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Re: By the Side of the Road

Postby Rick F. » Sat Feb 05, 2011 11:58 pm

sundaeman wrote:I'm with you on the wagon Chaz... I was thinking Mid-60s Fairlane.

s-man,

Per above, definitely a '65 Comet.

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Re: By the Side of the Road

Postby Unity » Sun Feb 06, 2011 1:51 pm

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Seeing it helps a lot. 1949 Ford Fordor.

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Re: By the Side of the Road

Postby Rick F. » Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:40 pm

Unity wrote:
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Seeing it helps a lot. 1949 Ford Fordor.

--John
(My '49 was a club coupe.)

John,

Right you are, of course. Although telling a '49 from a '50 is not all that easy (but you've done it before, so I had great confidence in you).

On those rare occasions that I run across a 1951 Dodge sedan in a field or parking lot, I'm torn with desire to buy it. Most of my early driving experiences were in such a car, and it would be fun to go back and revisit the experience. Hmmm, I suppose it would be more practical to just borrow such a car for a short drive...

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Re: By the Side of the Road

Postby Unity » Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:29 pm

Rick F. wrote:telling a '49 from a '50 is not all that easy

It is easy if you can see the parking lights.

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1950

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Re: By the Side of the Road

Postby guttersnipe » Tue Feb 25, 2014 10:23 pm

That is a nice string of beautiful photos you shot as you passed through my stomping-ground.
On Sundays mornings (with a bit less snow than your photos show), there's usually an R1150r parked behind Big Spring Presbyterian Church...mine...
You caught a fine shot of the meeting-house and graveyard. Thank you for that.
The neighboring Laughlin Mill is the only mill remaining of the 14 which had powered industry along the incredibly-short 6-miles of the Big Spring. The signs call it "Big Spring Creek", but technically it is just Big Spring.

adding: The covered bridge near Newburg, Ramp's Bridge, was covered inside with graffiti back in the 80's...I had my Webelos Den ride their bikes there and wire-brush it all away, as a community-service...and I thought, probably prevent any of them from ever defacing things in such a way which is so difficult to undo!
The barn near the bridge had a piano-restoration shop built inside....a very nice shop.
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Re: By the Side of the Road

Postby biometrics » Wed Feb 26, 2014 11:15 am

Ted wrote:Another great one! Thanks Rick :)


+1 Rick, I think we need a "Coffee Table Book" forum for you to put your road trip chronicles in...

Reading your commentary and seeing your great photography, like AT&T used to say about long distance,
"is the next best thing to being there!"

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Re: By the Side of the Road

Postby Rick F. » Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:52 pm

guttersnipe wrote:That is a nice string of beautiful photos you shot as you passed through my stomping-ground.
On Sundays mornings (with a bit less snow than your photos show), there's usually an R1150r parked behind Big Spring Presbyterian Church...mine...
You caught a fine shot of the meeting-house and graveyard. Thank you for that.
The neighboring Laughlin Mill is the only mill remaining of the 14 which had powered industry along the incredibly-short 6-miles of the Big Spring. The signs call it "Big Spring Creek", but technically it is just Big Spring.

adding: The covered bridge near Newburg, Ramp's Bridge, was covered inside with graffiti back in the 80's...I had my Webelos Den ride their bikes there and wire-brush it all away, as a community-service...and I thought, probably prevent any of them from ever defacing things in such a way which is so difficult to undo!
The barn near the bridge had a piano-restoration shop built inside....a very nice shop.


GS,

Thanks! It's always great to hear such positive feedback and additional historical information regarding my various tours. This one took place almost exactly 3 years ago. Pity your R1150R wasn't there to be included in the photo. Next time!

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Re: By the Side of the Road

Postby Rick F. » Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:54 pm

biometrics wrote:
Ted wrote:Another great one! Thanks Rick :)


+1 Rick, I think we need a "Coffee Table Book" forum for you to put your road trip chronicles in...

Reading your commentary and seeing your great photography, like AT&T used to say about long distance,
"is the next best thing to being there!"

-John


John,

Thanks much! I've had a lot of suggestions regarding a book based on these tours, and I like the idea. For now, however, I seem to be too busy taking new tours and writing them up… :D Maybe one of these days…

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