Mystery car pix

imidazol97

explorerx4 said:

Hasn't completely dried out from the original pics either.

It is Seattle.

magnette

58 Cadillac next to the MGA

andys120

White roadster is an MG-A. Truimph TR2/3/3A door would have much deeper cut.

fintail

The lowline 57 Chevy in that pic catches my eye - fun to imagine it is a sleeper, but probably a zero option cheapskate car.

Here's another Dick's, this one the location on 45th near UW. This image gives me a strong "Happy Days" vibe:



Present day:

tmart

Where are the Fords!

Lostwrench3

On the left - 1955 Rambler.
On the right - 1959 Chevy.

explorerx4

I think there is a Ford wagon on the far corner in the front.

andys120

Newest car in Dick's photo is a '62 Chevy but pic is so blurry I can't tell if it has four or six tailights.

ab348

The blue '57 Chevy sans hubcaps in that Dick's photo looks like it could be a sleeper hot rod of sorts. Or maybe just a '57 Chevy without hubcaps.

Dick hasn't spent a whole lot of renovating his buildings over the years.

ab348

Mid-1960s, Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles. Expands reasonably well.

stickguy

60 Ford wagon. And a corvair

kyfdx

imidazol97 said:

I like seeing the modern day location pictures.

I recall going to McDonalds in downtown Muncie, Indiana, for a 25 cent hamburger as a break from college studying.

25 cents seems like a lot. Late '60s?

andys120

stickguy

Long shot, but ‘54 Corvette?

explorerx4

Really going out on a limb there, stickguy.

imidazol97

kyfdx said:

imidazol97 said:

I like seeing the modern day location pictures.

I recall going to McDonalds in downtown Muncie, Indiana, for a 25 cent hamburger as a break from college studying.

25 cents seems like a lot. Late '60s?

That might have been the cheeseburger price. I'm running on aged neurons for that memory, so if anyone has a different price for that middle 1962-1966 era, that's good with me. I can remember parking and standing next to the arch at one of the windows to place an order. It was so much different than the usual drive-in restaurants we had back home where a cute carhop came to take your order.

Lostwrench3

I once saw a 1953 Corvette on display in New London, Ct.
It is the only one I have ever seen.
300 made.

fintail

Looks like a 66 Galaxie parked at the curb at left. Cool that the wagon is driving with the rear window open.

Maybe a Borgward Isabella coupe parked next to the entrance of "The Galaxy" at right, coincidence as the Sunset video a while back also had an Isabella.

ab348 said:

Mid-1960s, Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles. Expands reasonably well.

andys120

1954 was probably the first year my Dad took me to the GM Motorama at the Waldorf. I remember the Corvette exhibit featured a gizmo that involved pressing a button that would cause a hammer to strike a fender panel which suffered no apparent damage thanks to the miracle of glass fiber, The 11 y/o me didn't think of the many ways that exhbit could be deceptive.

Years later I'd see a racing Corvettes lose a whole left fender in a collision while the Mustang that hit it would suffer would suffer only dented headlight trim*

*Actually seen @ Marlboro Raceway B-Production event in Sept. 1966.

bhill2

fintail said:

Looks like a 66 Galaxie parked at the curb at left. Cool that the wagon is driving with the rear window open.

Maybe a Borgward Isabella coupe parked next to the entrance of "The Galaxy" at right, coincidence as the Sunset video a while back also had an Isabella.

ab348 said:

Mid-1960s, Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles. Expands reasonably well.

Well, you know, 1960 was before flow-through ventilation.

kyfdx

imidazol97 said:

kyfdx said:

imidazol97 said:

I like seeing the modern day location pictures.

I recall going to McDonalds in downtown Muncie, Indiana, for a 25 cent hamburger as a break from college studying.

25 cents seems like a lot. Late '60s?

That might have been the cheeseburger price. I'm running on aged neurons for that memory, so if anyone has a different price for that middle 1962-1966 era, that's good with me. I can remember parking and standing next to the arch at one of the windows to place an order. It was so much different than the usual drive-in restaurants we had back home where a cute carhop came to take your order.

We had a McDonalds in Lexington (on New Circle Road). My first visits would have been around '64-'65, but I wouldn't have been paying. At that time, I was only interested in the french fries and chocolate shakes.

I was thinking that in '75 when I worked in McDonalds, a cheeseburger was around 40 cents. (but, I could be wrong, also). Your price just seemed high to me. I remember paying 8 cents for White Castles in the early '70s. We had to drive 12 miles to the closest one. When they finally built one near us (in Florence), they were 12 cents ('76 or '77).

imidazol97

@kyfdx for the info.

Here's a board from 1961 of prices. $.15 and $.10 for the french fries.
I'll bet I ordered the sandwich and the ten-cent fries for a TOTAL
of $.25.

So @kyfdx is right, as usual. LOL

ab348

I remember being on vacation with my parents in 1967 in the USA when we stopped at our first McD's. The burgers were 19 cents, as I think the shakes were as well. We were all amazed at the low prices. I assume but can't confirm that cheeseburgers were more expensive, perhaps 25 cents.

imidazol97

To get back on topic from my diversion,
here are some cars in a picture from ??? at McDonalds.

kyfdx

@imidazol97 With some help from The Google, I did see a menu from 1959 that had a cheeseburger at $0.19. So, your $0.25 from '62-'66 could certainly be correct.

Filet-o-Fish came out in 1962. Found a vintage menu that had one for 24 cents, and the cheeseburger at 20 cents.

Of course, there were definitely regional differences in pricing.

fintail

Peak malaise 80-82 Cougar at left.

imidazol97 said:

To get back on topic from my diversion,
here are some cars in a picture from ??? at McDonalds.

andys120

Make name is on windshield frame what is model name?

texases

The ET?

tmart

2022 Roxor. The same forward or backwards !

andys120

tmart said:

2022 Roxor. The same forward or backwards !

Correct! The Roxor's styling was altered fater they were sued by Stellantis for copying Jeep Wrangler styling.

fintail

Another Dick's, this one in Spokane - still here today and virtually unchanged, while unrelated similar menu and format to the Seattle location: (should zoom ok)

ab348

It must be Spokane day today here. This one is from August 25, 1966, the grand opening of the new shiny K-Mart store, big news from the look of things. Expands nicely.

sda

62 Ford Galaxie sedan in the aisle, Citroen DS next to the 66 Bonneville.

tmart

At least two 60 Fords, couple of 55/56 Fords, couple of 59 Fords, several 59 Chevys.

Lostwrench3

1954 Pontiac.

magnette

59? Rambler wagon next to Citroen then two Pontiacs - 56 then 53 I think
about three rows above the Citroen hood is a Jeep Wagon (Wagoneer I think) which is to right of a 52 Ford

stickguy

over toward the right, behind a Chevy PU with a cap (and amazing how few trucks of any kind you see back then) is a square small car which I think is a Renault. But of course I could be wrong!

fintail

I think the small square car is a Rambler American sedan.

I suspect I know where this location is, now kitty corner to a WalMart.

stickguy

looking at it again you are probably right. Whenever I blow up the picture on this device it seems to distort just enough to make some cars look different (stretched out).

sda

I read there will be only 6 remaining K Marts open and they are not in the US. What a disaster of pathetic management.

fintail

In that Dick's Spokane pic, that LTD hardtop on mag wheels looks pretty mean, cool look.

Oldest passenger car I see at K-Mart I think is a 51 Ford. Yeah, that chain was ran into the ground. When I was a kid it was a go-to place for a decent diecast selection, and later lived in an area where it was the place to buy food to sneak into the movies.

bhill2

magnette said:

59? Rambler wagon next to Citroen then two Pontiacs - 56 then 53 I think
about three rows above the Citroen hood is a Jeep Wagon (Wagoneer I think) which is to right of a 52 Ford

FWIW the Rambler is a '60. You can tell by the cathedral tail lights rather than the small ovals of the '58 and '59.

magnette

Thanks - although Ramblers were more common here than many other US brands we never saw them regularly in the day.

magnette

You were all reminiscing about MacDonalds

We didn't get any MacDonalds until the mid seventies and I never saw them in Wales when I was a teen etc.
Even in the early eighties they weren't ubiquitous like they are now.
As a result I've never really eaten in them that frequently either.

xwesx

magnette said:

You were all reminiscing about MacDonalds

We didn't get any MacDonalds until the mid seventies and I never saw them in Wales when I was a teen etc.
Even in the early eighties they weren't ubiquitous like they are now.
As a result I've never really eaten in them that frequently either.

I think my story with McD's is the opposite to start but ended up the same.... there was one in a town nearby to where I grew up, and my mother frequently took us there (well, relatively frequently. At least several times a year, which is saying a lot since we rarely ate at restaurants).

As a result, I've never really eaten at a McD's (or any fast food place) that much as an adult.

tmart

Except for the McRib, most any other place is better, IMO.

ab348

tmart said:

Except for the McRib, most any other place is better, IMO.

The McRib is the most vile thing on the menu. Raw chunky onions with a rib-like meat product drowning in sauce never made sense.

I visit McD's 2 or 3 times annually for breakfast. Their coffee is good and I enjoy a sausage or chicken McMuffin on those visits. Otherwise I am not a big fan of them or any other burger-centric fast food place.

I think @magnette might be talking about a different Scottish chain and not the McDonalds we are familiar with.

stickguy

I made a rule years ago to never go to McDonald’s again. Have only broken it once or twice, but only in a pinch (like on the road and nothing else open or close enough).

magnette

For years there was a court case in the UK which was betweenMcDonalds and some protestors who had alleged various harmful things about the company and were being pursued in the courts here for slander to the point where they were being threatened with losing their homes.
About 15 years ago there was a new branch of McDs due to open directly opposite my office and there was supposed to be a big event with clowns and so on but the protestors were all from the local area and basically there was a disturbance and scuffles...

I never went in that place on principle (and they don't sell decent tea - never did actually... )

tjc78

Once in awhile we get the kids nuggets from McDonalds (usually on a Sunday when CFA is closed). Fries are still pretty good when fresh, but I haven’t had anything else in years.

Chick Fil A and Five guys pretty much rule fast food IMO. Of course as I type this I haven’t had Five Guys for over 4-5 years so they may not be as good as I remember.