Hello, Well, finally a photo that actually justifies those parents' ideas from 1960. A dad of a girl I was dating in high school liked my 58 Impala when I first came over to their house. The black Impala was nice and shiny, had the sound of a rumbling race car, with a nicely dressed teenager kid standing at the door. It looked better than the 4 door sedan in the driveway. So, yes, a comment was great in the “acceptance of this kid dating my daughter,” mode. It was an odd thing to meet any ones parents, but things had to be done. So, weeks later, I drove up with a Flathead 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery to park in front of their house. Now, the dad was still a nice guy and we still greeted each other when we saw the other in the yard, garage or just standing around talking. But, his easy going comment was that only plumbers and milk delivery folks drove sedan delivery trucks. I was confused. We had never seen any Ford Sedan Delivery vehicles in our own neighborhood like that. so, I questioned his choice of words with a chuckle. Then I explained the reason for the sedan delivery was to use as a road trip hot rod to the various places along the coastal areas for surfing and camping. At the word, “camping,” he gave me another odd ball look. (as if his daughter was going to sleep in the back cave of the sedan delivery when camping…) Ha! Jnaki My reaction to that statement was to actually challenge him in saying, “…we had never seen such a delivery truck, ever.” They were all larger panel vans or square box step in vans like the postal service vans. But, he smiled and went on with his business… HUH… some smart aleck teenager… were the thoughts right then. YRMV So, all of these years later, up pops this photo with what looks like a milk delivery 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery vehicle parked in front of the store.
J. F. Brunson is in the hot seat for the Florence (S.C.)–Savannah (Ga.) leg of Atlantic Coast Line train 75, the Havana Special, in August 1957.
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