Monthly Archive: September 2012

Sep 18

The Fabulous ’50’s: The Years 1956 – 1957

By Genie Feminella When 1956 showed up, it brought with it Cavalcade of Sports that included women competing in roller derby. Playhouse 90 became famous for showing Rod Serling’s Requiem for a Heavyweight. In the Still of the Night by the five Satins played over the airwaves and has always been voted an all time …

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Sep 18

Wonderful Woodies

By John Linhardt California surfers adopted old wood station wagons to haul their boards to the beaches and were immortalized by the Beach Boys’ “Surfin USA”. But, what happened to those beach buggies? Wagons got used hard both as family cars and businesses.

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Sep 14

What Is It Worth?

By John Linhardt As an antique car owner, aren’t you tired of people asking “What’s your car worth?”. Most who ask are not really car buffs but observers. They seem to be more interested in the monetary value than your actual car, itself.

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Sep 14

The Fabulous Fifties, Remember 1959

A sentimental journey through the time warp of 1959 would find Robert Stack in the Untouchables, narrated by Walter Winchell. Each week we saw one of the eight million stories in The Naked City. Buzz and Todd barreled down the highways of Route 66 while Broderick Crawford was on Highway Patrol duty,

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Sep 10

The Fabulous Fifties, Remember 1959

A sentimental journey through the time warp of 1959 would find Robert Stack in the Untouchables, narrated by Walter Winchell. Each week we saw one of the eight million stories in The Naked City. Buzz and Todd barreled down the highways of route 66 while Broderick Crawford was on Highway Patrol duty, “10-4”.

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