On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Wilton Strickland
<wilt...@nc.rr.com>wrote:
And steel was in short supply, and they could put that new-fangled plywood
to good use.
Wilton
Hmmm ..... a wood bodied W110 ...... the possibilities.
EdB
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Some of the early cars had wood frames with steel skins. Our families first
car was a '28 Oakland. It had wood spoke wheels and the doors were wood
frames covered with steel. Although I was only five years old when we got
it, I remember my brother-in-law repairing the wood frame inside the right
side door which had been damaged. The body itself may have been constructed
the same way but the chassis was probably steel since it was a "modern" car
that could be driven 60 mph on the highway on long trips.
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=1928+oakland+automobile&gbv=2
The sporty coupe with the cloth top and the rumble seat was the model we
had. The cloth top was "permanent" and couldn't be folded down, but we kids
loved the rumble seat. On Sundays the whole family; six and sometimes
eight; would crowd into the Oakland and go 'way out Grinstead Drive to the
Frozen Custard walk-up drive in for hamburgers, coke, and frozen custard.
We'd roll up the back curtain and often sing while driving along. If teenage
cousin Neil was visiting, he would tell jokes and keep us all in stitches.
Those were the good old days in some respects; simpler times.
Gerry
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