On a quiet night, you may still hear those 50's car club guys scrape their lake pipes at what was the Tip Top. Only the smarter ones learned to avoid the Ximeno side driveway in favor of the flatter Park Avenue approach. The LBPD was hip too and had a special adjustable stick which they slid around under the car to see if the car was legal height.
Man, I wanted the duck tail, the club jacket, the attitude and most of all the club business card which said something like:
Members always left their business card whether they helped a lady change a tire or worked you over down at The Clock. They wanted you to know who they were.
Unfortunately we were both born too late.
Next time you are in Texas, try a
North Face Sale Sonic. Sonic's a large chain which has done a good job of recreating the feel of a 50's/60's drive-in. Definitely stay out of DQ and also Church's Fried Chicken who do obscene things to poultry.
In Dallas, it's hard to beat Keller's where carhops, burgers and long necks come together. There was also a great drive-in (name forgotten) along the JFK assignation route in Dallas. You pass the Grassy Knoll on Elm, go under the triple overpass and it was right there. On weekends they had a major parade of hot rod's. It's quite possibly the last thing JFK ever saw.
Food was just part of the drive-in
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experience. Car hops, meeting your friends, being seen, the music and even the window trays with plastic baskets and rubber mats were all part of it. The most anti-social car clubbers used to love dumping those trays loaded with trash into the parking lot before roaring off into the night.
Uh oh, I got ripped off for that extra $10 by Earl Scheib. At least Earl's $30 paint job on the $90 car held up well until the engine fire. After that, the hood was painted a nice shade of gray primer.
We have to yield to the new social order, John. In college, the gals outscore, outnumber and outgraduate the men who are increasingly resembling a class of layabouts like in the former Soviet Union. In Singapore, I saw the government's Social Development Board trying to help women find husbands who are reluctant to marry anyone above them on the
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Old Crater Face makes a pretty good body double for me doesn't he?
Notice that Crater is out of compliance with the Wilson dress code which, I believe, required a shirt with a collar. In spite of this, you can spot a couple of T-shirted rebels in the yearbook. A T-shirt or no belt would surely earn you an all expense paid trip to see Mr. Carls. I don't remember. Were Jeff style pegged Levi's with the belt loops removed ok? Probably not.
The girls also had a few Mickey Mouse dress rules too, but I can't remember what they were.
True, true. Just remember that wearing JC Penny's or Lee jeans would brand you as a "Rank" and a social misfit forever. Removing the orange thread at the top of the waistband was also quite stylish. I watched one challenged 63 Bruin take his top stitch out during Social Living class. He next took out the thread at the bottom of the waistband which made his pants came apart. The office put him back together with safety pins.
Rather than bucks, consider driller's boots. Great picture of you on the hood in "Graffiti". All this talk between you and John about school dress codes and levis brings back some memories.
North Face Backpacks Sale I recall at Rogers Jr. High, we had to wear belts but we found a way around the "no loops" issue. All the belt loops were removed and two slits were cut on the inside of the pants in the belt area and a very thin belt was threaded through. Thus, we were wearing belts but to the teachers it didn't look like we were. The "car coats" were also the rage about the time I was in 7th grade. Had one but I was glad when I out grew it and could move onto something else. Never could do the "white buck" thing more than one time---they got so dirty that they were more trouble than they were worth!
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