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Thank you - pics showing up perfectly.
Love the refreshment stand in the first and that behemoth of a building off to the left in the last (looks like some sort of utility company building is my guess).
Last time I saw a truck with the bright green color was back in the mid '50s .
^^^I learned to drive in one of those, borrowed from my grandfather, and trying to parallel park that beast was a chore.
I never did get it right, but the driving instructor passed me anyway, because he figured I had a smaller vehicle of my own and most likely wouldn't be driving that big beast on a regular basis, lol.
Rob
^^^I learned to drive in one of those, borrowed from my grandfather, and trying to parallel park that beast was a chore.
I never did get it right, but the driving instructor passed me anyway, because he figured I had a smaller vehicle of my own and most likely wouldn't be driving that big beast on a regular basis, lol.
Rob
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My dad's '57 (automatic)
I was about 13 and my biggest concern was the oncoming cars on the road.
My first car was a '63 beetle which I
managed to learn how to drive with
standard stickshift.
Beautiful car your dad had.
Like you, I learned to drive a stick on a Beetle - my neighbor's early '60s Beetle (they were two German emigres, cliches exist for a reason). They were two of the nicest people I've ever known (our family eventually moved away, but we stayed in touch with them until, unfortunately, both passed away). I wanted to learn how to drive a shift and they let me learn on their car which is very nice as I ground the gears and stalled the car aplenty. But they never made me feel bad - they were those type of people - just kind to their core.
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That coupe reminds me of the type Bogart drives as detective Marlowe.
’38 Plymouth Deluxe
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’37 LaSalle
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