Back in the 1940's the Ford Motor Company hired an advertising blimp to fly over the area with the lighted sign on the side reading, "Ford's Out Front; two great engines: Ford 6 and Ford V-8." How I loved to watch that low flying aircraft as it buzzed relatively silently overhead! My very first car at the age of 17 was a 1938 Ford V-8 "Business Coupe" that I bought from a guy in Morrisville for 25 bucks. I got what I paid for, but that old jalopy served me well for nearly a year. After keeping Vince Calabrese's Tydol station in business with all the oil I burned in that old car, I moved on to a 1940 Studebaker President with a "straight eight" engine. Such fond memories!
Tom, or Ralph, do I remember right...if you wanted a right side mirror, you had to pay extra?
ReplyDeleteYES, YOU ARE CORRECT, RON. AS I RECALL IT WAS THE SAME WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE SUN VISOR.
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