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kgf3076 · 11-28-2007, 02:34 AM

Let's see...gas wars? Gas as low as 3 cents a gallon at stations competing for customers. Sunoco 260 for 39 cents a gallon? Packards? My grandfather always bought them...that's a '49 through '51 Ford (can't tell which one without looking at the tail lights). I remember reading Life magazine while riding in the back seat of my fathers car and seeing an ad on the back page for the '49 Fords. We were all amazed how modern they were. Remember when car dealers made a big deal out of new models coming out? My Dad worked part time for a Lincoln-Mercury dealer and they would put the new models in the showroom in September (when the new cars came out) covered with sheets so you couldn't see them...on a day set by the factory, they'd have big showings of all the new cars.. Remember Desoto? Remember chain drive, motorcycle engined Civics? How about Sunbeams? Crosleys? Sears build it yourself house kits? Remember "pegged" pants? How about duck-tails? Switchblades? Smoking areas? Girdle ads in the Sears catalog?

11-28-2007, 02:34 AM	#12 (permalink)
kgf3076 Grumpy old(er) phart Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: At home for a change... Posts: 1,331	Let's see...gas wars? Gas as low as 3 cents a gallon at stations competing for customers. Sunoco 260 for 39 cents a gallon? Packards? My grandfather always bought them...that's a '49 through '51 Ford (can't tell which one without looking at the tail lights). I remember reading Life magazine while riding in the back seat of my fathers car and seeing an ad on the back page for the '49 Fords. We were all amazed how modern they were. Remember when car dealers made a big deal out of new models coming out? My Dad worked part time for a Lincoln-Mercury dealer and they would put the new models in the showroom in September (when the new cars came out) covered with sheets so you couldn't see them...on a day set by the factory, they'd have big showings of all the new cars.. Remember Desoto? Remember chain drive, motorcycle engined Civics? How about Sunbeams? Crosleys? Sears build it yourself house kits? Remember "pegged" pants? How about duck-tails? Switchblades? Smoking areas? Girdle ads in the Sears catalog?