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

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  1. jimi'shemi291
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    Spoken like a true HAMBer.:cool: Thanks for understanding. Speed safely:rolleyes: and have a tolerable day at work, bro!
     
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    Hi Eddie,

    just press the space key between each pic, so if somebody quotes your post in order to refer to something it is easier to delete the pics not needed. don't want to go on ya nerves, just saying! you're posting a lot of nice pics in several threads, don't stop!

    Cheers, Carsten
     
  3. Paul B
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    Lot of repeats But still the best thread on the net imo
     
  4. nwbhotrod
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    from wash state

    A good looking group of young men. No one trying to look like thay came from the Ghetto
     
  5. Tom S. in Tn.
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    ......... wish I had some good pics to screw up band width with. I've said it before, and if I had it to do over, I'd spend all my coin on cameras and Kodachrome instead of carbs and chrome.

    I log on here to learn new things which I continually do, but I sure wish I had some way to demonstrate just a small portion of drag racing flash backs that these Hamb photo's evoke.
    Tom S. in Tn.
     
  6. jimi'shemi291
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    These are SUPER, because they are for-real kids and their cars,
    buddies, girlfriends, etc., back in 1956-58! :cool: I don't know if they've
    appeared elsewhere on the HAMB, but I searched the thread and
    am pretty certain they haven't been posted here. Been a while,
    but as I recall from the site, they're from the personal album of one
    Bill Bottorff (often pictured), a resident and student in Winfield, KS,
    home of the Vikings. Bill wrote the original cutlines shown below.
    THANKS, Bill, for preserving and sharing your high-school memories! :D


    '28 Model A 2-door sedan.
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    Location: In front of the filling station at 14th and Main in Wifield. Time, my guess,
    September 1956. Car: A Ford Model A which we bought for 50 bucks of pooled money.
    Who owned it? Who knows? I don't think the title was ever transferred. :D People, from
    left to right, Biff Hess, Gib Overby, Jim Bates, Bill Bottorff and Chuck Hauber.


    Winfield High Viking Cars of the Fifties 1928 Model A, 2 Door Sedan

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    Location: In front of the filling station at 14th and Main in Wifield. Time, my guess, September
    1956. Car: A Ford Model A which we bought for 50 bucks of pooled money. Who owned it?
    Who knows? I don't think the title was ever transferred. People, from left to right, Biff Hess,
    Gib Overby, Jim Bates, Bill Bottorff, Chuck Hauber, Jean Anglemeyer, Loretta Fox and Peggy
    Schuyler.
     
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  7. jimi'shemi291
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    Winfield High Viking Cars of the Fifties
    Jim & Bill Bottorff's 1928 Model A Roadster Pickup

    (Bill's descriptions in the cutlines below!)


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    Location: the Bottorff residence at 313 College in Winfield, looking south. Time, my guess,
    September 1956. Cars, Donnie Jenkins' 1956 Thunderbird:p and Bill and Jim Bottorff's 1928
    Model A Roadster Pickup.:cool: People, from left to right, Stan Scudder (with camera), Bob Hurst,
    Chuck Hauber, Don Brewer, Leonard Landis, Kay Workman, Donnie Jenkins (driver in Model A).


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  8. Tom S. in Tn.
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  9. jimi'shemi291
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    Winfield High Viking Cars of the Fifties Donnie Jenkins' Thunderbird
    (Bill's commentary below)

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    Location: the Bottorff residence at 313 College in Wifield, looking north. Time,
    my guess, September 1956. Car, Donnie Jenkins' 1956 Thunderbird. People,
    from left to right, Jim Bottorff (pass in T-Bird), Terry Hunt (drvr [sic] in T-Bird).


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    Location: the Bottorff residence at 313 College in Wifield. Time, my guess, September 1956.
    Cars, Donnie Jenkins' 1956 Thunderbird and Bill and Jim Bottorff's 1928 Model A Roadster
    Pickup. People, from left to right, Bernard Bottorff, Alan Lewis, Don Brewer, Leonard Landis,
    Bob Hurst, Jim Bottorff (pass in T-Bird), Terry Hunt (drvr in T-Bird), Stan Scudder (with cam-
    era), Chuck Hauber, Kay Workman, Donnie Jenkins (driver in Model A).

     
  10. jimi'shemi291
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    Winfield High Viking Cars of the Fifties

    (Bill's commentary below pics)

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    Location: the Bottorff residence at 313 College in Wifield, looking north. Time, my guess,
    August 1957. Cars, Bill and Jim Bottorff's 1928 Model A Roadster Pickup. People, Jim Bottorff
    (driver), Larry Brown (passenger)


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    Porter Brown's (Mel's Dad) very snazzy 54 Mercury. It was yellow with green trim.
    The trim and paint on the upper door was styled like that of the '55 and '56 Mercs.



     
  11. fbi9c1
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    "Hey....... Fogerty and that band ain't bad for something that came from Louisana :)"

    They came from California! :)
     
  12. jimi'shemi291
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    Winfield High Viking Cars of the Fifties
    1953 Ford hits 1954 Fort Convertible


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    Biff Hess (in red shirt) inspects the damage. Looking on Phil Hower, Larry Swintz
    and Larry Cooley. Who did what to whom? Where? When:Spring 1958


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  13. jimi'shemi291
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    Winfield High Viking Cars of the Fifties
    '29 Model A Roadster Pickup

    (Bills commentary below)

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    Clifton Gottlieb developing his magic touch;) on Bill and Jim's hot rod.
     
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  14. jimi'shemi291
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    Didn't work, so here are Bill's other two pics! :p

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  15. 49ratfink
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    from California

    look at all these ugly Dodges on this lot from a few pages ago. probably still there since they are so ugly. I can't believe anyone would buy a car that ugly.

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  16. jimi'shemi291
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    Cops must have been 'rodders too in Winfield! :D

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  17. Skull King
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    This is a photo taken in 1956. Back in those days, the teenaged boys belonged to car clubs.

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  18. Skull King
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    Niagra Falls - 1950s
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  19. jimi'shemi291
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    What a blast from the past! These two pics have it all on life in the '50s, eh? ;)
    Even Mom is in the act! :p

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  20. Skull King
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    Hold on while I pop a wheelie........

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  21. Skull King
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    Merry Christmas one and all!!!

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  22. Mazooma1
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  23. To cool for you and yer wife! I envy you guys! Not so much the concert as the 50 years together! Buddy Holley woulda been cool too don't get me wrong!
     
  24. BrianTidball
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    Wesbury NY?? Lived there in 71-71 and recall this
     
  25. Deuce Daddy Don
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    YEP!----By the S.F. Valley old tunnel in the early 50's:D:D
     
  26. jimi'shemi291
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    Winfield High Viking Cars of the Fifties
    Carol Lumbert and Jack Grant's '56 Chevy

    LAST ONE in Bill's series, folks ... BUT, this story ends on a happy note! ;)

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    In 1958 this was a VERY cool car. I can't remember if Carol and Jack were married
    when this picture was taken, but they have been married ever since.:D



    [QUOTE=Mazooma1;8413188]there's 57,000+ posts here....you can not expect anyone to know whether their contribution is a repeat or not.
    And, honestly, many of these photos deserve a "repeat".
    Those of us who are following this thread either forget about them or would like to see them again anyways.
    Many of our photos don't come with any information with them, but they still should be welcome here.
    It's all about the photos, kids....
    This is a great thread with great photos and lots of terrific, friendly people here.
    It's really the best thread of all, in my opinion.
    These images are what was the total environment of the car culture, so they are all welcome.
    Nice work, everyone...you have a history encyclopedia right here....nicely done.
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    Hiya, Mazooma! :) I respect your passion and agree with some points, but not all. And I'm not the only one who feels that guys can run a tighter ship with a little more effort. Even the best thread (and it is) can be better.;)

    I don't expect that newbies should, somehow, know that a pic they like has been on before (especially since the thread, largely, isn't searchable due to so many unlabeled pics). But I do think regulars and semi-regulars should remember some of these photos they or their their HAMB brethern have posted. (I hesitate to show examples just from the five pages I mentioned, but they make one's head spin, e.g., the same Waylon Jennings pic twice in the same day:rolleyes:, same Dorothy Malone pic twice in less than a week? etc.). I do agree that some pix are SO great, they deserve a repeat:cool:, but, IMO, provided some new info or commentary perspective is added. However, some pix have been posted so many times they are simply "worn out":eek: -- five or six times, not including quoting for commentary -- enough. Otherwise, they'd just be duplicative posts, inflating the thread unnecessarily.

    In instances where, honestly, no info is available to the original poster, how about at least a comment or a key word?:confused: That would at least help make the thread -- to borrow on your word -- encyclopedic. No one expects perfection, but we can do better, with only a little a little more effort.

    Most of all, I agree with your observation about Dog's thread being about the "total car culture." I don't know that that's what he had in mind three years, but it developed a life of its own:D, and it's why, IMO, Ryan and the mods have let it go, and grow, even if it does have occasional ups and downs. Can't recall the precise context, but Metalshapes used the word "worthwhile." Couldn't agree more.
     
  27. Deuce Daddy Don
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    Hey Mazooma!----Isn't that at the old "Carrell track in Gardena"???:D:D
     
  28. twin6
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    Some lucky kids, back when trains for Christmas was a big deal.
     

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  29. Rocky Famoso
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    Thanks 327-365hp for posting the current picture of that cool "T".
    I won't repost it, however if anyone wants to refer, it's Post #57504.
    Often when someone responds to a posting of mine and includes the pictures,
    I will go back and remove my post to avoid duplication.
    Many of my postings are pictures only. I will try to include information, or include
    a comment. Continuous Improvement.
     
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    Vintage Airstream
     
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