Vintage shots from days gone by!

Oct 24, 1950

 

1948

 

That is true. I think Streetrodder did a write up on it.

 

Picnic with the 59 Ford 4 door

 

Some guys prom date that lost a bet

 

Looks like a 33 Plymouth to me, not a 1933 Continental Beacon.

 

OK.... Tab "A" will go into slot "B", the quarters will bend right about here, but by that time, our "Funny Lookin' car" will be known by everybody.....

 

She is about to drive down the road like that with her head hanging out the window to drive and dumping clods of snow behind them. I have followed many of them and they have no clue why they got pilled over.

 

Hello,

In our old Westside of Long Beach neighborhood, the Helms guy had the market cornered. There were two trucks rolling in the neighborhood. One was the Helms Truck and the other was the fresh fish guy with the freshest fish in the area. The bread truck had tons of goodies. The neighborhood kids and MOMs stopped the truck every afternoon.

The fish guy must have had connections to the nearby harbor and the fishing fleets that come in daily. He usually followed the Helms truck about 30 minutes later. My mom swore on the freshness and quality of the tuna, sea bass and albacore when they were in his refrigerated truck.

Since the Helms guy came almost every day, the kids knew what time and what day he would arrive. Of course, doughnuts were the main thing from those pull out drawers. But as we got older and had a weird juvenile delinquent streak in us, we played tricks on the Helms guy. We tried the old “switch the big bills with smaller ones” and ask for change from the big bills. “My mom gave me a $10 dollar bill, not a $5.” But, the Helms guy made a killing on all of us, because of his daily sales.

Jnaki

One time, I discovered that he had a rack behind his driver’s seat loaded with new packs of cigarettes. (What is a Helms Bread/Donut truck doing with cigarettes for sale?) When I made my discovery known to our group, of course the next day was an adventure of sorts. The problem was how to get the packs of cigarettes out of the cab of the big truck. In a regular car, one could lean in the window and grab something. But the Helms trucks were taller and virtually theft proof, because of the height of the doors.

Our little group of boys and girls made the usual stop in the back of the Helms truck. But, the driver made the mistake of leaving the driver’s door open, being in a hurry to get back to his high income sales to all of us. I happen to be next to the door with a neighborhood girl. She encouraged me to reach in and get some cigarette packs. So, being the nice young man that I was, I came out with 4 pack variety, one from each row to make sure the driver did not notice one row being empty.

Later in the backyard hang out area, we all laughed and had a great time with those delicious Helms donuts. And, we all had a cigarette after the nice afternoon meal.

Kids will be kids…

 

BOLO issued for Jnaki. Armed and dangerous. Approach with caution. LoL

 

I remember these as a kid.