Do You Remember ?

[Nulle]

This was run awhile back and was kind of fun and we have some new faces that may have something new to add.
Dagwood sandwitch - that thing was about a foot thick and had everything on it.

[buckhunter]

Butch Wax for your flat top haircut or during Elvis the "DA".

[Jack]

flat tops 'with fenders'?

[Jack]

Or PF Flyers?

[skeet]

Flat tops with Fenders were called Detroits. Do you remember the Andy Devine Show on TV?....well they called it TV!! It WAS close but black and white when it worked. Friday night fights brought to you by Gillette Blue Blades??

[Nulle]

Yup and greased back sides that met in the back = duck tails = full of Wild Tiger .

[Jack]

.." how are ya fixed for blades..." Sure I remember the Friday night fights, Sugar Ray Robinson, Carmen Basilio.....
Remember Andy Devine, too. That scratchy, squeaky voice:D
Saw those shows on a TV that had a tiny round screen, a great big cabinet, and the brand name Dumont on it. Not Dupont, Dumont.

[Jack]

That reminds me....remember when drug and department stores had tube testing machines in them?

[DogYeller]

Andy played the part of Jingles P. Jones. He was Guy Maddison's sidekick on the Wild Bill Hickock show in the early 50's.

We didn't have electricity untill 53 or 54 but we did have a, dry cell battery, radio. One show I remember that went onto TV was Gunsmoke. Mat Dillon was played by William Conrad.

Any one remember Chester's full name?

[buckhunter]

Should remember Chester's name cause I grew up in Dodge City. But another senior moment.

Do you guys and gals remember when scopes didn't have internal adjustments and had to be adjusted by the mounts and rings.

Remeber when TV first came to the area. Spent hours looking at the Test Pattern until they go up and going.

Remember one of my first cars, it was a Kaiser Frazier. Ever hear of that.

[Rick Teal]

Dogyeller:

I think Matt Dillon was played by James Arness. I remember the shows first promo, John Wayne did it, and we all thought he was going to be the star.

[Nulle]

"Burma Shave"

[buckhunter]

Its usually takes a couple of days to remember but I believe that Chester was played by Dennis Weaver.

Remember when you went to a Barber not a Hair Dresser.

[DogYeller]

Look familiar Buck.
http://members.stratos.net/jimkf/54kman.JPG

[Jack]

Yeah, Chester in Gunsmoke was played by Dennis Weaver...
I kinda think there was someone before him, though, but I can't remember who....
IIRC, Burt Reynolds was in Gunsmoke for a year or so, too.
:D Burma Shave signs were the entertainment for many childhood car trips. Sorry to see those go....

[DogYeller]

Dennis Weaver was the only Chester on TV, his full name was Chester B. Goode. On radio, it was Chester Westley Prowdfoot, don't know who played the part. Some AM stations run episodes of old radio programs late at night, even the commercials.

[TreeDoc]

(I'm smiling while I say that!)

I caught the tail end of a number of the things your referring to but I'll have you know....I still use Burma Shave...yep, it's still around!

[Nulle]

Burma Shave: They still have the little signs along the road in your neck of the woods - havn't seen those in years

[Cal Sibley]

Our man Tonto. He's Jay Silverheels, a Canadian Indian. Had a successful stable of race horses as well. He was forever against stereotyping Indians, of which he was a classic stereotype. He was also a very good and kind person, not at all like todays stars. The Lone Ranger would always say, "Tonto, go to town and get information." Tonto would ride off to town, snoop around but inevitably get caught, and have the snot kicked out of him. Just once I wish Tonto would have replied, "Up yours Kemosabe. Go to town yourself!" Best wishes.

Cal - Montreal

[buckhunter]

Remember when farm tractors had all steel wheels.

[Nulle]

Short wave radio kits

[multibeard]

My grandkids must be different as they really enjoy the old movies and tv shows. Spent the weekend with them an I enjoyed watching the old tapes of programs they have.
My grandson (9) does a pretty good Red Skelton immitation.

[Nulle]

I loved Ernie Kovacks

[Win75]

The very best cherry-coke could be had at the local drug store.

David.

[popplecop]

Tractors with steel wheels reminds when the few blacktop roads we had at the end of WW II were posted: Tractors with Steel Lugs Prohibited, lotta tracks in the ditches back then.

[DogYeller]

popplecop,
My dad was a Blacksmith and I can just barely remember him shoeing workhorses. If remember correctly two of our neighbors were still using horses as late as 1950. The only Steel Wheel Tractors I remember back then were rusting away on someone’s back 40.

[rubicon]

How about grandpappy Amos and the Real McCoys? I liked those burma shave signs on the fence lines and the mail pouch on the barns.

[Nulle]

Real McCoys ? Didnt think that was that long agoe ooooooops
Never Mind lol

[buckhunter]

Remember those transister radios about the size of a package of likesavers that had a earplug. You tuned them by pulling a rod up and down. Never worked well but all of us had them much like the walkman today.

[Nulle]

Sure do and the "oil Bath" air cleaners on trucks

[Jack]

"Remember those transister radios about the size of a package of likesavers that had a earplug. You tuned them by pulling a rod up and down. Never worked well but all of us had them much like the walkman today."
The one I had was in the shape of a rocket- the antenna pulled out the nose. There was a wire and alligator clip so you could ground it to something metal.

[buckhunter]

TV Screens about 6" Square in a cabinet about 4' Sq.

A lawn mower without a motor..................

[Jack]

I can recall some of those huge TV cabinets with ROUND screens - about that same 4". Made by Dumont.

[popplecop]

DogYeller, Farming with horses fairly common around here. Lot of Amish farmers have moved to Wisconsin, brings back memories watching them farm the old way and make a living at it. Now if we could just get fence rows back, they were great for rabbits and pheasants and all wildlife.

[rubicon]

penny candy-Speedy ElkaSeltzer- and Colgate tooth powder?

[DogYeller]

popplecop,

You've got my vote.

[Cal Sibley]

If I recall the main feature of the flat tops with long sides was what we used to call the "duck's ass" in the back. I don't know about you guys, but I grew up with Howdy Doody, Buffalo Bob, Clarabelle and the gang. One of the best programs was at 6 PM daily, called "The Frontier Theater." A lot of great cowboys then; Hopalong Cassidy, Randolph Scott, Buster Crabb, Autry and Rogers, and oodles of others. Boy was it ever a great time to be young. Best wishes.

Cal - Montreal

[Nulle]

Right on Cal remember it well in fact I got the Howdy Doody last tape.

[DogYeller]

How much do you really remember?
Doodyfacts (http://www.doodyville.com/trivia.cfm)

[buckhunter]

Lets see, what did I have for Breakfast?

[Nulle]

Baby moon hub caps

[buckhunter]

Fake whitewall tires............

[Jack]

If ya got moon discs and fake white walls, a Continental Kit can't be far behind.
And, of course, a foxtail for the antenna.

[buckhunter]

Don't forget to drop the front end on the car so it rides about 4" off the road. COOL:p

[dunwerkin]

Train wrecks few
Reason clear
fireman doesn't hug
engineer



Burma Shave


Dunwerkin

[skeet]

Heck can y'all remember the Dumont Network?? The fourth TV network. And the coming or going car...The 1949 Studebaker??

[BILLY D.]

WHAT'S THIS TV CRAP. WHAT A BUNCH OF CANDIES. I BET YOU WEAR PEPPERMINT STRIPPED UNDERWEAR. I DIDN'T SEE A TV UNTILL I WAS 12 YEARS OLD.

I REMEMBER RUNNING HOME FROM SCHOOL TO HEAR THE LONE RANGER, SGT. PRESTON OF THE YUKON AND HIS WONDER DOG KING, JACK ARMSTRONG THE ALL AMERICAN BOY AND SKY KING AND PENNY, ON THE RADIO.

DURING THE EVENINGS IF YOU GOT YOUR HOMEWORK DONE YOU GOT TO LISTEN TO LUX PRESENTS HOLLYWOOD, KATE SMITH, THE GREAT GILDERSLEEVE, FIBBER MAGEE AND MOLLY, JACK BENNY AND ROCHESTER, BOB HOPE, MILTON BERLE. I COULD GO ON FOR DAYS.

NO REALITY BULLCRAP BACK THEN. YOU HAD AN IMGINATION. THESE COUCH POTATOES NOWADAYS WOULD NEVER UNDERSTAND. OH YES, AND SELF ESTEEM WAS SOMETHING YOU EARNED NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS BESTOWED UPON YOU SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU WERE BORN. YOU GAINED SELF ESTEEM BY WORKING AND DOING WELL IN SCHOOL HELPING OUT AROUND THE HOUSE ETC.

BUT IT'S A MUCH BETTER WORLD NOWADAYS :eek:

I JUST CAN'T CONVINCE MYSELF.

[Nulle]

The Great Gilder Sleeve - on radio.

[Valigator]

Man.....you guys are old.....:D :D ;)

[Valigator]

not sure what year

[Nulle]

My God = Your just a snot-nosed kid lmao

[BILLY D.]

HEY VAL

1937 WAS A GREAT YEAR FOR THE WINCHESTER MODEL 70 AND THE DC-3 AIRLINER AND ME. THE DC-3 LATER BECAME SPOOKY THE GUNSHIP IN VIETNAM. YES I FLEW ON IT. I WAS A GUNNER.

WHAT IS THAT IN YOUR PICTURE, A 55 OR 56 MERCURY? THEY WEREN'T FAST ON THE HOLE SHOT BUT ONCE YOU GOT THEM MOVING THEY WERE QUICK. I HAD A 56 FORD VICTORIA WITH A 312CI AND 225 HORSE ENGINE. SUNSET CORAL AND WHITE. IN THOSE DAYS IT WAS CALLED T*&&% PINK. WHEN THE SUN WAS SETTING IT TOOK ON A DIFFERENT AURA AND LOOKED LIKE THE SUN SETTING IN THE WESTERN SKIES. I CAN'T DESCRIBE IT, IT WAS JUST GORGEOUS. I LOVED THAT CAR.

IT WAS ABOUT THIS TIME IN MY LIFE THAT I FOUND OUT HOW OUT OF TOUCH MY FATHER WAS WITH LIFE. WHAT A GRUMP, AND HE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT LIFE. SEVERAL YEARS LATER WHEN I WAS IN MY MID TWENTIES I COULD NOT BELIEVE HOW MUCH HE HAD LEARNED IN THOSE INTERVENING YEARS. THE MAN JUST MADE A TOTAL TURNAROUND. HA. HA. WE BECAME FATHER AND SON AND GREAT FRIENDS.

WHEN I WAS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL, YES WE HAD THOSE THEN, OUR CIVICS TEACHER POSED A QUESTION TO US. "WHAT WOULD WE BE DOING IN THE YEAR 2000". DON'T LAUGH, BUT MOST OF US THOUGHT WE'D BE DEAD. LOL NOW HERE WE ARE PREPARING FOR OUR 50TH SCHOOL REUNION THIS SUMMER. GONNA BE A BLAST. I WONDER IF A 6 PACK STILL COSTS 98 CENTS? IN YOUR DREAMS BILLY BOY. GEE I'LL BET GAS HAS RAISED SINCE IT WAS 17 CENTS A GALLON ALSO.

ONE GOOD ONE BEFORE I GO. WHEN I WAS IN GRADE SCHOOL WE STILL USED INK PENS. THIS WAS BEFORE BALLPOINTS. EVERY SCHOOL DESK HAD AN INK WELL THAT YOU DIPPED YOUR PEN INTO TO WET THE QUILL SO YOU COULD WRITE. AND YES WE DID DIP THE GIRLS PIGTAILS INTO THE INKWELL. THIS GIRL THAT SAT IN FRONT OF ME WAS A REAL WENCH. I HATED HER AND THE FEELING WAS LIKEWISE. ANYWAY I DIPPED HER AND SHE TOLD THE TEACHER, A NUN. BOY I GOT THE SNOT BEAT OUT OF ME FOR THAT ONE. HAD TO SWEEP FLOORS AND POUND OUT THE ERASERS AND CLEAN AND WASH BLACKBOARDS FOR A WEEK. HE. HE. HE. IT WAS WORTH IT. LOL.

BY THE WAY, I STILL USE A FOUNTAIN PEN. I'M OLD SCHOOL.

OH, AND BEING OLD, IT SURE AS HECK BEATS THE ALTERNATIVE.

:D

[Nulle]

Oh don't go Bill I got a big smile on your recounts of the good days. Yes I remember alot of it and the ink wells were on their way out when I started but the desks still had the places for them. You know I don't think I could go up these days and would sure as heck be in jail. But god we had fun !

ps. Yes I do remember where I came from when dealing with kids as a cop and I wished more cops would . lol

[BILLY D.]

HEY NULLE

TODAY IS SATURDAY AND I HAD A BRAIN %$#@ ABOUT WHAT I USED TO LISTEN TO ON SATURDAYS.

EVER HEAR "LET'S PRETEND". BROUGHT TO YOU BY CREAM OF WHEAT, CREAM OF WHEAT IS SO GOOD TO EAT WE HAVE IT EVERYDAY.

LETS PRETEND WAS FOLLOWED BY THE SMILING ED MCCONELL SHOW WITH FROGGY THE GREMLIN. PLUNK YOUR MAGIC TWANGER FROGGY. AND FROGGY WOULD MYSTICALLY APPEAR OUT OF NOWHERE AND SAY "HI YA KIDS HI YA, IT'S ME FROGGY THE GREMLIN". NEVER DID FIND OUT WHERE IT WAS HE APPEARED FROM. BROUGHT TO YOU BY BUSTER BROWN SHOES. REMEMBER BUSTER BROWN AND HIS DOG TIDE. WHEN YOU BOUGHT A PAIR OF BUSTER BROWN SHOES THERE WAS A LITTLE TRANSFER OF BUSTER BROWN AND TIDE IN THE HEEL EVERY SHOE.

THOSE SHOWS WERE FOLLOWED BY THE NATIONAL FARM AND HOME HOUR FROW CHICAGO. EVERY WEEK THE ANNOUNCER WOULD START WITH THE SAME SPIEL, "IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN CHICAGO". THEN YOU PICK UP THE NEWPAPER THE NEXT DAY AND FIND OUT THE WIND WAS BLOWING 40 MPH AND SNOW WAS THICKER THAN FLEAS ON A DOGS BACK AND IT WAS 5 DEGREES IN CHICAGO THE DAY BEFORE. BEAUTIFUL DAY? I NEVER TRUSTED ANNOUNCERS AFTER THAT. LOL

WELL, I'M OFF. GEEEEZ BILL WE ALREADY KNEW THAT. I'LL SEE IF I CAN COME UP WITH ANY MORE OLD STUFF.

[Nulle]

I remember it well and wonder if they still have Buster Brown=probably not. Bates mens store in Aberdeen carried them along with top of the line stuff. Thats back in the days when we still had a "Main Street" no shopping malls.

[rubicon]

how about the company stores? The miners in the town I grew up in lived in company housing and were paid in company script which was only accepted in the company store which sold virtually everything. I remember the store sold black rubber boots to the miners and another store in the town sold some brown rubber boots cheaper. A few of the miners managed to trade their script somewhere and bought the brown boots. When they went to work and the company officials saw the brown boots they were told there will be no work for you until you get your boots from the company store.

[fastsixgun]

Remember when James Arness Played the thing in the original movie. So many good westerns back then!

[Nulle]

GunSmoke

[Jack]

Yup classic show..
Marshall Dillon, Miss Kitty, Doc, Chester, Festus........

[Valigator]

Ed Sullivan show

Allen Funt

I love Lucy

Captain Kangaroo

S&H green stamp stores

[Nulle]

Jane Wymans fireside theater.

[buckhunter]

"IT WAS ABOUT THIS TIME IN MY LIFE THAT I FOUND OUT HOW OUT OF TOUCH MY FATHER WAS WITH LIFE. WHAT A GRUMP, AND HE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT LIFE. SEVERAL YEARS LATER WHEN I WAS IN MY MID TWENTIES I COULD NOT BELIEVE HOW MUCH HE HAD LEARNED IN THOSE INTERVENING YEARS. THE MAN JUST MADE A TOTAL TURNAROUND. HA. HA. WE BECAME FATHER AND SON AND GREAT FRIENDS."


Was there a university or schoold our parents went to when we hit about 20 or so. Same thing happened to me. Also my kids tell me the same. Kinda spooky:D

[Bluegunner]

Boy Bill D., you sure stired up a bunch of memories!!!! Here's a few for you.

Milking cows by hand, turning the cream seperator by hand.
Going to the ice box before and after each meal for butter and milk.
Getting a sliver of ice from the ice man on a hot day.
White ole with a yellow bubble that you had to squeeze.
Friday night movie with 25 cents to spend, 10 for the movie, 5 for popcorn, 5 for candy, and 5 for an icecream cone or fountain soda at the drug store after.
Serials at the begaining of each movie - Superman, Durango Kid, Flaming Arrow, Lashlaroo (sp.)
On Radio, Cisco Kid and Poncho, Grand old Opera, Amos and Andy,
Creaking Door, Green Hornet General Electric Theater
Being able to take your rifle or shotgun to school to do a talk about cleaniing and gon safety.
Hauliing an outhouse to main street on Halloween, or moving one slightly back on its hole. (You young guys know what an outhouse is???)
Street cruising on a Sat. night
Outdoor movies, filling up the trunk to get in free.
Raiding watermellon patchs
Tee shirts, blue jeans and engineer boots
Poodle skirts and saddle shoes.
This could go on & on!!!

Bluegunner

[Bluegunner]

Thought some of you might enjoy this!!

Bluegunner


TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the
1930's 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's !!




First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us.


They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, and didn't get tested for diabetes.

Then after that trauma our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.

As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.

Riding in the back of a pickup on a w arm day was always a special treat.

We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.

We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.

We ate cupcakes, bread and butter and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!

We would leave home in the morning and play all day as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.

No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K. Remember making and walking on home made stilts.

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.

We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no videotape movies, no surround sound, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms...WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.

We mad e up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms (only with some tomato sauce for me) and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes, nor did the worms live in us forever.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell or just walked in and talked to them!

Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!

This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!

The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.

We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!


And YOU are one of them! CONGRATULATIONS!



You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good.

Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!

[Nulle]

Fantastic Blue = these were great ones and great times for sure!

[Cal Sibley]

Hello buckhunter,

I got the same thing from my son (now 31). We were taking a walk, and he popped out with, "Thge older I get, the smarter you become." It really made me feel good! Best wishes.

Cal - Montreal

[BILLY D.]

HI ALL

HAVEN'T BEEN BACK TO THIS THREAD FOR A WHILE. DON'T KNOW WHY I GUESS IT JUST DROPPED OUT OF MY COMPUTER BANK.

BABY MOONS WEREN'T REAL POPULAR IN MY AREA FOR SOME REASON. WE WERE ALL INTO OLDSMOBILE SPINNER HUBS. REMEMBER IN THE CENTER THEY HAD THE PRETTIEST BLUE INSERT. BOY THEY LOOKED GREAT ON ANY CAR.

GENERAL MOTORS MUST HAVE MADE OLDSMOBILES NUMBERING IN THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS DURING THAT TIME FRAME BECAUSE EVERYBODY THAT WAS ANYBODY HAD FOUR OLDS HUBCAPS ON THEIR CAR. THEY WERE VERY EASY TO PURCHASE AT NUMEROUS JUNK YARDS OR AT THE CORNER OF GRABBIT AND RUN. REMEMBER THE SONG ABOUT DEIONE AND THE BELMONTS? WHILE DEIONE WAS SINGING IN THE AUDITORIUM, THE BELMONTS WERE OUTSIDE STEALING THE HUB CAPS OFF OF CARS. "MAN THOSE SPINNER HUBS WERE SO HIP THEY HAD TO WALK SIDEWAYS."

HEY, ANYBODY EVER CATCH ANY OF BILL COSBY'S OLD GIGS? ONE OF THEM USED TO REALLY CRACK ME UP. HIS SON AND HE WERE HAVING ONE OF THOSE REAL SERIOUS DISSERTATIONS ABOUT DADS AND SONS. COSBY TELLS HIS SON " BOY I BROUGHT YOU INTO THIS WORLD AND I CAN TAKE YOU OUT, AND YOUR MOTHER AND I CAN MAKE ANOTHER ONE JUST LIKE YA". REMINDED ME OF MY DAD. WHILE I WAS GROWING UP? I THOUGHT HE WAS THE WORLDS BIGGEST HARD A$$. HE WASN'T, HE WAS JUST TRYING TO INSURE I GREW CORRECTLY.

HEY BLUEGUNNER, I MISSED OUT ON THE MILKING BUSINESS BEING FROM CLEVELAND. BUT I DID FIND A BUNCH OF MILK BOTTLES IN AN ALLEY ONE DAY WHEN I WAS A KID AND THOUGHT IT WAS A COWS NEST.:eek: GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY THAT WAS HORRIBLE. MY ATTEMPT AT THE JOKE, THAT IS. I DO REMEMBER THE ICE BOXES THOUGH. AND THE ICE MAN THAT WOULD COME DOWN THE STREET DELIVERING.

WHEN WE MOVED TO DAYTON THERE WAS A BAKERY COMPANY THAT USED TO DO DOOR DELIVERY. PASTRIES, BREAD ROLLS, DOUGHNUTS ETC. THEY USED TO HAVE THE BEST BROTCHENS IN THE WORLD. BROTCHEN IN GERMAN IS LITTLE LOAF OF BREAD. ONE SERVING SIZE. I THINK OF THOSE AND MY MOUTH STILL WATERS.

AND THE OLEOMARGARINE WAS A REAL TREAT DURING THE WAR, BECAUSE EVERY THING WAS RATIONED. BUTTER WAS A TWICE A YEAR TREAT. CHRISTMAS AND EASTER. I SQUEEZED MANY A BAG OF OLEO. THE STUFF HAD THE COSISTENCY OF FROZEN REAREND GREASE. DID ANYBODY EVER FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT STUFF WAS MADE FROM? MAYBE WE DON'T EVEN WANT TO GO THERE. ;)

I STILL THINK BACK TO THE 40'S AND FIFTIES. WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH IN THOSE DAYS BUT I THINK IN THE LONG RUN WE WERE HAPPIER TO A CERTAIN EXTENT.

BUCKHUNTER YOUR TAKE ON MY QUOTE ABOUT MY FATHER IS AN HONOR AND A TRIBUTE. I STILL MISS MY POPPA.

WELL GOTTA GIT. I'M LATE FOR SUPPER AND I'M HUNGRY. KEEP ALL THE OLD STUFF ROLLING IN. I SURE ENJOY TI.

[royinidaho]

How about "ate a peanut"

'55 Chrysler w/shifter on the dash.

I even put moonies on it - gag.

Filed it up for 5 bucks.

How about "pink & black"

White Bucks

Pegged pants.

Hell I otta visit down here more often.:rolleyes:

How old ya gotta be to be a senior. I'm 62 :cool:

[ringneck 1]

Had one of those 55s that was a big boat.

what was your first car.Mine was a 41 oldsmobile hydra shift .wish I still had that it would be worth a fortune.
My brother girl friend wreck it .that was hard to explain.
like what was she doing in your car!!!!;)

[royinidaho]

First car was '54 Ford 4-door, flat head V8. Drove between Lynchburg VA and Butler Pa on trips home. Boiled over on the turnpike every trip, waiting at the tunnels. Popped a v-belt once late at night on one of those trips. Just kept on driving. Turned the lights off and finished the trip.

Second car was a brand spankin' new 1963 Corvair convertible. Used ta haul Piney River Apple Brandy to PA in it on the home trips. Pretty good stuff. Rigged it so the spare tire would hold it. All the other guys from PA would get stopped on the turnpike if the vehicle was riding low in the back. No prob. w/the Monza:rolleyes: with the spare up front.