US flags are updated only on the Forth of July. So a 49 star [Alaska] is one yr only, and some what scarace. Newc
So called man made "climate change" seems to have gotten worse with the increase of EV's and battery manufacturing world wide. Just saying.
Fremont, CA back then, a GM plant home/birthplace of a 65 El Camino Hello, When I sold my Flathead 40 Ford Sedan Delivery and my 58 Impala to fund my college courses away from home, it took some doing. We had so much fun and tons of history for those two hot rods. The sedan delivery allowed me to travel all over So Cal coastlines in search of great surfing waves. Then it even took us into Baja Mexico for some new adventures, too. Those long road trips to Santa Barbara were cold and the hollow chamber in the back did virtually nothing to keep us warm. It even had moisture dripping down from the inside roof panel. Yikes. The 58 Impala was also gone as it brought history and more fun to the cruising/drag racing world for me. But, the next generation of teens also started out with the Impala for their adventures for at least the next three years of high school. But, both were needed to be sold to fund the college adventure coming up in 1965 onward. Jnaki I went to Cormier Chevrolet in downtown Long Beach to buy a new car. (some will note that Cormier Chevrolet is/was just off of the 405 freeway near the Lion’s Dragstrip entrance.) right after I purchased the El Camino, the whole dealership moved from downtown Long Beach to the new more exposed, larger dealership seen by zillions of drivers on the busy freeway. Down the street was the entrance to the Lion’s Dragstrip on 223rd street. But, while we were still in the dealer’s downtown showroom office, the salesman and I went round after round of ordering or at least trying to order different motors, transmissions and accessories. He said the El Camino models were all made in the northern California Fremont City just north of San Jose, CA where I was going to go to college. He was nice enough to give me a note from Chevrolet to signify the origin of the El Camino from Fremont. The money from those two sales allowed me to buy a new 65 El Camino and still pay for some college expenses. Note: By the time I got to San Jose, it was a whole new ballgame. College classes were nothing like high school. The lecture classes were in rooms about the same size as our high school auditorium. There were more people on campus and there I noticed the largest size football/basketball players ever seen. My apartment was walking distance to the campus, but I needed and used the El Camino to drive all over the Northern California area to explore the new surroundings. Santa Cruz for surfing and Berkeley Hills for a outstanding view of the whole S.F. Bay Area to the ocean. I drove up to the GM Factory and said “Hello” to the birthplace of my new El Camino. Then, I drove a very short distance to the Fremont Dragstrip, just a stone’s throw away. Resting nicely while serving my wife and me with 125k worth of So Cal to Baja, Mexico, to the deserts to Northern California long coastal road trips and all over this Western state of the USA for our noted vacations and time away from others. It was, the most reliable car/truck ever owned and it did not disappoint for all of those miles. Photo by VNak... of some guy enjoying the ... "warm California sun..."
I’m guessing you never noticed middle aged drivers in the 50-70’s who drove a AM product usually had a wore out fedora on their head…
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