A picture that a friend on Facebook took back in the early 60s. This is Avondale very close to the District of Columbia line in Md. Not all hotrods came from Socal.
Love the Cherry Picker talk about having faith! I dig photos like this. And the 2 future Hot Rodders on the side lines.
I'm not in the picture. The guy with his foot on the frame was a guy in my first hotrod club but this was a few years before that. I just love the camaraderie of this picture. A bunch of young guys all digging the moment.
Cool pic, reminds me of my cherry picker when I was a youngun, an oak tree and a come along and a piece of plywood to lay on. Now I have most of the modern amenities and it takes me twice as long to get things done.
Cool pic. Strong backs, unlimited energy and enthusiasm, and not a clue in sight-those were the days.
I wonder how many times the two youngsters in their sunday school clothes were dope slapped and told to buzz off!?
No one had a engine hoist until the late 80's . We had a big ol a frame cable crane/hoist & everyone barrowed it.
I have the book " Cool Cars and Square Rollbars" written by New Englanders about New England hot rodding primarily in the 40's, 50's, and 60's. The book is filled with similar photos. However, something I noticed and that is somewhat confirmed by this photo, and I know this is WAY OT , but I have yet to find an overweight person in any of the photos. So it kinda shows what we were like as a nation before supersized fast food. Just an observation I thought I'd share.
Great photo Tommy,,back in my teens we used my kid sisters swing set and a chain fall,,back then my dad built the swing with steel pipe so it held up to many engine swaps long after my sister quit using it. HRP
Now THATS traditional! Wonder how many in that pic (including the youngbloods) went on to race something later in life. (probably all of 'em, LOL)
Heard that... Even in the late 60's, fast food hadn't come into it's own. that, and most of us were outdoors people.
love that picture!! you just dont see this anymore, maybe 2 or 3 guys on a car at a time now, I immediately made it my facebook profile picture
Ya know I can't remember what I used on my first engine trans plant. Like this picture it was outside along side of the pigeon coop in the back yard. No garage or car port. No friends that were into cars. Maybe that's why I like this so much. I think I built a one time tripod for the occasion. My dad did help me some but usually only when I got stumped. Commercial swing sets were not up to the task.
Boy does that picture bring back some memories of just how it was done back then. One time myself and a few friends were laying on the ground under a 38 Ford that we were trying to put a clutch in and there there was snow coming down and it was about 25 degrees out. We thought we were almost done putting the transmission back in when I noticed of the guy's spinning this round thing on his finger and I told everyone to STOP!!!!!!!!!!! We had forgot to put the throw out bearing back in. True Story but hell we were only 15 years old and no one really knew what the hell we were doing in the first place. Many that transmission was heavy and trying to line up everything was a real trip. Jimbo
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