The Supercar Registry - Old Street Scenes

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"Dad, can I borrow the hearse tonight?"

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California, not PA. Looking east along old State Highway 4, or possibly Willow Pass Road. White sign on right shows straight ahead for Stockton, left for Pittsburgh's central busniess district and right for Concord via old Kirker Pass Road. (East Bay Area, 1/3 of the way from SF to Sacramento.)

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I am really a new user here, but ...wow, what a thread this is...... !! thanks so much for you and all the pics others have sent it...just want you to know how it is appreciated ! Memories for sure !
I remember my '65 Fury convertible, driving across town to save 2 cents a gal. for gas ! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif
Love these great photos and comments guys, thank you much !
Here are 2 pics to add, being out west, as kids we went here sometimes...anyone else ? Didn't we think this was so cool !! Must have been the ice cream ? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gif
Little America was along I-80, (Highway 30 then) In southern Wyoming, near Utah. Here ya go ....

Duckie

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Thanks again !!

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Great before & after shots!

And they say change is a good thing???

I have a crap load of shot's I took at the Worlds Fair - I'll break them out and start a thread for them.

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My family's grocery store in Havre de Grace, MD.
http://www.mustangclubofmd.com/phpga...ibertstore.jpg

I was at my Grandmother's house and grabbed some old albums to scan in. More as I find them.

My Grandfather in VerDun, France with his Beetle. He was stationed there for a while when he was in the Army.
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My Grandfather on the bike still in France.
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My Mom and a friend in Verdun, same Beetle.
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Street scene in Verdun...and you got it...the same Beetle.
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My Grandfather and his first car. Not sure who the lady is and my Grandmother was sure either. Akron, OH.

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Nice to see some old street scenes from the UK JNF , thanks https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif

Brighton Speed Trials , looks to be late 40's early 50's...

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Lower it about two inches and you'd have one cool Caddie.

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------Its funny that you are from Berlin as I am from Medina and my dad bought a 41 Buick Roadmaster just like the one pictured new. Was the one in the pics white or the pale yellow (cream). My dads was cream. It even had the Tripp lights and fender skirts, but the skirts were stolen during the war. I dont have any pics here of it as my brother has all his albums. It sort of looks like whoever had it in your family had it during the war as well. I cant remember dad ever telling me where that Roadmaster ended up. I do know he drove it to San Francisco during WW2 where he was stationed before he went down to Australia, but I cant remember if he brought it back or not. I wasnt around quite yet!!!.........Bill S

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It was my great uncle's right after the war. He had it for a while too. I'm pretty sure it was a cream color. It was his baby for the longest time. He still talks about it and even the Model T that he's standing in front of as a little boy. Cars of all sorts have been a big part of our family and I have a great appreciation for all of them.

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My family's grocery store in Havre de Grace, MD.
http://www.mustangclubofmd.com/phpga...ibertstore.jpg

I was at my Grandmother's house and grabbed some old albums to scan in. More as I find them.

My Grandfather in VerDun, France with his Beetle. He was stationed there for a while when he was in the Army.
http://www.mustangclubofmd.com/phpga...nnefrance1.jpg

My Grandfather on the bike still in France.
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My Mom and a friend in Verdun, same Beetle.
http://www.mustangclubofmd.com/phpga...unnefrance.jpg

Street scene in Verdun...and you got it...the same Beetle.
http://www.mustangclubofmd.com/phpga...efrance60s.jpg

My Grandfather and his first car. Not sure who the lady is and my Grandmother was sure either. Akron, OH.

http://www.mustangclubofmd.com/phpga...irstcar001.jpg

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I enjoyed the pics from France, I was born there!

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Jay,

Welcome aboard. I grew up in Canfield just down Rt 224 from you and we had K **** N license plates too. It was neat back then as you could tell where a car was from just the 1st and last letters. Went to Berlin Lake with neighbors and crewed on their sail boat for regattas.

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Jay
Welcome here and cool old shots too... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif
Ditto what Sam said about Ohio plates, our's were A***C. Akron area. My Dad always said it would be neat to drive out of the area to get a differant letter combo.
Do you ever go to the Friday cruise at the A&W in Boardman, or Saturday Night in Boardman ? I always pass through Berlin Center on my way out 224 to Boardman.
And as I pass the sign in Canfield I always think of poor Sam stuck out in all that AZ sunshine... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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Thanks for the welcome! I'm actually from Canfield too and the majority of these pics were taken in the Canfield/Ellsworth area with a few from North Jackson. All of my family is from this area and is still here.

I grew up cruising 224 and even State Street down in Salem. I still go to Boardman when I can to check out the Chili's parking lot at the mall. It has a lot more room than A&W.

It's nice to meet you all. I'm glad I was directed to this place.

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I'm glad you were too! I REALLY enjoyed your pics, as well as those posted by the other new members Dave (htweelz) and Jason (JNF) https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ouguysrock.gif

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Hi, I'm new here but I had to join up and say that these are some of the greatest pics I've seen in a long time. I have some of my family's old photos here for you to check out. They aren't as nifty as a lot of the other ones posted here, but I thought some of you might enjoy them anyway:

Edgefind -- those are some fantastic pictures, thanks !
I sure can recall the baby buggy carriages our folks had us in .... HA https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gif
Some mighty fine cars there too, great to see ......

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-------OK all you Akron area boys,,,what was the name of the drive-in on the south west side of Akron??? It was in the Barberton/Norton area (not far from Knafel, maybe?), and had some serious iron running thru it almost every night. Also, the little drive-in in Wadsworth on the west side of town right on 224??? For being in Wadsworth that little place drew some bad boys!!!.....Bill S

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"The Flame"...and right around the corner on Arlington St. was the "Big Boy".
Could have filmed Happy Days there, I miss that s%$t.

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"The Flame"...and right around the corner on Arlington St. was the "Big Boy".
Could have filmed Happy Days there, I miss that s%$t.

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Bill

Correction on above post, Big boy was on Main St., not Arlington Rd.

Mike

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Ahh, the good old days. When men were still chivalrous and Elvis Costello still ruled the streets https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/laugh.gif

JF

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Ahh, the good old days. When men were still chivalrous and Elvis Costello still ruled the streets https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/laugh.gif

JF

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Ha ha......good one, that's funny !!

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Glenn -- another great set of photos, wow !!

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-----Thanks Mike,,,Spent many an evening in the Flame. Some serious stuff used to ride thru there........Bill S

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Looking at the other vehicles I'd guess that 49/50 Merc wasn't very old and already a full custom in progress , Appletons , Frenched headlights, smoothed grill opening , just waiting for the Corvette teeth to be installed https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif

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Yep, I noticed that too. Maybe that was Day-2 for 1950? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/flag.gif

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Excellent Pictures!!

I've been lurking on this thread a while, and wanted to add some information.

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This one is a dorm at Michigan State University (probably Yakeley or Landon)

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That is the Michigan Theatre on Washington Ave in downtown Lansing MI

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Here are a couple of additional downtown Lansing shots.

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1961
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1962
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Knapp's department store - 1956?

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Again Glenn -- Some of the most fantastic pictures posted here, love it !

Thanks for all your time given,

MJD

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