Actually, my buddy and I worked for a while at the Westinghouse Plant
in Baltimore. We worked the night shift, and I worked alone in one side
of the plant. My buddy worked on the other side in the Chrome shop,
chroming parts like door handles( for Radio cabinets) and suchlike. So,
everything we could take off under the hood of his new '57 Fury was
chrome!
They also had a louver press there. When things were a little slow, the
press operator would do your hood or whatever for you, a bottle helped
a lot. I guess those presses are all junked out by now. Must be hard to
find someone who can do it is why you don't see them anymore.
We also had a guy working there who had a '51 Merc coupe which had
tanks in those big 1/4's and ran Moonshine up from the Carolina's.
Potent stuff!
We all have stories od those great old days, but, it's a wonder we
survived!
Ray
On Nov 4, 2006, at 9:33 AM, a57fury@xxxxxxx wrote:
Ray
Talking about customs, do youremember the "louvered hoods" on '49, '50
and '51 Mercs and Fords? There were a bunch of them here in Northern
New Jersey in the 50's and early 60's. Those were the only cars that
had them around here. I don't see that anymore on the customs at
shows.
John
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