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Ray Bell
Posted 2008-09-16 9:27 PM (#144987 - in reply to #81647)
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Dwayne, you can avoid that moire pattern if you rephotograph rather than use a scanner...

Just hold a digital camera over the picture at a comfortable distance, make sure that the pic is parallel as you can get it on all four sides with the viewfinder frame and shoot it in good natural light, preferably not in the sun.

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d500neil
Posted 2008-09-17 8:18 PM (#145068 - in reply to #81647)
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The CHP instructor is driving a 58 Dodge, with some sort of PLY/generic-MoPar steering wheel and horn ring.

Just look how nicely constructed that car's seat is.

In that Pennzoil ad, you can see where a graphic-artist has added the 'bubble-gum' machine, and that 'star-license-plate',
onto an illustration of a typical CRL hardtop. That's no real PD-car, there.








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vedette
Posted 2008-10-02 9:51 PM (#146768 - in reply to #144820)
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1960fury - 2008-09-15 12:09 PM

hey vedette, where are you? we need more!

Right Sid,I'll post more of the '50s and '60s but I think Rob wants me to delete all these and go out and take photos of modern day USA and all those beautiful Jap Plastic Junkers he so loves so,here's one of FLs in Florida.



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1960fury
Posted 2008-10-03 6:08 AM (#146800 - in reply to #146768)
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1960fury - 2008-09-15 12:09 PM

hey vedette, where are you? we need more!

Right Sid,I'll post more of the '50s and '60s but I think Rob wants me to delete all these and go out and take photos of modern day USA and all those beautiful Jap Plastic Junkers he so loves so,here's one of FLs in Florida.


yes, i believe he is a honda salesman...
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d500neil
Posted 2008-10-03 4:45 PM (#146847 - in reply to #81647)
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...That Pompano Beach was an affluent area, all right; virtually all the cars in the parking lot are 55-57 models.

That red/white Dodge is the Custom Royal model (notice its visible fin emblem).
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vedette
Posted 2008-10-03 7:27 PM (#146851 - in reply to #81647)
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Rob
Posted 2008-10-03 8:07 PM (#146853 - in reply to #81647)
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No, no, I really enjoy these pictures, with the 50's cars and the areas of the country. It's amazing how things have changed over the years, doubt many of those buildings are still here today.

Bear in mind, a '57 Plymouth was nothing in '57. Who would take a picture of one? In '67 a '57 Plymouth, if it had survived that long, was a used car one step out of the junkyard.

There are a lot things and cars I wish I had photographed or saved from my childhood. Who would have thought?

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58 DESOTOS RULE
Posted 2008-10-03 9:09 PM (#146858 - in reply to #81647)
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vedette - 2008-10-02 9:51 PM

1960fury - 2008-09-15 12:09 PM

hey vedette, where are you? we need more!

Right Sid,I'll post more of the '50s and '60s but I think Rob wants me to delete all these and go out and take photos of modern day USA and all those beautiful Jap Plastic Junkers he so loves so,here's one of FLs in Florida.



yes, i believe he is a honda salesman...

 

Yes indeed - obviously. 

 

Keep posting those FL postcards from the 50s and 60s though. It's the next best thing to having a time machine or a Tardis. 

 

 





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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2008-10-04 2:06 AM (#146873 - in reply to #146858)
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Both of those Spokane structures survive, although Deaconess Hospital is buried under many facelifts. The Catholic Church largely looks the same. Too bad all the cars today are crap.

I got a laugh. As I scrolled down, both the Central City and Silverton shots had me saying "Hey, that's .... " before I got to the ID at the bottom ! If those 1880's buildings made it to 1960, they were pretty much safe from wanton demolition.
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vedette
Posted 2008-10-09 7:55 PM (#147552 - in reply to #81647)
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58 DESOTOS RULE
Posted 2008-10-09 9:38 PM (#147576 - in reply to #81647)
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The store fronts have changed some, but Racine looks pretty much the same. Only the DeSotos have changed from a 1955 to a 1958 when I'm tooling around town.




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vedette
Posted 2008-10-21 5:25 PM (#149039 - in reply to #132716)
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vedette - 2008-03-30 9:27 PM

NJ/NY Diners seem to attract FL owners


Funny thing is that the reo diner is about 1 mile from my house and is still standing. They have a car show literally around the corner on Main St. in woodbridge.

As for the bridgewater diner, it stands too, remodeled though, and there's a show across the highway at the now fudruckers, at the time a forrest.

Let's start with another NJ diner attracting ForwardLooking customers and in the second postcard why didn't The El Camino Motel buy one instead of a Ranchero.



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Rob
Posted 2008-10-21 6:57 PM (#149053 - in reply to #81647)
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TraveLodge was the economy motel of its day. My father stayed there when he was paying for the motel room.

There was no El Camino in 1961 thru 1963, which is probably why the El Camino motel had a Ranchero.

Yes, Pompano Beach, Florida was and still is an affluent area.

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old mopar guy
Posted 2008-10-23 9:27 PM (#149396 - in reply to #81647)
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These photos are great ! I wish I could get in one of my cars and drive back! HAPPY MOTORING!!
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Posted 2008-10-24 7:33 AM (#149438 - in reply to #149396)
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Posted 2008-10-30 10:40 PM (#150153 - in reply to #81647)
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58 DESOTOS RULE
Posted 2008-11-02 7:52 PM (#150397 - in reply to #81647)
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I got stuck in Kingman, AZ in the middle of June in 1979 on my way to LA. I was driving a Jap captive import (Plymouth {Mitsuibishi} Arrow) and my fuel pump went out. The way the engine was designed, when I lost the fuel pump I also lost the oil pressure. Kingman didn't have a Plymouth dealer so the mechanic had to send away to Phoenix for a new pump. And they got the wrong one the first time. I had the 2 Litre engine and the mechanic asked for a pump to fit the smaller 1.6 liter engine. It was a long weary four days I spent in that town at the La Quintera Inn as the Greyhound bus trundled between Phoenix and Kingman with the necessary part. It was so hot that when I walked to the restaurant from the hotel in flip-flops to take my meals the heat from the asphalt road blistered my feet something fierce.



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vedette
Posted 2008-11-03 10:21 PM (#150586 - in reply to #81647)
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Rob
Posted 2008-11-07 9:06 PM (#151128 - in reply to #81647)
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What building is that is Tallahassee, Florida? I cannot make out the writing above the door.
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vedette
Posted 2008-11-08 7:38 PM (#151205 - in reply to #81647)
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The Carlton Building.
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vedette
Posted 2008-11-19 8:08 PM (#152575 - in reply to #151205)
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old mopar guy
Posted 2008-11-19 8:21 PM (#152579 - in reply to #81647)
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Love the photo of the 48 Desoto sedan with the 58 Desoto sedan in the parking lot, What a difference 10 years makes ! Great Photos keep them coming! Thanks and HAPPY MOTORING Victor..
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Posted 2008-11-19 9:09 PM (#152588 - in reply to #81647)
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I love all the pics of the motels with the swimming pools practically sitting out in the parking lot with no fence around them. That definitely is something you don't see anymore as I think all pools must have some type of fence or wall or building around them for insurance reasons...
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Posted 2008-11-22 8:09 AM (#152943 - in reply to #81647)
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Those are some great pics!!
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1960fury
Posted 2008-11-28 2:42 AM (#153684 - in reply to #152943)
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Posted 2008-11-29 3:35 PM (#153814 - in reply to #81647)
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Can I just say this thread is the best thing on the internet I can lose hours looking at it , the pictures seem to draw you into another world .
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Posted 2008-11-29 5:44 PM (#153827 - in reply to #81647)
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arrrggghhhh! vedette you must be the one that keeps out bidding me on all the '61 plymouth postcards.... adriana
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Posted 2008-12-01 11:05 AM (#153965 - in reply to #81647)
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What a ride in this time machine.
A HUGE thankyou for posting these pics.
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Posted 2008-12-02 4:33 AM (#154052 - in reply to #81647)
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i know, i so wish i could just jump into one of those postcards and live in those times.... vedette, if im to be out bid by anyone, im glad it was by you... its great that you scan them all and share them with everyone here... fabulous thread!! adriana
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vedette
Posted 2008-12-05 8:55 PM (#154514 - in reply to #81647)
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Here's a well travelled and photographed '58 DeSoto,the first one taken at Buellton Motel I actually saw this postcard on the wall of that motel's reception one day I stopped there after having some Andersen's Pea Soup across the road,the reason I went into the motel was there was a Forward Look car parked there and I had a nice chat with the original Mom and Pop owners who told me about how good it was in the days in the postcard.We reckon the DeSoto belonged to the photographer for Plastichrome postcards.



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Posted 2008-12-05 9:28 PM (#154517 - in reply to #81647)
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Any known reason for the white hood on the DeSoto?

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Sartana
Posted 2008-12-06 2:14 PM (#154569 - in reply to #154517)
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I think if you will notice, the last 3 posted cards have the same De Soto with the white hood in them. If the motel managers memory is correct, that was the photographer's car in the picture, as it is in all of them. What are the odds of more then one Desoto modified in that manner?
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Posted 2008-12-06 2:26 PM (#154571 - in reply to #154569)
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Methinks Vedette is right ..... it is the photographist's car.

Is it just me, of does the mismatched body panel just scream "white trash" and any and all measures should be taken immediately to get that hood painted to match ? I do not feel this way so strongly about non-finned cars, but it really bugs me to see a finned car with missing wheel covers, dirty, dented up, or with the off-color door, etc.

I feel this way about real Googie architecture too. It does not work well with modifications, non-matching additions, updates, etc.

I see the period and the style as being such a pinnacle, or purity of style, that it just needs to be in good representative form of it looks bad. 1920's or 1940's styling, not such a big deal. Googie stuff ? Just doesn't adapt well.

I sure do enjoy this thread.

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Posted 2008-12-10 5:53 AM (#154964 - in reply to #81647)
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This thread is just wonderful. Thanks for sharing your postcards/photos!

Here's a beautiful 58 Plymouth Convertible on a postcard from back in the day.



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58 DESOTOS RULE
Posted 2008-12-10 10:24 PM (#155050 - in reply to #154964)
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christine-lover - 2008-12-10 4:53 AM This thread is just wonderful. Thanks for sharing your postcards/photos! Here's a beautiful 58 Plymouth Convertible on a postcard from back in the day.

That looks like a pretty nice 1953 Plymouth Suburban under the car port too. 

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vedette
Posted 2008-12-14 8:20 PM (#155461 - in reply to #81647)
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Kenny J.
Posted 2008-12-14 8:25 PM (#155462 - in reply to #155461)
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Not sure what that dark finned car in the background of the first picture is (second car back, behind the streetcar), may be a Mopar.

The second picture is for Big M:

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Posted 2008-12-14 8:35 PM (#155463 - in reply to #155462)
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Port Washington, Wisconsin, 1965.

I don't know about the Dodge, but both electric locomotives and the trolley box motor still exist:

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Posted 2008-12-14 9:36 PM (#155473 - in reply to #155463)
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Posted 2008-12-15 6:06 AM (#155501 - in reply to #154571)
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Doctor DeSoto - 2008-12-06 2:26 PM

Methinks Vedette is right ..... it is the photographist's car.

Is it just me, of does the mismatched body panel just scream "white trash" and any and all measures should be taken immediately to get that hood painted to match ? I do not feel this way so strongly about non-finned cars, but it really bugs me to see a finned car with missing wheel covers, dirty, dented up, or with the off-color door, etc.

I feel this way about real Googie architecture too. It does not work well with modifications, non-matching additions, updates, etc.

I see the period and the style as being such a pinnacle, or purity of style, that it just needs to be in good representative form of it looks bad. 1920's or 1940's styling, not such a big deal. Googie stuff ? Just doesn't adapt well.

I sure do enjoy this thread.

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gees Doc DeS, you'd simply tear your hair out at the sight of my wagon at the moment then... lol.... ohhhh, kenny fab '61 sub postcard.... adriana
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Posted 2008-12-15 10:09 AM (#155519 - in reply to #81647)
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He, he, he, I knew that '61 sub would spin your wheels Adriana!
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Posted 2008-12-16 5:30 AM (#155656 - in reply to #155519)
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Posted 2008-12-16 7:29 AM (#155668 - in reply to #81647)
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Thanks kenny was quite a few 60's in there infact a 2dr hardtop same color as mine. Its neat to see those old trains running the streets
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Posted 2008-12-16 2:24 PM (#155713 - in reply to #155668)
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60 Plymouth - 2008-12-16 4:29 AM

Thanks kenny was quite a few 60's in there infact a 2dr hardtop same color as mine. Its neat to see those old trains running the streets


Here's one a bit closer to you, Aaron, Baldy-moe, from the early 1960s:



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Posted 2008-12-16 4:49 PM (#155735 - in reply to #81647)
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Posted 2008-12-16 5:02 PM (#155739 - in reply to #155735)
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WASH ME !!!!!


Let it rot.

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Posted 2008-12-16 5:08 PM (#155742 - in reply to #81647)
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Posted 2008-12-16 5:09 PM (#155743 - in reply to #155742)
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Ray Bell - 2008-12-16 2:08 PM

That needs more panel beating than washing!




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Posted 2008-12-16 8:24 PM (#155767 - in reply to #81647)
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That '62 Lancer, per pic #33, appears to have been QUITE the around-town car to have, back then.

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Posted 2008-12-17 12:40 AM (#155789 - in reply to #155501)
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Doctor DeSoto - 2008-12-06 2:26 PM

Is it just me, of does the mismatched body panel just scream "white trash" and any and all measures should be taken immediately to get that hood painted to match ? I do not feel this way so strongly about non-finned cars, but it really bugs me to see a finned car with missing wheel covers, dirty, dented up, or with the off-color door, etc.

I see the period and the style as being such a pinnacle, or purity of style, that it just needs to be in good representative form of it looks bad. 1920's or 1940's styling, not such a big deal. Googie stuff ? Just doesn't adapt well.

I sure do enjoy this thread.

:)


gees Doc DeS, you'd simply tear your hair out at the sight of my wagon at the moment then... lol.... :)


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I trust you are making "every effort" to make that old tub look spiffy, right ?

Remember, I am the guy with his car in bare metal, sans nose clip, the interior piled with parts ....

It is supposed to hit 17 below zero tonight. We wrapped up the dirt work for the shop about 2 hours before the snow started falling. I really wanted to be working in the new shop this winter, but it just wasn't to be. When spring comes it will be full speed ahead ! Next winter will be spent warm and indoors, welding and fabbing the last of the metal. I want to paint the DeSoto the following summer (if not sooner) .... no more mismatched body panels !
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