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Thursday, January 5, 2023

Camping


Today we look at some naked campers, starting with a guy who had just arrived
 at the campground and is unloading his 1950s station wagon.  Remember those?

 

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  1. Yes, I do. My father had a Morris Minor Estate and my brother a Mini station wagon for the country. They were best small because of the very narrow country lanes. We tended to call them "shooting brakes" after the English upper-class love of killing things for fun. (Dame Edna Everage - Australian comedienne, social commentator and confidante of the late Queen - once spotted a Morris Minor driving by in the High Street of Stratford-upon-Avon and said to camera, "Possums, a thatched car!") I remember happy hours in Wiltshire in the Austumn filling them up with firewood for the Winter. Unfortunately, neither came with a naked man.

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    1. what does "the High Street" mean?

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    2. In British parlance, High Street is the main shopping street in a town.

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  2. Our family had a 58 Ford Country Squire with very similar trim to what I see here-Dee Exx

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  3. The family station wagon, who didn't ride in one back in the day.
    With a gaggle of kids, our mom needed one. I remember the 59 Mercury Commuter, 65 Pontiac Safari and 72 Buick Estate. Big and safe! Until the gas crises put an end to 30 cent a gal gas. By that time most of us were out of the house and mom could relax. :)

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    1. I knew a family of 10 who drove from Odessa, Texas to Yellowstone, all in a single 1961 Ford wagon. Upon arrival, the younger kids tried to jump into the first hot spring they sighted, but luckily were stopped by a ranger.

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  4. '58 Ford Country Sedan station wagon

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    1. It's amazing that you can tell from that little bit shown, but I believe you.

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    2. well considering all the mistakes I've made lately, thanks.. ha ha.. it really IS a '58 Ford

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  5. Ford went through phase in the late 50s of using bands of "yellow chrome" as trim, and the pic shown here has that, as did our 58 wagon-Dee Exx

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    1. Like any fashion trend, that color scheme has made a comeback or two over the years. The one I hated was the fake "Woody" look.

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    2. Yellow chrome was also known as anodized metal to give it the look of gold. Very popular at Chysler and developed by Alcoa. :)

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