1949: SID DEITZ, IS THIS FAMILIAR?

HOW WELL I REMEMBER THAT AUTOMOTIVE FOURSOME BACK IN THE 40'S AND 50'S: PLYMOUTH, DODGE DESOTO AND CHRYSLER! ONE OF THE SADDEST EVENTS OF THE CENTURY WAS AMERICA'S AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING DECLINE. I REMEMBER BACK IN 1949 OR SO, WHEN SIMCA, OPEL, DATSUN, AND OTHER FOREIGN AUTOS BEGAN TO COME IN TO AMERICA. I DIDN'T KNOW IT THEN, BUT IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR HUDSON, NASH, KAISER-FRAZER, AND PACKARD. THE GAS PRICES CAN'T BE SEEN IN THIS PHOTO, BUT I WOULD GUESTIMATE THAT IF THEY WERE, YOU WOULD SEE THAT IT WAS 19.9 PER GALLON! HOW DO I KNOW? THAT WAS THE ERA WHEN I WAS OF "CRUSING" AGE. YOU DO REMEMBER CRUISING, DON'T YOU?

THIS BEAUTIFUL PHOTO CAME TO ME COURTESY OF BOB BALLANTINE, A NEW FOUND HAM RADIO FRIEND WHO IS SHARING SOME VERY INTERESTING HISTORIC/NOSTALGIC ITEMS FROM "THE GOLDEN YEARS." BOB RECALLED THIS VEHICLE AS SIMILAR TO ONE OWNED BY SID DEITZ FROM HIS YOUNGER YEARS AS A TRENTON AREA RESIDENT WHEN SID WAS A PIONEER MOBILE OP.

UHH.....LET ME SEE....WE WERE YOUNG ONCE WEREN'T WE? IT SEEMS SO VERY LONG AGO. THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES BOB! I HAVE ALSO POSTED THIS ON MY MAIN WEBSITE, WWW.GLOVER320.BLOGSPOT.COM.