The Past

[bogus bill]

When I was about seven (1948) we drove a 1936 ford coupe from wisconsin to outside of Harrison Ark. No back seat so mom put footstools behind for sister and I. We had friends that had moved down there. The folks drove to church so I and my friend re Pete, their son, rode old Dolly to church. The church had a horse stable.
We sat in sunday school up behind the preacher in the choir seats as the preacher was teaching sunday school to the old folks. I was a stranger and a kid in front of me was gawking at me. That was too much for Repete, who busted his nose! RePetes pa, big Pete seen it, come up and grabbed rePete by the ear and literally carried him down the aisle and out the church without his feet hardly touching the floor. We could hear bad things happening to rePete. Found a picture of that ford. My sister and me.

 

[bogus bill]

We went to a one room school with a outhouse. Our teacher was said to be the oldest teacher in wisconsin. I recall him bringing his fathers civil war musket to school, (His dad had fought in the civil war) showing us how to load and shoot it. He took us out behind the school and shot it for us at some target! The Brundage boys in the back row drove a model A or about a 1928 chev coupe to school!
I found this old picture on the net. They have my name wrong. First boy on the left in the front row.

 

[Colonialgirl]

That is scary I remember ALL of them.


Windshield wipers that went slower if you sped up.

Today push button start is the thing. My '49 Ford was a push button. Turn the key, pull the choke out half way and mash the push button.

Wing windows.

YUPPERS, 49 Ford Two door Coupe with a straight Six and an Over drive Tranny. (Left window mechanism broke and I use to arrive at school in Portland, Ore with my left side WET on rainy days)



I wonder how many people here have actually used a 'chamber pot', an out house (porta-pots do not count), cooked on or heated with a wood or coal stove


Well ALL of that at my Grandma's house up in Bloomingdale, PA and later at My Aunt's house in the same place

How many know what a .25 cent cake of ice is and what it was used for.

How many scoured the ditches for returnable bottles so you could get the cash for them?

Yuppers, Me and my Older Brother Jimmy use to do that to make a little money for Bubble gum.

 

[blackhawknj]

I moved to Vermont in 1956. Our house had an old wall mounted crank telephone-it quickly disappeared-and leaning against the side of a house down the road a high wheel bicycle.

 

[Scout943]

All !

 

[Fox Mike]

This was before the Olds 'spinner' hub caps were installed.

 

[Ale-8(1)]

Thanks for the memory, Frank. I had the Olds "Tri-bar" caps on my '47 Ford after I replaced the 16" wheels with 15" Mercury wheels.

:mrgreen:

 

[JackpineWillie]

Kind of miss those cold air vents in front of the doors. Always wondered if wing windows were invented just for smokers.

 

[biker50]

Your post about growing up reminded me of my own childhood, very similar. We didn't have much but it was a good life. The only difference was my father was a cop for the transit system in Boston, at that time called the MTA. He felt if there was a gun in the house I should know about it. He took me to the gun club on Saturdays for years and taught me to shoot. For my 10th birthday he gave me my own gun,( the only birthday present I can ever remember getting) a Smith & Wesson 22/32 kit gun with a round butt. He paid $69 for it and I shot it for years and I still have it and its in the condition as when I got in 1957.

 

[blackhawknj]

Back in the 1950s that tax bite was much lower. You kept more of your paycheck.

 

[Wyandot Jim]

This was before the Olds 'spinner' hub caps were installed.

We called them flippers. 1956 Olds. Which I had on my 53 Ford Vic. Chrysler also had some nice flippers 1956-57 ??????

 

[Ale-8(1)]

The nice ones were Dodge caps, as I recall, Jim . . . a "four bar" type.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1957-Dodge-Lancer-Spinner-Wheelcover-Nice/254024705382?epid=1964647509&hash=item3b250d6566:g:yn8AAOSwVwRa-0TO

I later sold off the Olds "flippers" and went with the '57 Plymouth smooth conical types . . . more on the lines of moon discs, but with a little more style.

https://hubcapmike.com/cone-style-moon-hubcaps-1957-plymouth-wheel-cover-look-15/

:mrgreen:

 

[Wyandot Jim]

The nice ones were Dodge caps, as I recall, Jim . . . a "four bar" type.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1957-Dodge-Lancer-Spinner-Wheelcover-Nice/254024705382?epid=1964647509&hash=item3b250d6566:g:yn8AAOSwVwRa-0TO

I later sold off the Olds "flippers" and went with the '57 Plymouth smooth conical types . . . more on the lines of moon discs, but with a little more style.

https://hubcapmike.com/cone-style-moon-hubcaps-1957-plymouth-wheel-cover-look-15/

:mrgreen:

Yep those be the ones.
Now the full Racing Moons were a dull /polished aluminum. They were also popular in the 50s. I think they covered the whole rim.

 

[Wyandot Jim]

This was before the Olds 'spinner' hub caps were installed.

By the way FM a nice 50
Na It is a 49 from what I call tell of the door handles.

 

[Wyandot Jim]

This was before the Olds 'spinner' hub caps were installed.

By the way FM a nice 49

 

[Ale-8(1)]

The nice ones were Dodge caps, as I recall, Jim . . . a "four bar" type.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1957-Dodge-Lancer-Spinner-Wheelcover-Nice/254024705382?epid=1964647509&hash=item3b250d6566:g:yn8AAOSwVwRa-0TO

I later sold off the Olds "flippers" and went with the '57 Plymouth smooth conical types . . . more on the lines of moon discs, but with a little more style.

https://hubcapmike.com/cone-style-moon-hubcaps-1957-plymouth-wheel-cover-look-15/

:mrgreen:

Yep those be the ones.
Now the full Racing Moons were a dull /polished aluminum. They were also popular in the 50s. I think they covered the whole rim.

Yep.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/MOON-DISC-SNAP-ON-15-INCH-set-of-4-MD1153A-/273597796759

The ones actually used in racing were usually secured to the wheel rim with sheet-metal screws or something similar.

:mrgreen: