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GROUND coffee? Beastly! Some brands have shown some increases here (STL metro) but I still see sales rotate through the brands and there's not much change.

Those are E body door handles. The car is a Bacaruda.

Without any approval from the gummint?

You might be able to find an aftermarket split boot. Easy peasy to do. If you were keeping the car I would replace the entire axle assy.

Hard to believe you can get some AF aircraft without approval from the AF. Maybe some generals doing some CYA? Incidentally, the camera chase plane was borrowed from Frank Sinatra.

That is presently a CarX muffler shop. New building, of course. That area used to be called "car row". As late as 1969 there were around 24 new and used car dealers in that area of Kingshighway. Mid-City C-P was at 2245. I got my first car from a used...excuse me, "pre owned" lot nearby. My...

Right city, wrong state. It's in MO, not MS. It's on the western edge of St. Louis, just off I-64 at Clayton Rd. He's a little info. Why Is There a Giant AMOCO Sign in St. Louis? - Saint Louis Bank Blog

The circular structure is a Gasometer-a natural gas storage tank that rises and falls with the amount of gas in it.

Either you have carbon buildup, ignition timing is too advanced or the carb is jetted too lean. It darn sure shouldn't ping on premium fuel. IIRC that madel year used N14Y or equivalent and later years were one heat range colder, N13Y.

Sherwood Ford, at the corner of MO 367 (Lewis and Clark) and Lusher Rd, N. STL County. The original home of, "Bigfoot", one of the first monster trucks. No longer there, went out of business long ago. Bad reputation, I can personally attest to that. I bought a new 77 Mustang Cobra II there. Last...

That F-4 just had extra large canards.....

According to my father, his father worked at the Hupmobile dealership in Hutchinson. Hupmobile bought the Chalmers auto company, so the dealer in the pic, Taylor Chalmers may be that dealer. But, from what I can find, the Hupmobile dealership was owned by a man named Dobrinski, so my speculation...

In March of 2020 the boss walked into the shop and announced the three of us were being laid off due to, well, the flu. I had been there 37 years, was 64 and wanted to make to 40 years and tell em to pound sand. I started drawing SS at 63-1/2 and was banking every penny, so I didn't have to...

A minor correction, if you please. The A-12 came BEFORE the SR-71, and I dunno how it could be considered an "attack" aircraft, it had no weapons other than cameras (they called them "sensors"). They stretched the fuselage in order to accommodate the "GIB" (guy in back) and to carry more fuel...

I'm presently at my son's in N Alabama and won't get back home until late next week. I'll get to my buddy's house and do some mandatory research...aka drink bier and then post the info.