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Ken's Cars . . .
I know, this is a guy thing. I
don't have pix of my old cars (& guns),
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I"ll try to find similar ones on the net... memory lane for me.
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<--------- This 50 Chevy looks like my Dad's before he let me customize it, when I was 15 years
old. It started out gray when he bought it from Casselberry Chev in LH, and he let me nose & deck
it, and I lowered it, and had it shot a very bright Tropical Turquoise. Every cop in town could see me coming
a mile away! Stupid, huh?
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It looked a lot like this Turq 51 when finished.
(but not the 51 grille, and no flames)
I put a double barrel on it too.
Had some great fun with it.
Had a few wrecks too.
Ha!
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<--------- Then while 16 I bought my first car at Wilson Ford. It was a two tone green 51 Chev in
excellent shape. Paid $90 for it & ran it into the ground by the time I graduated LHHS in '60. Great fun with
this one too! Ha. Playing steady at Jersey Shore Eagles & Tony & Berts in those days, plus gigs at Jack's
Susquehanna Hotel & Legion in S. Williamsport, Renovo Moose, LH Legion, Moose & Elks, JS Moose, Williamsport Moose, Dante
Club, etc...
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When I went into the Navy I bought a 55 Dodge Custom Royal loaded, red & black 4 door
sedan, from Dickey Dodge in LH. It was in great shape and was an excellent car! Had it when I was stationed
at CincLant/SacLant in Norfolk. One day it caught on fire from my cigarette on Carnarvon Drive (now maybe Robin Hood
Road?), where I lived at Azalea Garden Apartments, near Norfolk International Airport & Azalea Gardens.
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<--- When in the Navy, I had a red T-110, but I can't find a pic that
looks exactly like it, here's a 110, but I don't know what year? Mine had a windshield. I used to
drive it to Lebanon, leave it, & ride to Norfolk & FL with Bob Bowman - sometimes picked up Larry Treaster in
Lewistown on the way. Took Jerry Brown home for a weekend on it once.
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Then after the Navy I bought a 58 Buick Super,
yellow with white roof. What a heavy boat. Loved it! Lived on Hogan Blvd
in Mill Hall, then moved to Keller St, in Castanea.
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<--- Then I bought a red 58 Plymouth Wagon from Bill Cook in LH. Good for hauling our
band equipment.
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Then I bought a really nice 65 Buick Wildcat, gray with black vinal roof, from Candor. Really
hot... and comfortable, big engine. Loved it. It flew to Renovo & back. Someone crashed in the door one night at
The Mohawk Lounge! Was playing steady at the Mohawk, North Bend Hotel & Lock Haven VFW in those days --->
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<---Then I bought a beige 72 Buick Electra 225 Ltd. from Grant Miller. Really nice,
loaded, leather. Loved this Buick! Lived adjacent to Piper Airport then & worked in Jersey Shore at Bell of Pa.
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While I had the Electra, I traded my old 1961 Volkswagon Beetle, Blue, which I used for
back & forth to work. It ran it for 11 years!
NO MAINTENANCE! --->
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<--- In 1973 I bought a 72 Super Beetle, bright orange! Wow! Got 10 years
out of it! Spent very little on maintenance! Then it caught on fire in the Temple University parking lot.
Bye...
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In 1974, when we lived in Altoona, I bought a new 74 Chrysler New Yorker
(Dark Green) from Grant Miller in Mill Hall. It was a nice, quiet,
comfortable car --->
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<--- Then in 1976, I bought a new 76 Chrysler Cordoba from Grant. It was gray
with maroon vinal roof & maroon leather seats, nice in & out. Then we moved from Altoona to Phoenixville
in 1977 & I worked at Conshy for a few years.
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Then in 1981, I bought my X a Mercury Lynx when I moved to Vienna, Virginia --->
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<-------------------------- and I bought an 80 Honda Accord LX to take to VA, where I worked
at Arlington for three years. I think I was trying to get into cost efficiency? didn't work, transmission gave
out running 95 on 95 a lot.
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I came back to Philly in 1986 &
rented a new Olds Cutlass for
a year & 1/2 from Avis on Arch St.
George Orwell was right!
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<--------------------- Then I bought an old gray 75 Chevy Caprice to carpool 4 or 5
people into Philly when I lived in Bridgeport. I finally took it to Maaco & painted it and gave it to my
niece for college. It had 229,000 on it when she dumped it!!!
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Then my x-wife, bought me a blue
Ford Wagon, which I later gave to
my oldest son, Kenny.
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Then I retired from Bell Atlantic/Verizon and went to work for Harleysville Insurance and
drove company cars for a few years, i.e...
<--- a Dark Gray '92 Dodge . . .
<--- a white '93 Buick Century, that Di bought , . .
<--- and a tan '95 Olds Cutlass Ciera
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Then I bought a '95 lemon loaded! Tan Caddy DeVille. Thank goodness for the warranty! Dumped
a ton of money in it, then donated it to Purple Heart --->
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| 2005 Chrysler 300c (Hemi) |
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| I added a Custom Grille... cool? |
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<--- Call Laura Bergy Schmidt 215-723-6071
Good people...
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Bottom line - I'm back to new Chryslers!
This 300c is HOT, and it looks good.
Daily compliments... unbelieveable.
Did I mention it's HOT too?
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My Dad's guns . . .
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Weaver Vari Scope |
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| Dad's favorite Deer Rifle |
| 16 Guage Ithaca pump |
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| Dad's favorite rabbit & ringneck hunter |
| 30.06 Springfield USA Enfield Bolt Action |
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| Came from Baldwin Locomotive - thanks Fred Graff |
| 30.06 Springfield after customization |
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| Dad ground off the eleavator sight & built a stock |
| .22 Remington with Weaver Scope |
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| Mom's favorite rifle for target shooting |
| Dad made me hunt deer w/a 20 Guage Single Shot |
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| I never killed a thing with this gun |
| Winchester 30-30 Carbine |
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| Smith & Wesson |
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| .38 Special |
| Colt |
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| .32 semi-automatic |
| Smith & Wesson |
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| .22 long, k frame |
Can't believe after I did all that work trying to find all the above guns that looked like ours, I found a photo (probably
only one in existance) of Dad's guns and gun cabinet. I think that'll wrap it up for this page. So much for
Memory
Lane. . .
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Dad usually used the 270 for deer hunting. He killed quite a few with it. I don't know how many.
But after he remodeled the 30.06, he used it, and let me use the 270. I killed 7 deer with the 270. I still have
the horns of the first buck I shot, a four point, which I shot with a 30-30 we borrowed. The first year we
hunted, he made me use a single shot 20 guage shotgun, using rifled slugs. Forget it. We usually hunted Brown Valley, Linden Hall, the Coudersport Pike, and Pine
Mountain. Usually Dad and I hunted alone, but for a few years we
hunted with the Crissman and Hoy party at a farm in Linden Hall. I also remember hunting once out the Pike with Dad's
cousin, Nonie Gruver. I killed two that trip, out near Haineyville. Nonie was pretty cool.
Dad had two beagles, Nellie and Sport, which he used for rabbit hunting. Nellie was a good hunter, but Sport
was pretty stupid, he would lose the scent a lot. Dad usually went rabbit hunting with his best friend, Charlie Haines.
One year, he accidentally shot Charlie's dog. I remember how bad he felt about it. I don't think either of them
ever got over it.
Nellie was a really good natured dog. She used to sleep on our concrete back porch in the sun, and Mom's cat
would lay right up against her belly, and my two ducks would sit right next to them. Sometimes one duck would lay her
neck on Nellie's back. The duck would lay in the run, and I would have to go down in the run to get her eggs.
I don't know how she layed them in the rocks without breaking them. I would sell them around the neighborhood.
Mom used to take the 22's down the back road (Youngdale Road)
to the shale cut and target shoot. She was a really good shot. I remember when she hit a .50 cent piece.
I remember when Dad wrecked my motorcycle on the back road.
| Dad built this gun cabinet from oak & walnut |
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Can't believe I found this picture of Dad's gun cabinet (most of my family photos were lost in the 1972 flood
in Lock Haven). Pistols l/r: 22, 32, 38; Rifles l/r: 20ga, 30.06, 22, Grandfather's Lodge Sword, 279, 16ga, German Army
rifle (we fired this once with a bullet we made - tied to a stump - Ha!) We still own most of Dad's
guns, but they's stored over in a friend's gun safe.
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