162.jpg (139KB - 359 downloads) | ||
D500Jim |
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Expert Posts: 1363 Location: Apeldoorn, Netherlands | 1957 Dodge Coronet & 1958 DeSoto Fireflite at Shopping Section of Olean, New York 1957 Dodge & DeSoto ForwardLook postcards) | ||
59 explorer |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 384 Location: Hershey PA | Doc- lower right corner of the SF postcard, behind the 57 Olds-is that a 1959 Buick Electra 225? | ||
Centurion |
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Regular Posts: 88 Location: Puyallup, Washington | 59 explorer - 2011-01-05 7:14 AM Doc- lower right corner of the SF postcard, behind the 57 Olds-is that a 1959 Buick Electra 225? I'll beat Doc to the punch on this one. Yes, indeed, it is the front fender of a '59 Buick Electra 225. Wish we could see more of the car! | ||
D500Jim |
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Expert Posts: 1363 Location: Apeldoorn, Netherlands | 1957 Plymouth Custom (?) Suburban on Main Street, looking west, in Scottsdale, Arizona (Plymouth ForwardLook postcards) | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | 59 explorer - 2011-01-06 4:14 AM Doc- lower right corner of the SF postcard, behind the 57 Olds-is that a 1959 Buick Electra 225? ************************************ Shor is ! The added little stainless "streamer" off the front wheel edge is 225 only. | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | D500Jim - 2011-01-06 2:58 AM 1957 Dodge Coronet & 1958 DeSoto Fireflite at Shopping Section of Olean, New York 1957 Dodge & DeSoto ForwardLook postcards) ************************************************************ The 58 Fireflite looks to have a 4HT rear roof pillar. If this were a convertible, I would be putting good money on this being MY car. Same exact Spring Special colors, my car sold new in Syracuse, and given they only made 474 of them .... but alas, it most certainly does not have a canvas top. For a brief moment I thought this thread had hit the Holy Grail for me and produced an early photo of my car ! How cool would that be ?!!! | ||
D500Jim |
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Expert Posts: 1363 Location: Apeldoorn, Netherlands | Doctor DeSoto - 2011-01-06 5:15 PM The 58 Fireflite looks to have a 4HT rear roof pillar. If this were a convertible, I would be putting good money on this being MY car. Same exact Spring Special colors, my car sold new in Syracuse, and given they only made 474 of them .... but alas, it most certainly does not have a canvas top. For a brief moment I thought this thread had hit the Holy Grail for me and produced an early photo of my car ! How cool would that be ?!!! I've found mine, in The Dalles, Oregon. I'll keep an eye out for yours, Brent! Here's a 1957 DeSoto Firesweep Station Wagon at the Salmon Harbor in Winchester Bay, Oregon (DeSoto ForwardLook postcards) | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | I wonder if this Firesweep wagon had any rust issues after getting the rear end dipped in the salty brine on weekend fishing expeditions ? | ||
D500Jim |
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Expert Posts: 1363 Location: Apeldoorn, Netherlands | Here's another postcard, I just can't wait with to share. (Plymouth ForwardLook postcards) | ||
SavoyPlaza |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1172 Location: Georgia | Your chance maybe right, but my eyes are no judge! Too small for me! Terrific surprise! Those shoes are outta sight! Nice photos, Jim! Here are two more additions, the first maybe a repost, however the '58 is a twin to mine, so I'll post her again. The second photo is labelled Yosemite National Park. Pete (163.jpg) (164 yosemite.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 163.jpg (136KB - 357 downloads) 164 yosemite.jpg (251KB - 352 downloads) | ||
christine-lover |
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Expert Posts: 2996 Location: Sept. 1958 | . (1957 Plymouth Suburban.jpg) (1958 PLYMOUTH CUSTOM SUBURBAN Station Wagon.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 1957 Plymouth Suburban.jpg (38KB - 327 downloads) 1958 PLYMOUTH CUSTOM SUBURBAN Station Wagon.jpg (95KB - 373 downloads) | ||
D500Jim |
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Expert Posts: 1363 Location: Apeldoorn, Netherlands | SavoyPlaza - 2011-01-07 7:00 PM Your chance maybe right, but my eyes are no judge! Too small for me! Nothing wrong with (y)our eyes, it's just to small and blurred to really make out... Here's another one hard to identify, because of the low printing quality, but I think it's a 1957 Dodge Sierra. (1957 Dodge ForwardLook postcards) Edited by D500Jim 2011-01-08 5:23 AM | ||
vedette |
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Expert Posts: 3068 Location: Scotland | D500Jim - 2011-01-08 5:22 AM SavoyPlaza - 2011-01-07 7:00 PM Your chance maybe right, but my eyes are no judge! Too small for me! Nothing wrong with (y)our eyes, it's just to small and blurred to really make out... Here's another one hard to identify, because of the low printing quality, but I think it's a 1957 Dodge Sierra. (1957 Dodge ForwardLook postcards) Jim,I think it is a Plymouth or maybe even a Chrysler. | ||
vedette |
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Expert Posts: 3068 Location: Scotland | D500Jim - 2010-12-31 3:30 AM vedette - 2010-12-31 2:50 AM this has to be one of the rarest FL cars ever, a one year only export model 1959 Dodge Kingsway Lancer (based on the Sport Fury) alongside another mid '50s Thunderbird and a '57 DeSoto in the South of France. From a Dutch brochure (learn some Dutch ). Jim I'm fluent in Double Dutch,imagine if you needed one of those golden Lancer badges for a restoration. (1959DodgeKingswayLancerinfrance.jpg) (1959-Dodge-Kingsway-Lancer.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 1959DodgeKingswayLancerinfrance.jpg (40KB - 349 downloads) 1959-Dodge-Kingsway-Lancer.jpg (67KB - 306 downloads) | ||
D500Jim |
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Expert Posts: 1363 Location: Apeldoorn, Netherlands | 1959 Dodge Coronet on Main Street in Bangor, Maine (1959 Dodge ForwardLook postcards) | ||
D500Jim |
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Expert Posts: 1363 Location: Apeldoorn, Netherlands | Sent to me by Roy, from Puyallup. Kuwait! Edited by D500Jim 2011-01-09 12:51 PM (Kuwait.jpg) (331229967672a4d4430eb.jpg) (26428_364200569018_364079919018_3536587_6782215_n.jpg) (Cinema Al-Hamra.JPG) Attachments ---------------- Kuwait.jpg (103KB - 338 downloads) 331229967672a4d4430eb.jpg (286KB - 346 downloads) 26428_364200569018_364079919018_3536587_6782215_n.jpg (129KB - 320 downloads) Cinema Al-Hamra.JPG (81KB - 326 downloads) | ||
Windsor59 |
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Expert Posts: 2596 Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | Nice cars from Kuwait. Would be interesting to find an old car scrap with these cars standing today in Kuwait | ||
oldwood |
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Expert Posts: 2905 Location: little rock, AR | Last week I picked up a child's wooden wagon being thrown away. Beside the wagon where 4 trash bags that I took home too. I got a lot of Christmas ornaments but 1 bag had a least 300-400 post cars from there vacations in the early 60's. I have gone through some of them and I've found 6 cards with FL cars in them. | ||
suburban61 |
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Expert Posts: 1480 Location: Australia | oldwood - 2011-01-09 3:29 PM Last week I picked up a child's wooden wagon being thrown away. Beside the wagon where 4 trash bags that I took home too. I got a lot of Christmas ornaments but 1 bag had a least 300-400 post cars from there vacations in the early 60's. I have gone through some of them and I've found 6 cards with FL cars in them. The things that people put out for 'hard rubbish' is just amazing! I'm always amazed at the things I drag home... But something like the postcards, it makes you sad that they didn't have any family to give them to or who would want them... But at least they were found by the right person and not lost forever... Adriana | ||
D500Jim |
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Expert Posts: 1363 Location: Apeldoorn, Netherlands | Going with the lower rear quarter trim running all the way to the rear light, I'd say this is a 1957 Dodge. (1957 Dodge ForwardLook postcards) | ||
D500Jim |
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Expert Posts: 1363 Location: Apeldoorn, Netherlands | IIRC, I have shown this postcard here before, but what makes me do it again is that this one has all of both cars in its image, (1957 Dodge & 1959 Dodge ForwardLook postcards) (FLOrlandoStJamesChurch8.jpg) Attachments ---------------- FLOrlandoStJamesChurch8.jpg (21KB - 324 downloads) | ||
D500Jim |
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Expert Posts: 1363 Location: Apeldoorn, Netherlands | Again, IIRC I have seen one of the following postcards here... 1960 Dodge Dart Seneca & 1960 Plymouth Station Wagon at Holiday Grill in Dalhart, Texas 1956 Dodge Custom Royal & 1960 Plymouth Station Wagon at Holiday Motel in Dalhart, Texas (Plymouth, 1955-56 Dodge & 1960-61 Dodge ForwardLook postcards) | ||
SavoyPlaza |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1172 Location: Georgia | Four random photos, the second one labelled "1956 NHRA Nationals registration" Pete (165 Fairgrounds_Race_CrewmanRiding_Vadnais.JPG) (168 NHRA nationals registration 1956.jpg) (166.jpg) (167.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 165 Fairgrounds_Race_CrewmanRiding_Vadnais.JPG (227KB - 299 downloads) 168 NHRA nationals registration 1956.jpg (51KB - 289 downloads) 166.jpg (37KB - 371 downloads) 167.jpg (18KB - 322 downloads) | ||
D500Jim |
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Expert Posts: 1363 Location: Apeldoorn, Netherlands | 1957 Imperial Crown Southampton at Round-Up Drive-In in Las Vegas, Nevada This Drive-In has been shown here before, but this is another postcard of that very same Drive-In. (Imperial ForwardLook postcards) | ||
Highball57 |
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Veteran Posts: 119 | D500Jim, Maybe the addition of the all-weather awning spanning the Round Up's perimeter was something the owner wanted to crow about. The color change may have included interior renovations, too, who knows. Pretty cool about the Imperial being in both. I really enjoy your postcards, seeing all manner of series and models (base 2dr posts, wagons, Imperials, etc.) in their contemporary settings. With whitewalls, without, clean or not so clean; it's like a lesson in Mid-Century socio-economics. Thanks, TG | ||
D500Jim |
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Expert Posts: 1363 Location: Apeldoorn, Netherlands | Highball57 - 2011-01-13 3:00 PM D500Jim, Maybe the addition of the all-weather awning spanning the Round Up's perimeter was something the owner wanted to crow about. The color change may have included interior renovations, too, who knows. Pretty cool about the Imperial being in both. I really enjoy your postcards, seeing all manner of series and models (base 2dr posts, wagons, Imperials, etc.) in their contemporary settings. With whitewalls, without, clean or not so clean; it's like a lesson in Mid-Century socio-economics. Thanks, TG Thanks for you compliment, Tom. I really do appreciate that! (Plymouth ForwardLook postcards) | ||
christine-lover |
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Expert Posts: 2996 Location: Sept. 1958 | . (!CCrY6PwBWk~$(KGrHqIOKiwE0nENhog-BNL5(I!06Q~~_3.jpg) Attachments ---------------- !CCrY6PwBWk~$(KGrHqIOKiwE0nENhog-BNL5(I!06Q~~_3.jpg (132KB - 291 downloads) | ||
D500Jim |
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Expert Posts: 1363 Location: Apeldoorn, Netherlands | christine-lover - 2011-01-14 11:28 AM . Matt, I'm going to try to snipe it... How's Chuck doing? | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Highball57 - 2011-01-14 6:00 AM D500Jim, Maybe the addition of the all-weather awning spanning the Round Up's perimeter was something the owner wanted to crow about. The color change may have included interior renovations, too, who knows. Pretty cool about the Imperial being in both. I really enjoy your postcards, seeing all manner of series and models (base 2dr posts, wagons, Imperials, etc.) in their contemporary settings. With whitewalls, without, clean or not so clean; it's like a lesson in Mid-Century socio-economics. Thanks, TG ***************************************************** Aren't there THREE postcards of the Round Up, with all THREE showing the same pink Imperial ? I see all these cars of ours through the prism of how they were when I was a kid. This is how the world looked to me when I was a little snot-nosed booger- eater ! These postcards are like a refresher course on my early years ! And yes, there is SO MUCH more going on in these shots than just cars. They really tell a story about what was going on, if you really study them. Life was NOT all about sock hops and Elvis ! This thread is truly my favorite of anything posted here. Thanks to all who post. It makes my day every time there is another view to pour over. | ||
D500Jim |
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Expert Posts: 1363 Location: Apeldoorn, Netherlands | Doctor DeSoto - 2011-01-14 2:44 PM Aren't there THREE postcards of the Round Up, with all THREE showing the same pink Imperial ? That would be even more amazing. Imagine having that very same model car and color, and having enlargements of all three postcards matted and framed on your garage wall... I'll put the Round-up back in my searches! | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | I suspect that Imperial might belong to the owner of the Round Up (?) | ||
D500Jim |
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Expert Posts: 1363 Location: Apeldoorn, Netherlands | It being pink, probably his wife/girlfriend! Or a female owner. | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Pink was a lot more universally accepted as a fashionable color of either sex back then. Lots of pink and pastel colored houses, appliances, cars, you name it. | ||
suburban61 |
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Expert Posts: 1480 Location: Australia | Some more... (7fb313c10a0d02b701fb7565c6b7c112.jpg) (57Hoyts.jpg) (58Normandins1-reg.jpg) (58SeabreezeMiami.jpg) (22207.JPG) (3425374029_851f82fb74.jpg) (3786901710_e2a5335000.jpg) (4088503683_c5b38edf25.jpg) (Bill Poer Inc Monrovia CA.jpg) (C_H_Dimmette2.jpg) (Cleveland OH.jpg) (Freeman Motor Co Lumberton NC.jpg) (Friedman-f-reg.jpg) (Hamilton Chrysler- Plymouth Dallas TX.jpg) (Houston TX.jpg) (large_west_genesee_car_dealer_195.JPG) (Miller & Sons Dodge- Plymouth Dealership Mattoon Illinois.jpg) (northern boulevard motor sales Great Neck NY.jpg) (Oakley-f-reg.jpg) (Tulsa OK.jpg) (Wendell Hawkins Motors Houston TX.jpg) (Picture 35.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 7fb313c10a0d02b701fb7565c6b7c112.jpg (42KB - 320 downloads) 57Hoyts.jpg (114KB - 299 downloads) 58Normandins1-reg.jpg (63KB - 339 downloads) 58SeabreezeMiami.jpg (45KB - 320 downloads) 22207.JPG (140KB - 366 downloads) 3425374029_851f82fb74.jpg (132KB - 307 downloads) 3786901710_e2a5335000.jpg (83KB - 295 downloads) 4088503683_c5b38edf25.jpg (145KB - 293 downloads) Bill Poer Inc Monrovia CA.jpg (78KB - 281 downloads) C_H_Dimmette2.jpg (204KB - 296 downloads) Cleveland OH.jpg (82KB - 297 downloads) Freeman Motor Co Lumberton NC.jpg (84KB - 282 downloads) Friedman-f-reg.jpg (111KB - 298 downloads) Hamilton Chrysler- Plymouth Dallas TX.jpg (77KB - 303 downloads) Houston TX.jpg (83KB - 280 downloads) large_west_genesee_car_dealer_195.JPG (35KB - 279 downloads) Miller & Sons Dodge- Plymouth Dealership Mattoon Illinois.jpg (35KB - 523 downloads) northern boulevard motor sales Great Neck NY.jpg (87KB - 337 downloads) Oakley-f-reg.jpg (67KB - 291 downloads) Tulsa OK.jpg (105KB - 281 downloads) Wendell Hawkins Motors Houston TX.jpg (70KB - 283 downloads) Picture 35.jpg (281KB - 334 downloads) | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Oh my ! ..... something is dreadfully wrong with Art Frost and friend as they hang on the hood of that 59 DeSoto !!!!! Balloon head disease ? I wonder if that happens to everyone who gets near one ? Edited by Doctor DeSoto 2011-01-15 5:42 AM | ||
D500Jim |
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Expert Posts: 1363 Location: Apeldoorn, Netherlands | suburban61 - 2011-01-15 10:16 AM Some more... Wow! Some very nice ones here! Thanks again! | ||
D500Jim |
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Expert Posts: 1363 Location: Apeldoorn, Netherlands | 1958 Plymouth Savoy at Looking east on Main Street in Fort Macleod, Alberta (Plymouth ForwardLook postcards) | ||
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Expert Posts: 3480 Location: Montreal, Canada | The dealership building in Great Neck, NY, is still standing at the corner of Aster Lane and Northern Boulevard... but selling Mazda now. (northern boulevard motor sales Great Neck NY.jpg) (Former Dealership.JPG) Attachments ---------------- northern boulevard motor sales Great Neck NY.jpg (87KB - 282 downloads) Former Dealership.JPG (24KB - 288 downloads) | ||
D500Jim |
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Expert Posts: 1363 Location: Apeldoorn, Netherlands | 1957 Plymouth Savoy at Looking northeast on 3rd Avenue North in Billings, Montana (Plymouth ForwardLook postcards) | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Honorary mention: 60 Ford (Ford's closest thing to a Forward Look design) Any guess as to what the gold car is on the next block (on the left) with the very straight bumpers ???? 59 Chev?? Looks much newer than anything else in the photo. The 50 Ford Crestliner behind the 56 Chev is a seldom seen car. Great shot, Jim. Edited by Doctor DeSoto 2011-01-16 6:37 AM | ||
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Veteran Posts: 119 | D500Jim, Talk about some "Memories on Main." As I was going thru your Panoramio pics page by page, near the end was this PC of L'Anse, MI, a small town at the base of Keweenaw Bay in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. My Great-uncle Bill owned an auto parts store there from after WWII to the late-70's, and I still have plenty of relatives in the area. We went there on every trip to the UP as I was growing up in the '60's-'70's, as there wasn't much else to do after going to the 5&10 Ben Franklin store. About 20 years ago, I found his store's sign leaning against one of his storage buildings, and asked if I could have it to hang in my garage, to which he consented. Uncle Bill was, um, frugal, and since his store was near the end of Main Street, he only had neon on the "city side," as there wasn't much traffic on the bay side. His sign below hung about 3-4 signs past the L'Anse Drugs sign (on the right); I learned to love chocolate malts at that drug store. To say your PC brought back a flood of fond, indelible memories is putting it mildly. Uncle Bill passed away last summer at age 94, so now I have his sign and the context in which it belongs, and I'll be hunting down my own PC for my small collection. Again, thanks to you and to everyone else who post these incredible images, and I hope we will all be able to find personal connections to them as I did today. WOW! TG Ps. The sign needs a repaint and new neon, as it hangs now with the "bay side" out. Edited by Highball57 2011-01-16 7:58 PM (LAnse Main StreetAdjX.jpg) (Bills Auto Parts Crop.jpg) Attachments ---------------- LAnse Main StreetAdjX.jpg (95KB - 309 downloads) Bills Auto Parts Crop.jpg (27KB - 301 downloads) | ||
OldiesNut |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 582 Location: Omaha, NE | SavoyPlaza - 2011-01-07 12:00 PM Your chance maybe right, but my eyes are no judge! Too small for me! Terrific surprise! Those shoes are outta sight! Nice photos, Jim! Here are two more additions, the first maybe a repost, however the '58 is a twin to mine, so I'll post her again. The second photo is labelled Yosemite National Park. Pete And then there's my baby sandwiched between the Merc and the Beetle. (164 yosemite.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 164 yosemite.jpg (251KB - 271 downloads) | ||
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