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34fordy

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I've seen that pic before and if I remember correctly it was a NJ location outside Palisades amusement park.
 
That is a great photo, really a snapshot in time. Not a white wall in site. The trucks are so spartan, with almost no bright work. (door locks, gas cap, and some hub caps).
 
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I was wondering if the photo was prewar or postwar. I can almost make out that the pickup in the foreground is wearing the diecast Ford script on it's hood putting the pic in '42. I know little about the cars of that era, but they may tell us something. As for the truck's door handles, most of the ones I have encountered are at this point a dull pot metal looking diecast. One of our members here sent me a pair of NOS jailbar door handles in their original ford boxes and they are painted tacoma cream. The truck door handles in this pic may well be painted.
 
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I can't see the trunk lids well enough to see if there are moldings on them like a 46. Leaning that they are 42's. I see a coupe across the road, and it looks like a "short door". Everybody seems to put wide whitewalls on today, but I've never seen a factory photo of a 46 with them and I think very rare in 1942.
 
Definitely post-war, just from the grill of the truck facing the camera. Given that there is a whole row of trucks that all look the same, maybe this is a lot for a car dealership? Also, it appears the lot may have some big lights installed - again, makes me think of a dealership.

That is my best guess!
 
I would love to ride that roller coaster! I've ridden a lot of them , but that one looks like a real fun ride.
 
TJ said:
I would love to ride that roller coaster! I've ridden a lot of them , but that one looks like a real fun ride.
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We've lost most of the best ones. The best in my memory was the Big Dipper at Playland at the Beach in SF. Giant Dipper on the Boardwalk in Santa Cruise just OK. I haven't been on any in recent years, as my equilibrium prevents!
 
TJ said:
I would love to ride that roller coaster! I've ridden a lot of them , but that one looks like a real fun ride.
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The best ride to me, in 1962, was the Wild Mouse at Arnold's Park in Okoboji, Iowa. A rickety and fairly short ride with sharp 90 degree turns at the corners. In the front seat (favorite) you knew you were not gonna make it as you went past the rails into "thin" air But you did. LOL.

It is not stealing a thread if you are the guy that started it. New rule Ryan. LOL
 
I agree with B&S ….this side of what looks like a street, seems to be a dealership……5 extra point if you know what the vertical beams on a roller coaster are called……without using Google……LOL…….Mark
 
flatford8 said:
I agree with B&S ….this side of what looks like a street, seems to be a dealership……5 extra point if you know what the vertical beams on a roller coaster are called……without using Google……LOL…….Mark
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I have always called vertical beams 'posts'.... Did I win?
 
flatford8 said:
I agree with B&S ….this side of what looks like a street, seems to be a dealership……5 extra point if you know what the vertical beams on a roller coaster are called……without using Google……LOL…….Mark
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How long ya gonna keep us in suspense Mark?? We're waiting!
 
Yup…..Bents……the reason I know this is, a friends son was a big fan of roller coasters…his parents took him to a few of the bigger ones East of the Miss. River. He made a model of his favorite and I learned the term …..his father told me he was cutting small pieces of wood for a month….more Fun Facts Few people care about to Follow…..LOL……Mark
 
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