Studes in Roadside Americana photos

[JRoberts]

[JRoberts]

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[Noxnabaker]

Could #4289 be a guy called "buddybaker" & the car be equipped with a 360 MoPar & -55 front?

[BobPalma]

So here I am, fiddling around in the postwar boat forum FiberGlassics and what do I find in the Tee-Nee Trailer section:



They're everywhere, they're everywhere! (Don't we wish....) BP

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[Studedude]

Studes in Roadside Americana Art:



After the gasoline stations closed down in the evening, you had to be first to go around to all the gasoline pumps and drain the hoses. Sometimes you could drain a gallon of gasoline. That would run a Cushman for a while. Some of the stations had hoses that were 10-15 feet long and three or four pumps.

The guy in the Studebaker beat him to it!

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[Bob Andrews]

This is pushing the topic of 'Roadside Americana' a bit, but it might be the craziest picture so far in this thread:

[8E45E]

This is pushing the topic of 'Roadside Americana' a bit, but it might be the craziest picture so far in this thread:

Its not all that ancient. The newer 'Sears' logo on the trailer is a giveaway.

What is the story on it? Aftermath of a multi-car pileup?

Craig

[Bob Andrews]

True, the thread is really about vintage photos. I guess that's another way it doesn't quite fit. I'll start a different thread about the source called 'Abandoned Race Cars'.

[BobPalma]

Peek-a-Boo:

http://assets.blog.hemmings.com/wp-content/uploads//2015/02/KC1955_02_1200-700x474.jpg

[8E45E]

Peek-a-Boo:

http://assets.blog.hemmings.com/wp-c...00-700x474.jpg

What a PLANE-JANE SINGLE TONE '55 Dodge!! I'll bet that is even rarer than two tone, and possibly three tone versions!

Craig