Lookin' Back At A Grand Time Not Found In Modern Wuhan Virus America

1957 GMC 100 Suburban - ImageCredit: Norm Huvers, Visual Storyteller via FB Group Great Old Classic Cars - 1-17-2021

Lookin' Back At A Grand Time Not Found In Modern Wuhan Virus America

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My father purchased a used 1956 version of this model formally used by Lockheed Burbank as a Facility Personnel Vehicle. He used it to take Boy Scout Troop 31 and 32 members on planned monthly caravan weekend camp outs. 

This 1956 GMC Carryall Suburban is finished in Seminole Brown and Dover White over a color-keyed interior, and it is powered by a 270ci inline-six backed by a column-shifted three-speed manual transmission. Notice the hood in 1956 had a special logo element vent. Image Credit: Bring a Trailer Shared By Chris Tunnah via Pinterest saved to Boats & Cars (2019) 

  

The previous owner had the vehicle for about ten years, and the selling dealer acquired the truck in 2019. No Reserve: 1956 GMC Carryall Suburban for sale on BaT Auctions - sold for $30,000 on July 16, 2019 (Lot #20,949) | Bring a Trailer. Image Credit: Bring a Trailer Shared By Chris Tunnah via Pinterest saved to Boats & Cars (2019)

Later, this became one of the first vehicles I drove on a regular basis late and post Hollywood High School years. The model was outfitted with a straight 6-cyl., single carburetor, 3-speed automatic transmission with the shifter on the tree, back entry was a drop tailgate style as opposed to side-by-side doors (similar model pictured above). 

Lake Drive-In hospitality building located on the South Shore near Metcalf Bay. The building housed the cinema equipment, refreshment center, rest rooms, and a room facing the screen for indoor seating. Image Credit: Steve Swanson via cinematreasures.org (2013)

Lake Drive-In street side signage along side of Highway 18 leading between Boulder Bay and Red Ant Hill on the South Shore of Big Bear Lake. Image Credit: Monica via cinematreasures.org (2009)

What a great and fun vehicle to have on summer nights to take in a drive-in movie in Big Bear Lake. Yes, with the rear facing the screen, bench seating removed, lying on a full mattress with plenty of pillows. 

Those experiences so beats up on this modern living experience of the digital age - just lays it asunder.

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Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion Pays Tribute To Pete Lovely

The Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion poster art by Bill Patterson features the inaugural win on November 10, 1957 by Pete Lovely in his Ferrari 500 Testa Rossa. Lining up on the starting grid in third position behind Carroll Shelby in a Maserati 300S and John von Neumann in a Ferrari 625 TRC, Lovely’s rather underpowered 500 TR wasn’t expected to give a the more powerful cars a run. But Lovely drove a masterful race and passed von Neumann in Turn 9 on the last lap to edge out victory and take the checkered flag from the polka dotted shirt flagger. Image Credit: MRLS (2017)

Join motor culture icon Christine Reed in her personal homage to this great car and driver.

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TAGS: Christine Reed, Pete Lovely, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, 1957, Ferrari, on display, Bill Patterson, The EDJE