Studes in Roadside Americana photos

[showbizkid]

Pacific Beach, California, 1957.

[StudeDave57]

From Facebook, Daytona Beach:

Who want's to bet that's somewhere along A1A?
While this might be Daytona- much of it looks like that, actually.

Pacific Beach, California, 1957.

Dig that BIG truck in the backround!!!
What is it~ a moving truck?



StudeDave '57

[shifter4]

Referring to post 2178 , This picture showed up on Hemmings a while ago ( July ) .

http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2...omment-5447666

I commented as Bill H .
Many condos in that area now .

[skyway]

What's with the two Brand-X pickup beds in #2180?

[showbizkid]

Dig that BIG truck in the backround!!! What is it~ a moving truck?

Yeah, Lyon's was a moving company; big competition for Bekins down here in the Southland.

[showbizkid]

What's with the two Brand-X pickup beds in #2180?

The pic was taking just after installation of the big sign; the trucks belonged to the sign contractors. They were probably custom built utility bodies. I bet the M-truck had one, too, if we could see it.

BTW, trivia: Oscar's was the San Diego predecessor to Jack In The Box. They started iin '49 and had a couple dozen drive-in/sit-down restaurants in San Diego and Los Angeles; they started Jack In The Box in 1951 as a cheap drive-through brand. Notice the clown-caricature chef on the Oscar's sign

[Commander Eddie]

The American Pickers would love to get their hands on the Mobilgas sign in the background with the flying Pegasus on it.

[JRoberts]

[JRoberts]

Former Duxbury Fire Chief George S. Butler in front of his 1961 Studebaker at the old fire station located in Hall's corner.

[JRoberts]

1936 Studebaker fire truck.

[JRoberts]

1933 Studebaker Fire Truck Photo Oakhurst New Jersey

[BRUCESTUDE]

Regarding #2190; this is a great shot, typical of how a lot of city fire engines looked after 15-20 years of service. Note the equipment piled everywhere, and the general overloaded and tired look to the apparatus. Some of Seattle's 1920's era rigs (not Studes) were repowered, hydraulic brakes, bigger tires, radios and windshields added then used up into the 1950's.

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