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Oh my!!!!!!

 

Ha I wonder who was the sucker that bought that Barris Merc? What a waste of money!!!!

Man, I am going to get a time machine and go back to 1954 and punch my grandfather for not buying that car for $4900.....then I am going to go into the future and see if ODDRODGARAGE is lying like I said earlier.

 

Bump for Hirohata!

 

Marty!!! Get Doc Brown on the phone...I need to borrow the DeLorean !!

 

thanks, that was fun looking at the ads again.... I remember when I was a kid... dreaming of having one of these cars.... I took only 40 years to do it!

 

all I have to say is OMG!! what a baddazz collection of ads those prices are killing me! makes you wish for a time machine for sure the Hirohata Merc and Copper Kart alone Wow!!!!!!!

 

Anyone got a DeLorean and flux capacitor laying around...I need 1.21 jigowatts! The address for Hirohata is down the street from my grandma's house....I am going back in time to punch my gramps as well.

 

from cover car in Hot Rod Magazine, June, 1965



to the HRM classifieds, September, 1966

 

Bob Engle--any relation to the cam company?

 

How come these phone numbers don't work?

 

the Ricky Nelson deuce

 

the prices are unbelievable..but check out all the ad's have street address..damn sure cant do that nowdays..

 

This 1940 Woodie still survives to this day in Spokane, WA. It was bought from this Hot Rod Mart ad, if my memory is correct, the woodie was flat towed from California back to Spokane, and somewhere along the way broke loose, and passed the towing vehicle, coming to a stop in the middle of a field.

H.A.M.B. member and fellow Inland Emperor Jade Idol owns it and has for many years. Here's a couple recent photos of BIG WOOD.

 

Blurry but this is a picture that came with my 40'. It's hard to tell from this (phone picture) but it's the same california plate that's in the add.

 

Where is my time machine...

 

Another batch!!!

Here is the earlier Artwork for the Hot Rod Mart which was used in the mid 50's.

April 1954


September 1962


Not a sale ad but a wanted ad on a car we all know pretty well. It's funny that this was the fastest way to get this info back in the 50's!!!




What's going on with that grille shell??? Cool car none the less.







HRM feature car for $1500!




Normally I don't prefer the ass down look but this one is rubbing me the right way.

 

Damn, I was just in Kearny, NJ last week. Gonna go see if Norm Prestup still has that for sale. WOW

 

Reminds me of my dads first car, he bought it out of a local paper in the mid 60's 32 ford 5w, $75 or trade for 283

 

Too cool!

 

What a score that 3 window would have been.