Necro's old things

[Necropostophiliac]

What is this?

1960 Cadillac convertible.

 

[Necropostophiliac]

Just one more beautiful auto from 1960.

 

[moreluck]

Contnental was my "dream car" . There was a Bill Blass edition and it was navy blue.....

So fitting for the yacht club, lovey!!

1979 Continental Mark V Bill Blass Edition

 

[Covemastah]

 

[Covemastah]

 

[CaliforniaPaul]

I had the 1977 Lincoln Cartier Edition

 

[Necropostophiliac]

Remember the ice cream man or truck?

 

[Necropostophiliac]

Here is the song:
Vintage 1960 Boyertown/Ford Mister Softee Ice Cream truck & jingle, Buffalo, New York - YouTube

 

[Necropostophiliac]

 

[moreluck]

Mister Softee was more modern than the Good Humor.

 

[Necropostophiliac]

Ahhh A Necro loves this.
Babe Ruth's car was just bought by a Texan necro, er collector.
The car is in pristine shape with original interior and car color — “I call it Yankee blue,” Shelton said.
The speedometer reaches 110 miles per hour.
The radio works and takes about 15 minutes to warm up glass tubes used in that era.
The doors and windows work by hydraulics. The steering wheel is huge by today’s standards.
The 1948 Lincoln Continental was the last V12-engined car to ever be made by a major U.S. automaker.

 

[moreluck]

I love the big steering wheels !!

 

[Necropostophiliac]

Years ago growing up, the adults in my life always had campaign buttons.

 

[moreluck]

I had a bumper sticker on my Western Flyer bike that read....."Don't buy O'Sullivan Heels....made by strike breakers". Funny the things we remember from our childhood.

I had a cigar box (remember those handy things?) full of political and union buttons
Pete Bommarito for URW president.....I Like Ike !......Adlai Stevenson.

The buttons are the same construction today. Good design is timeless!

 

[Necropostophiliac]

Anyone remember older stamps and the price?

 

[moreluck]

We also had Ohio sales tax stamps. We saved them and gave them to the Catholic churches & schools. We had to bundle the like amounts.....

 

[Necropostophiliac]

How about air mail? Do they still offer that?

 

[moreluck]

How about air mail? Do they still offer that?

Put a regular stamp on a letter to Hawaii and you'll get 'air mail' without paying for it !!

 

[Necropostophiliac]

I remember when the power went out for a while, dad would fire up the Coleman's.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

I remember when the power went out for a while, dad would fire up the Coleman's.

Looking back that was probably not a good idea as it is not safe to use one of those indoors.

We had a couple of hurricane lamps that we would use for extended power outages.