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My first "real" job when I got out of school. Think he even made it off the tarp LOL?
A short time later "Daddy took the T-Bird away." [IMG]
First thing I thought of was......... [IMG]
Well, since this is now open to general Pre-65 pictures...... My Dad's cousin was a B-24 pilot with the 8th Air Force, 44th heavy Bomb Group,...
Levee construction Summer of 1965 in Sturgeon Bay just off the Mississippi River at New Boston, IL. Taken by my Dad, the red '57 wagon in the last...
And if you REALLY want to do some sinning there's always Gulfport, Il. upriver a few miles although right now it's probably IN the river.
It's still in business today and VERY popular around the Ia-Il Quad Cities.
Could be a Sheriff's Posse Search and Rescue team, looks like Sheriff stars on the doors. Back in the late 60's I remember reading about them in...
Ford trucks too. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Revell was a major player in HO model railroad accessories BITD. [ATTACH]
LeClaire, Iowa . The museum has expanded since this was taken and now includes an actual paddle wheeler steamboat in an addition to the building...
The American Graffiti coupe in an earlier life? [IMG]
When this series of photos were taken I believe they pitted on both sides of the track, there were no grandstands to speak of yet and what is now...
Taken at Cordova, IL. That's not dirt, it's river sand. It's still there and the pits still have LOTS of sand............ There is a nuclear power...
These look familiar, this is Glenn Townsend owner of the "Townsend Mobile" in Viola Illinois circa 1937 or so. This is my Uncle Dave shortly...
An early '55 at the latest, GM changed to the newer style mid-year 1955. This one would have been an inline 6 and geared like a John Deere...
I have 3 of them that belonged to my Grandfather. I remember him putting oil in the lawn mower with them when I was a kid back in the early 60's,...
On a 1927 Illinois State road map what is now Illinois Route 17 was known as the "Swastika Trail".
[IMG] My dad helped build those combines in East Moline, IL. The IH combine plant is an empty lot now.
This shot was made in the late 50's, I've seen the original before, someone has photoshopped it to lower the car. Never cared for those old...
It would appear there's one in the showroom window behind the Chevelle. The cheaper Novas were still called "Chevy II" in '68.
Beat me to it. Has to be a styling exercise, check out the "scoops" in the leading edge of the hood too. Too bad it never made production, needs...
Hadn't paid any attention but I believe you're right. I was just going by the description that was with the picture on their Facebook page and...
[IMG] 1953 Illinois Quad Cities, probably Moline. Whitey's is a local icon and still in business
I just figured it was because the weather has turned decent and people are outside instead of on their computer........ or not.
Built in Moline, IL.
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/06/steve-has-keenest-checker-knowledge-ive.html
And you may be right, I don't view them that way but I can see where others might. I saw too much of it over the years to have any morbid...
I see nothing "junior high" about it, it's a harsh reality and this was a fact of life in the "good old days". Do we "need" to see it? We just...
Thanks.:cool:
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