Re: [FWDLK] Stuck in the 50's

I graduated in 1956, just had my 50th reunion. Our year was the first with many of the students having cars. By Graduation I had 2, a '33 Chevy Coupe (paid $50) with hood off and PAINTED whitewalls, and a '49 Ford coupe (paid $400). Big decision leaving for school, was which one to drive. My parents had 1 car a '55 DeSoto all door, and Mom didn't drive then. I have had at least 2 cars ever after.
Loved Customs and so went to work at a body shop after school and Sat morns. Sold the '33 and bought a '40 Chevy Coupe with a souped up Jimmy engine with split manifold and dual glass packs. We used to pour gas in them (off the car!) and burn out the fiberglass. One buddy had a new '55 Ford Crown Vikky and we would take off the mufflers on Fri. evening and replace them with rain downspout pipe.... LOUD!
In those days loud mufflers was a moving violation and I lost my license over them. My wife had to take me to and from work driving a '49 Mercury custom convert while very pregnant. It had frenched headlights, formed hood scoops, rounded hood and door corners shaved everything, elec. solinoids with micro swiches in the 1/4's to open the doors and trunk, Turnpike Cruiser fender skirts, long side Lakes pipes, lowered and duals. Later got a '51 Merc vert and switched everything over to it 'cause I liked the lines of the back end better. It ended up with a Naugihyde (?) top, white with gold piping around the edges. The top shop gave me a great price as they wanted to see what it looked like and see if it would be a good product.
I still love a nice set of pipes and all my Chryslers have California Turbos on them and my Dakota has duals and only a little muffler which splits the exhaust into 2 pipes.
Yea, those were the days, and they're still stuck in our heads!
Ray
On Nov 3, 2006, at 10:58 PM, Ed Alleger wrote:

> Yep, and don't forget the 'Bermuda Bell'. It mounted under the > floorboard with a hole drilled for the plunger to come through. To me > it clanged like the 'old street cars'. Also, the aluminum car club > plates that identified which club you belonged to. You hung it below > the rear bumper, if you had enough room with your car 'lowered'. I > still have mine, 'Hot Heads' out in the garage :). And you sure > could tell the sound of 'glass pack duals' on a Plymouth 6 from the V8 > Ford.
>
> Ed
> '41 Ford Convt' (leaded,rear end lowered, w/ Lincoln push button door > releases) YES, those were the days!!!
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