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[1955mercury]

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Question for the Chevy experts. Did the '58 Chevy not sell well? There were and still are quite a few '59 models around here, but I can't think of a single '58 left.

There was a recession going on in 1958. None of the car companies sold a lot of cars that year.

 

[1mach1]

There was a recession going on in 1958. None of the car companies sold a lot of cars that year.

Not to mention that the double headlight was not as attractive as the songle headlight.

Now that said, I love the 58 Buick. Always have.

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[David Conwill]

There was a recession going on in 1958. None of the car companies sold a lot of cars that year.

Except Rambler!

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Rob

 

[BobHufford]

Diggin' the '60 T-Bird Rob! My folks had a '58 convertible. Troubles with the gazillion electric motors, relays, hydraulic pumps, etc. would cause it to not give up its convertible top on occasion once the truck "ate" it.

 

[seres]

....Troubles with the gazillion electric motors, relays, hydraulic pumps, etc. would cause it to not give up its convertible top on occasion once the truck "ate" it....

Same with my parents '62 Lincoln. Pull the T-handle to raise the top, and all those motors started clicking and whirling in unison. But one motor always seemed to be out of adjustment, and someone would have to "help" the trunk lid (or that little flap, or the top, or...) to get things to work in sync.

 

[2jakes]

 

[Fading Fast]

Same with my parents '62 Lincoln. Pull the T-handle to raise the top, and all those motors started clicking and whirling in unison. But one motor always seemed to be out of adjustment, and someone would have to "help" the trunk lid (or that little flap, or the top, or...) to get things to work in sync.

A friend's dad had a '70s Lincoln Towncar - it was about a block-and-a-half long (oddly, the last thing you'd want to drive "in town," but I get that wasn't what it really meant) - that, almost from the time it was new, the driver's side power window never worked right. You had to "help" it by pushing your hand flat on the glass and pressuring it up - assuming it wasn't stuck in the fully down position.

For a period of time, they had to ride with the inside door panel cover off as - and I don't remember why - that helped until they got a new motor put in. Even then, it gave them trouble the entire time they owned the car. There were other issues with that car as it was - which was common in the '70s for American cars - a lemon.

All this just emphasized my dad's view that "all that power stuff is just something else to break."

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Rob

 

[Fading Fast]

I spent a full day in the emergency room in '16 with a kidney stone (felt like a bomb was continually exploding inside my lower back) - cost over $4000 (none of it covered by my Obamacare policy - grrr) and at no point did I have three medical professionals working on me at the same time (two, yes, never three).

 

[2jakes]

I spent a full day in the emergency room in '16 with a kidney stone (felt like a bomb was continually exploding inside my lower back) - cost over $4000 (none of it covered by my Obamacare policy - grrr) and at no point did I have three medical professionals working on me at the same time (two, yes, never three).

Here’s hoping you are feeling much better!

 

[Fading Fast]

Here’s hoping you are feeling much better!
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Thank you.

And none of the medical staff ran to anyone.

 

[2jakes]

Thank you.

And none of the medical staff ran to anyone.

Consider yourself lucky.
At my colonoscopy...I only had one mad scientist
and a rookie assistant with a hump that kept shifting from left to right!!

1931 version his name was Fritz...not Igor.

 

[3fingers]

A friend's dad had a '70s Lincoln Towncar - it was about a block-and-a-half long (oddly, the last thing you'd want to drive "in town," but I get that wasn't what it really meant) - that, almost from the time it was new, the driver's side power window never worked right. You had to "help" it by pushing your hand flat on the glass and pressuring it up - assuming it wasn't stuck in the fully down position.

For a period of time, they had to ride with the inside door panel cover off as - and I don't remember why - that helped until they got a new motor put in. Even then, it gave them trouble the entire time they owned the car. There were other issues with that car as it was - which was common in the '70s for American cars - a lemon.

All this just emphasized my dad's view that "all that power stuff is just something else to break."

My uncle told a story of one of his coworkers who bought a new Mercury Marquis in that time frame. It had every available option and he was very proud of it except for a realy annoying rattle in the drivers door. It rattled while driving and when you raised and lowered the window. He took it in to find out what was wrong and they found a pint whiskey bottle tied to the window regulator. It had a note inside hat said "made you mad didn't it?"

 

[David Conwill]

All this just emphasized my dad's view that "all that power stuff is just something else to break."

Your father and I are in agreement on this. Give me manual/mechanical everything.

 

[Fading Fast]

Your father and I are in agreement on this. Give me manual/mechanical everything.

me too

My uncle told a story of one of his coworkers who bought a new Mercury Marquis in that time frame. It had every available option and he was very proud of it except for a realy annoying rattle in the drivers door. It rattled while driving and when you raised and lowered the window. He took it in to find out what was wrong and they found a pint whiskey bottle tied to the window regulator. It had a note inside hat said "made you mad didn't it?"

You jarred my memory - it had a horrible rattle form the back seat that never really got corrected. That was a terrible car, especially considering it was a very high-end one - like the fully loaded Marquis - for its day.

 

[1mach1]

I spent a full day in the emergency room in '16 with a kidney stone (felt like a bomb was continually exploding inside my lower back) - cost over $4000 (none of it covered by my Obamacare policy - grrr) and at no point did I have three medical professionals working on me at the same time (two, yes, never three).

Thats irritating. Hope the stones don't return. I hear that's a mother.

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[GHT]

Post war, about 1946/1950. Female pump attendants were a common sight. In the 60's I remember that the big national oil companies and early supermarkets starting to introduce the self-service pump, it was the final nail in the coffin for independent garages. No more service with a smile:

The recent snowfall ground our country to a halt, but there was a time when we just got on with it, as this photo clearly proves:

 

[seres]

I’ve seen truck-mounted snowplows from the 1930’s, but how widespread was their use?

My Mom told me that a very heavy snowfall (somewhere around 36-inches) fell in West Virginia around Thanksgiving in 1950. Due to the lack of snow removal equipment, the local mining companies (my Mom was a coal company bookkeeper) were requested to put their bulldozers on the roads to clear snow (many roads were still gravel at the time). So apparently there was not much road department snow removal equipment.

 

[3fingers]

I’ve seen truck-mounted snowplows from the 1930’s, but how widespread was their use?

My Mom told me that a very heavy snowfall (somewhere around 36-inches) fell in West Virginia around Thanksgiving in 1950. Due to the lack of snow removal equipment, the local mining companies (my Mom was a coal company bookkeeper) were requested to put their bulldozers on the roads to clear snow (many roads were still gravel at the time). So apparently there was not much road department snow removal equipment.

There were plows around then, but very little that could handle a snow like that. Motor graders, bulldozers and anything else available would have been called in to help. Actually still are in rural areas in severe storms.