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06-01-2008, 08:22 AM
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Re: Old Street Scenes
Flight line cruising at Hamilton AFB, CA 1961 with F-101B Voodoo interceptors in the background:
 Towing a disabled F-104A Starfighter back to Hamilton AFB along Highway 101 north of San Francisco. Engine failed on check flight and pilot dead-sticked the 104 into Santa Rosa airport 10 miles north of the base. Wings had to be removed for the tow, 1959:  
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06-01-2008, 08:26 AM
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Re: Old Street Scenes
My best friend growing up--his parents owned one of the first '55 T-birds, bought new at Cortese Ford in Richmond, CA. He couldn't remember why the headlight rings were chrome but he said it came that way.
 
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#3
04-13-2009, 05:55 PM
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Re: Old Street Scenes
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My best friend growing up--his parents owned one of the first '55 T-birds, bought new at Cortese Ford in Richmond, CA. He couldn't remember why the headlight rings were chrome but he said it came that way. [/ QUOTE ] A friend who used to do Thunderbird restorations told me (so take it for what it's worth) that the first 100 cars off the line had those chome headlight rings, and it essentially triples their value.
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#4
04-14-2009, 12:19 AM
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Re: Old Street Scenes
All these old pics are incredible, the ones from the southwest bring back alot of memories!
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04-17-2009, 06:42 AM
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Re: Old Street Scenes
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ] My best friend growing up--his parents owned one of the first '55 T-birds, bought new at Cortese Ford in Richmond, CA. He couldn't remember why the headlight rings were chrome but he said it came that way. [/ QUOTE ] A friend who used to do Thunderbird restorations told me (so take it for what it's worth) that the first 100 cars off the line had those chome headlight rings, and it essentially triples their value. [/ QUOTE ] I do remember him telling me that the car was the first '55 T-bird in Northern California.
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#9
04-18-2009, 07:30 AM
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Re: Old Street Scenes
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 [/ QUOTE ] 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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