A Car, A Guitar, A Bike - Lost in the '50s tonight...

[Steve DeRosa]

Your ultimate rockasbilly ensemble courtesy of http://www.baddworldwide.com/tickets/ - '56 Mercury Montclair custom, '56 Harley Panhead custom, and a Gretsch E-matic with a custom-color Tri-Five paint job:



- and plenty of room for one of these in the trunk https://www.toneking.com/products/am...turquoisefront :

[Mandobart]

That's pretty sweet! Thanks for sharing!

[Steel and wood]

Nothing screams more 50's or 60's Americana than surf or sea foam green.

[KevWind]

Very cool and that should be a song title as well

A Car, A Guitar, A Bike - Lost in the '50s tonight...

[Steve DeRosa]

Sorry, Kev - somebody got there first :

[12barBill]

Reminds me of:

[Captain Jim]

Brings a big ol' smile to my face! Thanks for sharing that.

[Glennwillow]

It's funny to me, but those color combinations -- that cream with the sea foam green -- look WAY better to me today than they did back in the 50s.

- Glenn

[Steve DeRosa]

Originally Posted by 12barBill

Reminds me of:

Not only did it keep your hair in place, but it made a great camshaft break-in lubricant for the worked flathead in your '32 Ford 3-window...

Originally Posted by Glennwillow

It's funny to me, but those color combinations -- that cream with the sea foam green -- look WAY better to me today than they did back in the 50s...

If you think that's a combination my father had a '56 Mercury Montclair convertible in "peaches-&-cream" two-tone, with matching interior/white top and full power (steering/brakes/windows) - and while I'd consider the one in the photo, I'm a bit disinclined to take the stage with the match to dad's old wheels...

[KevWind]

Originally Posted by Steve DeRosa

Sorry, Kev - somebody got there first :

Well dang another lost chance

[Bluside]

Great pictures. Thanks for posting.

[Bob Womack]

My grandfather drove that car in that color.

Bob

[Glennwillow]

Originally Posted by Steve DeRosa

...If you think that's a combination my father had a '56 Mercury Montclair convertible in "peaches-&-cream" two-tone, with matching interior/white top and full power (steering/brakes/windows) - and while I'd consider the one in the photo, I'm a bit disinclined to take the stage with the match to dad's old wheels...

It's actually a great color combination for both the car and the Harley. It's makes for an attractive machine.

That combination of colors might be a little much for me on a guitar, but separating my own prejudices from pure art, the Gretsch guitar looks pretty cool, too!

Regarding cars, my dad was very conservative and also not a big spender, so he would have never had a car with a two-tone color package like that. But I knew people who did. The auto industry had a lot of style back in the 50s. Even as a kid, my siblings and I were always looking into the car show room windows when the new cars came out to see what they looked like.

- Glenn

[RP]

Very cool....

[davidbeinct]

That’s a pretty bike but man is it low.