Around The Bend
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Lewkat
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Around the bend with Bob Dylan......
Bob Dylan receiving the Polar Music Prize back in 2000 from the Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf. Laureates of 2000 were Bob Dylan and Isaac Stern.
Bob Dylan 1991 Lifetime Grammy Speech
Bob Dylan receiving the Polar Music Prize
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Father's Day tribute to my dad's 1953 Nash Ambassador Custom 4 door sedan*
"And, me, being a young boy with trouble for a middle name.... unscrewed the wing off of the hood ornament so you could see the woman's breast better. ha ha".
HOOD ORNAMENT IS FLYING GODDESS SPECIAL DESIGNED BY GEORGE PETTY AND SIGNED ON WING.
"Dad's car was a real comfortable car with real big tail lights, and the gas filler was hidden behind the tail light on the drivers side".
*(Not my dad's car, story found online)
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1936 Stout Scarab: The World's First Minivan?
"The 1936 Stout Scarab came about in the early 1930s when William B. Stout, head of the Stout Engineering Laboratories in Dearborn, Michigan, dreamed of rear-engine/rear-wheel drive. “When we finally ‘unhitch Old Dobbin’ from the automobile,” he wrote in Scientific American, “the driver will have infinitely better vision from all angles. The automobile will be lighter and more efficient and yet safer, the ride will be easier, and the body will be more roomy without sacrificing maneuverability.”
"The Stout Scarab was a streamlined, fenderless, monoform six-passenger sedan that can stake a claim as the world’s first minivan. With a stubby front end, a boxy middle and a gloriously curved rear, the car certainly resembled its beetle namesake, the scarab".
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"The 1936 Stout Scarab came about in the early 1930s when William B. Stout, head of the Stout Engineering Laboratories in Dearborn, Michigan, dreamed of rear-engine/rear-wheel drive. “When we finally ‘unhitch Old Dobbin’ from the automobile,” he wrote in Scientific American, “the driver will have infinitely better vision from all angles. The automobile will be lighter and more efficient and yet safer, the ride will be easier, and the body will be more roomy without sacrificing maneuverability.”
"The Stout Scarab was a streamlined, fenderless, monoform six-passenger sedan that can stake a claim as the world’s first minivan. With a stubby front end, a boxy middle and a gloriously curved rear, the car certainly resembled its beetle namesake, the scarab".
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| “The interior of the car is extremely comfortable and roomy, with a table and movable chairs,” reported The Phillips Shield, a publication of the Phillips 66 petroleum company. |
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"The Scarab was developed by Stout Engineering Laboratories in 1932 as a concept car, and Stout Motor Car Co. of Detroit was formed in 1934 to produce it. By 1935 a version slightly revised mechanically and stylistically was available. The cars were made until 1939. A 1936 ad extolling its features called it "A Challenge and a Prophecy".
"While the Scarab may have some minivan-like qualities, it definitely did not have a typical minivan price. In 1936, the Scarab was sold to the public with a starting price of $5,000 ($80,000 today). As a result of the shocking sticker price, only 9 Scarabs were produced and sold".
"While the Scarab may have some minivan-like qualities, it definitely did not have a typical minivan price. In 1936, the Scarab was sold to the public with a starting price of $5,000 ($80,000 today). As a result of the shocking sticker price, only 9 Scarabs were produced and sold".
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