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From: "Currell Pattie" <currellpattie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 9:21 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Imperials on ESPN
> Kerry: I just finished watching the movie, and did spot the '55, of
course.
> I didn't get a look at the light colored one, but I noticed that the car
had
> either 51 or 52 hubcaps. My eyes aren't that great, but I thought, in the
> first scene, there was a light-colored Chrysler wagon parked there. I
could
> be way wrong here.
>
> On the '55, I am going to be really, really picky. I believe this was the
> Aggie football team for 1954. I'm looking at my 1956 NADA used car book
> right now, and I note that the '55 Imperial, now a separate make, was not
> introduced until November of '54. Football practice started in August, so
> the car really couldn't be there. But what the heck...
>
> The ('48?) and ('51?) Hudsons of course were right on. The '50 Ford that
> carried the guy with the heat stroke to the Doctor was period-correct,
too.
> There was a nice '41 Buick in there, too. And a '50 or '51 Chevy (I know
the
> difference in the grilles, but only caught a fleeting glance). And some
> other cars that I forget.
>
> Another nitpick, and tell me if I'm wrong...they had a transistor radio on
> the bus. I don't recall transistor radios being around in the Fall of '54;
I
Currell;
Some of the 1950s tube portable radios were very small, even in 1954,
unless it said "Transistor" on the front it could have been one of those. I
have actually run across early transistor radios that were larger then their
tube counterparts from the same time, heavier too!
As for the hot wired table radio there were actually some farm battery
radios that were designed to run off of a 6V car battery. They had a
vibrator type power supply that was very similar top that found in many car
radios. I, not having seen the movie, am not saying it was one of those sets
but that it was physically possible to operate some sets in such a manner.
You're right, unless they were school busses using a truck chasis and an
identifiable front end, it would be very hard to tell one year of bus from
another. All I know is that the older ones were very streamlined, almost
torpedo backed, in the Forties and Fifties. One would make a cool camper
though.
Best Regards
Arran Foster
1954 Imperial Newport.
Needing A Left Side Taillight Bezel and Other trim parts
> think something like '56 or '57 is closer to the truth. And what was that
> deal with the hot wired table radio in the pickup?
>
> Were the buses vintage-correct? Dunno...
>
> Pretty good movie. I knew the cars would be cool.
>
> Currell
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Kerry Pinkerton" <pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: "IML" <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: IML: Imperials on ESPN
> >Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 21:04:52 -0600
> >
> >
> >Junction Boys on ESPN has a bunch of Imperials. In the first scene is a
> >light color 54 and next a 55. Anyone we know?
> >
> >KerryP
> >Imperials - Patch panels fabricated
> >50 Limo, 57 roadster, 61's, 64, 68 Convert, 73, 66 300 and a bunch of
> >lesser marques
>
>
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