Some things from the past are not so missed...
Circa 1950’s - the lace “Bullet Bra” - or “Cone Bra”. The name choice is obvious. It’s what gave the gals that attention-getting, if rather unnatural shape under those tight sweaters worn in the 1950’s. It was also responsible for the shortage of facial and toilet tissues back then - due to the amount needed to fully stuff one’s bra all the way to the point to avoid an embarrassing cave in!
The 8-track tape! Who doesn’t remember crusing along with your favorie tunes blasting from your 8 track tape player ... suddenly to hear that infamous cellophane crunch & chewing sound as it munched your favorite tape! Carefully removing the tape & rewinding it back into the 8 track with a pencil was only a tempoary fix till the next time your player was hungry for more tapes!
Possibly the worst television comedy series ever to hit the air waves... “My Mother the Car” aired for just one season (30 episodes) in 1965-66. Starring Jerry Van Dyke as the lead character, David Crabtree, a lawyer who purchases a 1928 Porter touring car from a used car lot after he hears the car call out to him in a woman’s voice. The car turns out to be the reincarnation of his deceased mother, Gladys. She speaks to him through the car’s radio whose dial light flashed anytime she spoke. Actress Ann Sothern was the voice of the car.
The Old Car Shop
By John Persson Jr.
Well, to start I'm John Persson Jr., and this is a story about my '32 Ford Hi-Boy Roadster and building it with my dad, John Sr., the owner of The Old Car Shop in Norwood, MA.
Back in the mid 70's, my dad was in a local speed shop, New England Speed, and saw the body shell sitting there for $200. He bought it, thinking that he would build it for himself one day. I was born in 1980 and without question, born into the hobby. My dad already had a 1935 Ford 2 door sedan, so his plans to build the '32 for himself were not going to happen. From the time I was a baby I have been going to car shows and showed an interest in cars at an early age. In 1987 I was 7 years old, dad told me I could have the body and that someday we would build it (but I didn't think it would be as long as it was) but, at age 7 we began our search for parts. I had lots of help with leftover parts that dad had along with extra parts his closest friends had laying around. The '32 was off to a good start.
With enough parts gathered to start building it we were set. In 2000 I was 20 years old and I had Chick Brignolo, of Chick Brignolo Chassis build me a traditional frame, with me working beside him on it. That was started with 2 rails from American Stamping that were boxed then notched in the front and C'd in the rear ... also a model A cross member in the front and a custom tubular member in the rear for a '32 Ford leaf spring. After we had the frame rolling the '32 was off to dad's shop for all the real fun and hard work.
