Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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J-BAR #18287 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Dang! I spent my tender years in American Motors cars. 1948 to 1958 in Dad's Hudson Commodore 6; 1958 to 1962 in his Rambler Typhoon, 1962 to 1968 in my Rambler American that got me through college and the 1st year of employment. The American Motors dealer lived across the street from us and gave Dad remarkable deals!! Actually, they were pretty decent cars. A Vet College classmate did quite well racing his Gremlin. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 I had one of these when I was 8. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cypress Sun Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 10 hours ago, Pat Riot said: I had one of these when I was 8. My brother and I both had one of those when they first came out. It was sound powered by a spring wound "tape" of some kind that you wound up with the charging handle by pulling it back multiple times. The mechanism wore out after about 5 months of heavy use. We had the coolest guns for playing "Army" in the neighborhood. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 (edited) I had something like this. Mine was an M3 grease gun, wellWHILE this looks more like a Thompson with the stock removed. However You pull back the cocking handle, and when you pull the trigger the cocking handle would go forward and it would make a powpowpowpowpow noise. Notice the red thing at the muzzle. This was before that stupid law about having a red muzzle on a toy gun so you can tell it is a toy. That thing would move in and out while it was firing. It was the muzzle flash. Very cool. Edited January 15 by Alpo 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 9 minutes ago, Alpo said: I had something like this. Mine was an M3 grease gun, wellWHILE this looks more like a Thompson with the stock removed. However You pull back the cocking handle, and when you pull the trigger the cocking handle would go forward and it would make a powpowpowpowpow noise. Notice the red thing at the muzzle. This was before that stupid law about having a red muzzle on a toy gun so you can tell it is a toy. That thing would move in and out while it was firing. It was the muzzle flash. Very cool. The M16's that we had had the same thing. I never liked it. I thought it looked dumb and it gave your position away in the bushes, trees...everything I was young enough to hide in and wait for the hapless "enemy" to get in sight. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 6 hours ago, Cypress Sun said: My brother and I both had one of those when they first came out. It was sound powered by a spring wound "tape" of some kind that you wound up with the charging handle by pulling it back multiple times. The mechanism wore out after about 5 months of heavy use. We had the coolest guns for playing "Army" in the neighborhood. Sorry. After I read your post I realized that I had a different one. Mine took a couple of D batteries. Mine was the Marx M16. I also got the lever action Western Rifle after my Uncle Tom destroyed my M16. He was sleeping on the couch when I ran through the living room firing my M16. He awoke and jumped behind the couch then when he realized it was just me he took the rifle and busted it in half. He was just back from Vietnam. Later he apologized and bought me the Marx Western Rifle. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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watab kid Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 ok , ill admit oi had to look at the mellons , i never new of that mattel M16 , mine was a real one , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 (edited) It was mid 70s and newspapers were doing away with lead and computerizing. I went to the Eugene Register Guard in Eugene, Oregon, to help with some of the software. The computer office had an ad thumbtacked on the wall. It had been printed in the paper and reprinted in Playboy, a misprinted Dial soap ad, you remember I’m sure, “around the clock protection”. I asked if that was a problem for the paper. No, it’s “proof to customer “, meaning the customer had approved the proof copy. Edited January 16 by Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 (edited) My college roommate had a Rambler with laydown seats, its a miracle the population did not explode. Imis Edited January 16 by Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Trailrider #896 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 3 hours ago, Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646 said: My college roommate has a Rambler with laydown seats, its a miracle the population did not explode. Imis It wasn't me, but I did have a 1962 Rambler station wagon, with the seats that went down. All ya needed was a girl that...never mind. It had an inline six, and pushbutton shift. At 22,000 miles the head (cast iron, not aluminum) cracked across the #3 cylinder! Fortunately, was covered by the 3-year 30K mile warranty. Kept it for three more years, and bought a '65 Ford Ranch Wagon. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 3 hours ago, Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646 said: My college roommate had a Rambler with laydown seats, its a miracle the population did not explode. Imis American Motors wasn’t Chevy or Ford, otherwise it might have been another baby boom boom. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Dan Dawkins Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 On 1/16/2024 at 8:51 AM, Dirty Dan Dawkins said: Who here couldn't used a "normalized" woman? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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