Imperials on ESPN

["Currell Pattie" <currellpattie@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Arran: Great post. Thanx for setting me straight on the radios.

I'm going to check out those cars again, when they replay it.

Currell






>From: "A. Foster" <monkeypuzzle1@xxxxxxx>
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>Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 22:52:49 -0800
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>From: "Currell Pattie" <currellpattie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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>Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 9:21 PM
>Subject: Re: IML: Imperials on ESPN
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> > Kerry: I just finished watching the movie, and did spot the '55, of
>course.
> > I didn't get a look at the light colored one, but I noticed that the car
>had
> > either 51 or 52 hubcaps. My eyes aren't that great, but I thought, in 
>the
> > first scene, there was a light-colored Chrysler wagon parked there. I
>could
> > be way wrong here.
> >
> > On the '55, I am going to be really, really picky. I believe this was 
>the
> > Aggie football team for 1954. I'm looking at my 1956 NADA used car book
> > right now, and I note that the '55 Imperial, now a separate make, was 
>not
> > introduced until November of '54. Football practice started in August, 
>so
> > the car really couldn't be there. But what the heck...
> >
> > The ('48?) and ('51?) Hudsons of course were right on. The '50 Ford that
> > carried the guy with the heat stroke to the Doctor was period-correct,
>too.
> > There was a nice '41 Buick in there, too. And a '50 or '51 Chevy (I know
>the
> > difference in the grilles, but only caught a fleeting glance). And some
> > other cars that I forget.
> >
> > Another nitpick, and tell me if I'm wrong...they had a transistor radio 
>on
> > the bus. I don't recall transistor radios being around in the Fall of 
>'54;
>I
>
>  Currell;
>    Some of the 1950s tube portable radios were very small, even in 1954,
>unless it said "Transistor" on the front it could have been one of those. I
>have actually run across early transistor radios that were larger then 
>their
>tube counterparts from the same time, heavier too!
>  As for the hot wired table radio there were actually some farm battery
>radios that were designed to run off of a 6V car battery. They had a
>vibrator type power supply that was very similar top that found in many car
>radios. I, not having seen the movie, am not saying it was one of those 
>sets
>but that it was physically possible to operate some sets in such a manner.
>  You're right, unless they were school busses using a truck chasis and an
>identifiable front end, it would be very hard to tell one year of bus from
>another. All I know is that the older ones were very streamlined, almost
>torpedo backed, in the Forties and Fifties. One would make a cool camper
>though.
>Best Regards
>Arran Foster
>1954 Imperial Newport.
>Needing A Left Side Taillight Bezel and Other trim parts
>
> > think something like '56 or '57 is closer to the truth. And what was 
>that
> > deal with the hot wired table radio in the pickup?
> >
> > Were the buses vintage-correct? Dunno...
> >
> > Pretty good movie. I knew the cars would be cool.
> >
> > Currell
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "Kerry Pinkerton" <pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >To: "IML" <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >Subject: IML: Imperials on ESPN
> > >Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 21:04:52 -0600
> > >
> > >
> > >Junction Boys on ESPN has a bunch of Imperials.  In the first scene is 
>a
> > >light color 54 and next a 55.  Anyone we know?
> > >
> > >KerryP
> > >Imperials - Patch panels fabricated
> > >50 Limo, 57 roadster, 61's, 64, 68 Convert, 73, 66 300 and a bunch of
> > >lesser marques
> >
> >
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