does anybody have any info on these cars? 1956 f100 El Monte CA.

>>>>,At that time ,,Ed Roths shop was an old two bay gas station on a corner ,,

 

>>>>.59Ford; i did find this pic ,,did your Dad have a rear bumper like this ?? i see it had the white cover over the tail gate chain like this ,,,
that's Dean Jeffries Shop next door to the Barris Shop ,,

 

Great pictures Connman! The black '56 Truck in your pics is a Big Window model though whereas the black '56 truck 1959 Ford is asking about is a small window.
As they say "close! - but no cigar......"
VonWegener

 

>>>>>,VonWegener; Good eye man ,,i didn't even look at that ,,

 

Please post more pictures Connman. They are great!

 

>>>>>,While searchin' for pics from that time ,,found this one ,,my cousins '51 Ford ,,"The Green Hornet! ",,,it was green of coarse ,,had a tri carbed 3/4 race flathead ,,

 

>>>>>,One more than i'll quit ,,this nice Candy Lime Green '55 Ford Crown Vic was at Ed Roths shop ,,
waiting it's turn for a car name , Scallops & pin striping

 

>>>>>,Notice the use of Flipper Hup Caps on about everything ,,Chrome Reverse Wheels were an arm anna leg ,,price wise ,,in 1960 ,i tried to buy a set for my '51 Vickie,,$200 bucks ,,in 1960 dollars ,,that'd be TWO GRAND today ,,heck ,,i only made $1.25 an hour pumpin gas back then ,,Gas was .29 cents a gal ,,a pack a Luckies was .50 cents ,,small bottle of Coke was .05 cents ,,those big Pepsi's were a whole DIME ,,,
Man those were sum times ,,

 

>>>>>,O K ,,one more ,,,gosh ,,get me started thru that big box of old pics and i can't stop ,,lol,,
this is Bob Nall ,,my best friend from hi school in Iowa & now owner of the Adult Toy Factory Rod Shop in Las Cruces ,N Mex ,,
this pic was taken in his front yard either late '62 or early '63 ,,'58 Impala Convertable ,,348 tri-power w' a four speed ,,notice the Chrome Wheels w' Buick baby center caps ,,

 

Connman your friend Bob must have been the guy to go cruising with. Good looking man with good bone structure and a great car - there must have been PLENTY of chicks in his wake ready to be picked up....

 

>>>>>,Yep,,,but don't tell him that ,,his head is big enough ,,,lol,,lol,,he was a 6 ft 6inch hi-school champ swimmer ,,that Chevy got full length lakers and a louvered hood after that pic was taken ,,,he bought a louver press outa El Paso n set it up in his car port ,,started doing everybodys hoods in the area ,,the very biginning of his hot rod shop ,,still has the louver press ,,he can louver anything ,,
today ??? he looks like a Andy Garcia of the Gratefull Dead twin ,,and still just as crazy as we all were in the late '50's ,,never grew up ,,like a lot of us ,,now builds hi dollar hot rods for customers at his shop in Las Cruces,N Mex ,,,has won many awards ,,was in the top 100 small shops in the '80's Car Craft mag deal ,,

 

>>>>>,winter '59-'60 ,,my Hi School car ,,'51 Vicky Deluxe,,Caddy Alpine White ,,frenched head lites ,nosed n decked ,,flathead w' two carbs,mild cam ,3 speed O D ,,'after this pic ,,it got the door handles shaved ,,appleton spots ,,louvered hood ,and lowered within a pack a Luckies layin' flat under the radiator crossmember ,,

 

<<>>>>This was Bob's Hi School driver ,,in '61 he moved to Las Cruces with it ,,i joined the Air Force n got stationed in Roswell,N Mex ,,we blew the motor up coming back from a drunkin' nite in Juarez ,Mexico ,,,so,,i bought it ,,he bought that '58 Impala ,,we put a junkyard 235 six in it and i drove it 'till i got orders in late '63 for Alaska ,,
this pic is in his driveway ,,that car port is where the louver press got set up ,,

 

Are all the photos coming up for you guys? The only pic of the '56 I'm seeing now is in post #49 and from that pic you can't see the back glass. Otherwise, same 'Fordomatic' emblem on the hood....looks the same to me.

 

Corner of N. Tyler Ave. and St. Louis Dr.?



Google Streetview looking South on Tyler. Is that it?

 

Many of the pictures disappeared. What happened? They were cool!

 

<<<<<>>>>Try hittin' your "Refreash" ,,i still got em all but one ,,

 

>>>>,Well,,i just lost three more ,,,Cyber Monkies at werk ,,try rebootin' your 'puter n see if they come back up ,,i will

 

<<>>>>,Nope ,,didn't help ,,maybe i posted too many big pics ,,

 

I'll have to remember that excuse for at work!

Anyway, 2 different PC's, reboots, pics still AWOL....

Anyway, in the 'invisible' pics of the '56, can you see a large back glass? The small back glass is what jolted my memory of the one in '73..unusual combo.

 

El Monte. On Ramona I believe.

 

Please CONNMAN, do something, anything, new host site whatever, to get those photos to show up again!

As to the original post, that truck is just so perfectly 1956. There were probably others like that, though.

I remember customizing the Revell '56 F-100 model kit back then, tiny little thing.....1/43 scale, or the like.

 

Ok, WHEW...i thought it was just my computer! Yeah get those pics back up!

 

>>>>>,O K ,,which ones do you want ??? i'll got back n re copy em & post em,,and hopfullly they'll stay posted ,,

 

Connman,
How about just copying and pasting the links directly to the photos into a message. For example
http://images.yuku.com/image/pjpeg/09b36fcd402973513c9209e58bce3ef4672cc8a0.jpg
etc.
etc.

 

>>>>>,Hey ,,,idon't know how to do dat ,,i have the pics saved in a MSN file,,,i'm werking offa HotMail ,can't go both places at the same time ,,,,,i'm lucky i can post em like i do ,,

 

Use photobucket.com. It's easy.

 

>>>>>,Guys ,,i posted those same pics on this thread ,,still up,,'cept for ome ,,so i reposted it over there ,,,check it out ,,this is page 6 ,,scan back n see the other pages ,,
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=440420&page=6

 

>>>>>,Also ,,that other thread has some really kool Mercs on it ,,and,,,a color pic of that kool merc i posted in front of Ed Roths shop ,,

 

Get your Aug. 73 Hot Rod in the mail yet?