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Discussion in 'Traditional Hot Rods' started by Ryan, Dec 28, 2011.

  1. Ryan
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  2. Mr48chev
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    I think that was the first issue of Sports Illustrated I ever bought or read. I can't remember much about the article though.
     
  3. farmergal
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    from somewhere

    great read. thanks!
     

  4. Ryan
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    Call it a good rehash then... I'm on the road with my wife for our anniversary, so it will work in a pinch.
     
  5. I just can't belive it's been 2 years since I first saw it online! Definately a good rehash :)
     
  6. As somewhat of a closet "Beatnik", I dig all the crazy lingo:cool:. Thanks for sharing and Happy Anniversary.
    Transfusion, by Nervous Norvis, was always a staple on the Dr.Dimento radio show.
    Happy New Year to all ya' HAMB-Bones:D

    JT
     
  7. robber
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    Thanks for the cool cruise into Rumpsville, Ryan! I'm diggin it!
     
  8. trimph1
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    Great read!!

    As for the photo...I can see the two guys almost praying..."oh please let us not have our engine go poof...."
     
  9. belair
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    One of the best car articles I ever read was in SI (I think) a looong time ago. It was about a guy who street-raced for money, drove a Mopar of some kind, I think. Said after he rebuilt the engine he would pour a quart of oil over it and drive up and down a dirt road to make it look old and tired. He was pretty cagy about picking races and stuff.
     
  10. outlaw256
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    happy anniversary boss,hope you enjoy your day.and thanks for the read. ive never seen it before and it was well worth the read.sure makes me wish i could find that damn time machine!!!
     
  11. Ned_Gob
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    OK ... that is super freaky - I just got my original copy in the mail that I bought on Ebay (with saved pennies) this morning ! Get out of my head , man!
     
  12. Have this SI copy and the same photo was used on an LP record album. I always have a couple copies of each for sale at any Parts Meet I set up at. They both make great Garage Wall Art when framed. The 1957 Life magazine Hot Rod issue is also a kool read with some of the same info as the SI and the full page photo of Grabowski and the Kookie T at a drive-in.
     
  13. Jalopy Joker
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    date of SI is April 24,1961 - maybe luck out at a yard sale or ?
     
  14. Deuce Daddy Don
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    Happy anniversary Ryan!----Just had our 60th!!!----How many for you??
     
  15. Ha Ha! I love the second page with all the psyco-babble about how they all hate their mothers. Most fruidian analysts are the most twisted up bunch I ever met! But you never see a hot rod parked in front of a shrinks office!:D
    I also liked the comment about the guys engine "Being clean enough to eat off of"... "No way! you'de leave crumbs on it!" So true,so true.
     
  16. autobilly
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  17. Mazooma1
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    I see my avatar on that magazine cover...my birthday present in 1961 for my 11th birthday...from Big Daddy himself...

    [​IMG]
     
  18. Triggerman
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    As soon as I saw that pic on Ryan's blog I thought, "that's Mazooma's avatar!!
     
  19. Ned_Gob
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    Von Franco's "I was a Teenage Monster Shirt Painter" DVD is a must have for anyone traveling back to Koolsville!
     
  20. trimph1
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    uuummmmm...somebody a member thereof perhaps?

    [​IMG]
     
  21. flamingokid
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    Great read!!Those shirts remind me of the Beaver episode w/ the sweatshirts.
     
  22. flathead okie
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    I have that magazine.:D, Bought it several yrs ago off the auction site.

    Happy anniversary :)
     
  23. tfeverfred
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    After reading all 9 pages, I learned what I already knew. Hot Rods are the best thing since fire.
     
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  24. screwball
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    I wasn't born yet ether just turned 50 if you read that when it was new you old. LOL
     
  25. Atwater Mike
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    How come everybody born after 1970 thinks beatniks were car people?

    Sawed-off sweatshirts, berets, shades, and sandals did not a beatnik make...
     
  26. Harms Way
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    So it was written
    And,...So it shall be.

    :cool:
     
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  27. The hyperlink in @Ryan's (12/28/2011) TJJ Blog is no longer valid ... so I'm bumping this old H.A.M.B. thread with the archive of the entire article:

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