This Car Has Everything (Apr, 1957)
Filed under: Automotive — @ 10:45 pm
Source: Mechanix Illustrated ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Apr, 1957
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Source: Mechanix Illustrated ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Apr, 1957
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This Car Has Everything
WHEN Don Swartzwelder drives his car into a gas station the hood raises by itself, stunning the attendant and making Don moderately happy. A Fort Lauderdale, Fla., TV technician, Don has made a hobby of gooking up his ‘38 Ford with gadgets until she now boasts a TV set, PA system, electrically-locked doors and gas tank cap, record player, 110-volt utility outlet, self-raising and lowering hood and fog lights that go on automatically if headlights fail. Engine is a full-race ‘48 Merc, souped up to top out at 123 mph.
Nice! pimp your NINETEEN year old ride! (old enough to vote) I bet his car was worth $65.00 and with the add ons (you don’t want to 1958 know)
So, this sillyness was going on back then too! It’s a shame they didn’t have rims, because they’d be on the 38′ Ford ASAP!
And yeah! it has everything but seatbelts
screw safety! it has a record playa’ 
Comment by Al Bear — January 14, 2009 @ 3:13 am
“Gooking up”? Was that a current expression?
Comment by gmcgath — January 14, 2009 @ 11:36 am
Don’t forget… This was 1957, and the public hadn’t been fully sold on the idea that a car must be replaced every two or three years. We had lots and lots of pre-war cars in common use back then, and no one really thought anything about it. That spare tire looks like it could stand being replaced by something with tread, though.
Comment by Eliyahu — January 14, 2009 @ 2:32 pm
What about air conditioning, power steering, and power brakes? The windows better be power too. Don’t forget a TV camera to augment the rearview mirror.
Comment by Tracy B. — January 14, 2009 @ 4:18 pm
And if you dont have a swanky car to stun the peasants, why not use a hammer its cheaper!!
Comment by wormhole — January 14, 2009 @ 5:22 pm
That 45 rpm record player must have sounded great going over potholes.
Rick
Comment by Rick — January 15, 2009 @ 2:53 pm
“…stunning the attendant and making Don moderately happy.”
Easy there Don, you’ll give yourself a hernia!
Comment by Dave — March 31, 2009 @ 1:50 am