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Type 5 Joe
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 Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2018 7:35 pm Post subject: Cool old picture - California Speed and Sport Shop |
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My favorite thing... VW's and Go Karts.
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*Darren
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Location: MD
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| Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2018 9:27 pm Post subject: Re: Cool old picture |
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| Type 5 Joe wrote: |
My favorite thing... VW's and Go Karts.
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Damn, the mother lode. Sweet little racers, pressed bumper panel, and a Chevy cameo. Picture is totally repost worthy. Thanks! |
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KTPhil 
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Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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| Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2018 11:21 pm Post subject: Re: Cool old picture |
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... and gas pumps right at the curb of what looks like a public street!
Hmmm... "California" Speed and Sport Shop ... in New Brunswick, NJ! |
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empi3
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KTPhil
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Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2018 11:39 am Post subject: Re: Cool old picture |
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Building hasn't changed much:
Lost the cool neon sign, though. And the gas pumps! |
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finster
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:46 pm Post subject: Re: Cool old picture |
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| and the split van! |
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c21darrel
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gt1953
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Location: White Mountains Arizona
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2018 4:08 pm Post subject: Re: Cool old picture |
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The trees are all growed up too.
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Numbers Matching VW's are getting harder to find. Source out the most Stock vehicle and keep that way. You will be glad you did.
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obus
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cdennisg
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2018 10:14 pm Post subject: Re: Cool old picture |
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Saw this photo in another thread. The fact that place is still in business is mind blowing to me.
How cool would it be to re-stage that old photo?
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KTPhil
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2018 11:39 pm Post subject: Re: Cool old picture |
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| obus wrote: |
| phone number is still basically the same too |
Exactly the same!
It was common to use a 2-letter "code" in place of the first two digits when writing down or reading a telephone number. K on the touchpad is 5, and is I is 4.
A two-letter code, often represented verbally by a word starting with the first 2 letters, and only 5 digits, is easier to remember than a full 7-digit number. Now we have 10! But we have smart phones, so it doesn't matter.
For example, my old number used to start with the prefix 347. But we all referred to our number as DIAMOND-7, xxxx. |
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gt1953
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Location: White Mountains Arizona
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2018 6:57 am Post subject: Re: Cool old picture |
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The area I live used to have just the last 4 digit dialing, as the area grew they added the prefix. Now that practically everyone has a phone number eventually we will run out of numbers or add another digit in the area code. Gees glad I am out of the industry.
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Volkswagen: We tune what we drive.
Numbers Matching VW's are getting harder to find. Source out the most Stock vehicle and keep that way. You will be glad you did.
72 type 1
72 Squareback
({59 Euro bug, 62, 63, 67, 68, 69, 73 type ones 68 & 69 type two, 68 Ghia all sold}) |
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Cusser
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2018 8:45 am Post subject: Re: Cool old picture |
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| The area I live used to have just the last 4 digit dialing, as the area grew they added the prefix. Now that practically everyone has a phone number eventually we will run out of numbers or add another digit in the area code. Gees glad I am out of the industry. |
Gordon - in the Prescott area many business just list 7-digit phone numbers, just assume the 928.
When I got my TracFone, TracFone couldn't retain my same 602 phone number from my analog phone unless I went to Phoenix and set up the phone while there. And even from my residence they wanted to assign me a 480 area code, so I had to travel west a few miles to register it while in a 602 geographical area. I have no idea why.
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Mike Fisher
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2018 11:37 am Post subject: Re: Cool old picture |
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| Type 5 Joe wrote: |
My favorite thing... VW's and Go Karts.
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We called them 1/4 Midgets & us kids raced them. 
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