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I have a few of the "57 heaven items. Back in the
80's probably the only things you could find with a 50's Fury represented
besides original literature and ads.By the way this artwork shows a 58 Fury.
Having owned a 58 Fury as a teenager, it was nice to spot a small pillow with
the "57 heaven Fury artwork on it while touring fall Carlisle"88 with my best
friend since childhood, Dan. He insisted on puchasing it for me,and we continued
slogging through the rain and mud trying to keep it dry the remainder of the
day.
Dan had been ill with pancreatic cancer for 2 years but had made it to spring
and fall carlisle all but once during his sickness because it brought him great
happiness. Dan passed away in January "89 and that slightly water stained pillow
sits on my bed to this day to remind me of our friendship.
By the
way, my wife Karen was a bobbi- soxin, roller skating car hop at the "Dog N
Suds" drive-in! Dick W.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 2:33
PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] 1957 FURY, ROCK AND
ROLL AND HAPPY DAYS ON E BAY
This is the contrived schlock that really turns me off about
old cars and the drones that make this stuff popular.
Happy Days ?
Rock-n-Roll ?
Just add bobbi-soxin' carhops and poodle skirts and you got
yourself a fantasy stew of incohesive elements that *might* have represented
.1% of the 50's experience to .1% of the population. I just love the hot
pink and toothpaste splashes to round out that 1980's vision of "the good old
days". Maybe a neon flamingo could be included ? Oh, ... I
forgot. THEY DID !!!!
Barf !
How many really great photos are out there of vintage street
scenes with the *right cars* doing what they did in 1957 or 60 ? I have
seen countless photos like this. Why do commercial artists candy up
these trite images of emotional punch when such great images already exist
? That's right .... emotional punch. What better way to pry
dollars out of the wallet than play the emotional card of fantasy - 1950's
fantasy - and get fuzzy brained dreamers to buy the nothingness of a
nonsensical rendering of someone's conglomeration of iconic images ?
Few things get me excited like vintage photos showing Uncle
Ed and Auntie Edna posing in the drive with their new 58 Dodge, or a simple
street scene with Grandma Pittipoo returning from an errand sortee in her
finned grocery-gitter. But this cartoon stuff ?
C'mon folks, .... you got good enough taste to know a great
car when you see one. Know bad art when you see that too, OK ?
*sigh*
B.
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