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Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Dog427435, Dec 18, 2009.

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  1. Jess87
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  2. Enough To Make A Radiophile Cry
     
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    Thanks! That explains the mystery. I don't know where I got Mercury in my head, these are of course 42 Fords.
     
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    I bought a 1976 CobraII at the Auto Show.
     
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    imho this is a fit here; it was posted by 'armyjunk2' on WIX:

    http://www.warbirdinformationexchan...&t=13327&sid=f95ef5e5b5e98e3188288a08be8658f0

    Grumman, the people that made the planes 12 SEPT 2010

    with this rider:

    " These photographs came from the Archives at Grumman Memorial Park Calverton, Long Island, New York and The Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City, Long Island. My friend Leo Polaski spent many long hours scanning these........a right click and save will give you photo info. I hope everyone enjoys these

    These photographs do not belong to me, they belong to the respective Museums ALL permission to use these photographs in publications MUST be obtained from the Museums, I ONLY have permission to post here as long as no profit is obtained by me. …"

    and an index to fifty-some pages i'm sure you'll enjoy, if you haven't already.
     
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    This thread has been viewed OVER 5.7 MILLION times; wow.
     
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    Mrs. Effie Miller, in her Brush Runabout Automobile,
    just received her prize offered by us (the California Perfume Company)
    for the largest sales from July 1st to December 31st, 1911.

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    1911 Brush "Everyman's Car" - the First Vehicle Award for the California Perfume Company
     
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    The "Dodge Girl" always had the perfect balance between cute and sexy!
     
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    One of the popular D.J.s in Birmingham Alabama in the mid 50s. WVOK 690 AM.[​IMG][/QUOTE]
     
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  21. I think what you're seeing here isn't recycling so mach as "planned" obsolesence by the radio sales and manufacturing industries. If I understand correctly many new radios were often sold by allowing a generous trade-in amount for the customer's old used radio.

    The trade-in units, working or not, were usually destroyed as shown in this photo. The idea was that the fewer used radios that were available meant that more new radios would be sold. A great plan for the manufacturers and retailers but maybe not so much for the consumer.

    The radio business wasn't the only one to take this approach. I think it was a pretty common tactic with jukeboxes, pinball machines and vending equipment. Sun auto test and tune equipment was sold this way into the '70s at least. I'd guess that Allen and other brands of engine analyzers and test equipment were likely treated this way as well. Even back at that time you seldom saw used Sun Testers for sale, and I suppose a lot of them were leased rather than bought outright anyway.

    Once traded-in or off-lease they'd be scrapped to promote the sales of the new equipment. :eek:
     
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    Twin,

    Judging by the sign and the bumper sticker on the scooter, this is some sort of promo for a radio station KEX 1190 AM. This is a Portland, Oregon radio station that is still up and kicking :D

    Don't positively recognize the background, but the building on the left foreground looks awful familiar.
     
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    I think I know where they were headed to. Rutland Machine & Auto on Wales Street in Rutland were EMF agents.
     
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    Cool - thanks! It's enough to make a feller go out and get a Vespa...
     
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    Yup. We're not stupid. But ordinary consumers couldn't do much about it, short of an organized boycott. And those were extremely hard to organize back then.
     
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    I bet back in the 30's, people didn't like this like I don't like the looks of new cars, but man, this thing is really cool. I've always been fascinated by the late 30's art deco styled trucks:)
     
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    A few more for the pile.
     
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    5 more to finish off the night.
     
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    Found on Collectors Weekly site.

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