Brother Geezers: Look at these!

Somebody sent these to my brother and he forwarded them to me.

After looking at them I can't decide whether I want to grin or cry.

Is that what they call "nostalgia"?


Jim

Oops ..... The pictures didn't transmit.

I'll try again.

My wife has interceded to straighten me out on posting pictures.

I think. Here are the first five.

Sorry, friends.

Jane can't things to work either. She feels like we might have a glitch on this end.

I guess I'll have to call in the pros.

Jim

i see everything fine

Man, back when they were new and shiny!!!!!! Any of the Buicks would do just fine, thank you!!!!!

Here ya go Jim, I got the same email a couple weeks ago :D

And more.......

You're right Jim, pretty cool stuff...........

I'd give my left one.... maybe both, for any single truckload!

.....and to think, many of those jewels have been melted down and returned as....#gag-barf # Toyotas, Subaru's and Hondas.

I had posted these pictures on another Forum last week with similar viewer commentaries. The one thing that has gone un-commented upon are the trailers. I'm intrigued by the various shapes, especially the art deco based designs. Quite a contrast to the totally utilitarian ones we see today.

Thanks, Uncle Bob!

I don't know what I did to PO our computer. It won't even show me the ones you so kindly posted.

I guess I can't claim age discrimination because you gentlemen can see them. Anyway, our card-carrying geek son-in-law will be in town for Thanksgiving and I'll have him sniff out the problem.

And you're right about the trucks. I want the Studebaker.


Jim

on another note.
Those were some tough old truckers. The roads were horrible, the trucks were underpowered, the rpm range insanely small, and the transmissions were difficult to use at best.

Those pictures look really nice love the black, and white. It's like Ansel Adams nice work.

Richard

Don't want the cars, Gimme the COE in the first picture! Would love the
art deco transport too.

Thats why I watch really old movies.

We got the same e mail a couple of weeks back too,by now its doing the rounds of NZ and Aussie,probably on its way back up to you guys,,and yes,gimme some of those trucks,trailers ARE kool,so are their loads..

Man, how many of you remember when the new car unveilang day was a really big deal???? We had a Ford dealer in town, and nobody except the people that worked there got to see the new cars till the day came!!!! They'd have an open house, coffee and cookies, test rides, and all the fun stuff!!!! With the junk they're peddaling now, I can't even tell a '99 from and '09!!!!

Yeah, the Ford and Chevy dealers used to keep the new models hidden behind fences either on a back lot, or a storage lot a few blocks from the dealership. We'd ride our bikes over and find a hole in the fence to peak through. It was an annual ritual back then. Can't seem to get that excited nowadays.

Wow nice pictures, I guess it's all about what you like.
Pulled my 70 ford pick up into the chevy dealer and three sales men tried to buy it from me. Went to ford to drop off our mustang for it's service and picked up the wife in the old truck those guys didn't give it a second look. I thought those guys would want to look at it before the chevy guys did. Kurt

About the earliest I can remember is the 54 Chevy line, I thought the Bel Air 2dr. hard top was really nice plus the Corvettes. I was hooked; I can remember the 57 Chevy's at the drag strip with the hubcaps off 2 dr. hard top cars red, black, white. Those were good times. Yes Dave we would finally end up walking through the Ford dealership after the Dodge, and Plymouth. There were a few in the 70's worth looking at but after that they were just transportation with the exception of the Camaro's, Corvette's, and the Mustang's when the went back with style.

Richard

D.S.,

Yes, I remember back in the 50s and into the 60s not only could tell the make and year of a car from a mile away but usually the model too. I also remember Ceicle Whitebone in San Francisco advertising a new 1950 ford for under $1000. I do like our "new to us" 2006 charger rt however and the new mustangs are fairly easy to spot also.

Jack.

Wow I dont know what id want more the haulers or the carshttp://www.clubhotrod.com/forums/att...1&d=1258992407

I used to have one of these haulers as a kid I want to say Buddy L

Mem-rees, crowding the corners of my mind. Oh, how I remember: the excitement of "new model season", the day the cars were first put on display, and if you were lucky enough to be around and see one of the "haulers" come into town, the stir it made, with folks following and trying to get a glimpse or a preview, or getting to watch as the cars were unloaded from the trailers. The very first truck I ever drove was a '56 F-700 or maybe a 900 cabover similar to the one in the first picture, but with a 30 foot van on the back. In years following, the trucks got bigger, more powerful, and much more "sophisticated", if that is the right word. Yep, if I was independently wealthy, I'd have a collection of classic vehicles, and trucks similar to these would definitely be in the collection. Thanks for the memories.

Wow! Imagine pulling into a car show with one of these haulers loaded with those cars!
Trailer queens?
I wonder if someone,somewhere will discovered ,locked away someday,a complete loaded carrier ,maybe lost or stolen..........now wouldn't that be a find!
Great pictures folks!