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[Stocker]

Just ran across this 3-minute 1950s video... kinda cool I think.

1950's California Traffic - YouTube

[Sheepdip]

Originally Posted by Stocker

Just ran across this 3-minute 1950s video... kinda cool I think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5_1-8Oa--0

Thanks Stocker ...I love at old movies like that and try to figure out exactly where it is/was/filmed.

Reading the comments some one says San Fernando, one sign advertising a car dealer I can make out also says San Fernando.

I also noticed the power poles with all the old glass insulators, I had a whole collection of them when I was a kid. Think I got a couple left somewhere.

[3757chevy]

Originally Posted by Sheepdip

Thanks Stocker ...I love at old movies like that and try to figure out exactly where it is/was/filmed.

Reading the comments some one says San Fernando, one sign advertising a car dealer I can make out also says San Fernando.

I also noticed the power poles with all the old glass insulators, I had a whole collection of them when I was a kid. Think I got a couple left somewhere.

Looks like gas was 21.9 per gallon on an average.

[GOPAPA]

Originally Posted by Stocker

Just ran across this 3-minute 1950s video... kinda cool I think.

1950's California Traffic - YouTube

I went back and watched the video you posted Mike,, so many cars that I only see in car shows today.. as for horn honking,, maybe I am seeing things that arnt ,but the guy with the truck looks like he his reaching up and blowing his air horn on top of his truck as he passes by the car taking the vidio..

[special-K]

I really enjoyed that. Lot's of free enterprise going on back then. I couldn't help but wonder what's with the space case in the Ford straddling both lanes? ROAD HOG!

[Sheepdip]

Originally Posted by special-K

I couldn't help but wonder what's with the space case in the Ford straddling both lanes? ROAD HOG!

I wondered the same thing but came to the conclusion it was running interference for the camera car. No flashers or sign trucks back then I'm assuming.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by Sheepdip

I wondered the same thing but came to the conclusion it was running interference for the camera car. No flashers or sign trucks back then I'm assuming.

That must be it. That would explain why no horn honking or fist waving was going on, because they saw the camera car. I was disappointed they cut that first clip just as that cool late-30s Chevy was coming better into sight. Might have been an early mild custom. Cool stuff to watch! Lots of Chevys. Great film quality

[Ol Blue K20]

That was good Stocker, lots to look at.

[special-K]

I don't think I saw any vehicles newer than 49/50. A bit earlier than the title

[LockDoc]

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Got wood?

LockDoc

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by LockDoc

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LockDoc

Reminds me of my BiL's father who needed grain to feed his dairy cows. 2 tons of grain in the bed of his 3/4T truck. It was sitting on the bump stops, and he stopped by the shop to get a tarp to keep the grain from blowing and spilling all over the road. I bet he drove it 5 mph all the way to his farm. smh

[GOPAPA]

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Got wood?

Reminds me of one time I went down to the rock crusher for $2.00 a load for 3/4 minus rock and the front end loader guy loaded me all the way up and it ran over the sides and tailgate.. This was my 65 Chevy short /wide bed 1/2 ton and I drove it slow up a long hill ( 3 miles)to home and made it with out splitting my rims ... .. I have no idea what that load of rock weighed ,, any one know by my deminsions of the bed I stated ?

[special-K]

[quote=GOPAPA;9152998]

Originally Posted by LockDoc

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Got wood?

Reminds me of one time I went down to the rock crusher for $2.00 a load for 3/4 minus rock and the front end loader guy loaded me all the way up and it ran over the sides and tailgate.. This was my 65 Chevy short /wide bed 1/2 ton and I drove it slow up a long hill ( 3 miles)to home and made it with out splitting my rims ... .. I have no idea what that load of rock weighed ,, any one know by my deminsions of the bed I stated ?

Now you reminded me of a tale I have. I was 19 working for a home improvement contractor. The boss sent me to the quarry for 57s (same stones as Larry) in his big fat almost new Ranchero "floaty ride". Makes sense, right? I mean it did have factory air shocks after all. I told him "go light" and "just a corner in the bucket". But I'm sure the loader guy at a quarry takes pleasure in overloading little light duty four wheelers for entertainment and a story to tell at the bar. I was only 19 and I knew it wasn't a good idea. Had a hard time creeping back to the job trying to see over that huge hood out front.

[Stocker]

Originally Posted by GOPAPA

Reminds me of one time I went down to the rock crusher for $2.00 a load for 3/4 minus rock and the front end loader guy loaded me all the way up and it ran over the sides and tailgate.. This was my 65 Chevy short /wide bed 1/2 ton and I drove it slow up a long hill ( 3 miles)to home and made it with out splitting my rims ... .. I have no idea what that load of rock weighed ,, any one know by my deminsions of the bed I stated ?

I couldn't say, Larry, but your story reminded me of the time I drove over the mountain (about an hour) to get a load of topsoil. The guy running the loader says there ya go, I said no, add some more -- 2 or 3 times. Finally got the K20 as full as it could be. The steering was light, the brakes marginal, and the trip home was slower. Went to the county scales and it weighed 11,300 pounds. After I shoveled out the dirt, I went back and weighed it again. 5300 pounds. It had an even 3 tons in it. Never again.

[Boog]

Ooooh. That reminds me of a guy who loaded up his 1/2 ton pkup with logs. It snapped a rear axle shaft and turned upside down in the middle of the highway.

[special-K]

That 4wd is sitting mighty low! Are they trying to haul it or store it off the ground, I wonder. Poor truck.

Reminds me of an old place I was helping an old HS friend renovate. He had gathered a crew of flunkies for the general labor, such as gutting and clearing the plaster debris away. I told him he needed a dumpster but what do I know? They show up with a '78 F150 and backed it to the front porch so the debris from upstairs could slide down the tin porch roof into the truck. First of all, OUCH!, from the dropping of heavy debris one story. Didn't manage to break the back window, but down at the truck I was looking at the rear bumper on the ground. Gave me a good chuckle. Made more work for themselves a bit. Somehow this was a better idea than a dumpster

[special-K]

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[Boog]

Looks like a Bridgestone Dueller to me.

[special-K]

It sure ain't no Kumho! I always heard truckers call retread chunks on the road "gators".

[Boog]

Yeah buddy! Steel belted Gators are known to do some major damage to some passenger cars.

[Stocker]

Originally Posted by Boog

Yeah buddy! Steel belted Gators are known to do some major damage to some passenger cars.

Not to mention motorcycles. Many years ago I was headed up the mountain on my bike, a little way behind a big rig when one of its left rear tires blew with a huge POW and cloud of dust.
Sure does get your attention..... glad I wasn't any closer.

[special-K]

I'm due a vacation. I'd like to go back to this

[yuccales]

Didn't take it, but sure would love to have it.

[Boog]

Well that's neat. A grille shell. Been used some too.

[my56chevytruck]

Originally Posted by special-K

I'm due a vacation. I'd like to go back to this

you and me to, just to wander around looking at the vintage cars/trucks.