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If my memory serves, this hit the streets in the mid fifties. It was not electronic. The buttons were attached to tiny bellows which in turn...
Probably "Honduras maroon". exclusive on Corvettes in the late 50's
I think the word ugly is a little too strong to pin on Janis. But if you loved her it was because she was a terrific musician, not just another...
There's more beer in an onion sack keepin' cool in the water, don'tcha know. ? [IMG]
It just might be that the cloth coverings were less likely to sustain as much damage as the metal skins. A projectile piercing metal skin might...
Way on back near the beginning of this thread there was a picture of two boys, about 6 yrs old standing on the curb. The boy on the right has the...
It seems to me that the time it took to build these ships cannot be calculated because they were assembled using using modules that were...
That is an interesting tray system. I've never seen one. Must have been provided by the restaurant. .....Staged pictures; have you ever seen one...
A book titled "The Age of Edison" just hit the streets. It tells about the impact that the electric light had on everyone's life in the early...
Me too........Two ratchets and a spinner and not a socket in sight. :p
One of the really fun things when I was a little kid was seeing all the signs we passed as we went on errands around the city. They were often...
The old Mike Hammer TV shows had some nice shots of 50's period cars. Go to youtube and specify "Mike Hammer" and you will find a nice selection...
I discovered a little trick in Flikr. If you click on a picture there will be some text and symbols added at the bottom of the pic. If you click...
There is at least one big outfit that delivers. Schwans food products. Top notch products and service. I was pondering why the home delivery thing...
An Interesting Tale: The 1919 Ballot Indianapolis 500 Team Racing Cars With the Indianapolis 500 weekend upon us, we are very pleased to be...
They may look like 409's but because they are painted orange they are surely 348's. 409's were painted a blue-gray. And, no, I wouldn't get...
56 spark plugs. bad enough.
I miss the "good old days" when you could tell the make of the car by the sounds it made.
Can't we have this one forum stick to the subject it was intended for ? Is that asking too much ?
Could be an easy picture to fake. A child lying flat underneath. The chair would have to have space below the backrest. I hope that was the case.
Agreed........the body shapes are only suggestive of Corvette. If you set out to reshape vette panels you would wind up with a big pile of...
I think Einstein was a HEAD of his times.
No idea what this thing was; no info on it and badly faded. Did what I could... Looks like they piled some scrap onto an empty frame to make it...
Back to "the whole nine yards", a version I grew up hearing referred to the capacity of the domestic coal trucks that delivered to small...
What photo are you referring to ?
Anyone remember a feature that appeared in Pop Science decades ago called Shop Talk ? The premise was simply a conversation between craftsmen...
Would someone please explain what the "multi-quote" option is and also how to make the picture of the item you are quoting about appear in the quote ?
I guess everybody thinks that it is M M, but I am doubtful. Study the facial profile, I can't see her there. And that may not be the K boys either.
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