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  1. Mazooma1
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  2. jimi'shemi291
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    General Eisenhower chats with Omar Bradley at 12th Army HQ
    while leaning on his '41 Clipper staff car. MacArthur had same
    model. Thanks to packardinfo.com, a GREAT site, Packard fans!!
     
  3. Bullet Nose
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    Holy Schlitz ..... what size are those bottles?

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  4. jimi'shemi291
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    Mazooma, that Denver Post site of COLOR shots is fantastic! You did every HAMBer a favor by posting the link. How did you find (stumble? what I do! LOL) it???
     
  5. jimi'shemi291
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    BulletNose, THOSE would have been the ORIGINAL "tall boys" !!! LOL

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    Don't you remember quart bottles of beer?

    I remember from the 70's there was a beer that came in a huge tall bottle.
    But it was an odd brand and can't think of the name off hand.
     
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    Servicing an A-20 bomber. Langley Field, Virginia, July 1942. Reproduction from color slide. Photo by Alfred T. Palmer. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress


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    Marine glider at Page Field. Parris Island, South Carolina, May 1942. Reproduction from color slide. Photo by Alfred T. Palmer. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress


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    M-4 tank crews of the United States. Fort Knox, Kentucky, June 1942. Reproduction from color slide. Photo by Alfred T. Palmer. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress


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    Welder making boilers for a ship, Combustion Engineering Company. Chattanooga, Tennessee, June 1942. Reproduction from color slide. Photo by Alfred T. Palmer. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
     
  9. MrFire
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    Mirror reverse image or brain fade? :)

    I had the photo of the Ute and wanted to post a sedan first, but ....... well you saw the result.


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  10. MrFire
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    First Falcon Motor - Australia.

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    Caption,"Engineers at Ford Australia's Geelong plant
    iron out details of the Falcon."
     
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    Caption, "The starting point for the 1960 XK Falcon was the standard sedan with a 144-cid six and three-speed transmission."
     
  13. MrFire
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    Caption,"A 170-cid engine became available for
    the Ford Falcon in 1962."
     
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    Caption, "The XL generation Ford Falcon arrived in 1962."
     
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    There were not many with this option:

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    Caption,"The XL generation of Ford Falcons included the
    debut of a Squire station wagon with
    pseudo-wood trim."
     
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    Caption,"Before Ford Australia had its own private test circuit,
    the trials necessary to adapt the Falcon to local
    conditions had to be carried out on public roads."
     
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    "The U.S. Falcon was totally rebodied for 1964 but the XM Falcon released "Down Under" that year wore a heavy facelift of the XL body."

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    Caption, "The Ford Squire put in its last appearance as an XM in 1964."
     
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    Used car lots had much better choices back then.
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    They were Chrysler Valiant in the main, but, there were some low spec models badged as Dodge.
    Motive power was 225 cu. in slant6, some V8's and, then there was the Hemi utes - 215 cu in, 245 cu in, 265 cu in an Australian straight6:

    Photos of a "late model" Valiant offering:

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    These were not the standard Ute motor:

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    I'm 78 so my memories go back to the thirties in New England and Boston. I can almost "hear" the sounds of the 30's Ford V8's engines and gear changes. I was a great admirer at the side of a suburban road of all vehicles, chain drive trucks and "steamrollers". In Boston I watched major construction using pile drivers, etc. Scenes of wet city streets after a refreshing rain bring back memories. Some of my written memoirs are posted to my website. http://users.mo-net.com/nixit/
     
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    Yeah, I recently heard someone point out that we now are closer in time to 2060 than to 1960.
     
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    Wow, I'm 61 and that really is a wake-up call.
    Never thought of it that way.
     
  24. jimi'shemi291
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    I'll be 60 in October and your numbers are brownin' me out, man! First Dennis Hopper from EASY RIDER dies, then you guys throw a wet blanket on my '60s trip. Wow. Just bummer. Bummed . . .

    (LOL, but, yeh, I'll be 60 in October, so knock that crap off, 'k???)
     
  25. MrFire
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    A "Humpy" Holden runnng a sideplate 6 cylinder engine. Ran low 15's:

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  26. MrFire
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    Holden Torana against (obscured) Holden GTS Monaro:

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    Australian Grand Prix -1957:

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    Bob Biltoft's Holden powered Peugeot 403 in the pit area - 1962:

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  30. MrFire
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    Barry Sharp's Wolsley - He built some great, but, unusual cars over the years:

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