"Vintage Eye Candy"

[mnnden]

Pictures did not transfer, I will try again later, Den
second try!!
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[DarthRider]

Den...I only see red X's.
Oh, and a boy & his hoe...

[mnnden]

Too bad, had some nice stuff there, I'll try are recoup it later, I'll try this.Den

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[DarthRider]

Love those '58's!
My Old Man had a '58 Pontiac Chieftan, pink & white...what was he thinking?
My wild, favorite uncle had a black with red interior, '58 Impala, with 348 & 4-barrel & 3 on the column. I had a, um..."religeous experience" in the front seat of that car in front of the National Guard Armory late one cold, clear, star-filled night in Amarillo in 1959. I've never been the same...
Several years later I had a real nice '58 Biscane 2-door "post", cream color with gold Naugahyde interior, with a runnin' little 283 4-bl. & auto.
My Father-in-Law gave us a nice '58 Ford for a wedding present...in 1966! I was hoping for his '61 Caddy.

[DarthRider]

Hey Den -
What is that illustration of the GI on the bike?
Thanks,

[geechie]

We had always been a "Chevy" family... until '58, that is. My mother simply couldn't stand the look of the litle bent over tail fins on the '58 Chevy. So she bought a freakin' Edsel. Holy crap what a largo bargo! The most notable element (aside from the resemblance of the grill to Munch's "The Scream") was the pushbutton gear selecter for the automatic tranny. It was mounted on the end of the steering column right in the center. When the camshaft broke, she ditched it and (talk about going from the ridiculous to the sublime) bought a '59 Fiat. Actually a pretty sweet little ride. Learned how to operate a "stick shift" on that baby.

George

[arkline]

Shades of things to come. The push button gear selector...Had it in a 56 DeSoto station wagon I bought in about 1967. Now you can get something similar on the FJR1300AE...

The DeSoto drove and rode like a cast iron pig. Must have weighted 2.5 tons or more. It had a large displacement engine that sucked gas down and spit it out in clouds of black tinged exhaust. Once on a Sunday ride in the rain to Hoquiam the power steering belt shredded and I had to wrassle that thing all the way down and all the way back. I had to part with it when it got hit by that train. I was late to work at Boeing Plant 2, was sort of on double secret probation for being tardy a lot and I parked it illegally. Just an RCH too close to the tracks. When I came out in the morning the whole left front fender from door to headlight was peeled around in a graceful metallic curve. But it was still driveable...Not bad for a $250 investment...:dance:

Here's one of my favorite advertising posters. Who says it has to be big to impress the ladies...

http://ducati.artehouse.com/perl/options.pl?imageID=127&productTypeID=1&ckon=imageThumb&sessionID=857c41924a4dae341b4edf50f1cffdb1

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[Deans BMW]

The '57 Fairlane 500 Ford, I had a black and white Fairlane 500 convertable with dual glass packs while in college up at Texas Tech...........Who Baby.

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[JCsman]

The first set of photos came through for me. I was struck by the quote used in the Triumph ad:

"Docility, sweetness and controlled power...the Triumph Speed Twin is just the machine".

:ymca: Hop on Timmy, my bike is REALLY docile". :ymca:

Whoooooo, boy. That kind of exciting prose will get yer heart a racing for sure. Somehow I doubt it would "sell" many of the guys on this board.

[mnnden]

Hey Den -
What is that illustration of the GI on the bike?
Thanks,


That is an ad for Autocar trucks, Here are a couple more. Den
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[DarthRider]

Thanks Den...those are really nice Autocar truck illustrations.
The bike pics came through OK...thanks! Added 'em to my collection.
I rode a Speed Twin at Bonnevile that knew absofreakinlutely *nothing* about "Docility, sweetness and controlled power...!"

[Sir Limpsalot]

The reference to "Docility, sweetness and controlled power" was a huge selling point for the Triumph twin. The competitions single cylinder engines may have had some of those virtues but never all three in the same package.
Don't forget, this was a totally different time and place to which we find ourselves now. Then motorcycles were used for transport and maybe a little sporting fun at the weekend.
If you had told Edward Turner (Triumph designer) that in a few years people would be driving to work in cars whilst keeping a motorcycle as a purely leisure tool he would have thought you quite mad.
It was quite unthinkable in the 40's and 50's to own both a car and a motorcycle. If you were lucky enough to be able to afford one or the other you considered yourself quite fortunate.
My own father got his first car quite late in life and would never have dreamed of driving it to work. The car was for "high days and holidays" for taking the family out at weekends. For work he rode a bicycle or later on (this was the mid 60's) a small motorcycle.
You guys may struggle to believe this but I know retired working class people who have never owned a car. Back when they really needed one they simply couldn't afford it and now it's too late.
Si.

[mnnden]

We had always been a "Chevy" family... until '58, that is. My mother simply couldn't stand the look of the litle bent over tail fins on the '58 Chevy. So she bought a freakin' Edsel. Holy crap what a largo bargo! The most notable element (aside from the resemblance of the grill to Munch's "The Scream") was the pushbutton gear selecter for the automatic tranny. It was mounted on the end of the steering column right in the center. When the camshaft broke, she ditched it and (talk about going from the ridiculous to the sublime) bought a '59 Fiat. Actually a pretty sweet little ride. Learned how to operate a "stick shift" on that baby.

George

George, "The Scream" Great correlation!

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And one more for all the "57" people.

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Den