I always forget to check out its parent site Jalopyjournal.com. Some very
talented folks are posting the art and history of car crafting on the homepage.
Those three car show movies are national rodding treasures, and I'm grateful
that they were freely shared because otherwise a lot of us would have missed
them altogether. The flamed Mercedes really caught my attention too - a
"ricer" a half century before its time (minus the wing and thumpin'
stereo....) I'll bet some guys on the field were oogling the intake
plumbing, wondering how to bolt it to a Jimmy...
I was only nine in '56 but had the great fortune of a car-nut dad, and two
working uncles with hot rods. But it was our next door neighbor - a HS
junior/ car club member with a mild custom 53 Ford with spotlights and front
visor and his girlfriend Betty's name professionally lettered on the skirts
who took me to car shows, and occassional races that turned me into a
gearhead.
This morning after tending to the horses in an icy downpour, I plopped on
the couch, vegged out and watched a program (for the first time) on Speed
called "Livin' the Low Life" Ok, it was mostly about a curvy girl, but she
actually sounded interested and seemed to be having a lot of fun hanging
around car guys. Some bouncers and Imps, but mostly just cool old Bombs.
Anyone seen it? I must be getting nostalgic in my "advanced age".... a
couple weeks ago I started actively looking for reasonably priced '48 Chev
Stylemaster sedan or 50 Ford Tudor to re-live the joys of either of my first
two cars. I've got two in my sights on the HAMB right now.
---- TOM M SHANNON <saltfevr@q.com> wrote:
> JD:
> Thanks for forwarding the HAMB Norwalk link. I don't get over to the Hamb as
> much as I should. Loved the flamed gullwing! Great seeing how things were in a
> much simpler time. And to think many of those young rodders were off to "Nam"
> a few yrs. later. Thanks again JD!Tom ShannonMagna, Utah> From:
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