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[Rztrike]

Question, Post war, Were many people driving 20 yr old cars or was the boom giving everyone a boost?

[John_S_in_Penna]

On 7/22/2018 at 1:28 PM, NTX5467 said:

In the '50s, especially the middle '50s, many (unknownst to them) "baby boomers" (who grew up in some shadows of the Great Depression, typically) were out of college and into their professional lives and futures. 

 

I appreciate your observations, but sorry, NTX, I'll have to disagree a little bit.

The people termed "baby boomers" were born between 1946 (after the war)

and 1964.  In the mid-1950's, the oldest of them were only 8, and many were

just infants or not even planned yet!  They were not out of college and buying cars.

[39BuickEight]

On ‎7‎/‎21‎/‎2018 at 5:42 PM, Barney Eaton said:

Billy........your grandfather worked for IBM....in Lexington ....what was his name, maybe I knew him.

I went to work for IBM in Lexington in 1966,  moved with a product to Austin in  1970..... lived in Paris for two years then on the West side of Lexington.

 

Barney, his name was William (Bill) Eckert.  They moved here to Lexington around 1960 from the Scranton, PA area.  He worked here until he retired in around 1988.  He was definitely there in 1966.