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Reaganite Republican ^ | 25 August 2014 | Reaganite Republican

Posted on 08/25/2014 4:27:33 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican


Hollywood's famed Sunset Strip, Fall of '56  (photo PLAT



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1 posted on 08/25/2014 4:27:33 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican
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To: Reaganite Republican

Imperial ... never heard of it


2 posted on 08/25/2014 4:30:03 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: AdvisorB; ken5050; sten; paythefiddler; gattaca; bayliving; SeminoleCounty; chesley; Vendome; ...

***ping***


3 posted on 08/25/2014 4:30:10 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican
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To: GeronL

Really?

It was an upscale brand marketed above Chrysler,
vs Lincoln and Cadillac for the most part, through MY 1974


4 posted on 08/25/2014 4:32:12 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican
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To: Reaganite Republican
Neat.   Bump
5 posted on 08/25/2014 4:32:26 AM PDT by GirlShortstop (Every person has a duty to seek and serve the truth. Abp Charles J. Chaput, OFMCap)
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To: Reaganite Republican

The Economy Class cabin of the 747 in the 60’s is worth the price alone. It shows you how much room has been lost in the name of profits and efficiency since the ‘60’s.


6 posted on 08/25/2014 4:35:11 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: GeronL
They were monsters. They were actually banned in demolition derbys.
7 posted on 08/25/2014 4:37:40 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
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To: Reaganite Republican

I don’t know how they managed to post a photo of a 1960 Imperial on a billboard in the fall of ‘56.

Amazing


8 posted on 08/25/2014 4:38:26 AM PDT by Peter W. Kessler
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To: Reaganite Republican

Not the same exact hotel but, I stayed at the Ritz-Carlton on Place Vendome, hence my nom de jour.

Chopin room and I forget the name of the bar but, amazing place and service.

Lady Di and Natalie Wood. Whoo!

Timeless beauty.

When I lived in Tulsa I’d take girlfriends to Neiman Marcus and Miss Jackson and buy clothes ala Lady Di style...and a few other unmentionables...


9 posted on 08/25/2014 4:48:47 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: CrazyIvan

Ivan! I haven’t seen your handle for a long time.


10 posted on 08/25/2014 4:53:48 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Reaganite Republican

I dunno, I just never heard of that particular car


11 posted on 08/25/2014 4:54:19 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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Imperial ... never heard of it

Desoto?

Studebaker?

Hudson?

Nash-Rambler?

Packard?

Henry J?

Edsel?

Then there are the modern casualties:

Pontiac

Mercury

Plymouth

Oldsmobile

The Greatest Dead American Car Brands From The 1950s

12 posted on 08/25/2014 5:01:51 AM PDT by BwanaNdege ( "Our Emperor may have no clothes, but doesn't he have a wonderful tan" - MSM)
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To: BwanaNdege

I heard of all the others on the list there


13 posted on 08/25/2014 5:04:08 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: BwanaNdege

I think the “Imperial” marque was born out of the Chrysler - Packard merger.


14 posted on 08/25/2014 5:16:05 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: jsanders2001

The only quibble I have with that picture is the first commercial flight of the 747 was in 1970. Otherwise, a great picture, you’re right about the room.


15 posted on 08/25/2014 5:24:23 AM PDT by Fair Paul
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16 posted on 08/25/2014 5:27:00 AM PDT by Brother Cracker ( Mossberg 500 helps me deal with being old and cranky)
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To: jsanders2001
It shows you how much room has been lost in the name of profits

Didn't tickets cost about twice as much back then?

17 posted on 08/25/2014 5:29:02 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Charles Martel
I think the “Imperial” marque was born out of the Chrysler - Packard merger.

Chrysler and Packard never merged. Packard merged with Studebaker in the late 1950s. Packards were produced for another year or two after that (actually, they were rebadged Studebakers) before the nameplate disappeared. There was a plan for a 4 way merger between Studebaker, Packard, Nash, and Hudson, but it never materialized. Nash and Hudson then merged to form American Motors.

18 posted on 08/25/2014 5:30:18 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: Reaganite Republican

The 7 Up and Coca Cola logos haven’t changed much.


19 posted on 08/25/2014 5:30:55 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: GeronL

Probably ...: )


20 posted on 08/25/2014 5:31:07 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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