1940 Chevrolet 6" x 8" oil

I love the way the front of cars make a face and these old ones always seem to have happy round cheeks.   This car had a mesh bug scene in front of the mouth or rather the grill.   I guess it does not like bugs in it's teeth.

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1936 Divco 6" x 8" oil

This is such a wonderful little sedan delivery from 1936.   I heard that it was as a milk truck.   I saw it at the Street Rod Nationals that is held here in Kentucky every year.   I love this little truck, it sort of looks like a cartoon, and I can see it now in a Pixar film.

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1951 Henry J 5"x7" oil

Yes, it is that time of year when when the "Street Rod National Show" was here in Louisville this past weekend with over 11,000 cars to dazzle the imagination.   I love seeing these cars drive around town.   

This 1951 Henry J was here from Alabama and I could not resist it.   I am in love with the grill!  And as you can see the engine is more than a 4 cylinder.  

The Henry J was built by the American company Kaiser-Frazer Corp. and named after the Chairman, Henry J Kaiser.  The first year they were built, 1950 (that is the year I was built too!) they had 6 cylinders and they began 4-cylinder models in 1951. The company quit producing in 1954.   Read about the car's brief history and interesting facts here.

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1951 other facts.

Average cost of new house, $9,000

Average wage per year $3,510

Gallon of gas 19 cents

Average cost of a new car $1,500

Eggs per dozen 24 cents

Unemployment dipped to 3.3%

First color TV

First direct dial coast to coast telephone service.

The first oral contraceptive (the pill).

The term "Rock N Roll" was coined by Cleveland Disc Jockey Alan Freed

Dennis the Menace comic strip appears in newspapers

Popular films: An American in Paris, African Queen, A Streetcar named Desire, The day the earth stood still

Popular music: Perry Como, Mario Lanza, Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett

Popular TV:  I Love Lucy

Born this year: Robin Williams, Sting, Phil Collins, Jane Seymour.

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1948 Mercury Eight 6"x6" oil

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This 1948 Mercury is the color of butter and has wonderful chrome detailing and I especially love the wing vents!   I miss those on today's cars.   This is the year my sister was born and lets see what else happened.

NASCAR holds it firs t race for modified stock cars at Daytona Beach.

In Russia an earthquake in Turkmenistan kills 110,000.

The summer Olympics were held in London, England.

The winter Olympics were held in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Porsche is founded.

Inventions include: long playing records, velcro, transistor radio, random access storage device.

The game of Scrabble was introduced.

Popular films were: The Red Shoes, The Road to Rio, Easter Parade, and South Pacific opened on broadway.

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1959 Chevy el Camino 5"x7" oil

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Normally the front grill is interesting but on this 1959 Chevy el Camino it is the back tail lights and fins.  Lets see what else happened in 1959.

A gallon of gas cost 25¢.

A movie ticket was $1.00.

Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba.

The Guggenheim Museum designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in completed in NYC.

Mattel launched the Barbie Doll. ( I got mine in 1960)

Alaska becomes the 49th state and Hawaii becomes the 50th.

Hudson and Nash join to become AMC, American Motors Association.

US unemployment reaches 1.4 million.

NASA introduces America's first astronauts including John Glenn Jr and Alan Shepard Jr.

Typhoon Vera with winds over 160 mph hits the island Honshu, Japan, killing nearly 5,000.

The first known human with HIV dies in Congo.

The Dalai Lama flees Tibet and obtains political asylum in India.

The US Grammy Music Awards started.

Musicians Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper crashes.

Noted films: Ben Hur, Some Like It Hot, Anatomy of a Murder, North by Northwest, Sleeping Beauty.

Popular TV shows: Bonanza (in color), The Huckleberry Hound show.

Born this year: Simon Cowell, Hugh Laurie.

Inventions (or first use) Microchip, Etch a Sketch, computer modem.

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1937 Ford 5"x7" oil

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The friend I always go to this street rod national show with is always looking for the perfect copper color.   I think this car was it. Here are some interesting facts about 1937.

Unemployment was 14.3%

Gasoline was 10¢ a gallon

Hamburger was 12¢ a pound

Amelia Earhart disappeared over the Pacific Ocean.

The Hindenburg burst into flames while attempting to moor at Lakehurst, New Jersey.

The increased number of Polio cases in Chicago causes schools to stay closed.

First total solar eclipse in 800 years to exceed 7 minutes of totality.

Disney released Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

"Death on the Nile" by Agatha Christie is published.

"The Hobbit" by JRR Tolkien is published.

"Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck is published.

Born this year: Jackie Collins, Anthony Hopkins, Shirley Bassey, Loretta Swit, Warren Beatty, Peter Cook, Bill Cosby, Jane Fonda, Morgan Freeman, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Nicholson, Colin Powell, Vanessa Redgrave

The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is opened.

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1933 Willy 6"x6" oil

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Here is the first in my series of cars I saw at the 42nd National Street Rod Show here in Louisville.   This 1933 Willy was beautiful with its shiny orange paint job that was the picture of perfection.   It was one of the last cars I saw as we walked back to our car worn out with all the walking in the hot sun.  I could not wait until I was home, showered and had a glass of cool ice tea in hand.

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