[Spridgets] Old Life Magazines & LBC's

[Linda Grunthaner]

Tim how do you search for articles in magazines? I tried to do a search on
that site for hot rod magazine and other car magazines but only got books :
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Lin

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Tim Collins <thcollin at mtu.edu> wrote:

> I was going through Google Books today looking for Sprite, Midget, BMC, etc
> advertisements in the pages of Life magazine. I found a few neat ones
> including one with Donald H. in an advertisement for Lord Calvert - Men of
> Distinction.
>
> Evidently an article about sports cars (Farthest-Gone Motorists, LIFE Mar
> 28, 1960) was published in Life which brought several funny (funny today)
> letters to the editor. Here's one.
>
> LIFE April 18, 1960
>    Having spent more than four years in a service station, I feel somewhat
> qualified to cast an opinion about sports car owners.
>    These guys were a pain in the neck. Tires had to be at 25 pounds 6
> ounces, or some other microscopically accurate reading. Gas and oil
> consumption was faithfully logged in tine black book. Invariably, I did not
> have in stock the type of oil that they used.
>    They would stand over me to see if I spilled any fuel--the purpose being
> to deduct from the mileage computations and to wipe it up so the paint
> wouldn't stain.
>    After all this, they would announce to all the latest miles-per-gallon
> figure and roar out of the pump island.
>    My reaction was always a heartfelt goodby.
> Noel D. Harman
> Manhattan Beach, Calif.
>
> Hey, I resemble those remarks, except my book is BLUE!! LOL
>
> Another indignant writer, T.R.Young (female?? from Maine), wrote how to
> properly get into an Austin Healey - even with bags of groceries in hand.
>
> Deborah Scheibel, N.H. wrote that the author ". . .must be mad to let a
> garage mechanic touch one's most valued possession." [I'm thinking she's
> talking about a car here]
>
> Anyway, it is fun reading to find old ad's about our cars. Check them out.
>
> Tim Collins
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/12702006@N07/
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