Re: 1940 Super 8 160 Model 1803 Project

Posted by HH56 On 2011/11/9 19:10:38

One more hijack and then back to 1940. It is amazing the essential things that were available then that no self respecting teenager could do without. Dad didn't often let us do much shopping in Albuquerque since most all the trips were on his or mothers itinerary. I missed that emporium. The local Western Auto carried a fair amount of indispensable money wasters as did the Pine Knot gas station. You could buy the portawalls individually there and pay for them on the layaway plan -- just hoped another wasn't trash before the first replacement was paid for. Of course, there was always mecca -- the JC Whitney catalog if you could afford a money order.

Kind of funny now thinking back -- most in my crowd could barely afford gas but always seemed to find money for chrome & dress up items or something to make the cars go fast or a gadget guaranteed to make the car run like new and get you phenomenal gas mileage at the same time.