[Sirrotica]

Originally Posted by Chris Roach

• An annual wage increase for a hard years work
• A profit sharing bonus
• A good old pat on the back for a honest days work

Now it's more like we can't manage our company properly and have too much executive overhead that don't produce anything, so we're going to take some money out of your paycheck to keep us afloat and you should be damn glad you even have a job.

Oh and BTW, and can you work faster too?

Don't let the door hit you in the a$$ when you leave.

[Chris Roach]

True story. 6 figure brass walks through our shop and decides he don't like the baseball hats the guys in manufacturing are wearing, so he orders six cases of new hats with the company logo on it. Meantime, no one notices a million dollar machine has yet to be built with a scheduled customer run off in 3 days!....................All the employees look good with their new hats on though!

Back to topic!

[goatman65]

This is the dealership were my dad bought this 66 GTO in Nov.1965.It was Mark Howard Pontiac then.Up until about 2 yrs. ago it was a Ford dealer.They were forced to close and move because the highway is supposed to go thru here.

[goatman65]

Here's a good example of what i'm looking for.This 'giant' has been in this spot since the '50s.I remember it being dressed as Santa for Chrismas.He used to hold a tire at one time.He was restored a few years ago and stands in front of a tire shop.

[goatman65]

closed station.

[goatman65]

an old Dairy Queen closed for winter.Old candy store/factory just up from the DQ.And an original highway sign.Years ago it was animated,the guy would stir the candy pot.

[Kurt Zimmerman]

Originally Posted by goatman65

Here's a good example of what i'm looking for.This 'giant' has been in this spot since the '50s.I remember it being dressed as Santa for Chrismas.He used to hold a tire at one time.He was restored a few years ago and stands in front of a tire shop.

That's one of the old 'muffler men'. Their story is documented on this website:

http://www.roadsideamerica.com

Kurt

[goatman65]

One of 2 remaining Tollhouses along National Historic Rt.40 in Pa.

[goatman65]

Stude in the snow.Brownsville Drive-in.Up until the '90s this was an Adult XXX drive-in.Now it's 'fun for the whole family'.

[goatman65]

couple pics of a restored milemarker along Rt.40.First pic is the side seen hrading east on 40.Second pic is what you see heading west.

[goatman65]

Originally Posted by Kurt Zimmerman

That's one of the old 'muffler men'. Their story is documented on this website:

http://www.roadsideamerica.com

Kurt

Yes,I've been on that site.If you search on that site for mufflerman in Uniontown,Pa at Import -Export tire that is the one in my posted pic.He's about 1o miles from me.I like that website.I'd like to do a roadtrip in my GTO and see some of these places.

[71 T/A]

Originally Posted by bonneville Joe

That was Milt Shornack's car. The brown/gold car. I read an article about that test. Pics of the car were in the article. We saw the car at the Greenville, SC POCI show in '05. I always wondered exactly where that track was. I grew up in West Palm

That track was called Miami Dragway back in the 60s, but it was actually just north in Hollywood, FL. All of the American carmakers used to come down in the winter to this track to test the latest experimental motors. They handed out flyers on that Dec. day in 1992 that read, "The Last Drag Race." Very sad stuff because there has never been a replacement and now you have to drive up to West Palm Beach to race.

On a side note, an arena called the Sportatorium sat next to the track. I saw Van Halen there in 1981. Now, I'd bet that less than 1% of the people in the area know that the track or arena ever existed. Like Mick Jagger sang,"Time waits for no one and it won't wait for me."