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   hsawlrae said, 11 months ago

   I’d love to have that firedome. They floated so nice.d
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   dtroutma said, 11 months ago

   Yes, floated nice, but don’t try to go around a corner, or stop one!
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   TrapperJohn said, 11 months ago

   LOVED those huge back seats. ;-)
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   gmartin997 said, 11 months ago

   Skyler, it’s better to keep silent and let other think you a fool, than open your mouth and remove all doubt.
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   BigChiefDesoto said, 11 months ago

   Well, so far that’s the newest car on the lot, but I guess when you’re in the third grade, everything is ancient.

   And for dtroutma:
   Chrysler products of that era were noted for having a stiffer suspension and better handling than almost anything else that came out of Detroit. That’s why almost all police cars of that era were Chrysler products. And there was a true story of a California Highway Patrolman who slowed down a runaway truck coming down the “Grapevine” with his Chrysler product CHP car, and saved the truck driver’s life in the process. It allowed the truck driver to down-shift the truck to where he could safely get to the bottom of the hill.
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   BigChiefDesoto said, 11 months ago

   “Math Homework P. 36 (squared)”???
   I’d sure hate to carry that math book home from school!!! :-)
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   Josh Lyons said, 11 months ago

   The “neat” vintage red pickup truck in the title panel and panel #6 (with restored look and color) came from nearby Pluggerville.
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   puddleglum1066 said, 11 months ago

   LOVE the ‘56 Chev… we had one when I was a kid, and kept it well into the ’60s. Drove teenage pump jockeys crazy with the thing, because it had no visible gas-filler door. The filler was hidden behind the left taillight, which swung out of the way when you gave a piece of the chrome trim a 90-degree twist. Younger guys at the pump would walk around the car, checking the left and right fenders… no filler door… then they’d pull on the license plate, which wouldn’t move… then they’d walk around again… and finally, swallowing a visible ball of pride, ask where the heck you put the gas in this thing.
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   huskiecoach said, 11 months ago

   Birds drive cars-trucks?!
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    J. Short said, 11 months ago

    Nice Fin-ish.
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    gmartin997 said, 11 months ago

    @puddleglum1066

    Yes, I remember that when they first came out, but people weren’t in the dark for very long. The cars that hid the filler cap behind the tag also presented a problem until the atendants finally figured it out. But the most irritating were the later models with the electric doors that had to be opened from inside the glove box.
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    whmIII said, 11 months ago

    @TrapperJohn

    Those WERE the days…
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    Mowog said, 11 months ago

    The DeSoto is Cosmo’s daily ride
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    stripseeker said, 11 months ago

    @BigChiefDesoto-
    Chief,suspect your choice for best car in the strip would be the ’59 Firedome.
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    rickmac1937 said, 11 months ago

    where’s my 1955 ford, loved that car. if it could talk i would have been in a lot of trouble
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