westingman123
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ummmmm
Personally, I think he resembles Elijah Blue. Rick, do you have a famous Mama?
Personally, I think he resembles Elijah Blue. Rick, do you have a famous Mama?
Another very rare bird goes for peanuts
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crevicetool
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That was my school hair cut. In the summers it was past my shoulders. I was also 6' tall then and 168 lbs. As to whether or not I sill have the car let me put it this way....
1. Car gone.
2, Hair gone.
3. Blondness Gone.
4. Now 5'11" so height gone.
5. At 187 lbs cute figure gone.
At least still I've still got a great memory.
Michael, what was your question?
Oh yeah. Jet99's were less expensive than Whirlwinds, Reginas, and Atlas.
Rick
1. Car gone.
2, Hair gone.
3. Blondness Gone.
4. Now 5'11" so height gone.
5. At 187 lbs cute figure gone.
At least still I've still got a great memory.
Michael, what was your question?
Oh yeah. Jet99's were less expensive than Whirlwinds, Reginas, and Atlas.
Rick
crevicetool
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No Terry, that car was a money pit back when I had none. I did finish the body work and the interior for the most part, but never painted it beyond primer. My Dad gave the car away after I was no longer interested in it.
Funny story about the radio in that car. I brought the radio in the house to fix it. We lived next door to a TV repair shop and I got the tubes tested/replaced and a new vibrator.
I was at the kitchen table with it wired to a six volt car battery charger. I said to my Mom, when I get this working, wouldn't it be funny if old music came out of it.
Well, the vibrator fired up, the tubes lit up, and Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy was the first thing that radio played after who knows how many years....
Bette Midler....NOT the Andrews Sisters. My Mom just about fainted though.
I used to be able to sing (full voiced)falsetto and sound just like Patty Andrews BTW.
so,
6. Voice gone too.
Rick
Funny story about the radio in that car. I brought the radio in the house to fix it. We lived next door to a TV repair shop and I got the tubes tested/replaced and a new vibrator.
I was at the kitchen table with it wired to a six volt car battery charger. I said to my Mom, when I get this working, wouldn't it be funny if old music came out of it.
Well, the vibrator fired up, the tubes lit up, and Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy was the first thing that radio played after who knows how many years....
Bette Midler....NOT the Andrews Sisters. My Mom just about fainted though.
I used to be able to sing (full voiced)falsetto and sound just like Patty Andrews BTW.
so,
6. Voice gone too.
Rick
westingman123
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So, did you name the Chevy Christine?
portable
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Hey Rick -
Love the old picture - I'd say the resemblance is closer to Jackson Browne, but just my opinion.
And, sorry about your loss of #s 1 through 6, but you have other charms...........
Love the old picture - I'd say the resemblance is closer to Jackson Browne, but just my opinion.
And, sorry about your loss of #s 1 through 6, but you have other charms...........
midcenturymike
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Well! Now these are just getting down right common!
Another one? Its missing it's rubber bumper and original tools. With all these deeply closeted Atlas'are coming out now; I don't know what to think!
Michael
Another one? Its missing it's rubber bumper and original tools. With all these deeply closeted Atlas'are coming out now; I don't know what to think!
Michael
crevicetool
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OK, - ya caught me......
I've been crankin' these puppies out in my garage. I bought the original dies and foundry molds from Landers in 1964. What you are seeing come up on EBay so often now are machines that I am building in my garage then scratching them up, giving them an acid bath and hittin' 'em with a ball-peen hammer just a little to make them look vintage. Once a year I trek across the country with 18-20 them in the van, and drop them off in peoples front yards at night. Somehow they make it on EBay.
So, you're welcome in advance if you should happen to win one.
Mine are the ones with New Britain spelled incorrectly. That way you can tell an original from the knock-offs.
Rick
I've been crankin' these puppies out in my garage. I bought the original dies and foundry molds from Landers in 1964. What you are seeing come up on EBay so often now are machines that I am building in my garage then scratching them up, giving them an acid bath and hittin' 'em with a ball-peen hammer just a little to make them look vintage. Once a year I trek across the country with 18-20 them in the van, and drop them off in peoples front yards at night. Somehow they make it on EBay.
So, you're welcome in advance if you should happen to win one.
Mine are the ones with New Britain spelled incorrectly. That way you can tell an original from the knock-offs.
Rick
