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Woman, 102, dotes on 82-year-old car
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| Sept. 17, 2012
Posted on 09/18/2012 6:20:58 AM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: katana; treetopsandroofs
"Rumble Seat". A 1930's jump seat for when you needed more passenger seating area. Have Americans lost all sense of their literature and culture? I knew about them when I was 6 years old.
1934 Belchfire Runabout. And Someone actually built one!
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posted on
09/18/2012 8:34:08 AM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Monarchy is the one system of government where power is exercised for the good of all - Aristotle)
To: JoeProBono; gonzo; mickie; flaglady47; oswegodeee; Chigirl 26; hoosiermama; Bizzy Bugz; ...
OMG, you captured the feel and the rush of a rumble seat in those golden days in one wordless post!!!
That's me in the rumble seat at sweet sixteen along with my best friend and my dog (you figure out which was which.....LOL)
Leni
To: CrazyIvan
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posted on
09/18/2012 8:41:17 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: katana
“Rumble” because you were sitting right over the rear axle.
My mother’s friend was killed in a rumble seat when the car was in an accident and the rumble seat folded up (closed) on her. They might have been fun, but they were dangerous, too.
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posted on
09/18/2012 8:44:23 AM PDT
by
PLMerite
(Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
To: All
Thanks, had never actually seen or noticed one, so didn’t know what to make of it in the one photo that had it.
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posted on
09/18/2012 8:49:34 AM PDT
by
treetopsandroofs
(Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
To: PLMerite
They might have been fun, but they were dangerous, too.Absolutely true. Unfortunately, lots of if not most things which are the most fun are also potentially very lethal.
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posted on
09/18/2012 10:54:08 AM PDT
by
katana
(Just my opinions)
To: JoeProBono
Great! I’ll make sure she sees that.
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posted on
09/18/2012 5:44:52 PM PDT
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CrazyIvan
(Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
To: central_va
Didn’t they make engines for PT boats also?
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posted on
09/18/2012 5:48:23 PM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
To: ken5050
My dad went to work for Packard after WW II.. My first real recollection of a car.I was 6.. was when he brought home a new 1953 Packard Caribbean Coupe.. My dad worked at a Packard dealership, and the first car I can remember riding in was a 1936 Packard coupe.
Dad always told us that Cadillacs were nothing but Chevys with chrome plated lock washers. ;~))
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posted on
09/18/2012 7:20:02 PM PDT
by
Ditto
(Nov 2, 2010 -- Partial cleaning accomplished. More trash to remove in 2012)
To: JoeProBono
True story. About 10 years ago, in Long Island, an elderly lady was killed under well, weird circumstances. She had a Jack Russell which she took everywhere with her. One day she was going out. Her garage door opener wasn’t working. She put the dog in the car, opened the garage door manually, backed the car out, stopped it, and got out to close the garage door. The Jack Russel, as they are want to so, jumped up, to put his front legs on the dash board. He hit the shift lever , on the steering column, knocked it into DRIVE. The car went forward, crushing the poor woman between the car and the garage door, which she had just finished closing.
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posted on
09/19/2012 9:39:38 AM PDT
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ken5050
To: ken5050
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posted on
09/19/2012 9:46:03 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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