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Not sure if anybody saw this. But thought it was a cool clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-IPz...eature=related

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Cool beans Todd - had the pleasure of meeting Mr.Platt a few years ago at Barrett-Jackson - a legend for sure .As far as the clip - always liked doing those short hops behind the line ...............

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Did you spot the wingtip shoes actually depressing the clutch?

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Love the footage of days gone by no matter the make.

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Cool vid, thanks for posting that! Love those Cobra Jets, old and new!

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Hey Todd-
Hope that you are doing well. Perrone and I were talking about you this past weekend. Very cool old school video. I believe that was Bigg Stuff with the very early "on-car video" in the last scene banging 'em out! Shout out to Bigg still getting it done.

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Did you see the packed grandstands! Do you think todays factory Drag Cars could bring in the crowds?

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The new cars would pack the stands too, if they were marketed right. Get the spectators interested in them.

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That was cool Todd!

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These questions will answer that......

**Wonder what the spectator fee was back then ?
*Fuel cost/racing & reg?
*Motel rates ?
*What was the purse $$ ?
*What was the entry fee ?
*Did you have to pre-enter ?


My.. my , How things have changed...

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Hubert Platt and Randy Payne used to run at my home track in N. Georgia in the late 60's and early 70's. Here's a pic a friend, Richard McFalls, took of Randy Payne driving the Torino at my home track.

Wayne.

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X 2 but only us old farts remember the good days of hi test leaded pump gas and muscle cars in most every driveway. Its a very different world thanks to tree huggers and the Fed. Govt. sticking their nose in everyones life and business.

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How about my old friend Randy Payne in that modified Maverick with a Boss 429?

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Boy does that stuff bring back fond memories. My father was part of the Ford Drag Team back then with Al Joniec and Rice& Holman Ford. I used to go to dealers with him and help with " The Going Thing " racer clinics. I remember having a huge clinic at Rice & Holman Ford with Joniec and the 2 car team of Hubert Platt and Randy Payne and the following day we had a Match Race at Atco Dragway pairing Platt & Payne's Mustang and Torino against Norm Fryer's" 007" Biscayne and his new 69 Camaro. To this day I still have boxes of Ford Drag Team decals, patches and all the paperwork we handed out to the racers.
But the best things I still have from then is my father's Ford Drag Team jacket and my 69 428CJ Ram Air Mercury Cougar XR7 convertible.

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Thanks Todd cool video.

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Subject: 55 Years Ago





55 Years Ago

Comments made in the year 1955!



‘I’ll tell you one thing, if things

keep going the way they are,

it’s going to be impossible to

buy a week’s groceries for $10.00. ‘

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‘Have you seen the new cars

coming out next year? It won’t

be long before $1, 000.00 will

only buy a used one.’








1949 Chevrolet Fleetline










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‘If cigarettes keep going up in

price, I’m going to quit; 20 cents

a pack is ridiculous. ‘


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‘Did you hear the post office is

thinking about charging 7 cents

just to mail a letter.’


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‘If they raise the minimum wage

to $1.00, nobody will be able to

hire outside help at the store.’


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‘When I first started driving, who

would have thought gas would

someday cost 25 cents a gallon.

Guess we’d be better off leaving

the car in the garage.’


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‘I’m afraid to send my kids to the

movies any more. Ever since they

let Clark Gable get by with saying

DAMN in ‘GONE WITH THE WIND’,

it seems every new movie has

either HELL or DAMN in it.’






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‘I read the other day where some

scientist thinks it’s possible to put

a man on the moon by the end of

the century. They even have some

fellows they call astronauts

preparing for it down in Texas.’


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‘Did you see where some baseball

player just signed a contract for

$50,000 a year just to play ball?

It wouldn’t surprise me if someday

they’ll be making more than the

President. ‘


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‘I never thought I’d see the day

all our kitchen appliances would

be electric. They are even making

electric typewriters now. ‘


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‘It’s too bad things are so tough

nowadays. I see where a few

married women are having to

work to make ends meet. ‘


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‘It won’t be long before young

couples are going to have to hire

someone to watch their kids so

they can both work.’


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‘I’m afraid the Volkswagen car

is going to open the door to a

whole lot of foreign business.’


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‘Thank goodness I won’t live to

see the day when the Government

takes half our income in taxes. I

sometimes wonder if we are

electing the best people to

government.’


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‘The drive-in restaurant is

convenient in nice weather,

but I seriously doubt they

will ever catch on.’


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‘There is no sense going on short

trips anymore for a weekend. It

costs nearly $2.00 a night to stay

in a hotel.’


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‘No one can afford to be sick

anymore. At $15.00 a day in

the hospital, it’s too rich for

my blood.’


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‘If they think I’ll pay 30 cents

for a hair cut, forget it.’


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Know any friends

who would get a

kick out of these,

pass this on!


Be sure and send it

to your kids and grandkids, too!

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I sure remember all that I was young then.................