any body consider themself an authority on the early to mid fiftys??? i really need to find at the minimum 3 more sources and i dont need very much information from them, not like i need to fill 10 extra pages or anything, just need more sources to meet the requirment. heres your chance to be famous and be in somebodys history research paper lol thanx in advance tim
[ QUOTE ] not even two ppl want to go on record as saying they know what there talking about? :S [/ QUOTE ] Tim, Very few original rodders are online. It's logical: People who are 65-75 years of age aren't generally familiar w/ computers or the internet. I'd reccomend taking a trip to your local new car dealership to ask their mechanics if they know any old timers who were rodders. You might also want to try the same at your local speed shop if you have one.
i know that very few "old school originals" are online thats why i added that i would still like some over all impresions and ect from ppl that think they know there ****. so realy you could be 17 for all i care long as you think you know your early fifties hotrod and customs. and a bit of culture, well enuff to have an over all opinion and thoughts that is fairly acurite. tim-yeah i know i cant spell
......cruising around on creepers under cars where my Dad was Service Manager of a Nash dealership............
There are quite a lot of old-timers online on Ahooga, the Model A message board. You could try your luck there, some of those guys have been building modified A's for ever.
[ QUOTE ] any body consider themself an authority on the early to mid fiftys??? i really need to find at the minimum 3 more sources and i dont need very much information from them, not like i need to fill 10 extra pages or anything, just need more sources to meet the requirment. heres your chance to be famous and be in somebodys history research paper lol thanx in advance tim [/ QUOTE ] It looks like you can get a lot out of this thread. 1950 to 55 a lot of people in Texas did not have a phone. A lot of country homes did not have indoor bathrooms and there were a lot of folks living outside the cities then. The cities had a lot of residents who had grown up on the farm but moved to town after the war to get good jobs. Many people could not afford a car and walked to work and rode busses and trolleys. A family with two cars was really something.
Im not sure I understand the question.... Where was I in 52 feet? I worked on a 52' boat once.... All kidding aside, I wish my grandpa was still here so I could ask him... He spent a couple days in jail for driving his hotrod up the steps of washington states capitol building sometime around then...
Uh I was born in '82, my dad in '52. Though my neighbor phill was hot rodding back then. He bought a used four door 53 olds in 54, had the motor hopped up, nosed, decked and peaked the hood, the rear jacked up six inches and the front coils cut to where the bumper nearly touched the ground, which got him a ticket for 50 bucks back then which was serious cash. He showed me a picture of it once, pretty cool car though. He had it from 54 to 59 and even after all the work he had put into it, it never got out of primer.
[ QUOTE ] Still have the pedal car. Anyone recognize it? [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, that looks like the start to Rocky's new modified project.
[ QUOTE ] i just need 2 ppl, friday is looming in the near future:S [/ QUOTE ] Hey Tim, Maybe try over at www.chevytalk.org in the "Dee-Dee's Drive-In" section or the "Performance Related" section. I think the crowd might be a little older there.
52?hell,i wasnt even thought of,i came around 30 years later..my dad was 11 years old and my car still had 2 years to be built creepy
It has occurred to me that very few of my material possessions that I actually care anything about were made after 1952. If I keep on at my current pace for a few more years, I'll probably reach a point where I'm the youngest thing in the house except for the dog and the microwave...
In '52 I was 4, still living in Mo. I do remember swallowing a marble! The family packed up in '55 and we headed for Californa. I can still remember how crowded it was for me and my older sister behind the front seat in dad's 39'deluxe.(Dad did remove the jump seats.) WE traveled route 66 all the way, stopping many times thru the desert to refill the radiator and the "desert cooler" bag. The family settled in so. cal. in the s.f.v.. in '55. I hung out at my dad's gas station alot and do remember Hot Rods stopping in on there return trip from the desert. Those guys always had to do burn outs on the bell hose to drive my dad crazy. Yep, those were the rods that hooked me. ------------------------------------------------------- "VAGAMONDS" CC
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