Vintage shots from days gone by!

I wonder which parent the child resembled

 

thats the most beautiful coal truck I've ever seen

 

these are KIDNEY BELTS...........truck drivers used to wear them too....before Bostrom air ride seats......the jolting and jarring of a rigid Harley or heavy duty truck suspension would lead to a condition known then as "floating kidney"..or so I heard........and they're just plain neato-riffic!!!!

 

The last time I went through Deming, it didn't look much different.

 

Looks like 'The Corkscrew' at Monterrey.

 

By the pagoda in the back, I think that's Elkhart Lake, '64 or '65. My dad & I were there

 

Hey Gary,
Lloyd Thaxton had a TV show that was popular in So Cal in 1961. He was a "silver tongue ad man" that had some great backing, but lacked in the research department. He could impress anyone until "local surf/hot rod" slang terms were brought onto the show by accident. It was funny, but the writers and program people were clueless. They hopped on any bandwagon they could, so it brought in more viewers during that time period.

We all watched that Thaxton show because he was the next generation of the Dick Clark, American Bandstand. Since we all watched that show from the beginning, AB was fast becoming passe. This was local and something new.

internet excerpt: The show was almost totally unscripted and spontaneous. Thaxton's description of the idea: “No one told me what I had to do. I was producing it myself. I was writing it myself.”

Jnaki
It started on the west coast first, then went nationwide. He became famous without doing much of anything relevant. But, yes, we did watch it. Hey, we were clueless teenagers then with nothing much else to worry about.

 

Those are Kidney belts .

 

More from Texas

 

Mel Bashore, at end of Riverside Raceway shutdown area, with Connie Kalitta's Bounty Hunter AAFD following a time trial run, at 1964 Hot Rod Magazine Championship Drag Races. Courtesy of Mel Bashore



Mickey Thompson set the top speed at Pomona on July 4, 1955. Look close at this one-of-a-kind race car body. Regarding it, Don Jensen said, And yes, that body is cardboard and tape!! Courtesy of Don Jensen



Mickey Thompson dual dual at Lions



Mickey again



Mickey Brown Quincy Automotive

 

then
now
Hello,

My friend from high school brought his Bivens and Fisher FED to the Lions Dragstrip Museum Cacklefest. The car has been thoroughly upgraded to today’s standards and looks pretty fabulous. It sounds just as strong, too.

Jnaki

 

"Sheesh! I knew Hoffa was a big guy, but I didn't know he'd be THIS heavy."

 

I was thinking the same thing.


Now we need to have pictures of kidneys to make it complete.


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