Thread: The year was 1967...............

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In mid 1967 my sister was 15.5yrs old & was a very good artist for her age. Can't tell you any of the detains other then she was paid to paint the Road Runner (on the front window) for a local Chrysler Dealership. You will also notice from the pics, the picture of the dealership is a copy from one of those tiny single frame view finders. My brother was able to use the camera in his phone to capture the picture. The original picture is about a half inch square...joe

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That's cool.. what's the lil' import to the right of the sign?

I'm guessing Renault ???????????????????

Lots of talent in that 15 yr old lady - - - - did she continue to pursue her Art?

I have no idea what the car is & as far as her continuing her art, yes she did in several ways. From painting, wood carvings, silver & turquoise jewelry & leather goods. While living in Tucson & doing leather she bought out a leather company in S. America & had shipping container or leather show up at her shop one day. Needless to say, she never had to buy any leather to fill her orders.
These days she's a retired 60yr old left over hippie from the 60's & has been living in a trailer on 60 acres north of Sacramento for the past 35 years. These days she's doing good to maintain the property because of her back & neck issues...joe

Originally Posted by TooMany2count

I have no idea what the car is & as far as her continuing her art, yes she did in several ways. From painting, wood carvings, silver & turquoise jewelry & leather goods. While living in Tucson & doing leather she bought out a leather company in S. America & had shipping container or leather show up at her shop one day. Needless to say, she never had to buy any leather to fill her orders.
These days she's a retired 60yr old left over hippie from the 60's & has been living in a trailer on 60 acres north of Sacramento for the past 35 years. These days she's doing good to maintain the property because of her back & neck issues...joe

Must have been a shock,to have that much dead cow turn up on her doorstep,Joe.. kool.. Umm,,and I think that lil car is a Fiat 850..We had a number of the horrible little things down here,,and a bunch of Fiat 850 fastback coupes.. Went forever,,but if ya waved a wet salty rag at them,,typical Fiat,,they broke out in a big rusty rash..

Dang, Joe, I hate to hear that but I know from experience that sitting in one place for long periods, as I imagine an artist would do, can eventually take it's toll on the old back and neck.

1967 huh?
That was the year we got married.
And I don't regret a day of it.
And the day I don't regret is . . .

(Just joking, just joking! Don't tell She I said that!)

I'm with Robin.
I too would call that a Fiat.

Hell us Kiwi's are good.... definitely a Fiat 850 of 1967 vintage.... And knowing Robin being a panelbeater by trade, his description of the body is spot on,sadly I have been there done that having worked for the Fiat, Lancia and Lada Dealer in Invercargill for a couple of years. Your sister did an amazing job of the roadrunner....

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OK, I'm a bit dense, but it took my third time to this thread to understand that you were talking about the cartoon Roadrunner on the window of the dealership... I kept thinking that your 15 1/2 year old sister was doing graphics on a Plymouth Roadrunner vehicle....

I was born in 1967; great year. Cool picture, Joe.

Very cool Joe. That little viewer brings back some fun memories. That's not a bad picture considering it's taken from such a tiny film slide. Used to be a time when any sizable rod gathering would have a photog running around the grounds taking pics and offering to sell you one of your car. My bride bought one of our old '41 Chev taken at the Vintiques run in Yakima ('89 I think). We had just finished the car and it looked great, even in that tiny format. A week or two later we drove it down to Pleasanton where my ol' buddy Bubba convinced me to put a for sale sign on it even though I had no plans to sell that soon after completion and didn't even have the title with me. Wouldn't ya know it, some couple just had to have it, even though they hadn't planned to buy a car there (completing the circle). That meant they only had enough money to put a decent deposit on it. All was well though, they were from Coos Bay so Portland was a good central meeting point for the next weekend. We lunched together during the paper shuffle and delivery and the gal whips out one of those viewers with a pic of the Chev. Seems after they'd agreed to buy it she hunted down one of those photogs and had a pic taken so she could show everyone she knew what she'd bought for herself during the week between Pleasanton and delivery. She said she'd bored hell out of her co-workers all week with her enthusiasm.

Ah technology. Nowadays they'd probably just whip out their cell phone and click a pic. Is that progress? I guess............