Count the flatheads in this movie clip from 1953
 

Don't you wish that you could go back in time and buy these mint autos.
MIKE :) (mikeburch)





Fun .. these old cars and the clothing ... obviously no seatbelts with the kids hanging out the car windows ...



Beany's Drive Thru - Long Beach , California - 1952-53
This is a unique piece of film. Check out those cars !!
https://vimeo.com/110260174

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Mike it sounds like you guys were havin a whole lot of fun in the 50s.Ted

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It would be nice if we could, but for now we can only dream, jack.

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Mike, never mind the cars... I'd settle for a .20 cent hamburger... LOL

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That was pretty cool. Thanks for posting it.

Mart.

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Thanks! Enjoyed it.

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I didn't think my Bronze '501 Ford was ever out west back then, but I saw it in that clip.

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Thanks' that takes us back in the day. didn't know we were poor. trying to find my 48 pict. in 1957 got it some place

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Vic lmao

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my 48 in 1957

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Some whitewalls, but not a lot. Cadillacs and higher end cars.

thanks for posting Mike.

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People had pride in how they looked back then. Also, how did they make ANY profit? Look at the prices on the drive up menu. You could feed the family for less than $2.
Todays drive through for 2 cheeseburgers and 2 drinks will run you about $15.

Where's the "way back machine", I'm in.

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That 20 Cent burger is about $1.80 in today's money.

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I think I had portawalls on the 48 back in the day

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where is the Time Machine, I will jump in it right now!

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Man does that bring back memories. We didn't even know what we had - wouldn't have believed what was coming if someone had told us. Great film.

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cool stuff. I was looking hard for my f1.. didn't see any.. oh well still very cool.

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To bring up something really obscure, there was a TV puppet show in the early 50's called "Time for Beanie". The fiberglass statue on the sign looks a lot like the "Beany" character from that TV show. Anyone else remember the show (with "Cecil the Seasick Sea-Serpant", "Uncle Captain", and "Dishonest John"?) I wonder if there was any business tie-in between the show and the restaurant?

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Yep, Beany and Cecil.

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Well, that was before my time. I got out of high school in 1956 and went right into the GE apprentice course @ $1.37/hr. I was rich! Had a 39 Plymouth coupe and worked part time at a garage that had wreckers. We would drain the gas tanks for our cars from the wrecks so never had to buy gas. We had a long gutter on a slope so when we did oil changes we put the cans on it to drain. So we had free oil also and needed a lot of it. I guess you would call that multiple viscosity oil:D. But those were fun days and we had several drive in diners and movies. Oh did I have fun with my girlfriend (now my wife of 55 years). She would snuggle up to me in the 39. Oh, those floor shifts into 3rd gear were great:).
John