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The original members were Dave Somerville (lead), Ted Kowalski (tenor), Phil Levitt (baritone), and Bill Reed (bass).

Which one was reputed to be Tom Hanks Dad????

AND, you can watch many videos of and about them on YouTube....

03/21/24 05:26 PM

#7742

https://www.truthorfiction.com/tom-hanks-father-a-member-of-the-diamonds/

John L,

Nice research! The Tom Hanks rumor (misinformation) has been floating around the internet since 2012 or before...

03/23/24 03:10 PM

#7743

Bill Leggett

THIS IS FOR REX

03/24/24 08:49 AM

#7744

Bill,

Glad that wasn't for me, even though was kinda neat, seems like it leaned heavily towards chizzler products!!!

In 1966, I was driving a 1965 Ford Galaxie with a balanced and blueprinted H&M 427 in it... My roommate had (sad!!) a 1966 plymouth Satellite 426 hemi..

A few years later he was running a 427 Vette convertible (1967) and I had the 2nd in Alaska: 1970 SS 454 Chevelle (LS6). My roomie's brother beat me back to the state by 8 days with the first, (ugly green!)

(As a side note, just got my 6th great grand baby this week, another girl !! )

Well don't that beat all!! John L finally learn't how to post a picture! Hip Hip Hooray!!!

03/24/24 08:56 AM

#7745

When Harry Atkinson got back from Nam in 1967, we'd go out to Carrol Shelby's shop, which at the time, was in LA. Shelby's operation was located on the auxiliary runway strip on the south side of LAX in El Segundo. We went out to his shop on Saturdays to watch him test run his Shelby GT500's. You had a choice of either the 427 or 428 V8. Was a lot of fun watching a Shelby Cobra tear up the 1/4 mile at Pomona!!

03/27/24 10:32 AM

#7746

A lot of my friends returned from Nam and immediately went looking for hot wheels. Camaros and GTOs were high on the list.

One though, bought a bright red Plymonth 440 GTX. I went for a fast ride with him one evening, about a week after he had picked it up. We stopped to have a cool one, and when I got out, I noticed that he had already "converted" the rear tires to 'slicks'... needless to say, I nagged him all the way back to my car to drive slow..

My future brother in law, bought a bright yellow Olds 442 with a 455 ci ... green interior which was.....ahhh, unusual?

Don't we all wish that we had the brains, space, and money to have kept them.

03/28/24 08:23 AM

#7747

Pictures Anyone ??

Any of you have pictures of your:

Old cars, Customized cars, Hot rods, or Dragsters ??

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We'd love to see them !!

03/29/24 10:54 AM

#7748

Not my actual car, but an exact look-a-like. Kept it in pristine condition.

"Travelin' Man" in gold letters on back window...

1955 Plymouth Belvedere...

03/29/24 01:15 PM

#7749

Fred,

That's a real cool 2 door Hard Top! Dig those white sidewalls! Those are some hot colors red & black... plus it's a chick magnet!! Ricky Nelson would be proud!

03/29/24 04:05 PM

#7750

This is not a real oldie, but was a goldie, it was bequeathed to me by my late boss. I drove it for 10 seasons in Alaska, and it was always fun, with lots of folks checking it out. Sadly, a year ago, it developed a knock in the engine, and I could find no one that would or wanted to work on it...so...

BTW, It has been 60 years plus a couple of days, since I survived the Great Alaskan Earthquake,,,thanks to the Good Lord and a sorry boss that would not give me the weekend off.

Happy Easter all........

03/30/24 09:10 AM

#7751

John L

Charlie Brown survived the "Great Pumpkin"...

03/31/24 10:14 AM

#7752

03/31/24 03:08 PM

#7753

Sherry Hester (Trasp)

Happy Easter Images2022

03/31/24 05:07 PM

#7754

Rex,

The great pumpkin was not a 9.2 earthquake that resulted in some 130 dead, 11 of which I was supposed to be with in Whittier, Alaska.

But my new boss thought it was best for everone be at work at the service station for the big holiday weekend.

03/31/24 06:12 PM

#7755

You want to talk about earthquakes... I've experienced "several dozens" living many years in California. However, I don't feel the need brag about it.

February 9, 1971 - early 6:01 am I literally got knocked out of bed when a devastating M6.6 earthquake struck the densely populated area of Los Angeles, leaving death and destruction in its wake. The epicenter of the earthquake was about six miles northeast of Sylmar, at a depth of about seven miles. The shock was felt for 300 miles along the southern California coastal region and as far inland as Las Vegas, Nevada! The earthquake resulted in 65 deaths and more than 2,000 people injured. Property damage losses totaled more than half a billion dollars.

Loma Prieta "World Series earthquake" October 17 at 5:04 p.m. 1989. Which happened during a broadcast of the 1989 World Series, taking place between Bay Area teams San Franciso Giants and the Oakland Athletics played at Candlestick Park. It caused the collapse of the double-deck Bay Bridge between Oakland and San Francisco. Damage in the billions.

Northridge Earthquake January 17, 1994 - 4:31 amThe Earthquake, caused at least 57 fatalities (a subsequent study put the death toll at 72, including heart attacks) and injured 9,000. The earthquake caused up to $20 billion in damage costs, plus $40+ billion in economic loss, making it the costliest earthquake disaster in U.S. history.

Hundreds of other earthquakes too numerous to mention. That's why good old "rock 'n roll music" goes so well (during and after) quakes of any size...

03/31/24 06:39 PM

#7756

I'm just going to leave this bag over here >>>

Feel free to dip into it if anyone feels the need...

04/01/24 07:04 AM

#7757

Cal Turley

Having lived in California during all of the earthquakes,mentioned by Rex,I can point out that there was one positive outcome. Toilet paper sales increased as much as 1200% during and immediately after each quake.

04/01/24 09:10 AM

#7758

Fred aka 'master of subtlety'

I'm gonna take a dip into that bag! Any snuff in there too...?

Cal,

Your TP humor reminded moi of Johnny Carson's comment made on the Tonight Show back in 1973. Johnny was always cracking jokes about the "Tidy Bowl Man". During Carson's monologue he said: "There is an acute shortage of toilet paper in the good old United States. We gotta quit writing on it!". The next day people across the US stormed the stores loading up carts... full of toilet paper! Thus creating a severe toilet paper shortage in the U.S!

04/02/24 09:55 AM

#7759

Dragnet: "The Copper Clapper Caper"...

04/02/24 07:29 PM

#7760

Once you understand why the pizza is made round, packed in a square box, and eaten as a triangle,

Then you will understand women...

04/03/24 08:46 AM

#7761

Speaking of earthquakes, here in North Central Texas, we had one hit us here in the Texoma area 6 or 7 years back. But we didn't know about it until we watched the news that night and learned we had been hit by a massive earthquake that morning that registered 0.3 on the Richter scale...

04/03/24 09:02 AM

#7762

Paula Carl (Cowee Miller)

Fred,

That Texoma 'quake' should make the "Guinness Book of World Records"!!

I once knew this character who would fold his pizza and eat it like a sandwich. He was from back east....

04/03/24 02:01 PM

#7763

We had a 3.0 earthquake near Nacogdoches last evening but we didn't realize it until I read about this morning. Oh well, I did experienced a small earthquake in San Diego in 1967. I grabbed my baby and ran outside and watched the undulating shock waves come toward and pass under my feet. A weird visual and physical sensation.

04/04/24 05:46 AM

#7764

John Doyal

Rex, you should have felt the one by Mentone, TX that was strong enough to be felt in Albuquerque. We just recently had one between Carlsbad and Artesia. There have been numerous smaller ones in Texas just south of Carlsbad caverns. Depending on their depth as to whether I feel them in Carlsbad, kinda unnerving when your comode acts like a bedet and it isn't.

04/04/24 08:43 AM

#7765