Billy Kingsley Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 This past Sunday my brother and I ventured into NYC, to see the Rockefeller Plaza Christmas tree and the New Year's Ball, which is uncovered and lit. Well, it was a mistake. It was way too crowded and I'll never do that again...but I was surprised by this... You can actually see the New Year's Ball in the last photo. Times Square is about the last place I expected to see an old car! I think it may actually have been a private taxi, but I'm not 100% sure. But that wasn't all... It was titled as a 1957, the grill looks a little older to me, but I have almost no knowledge of the larger trucks. There were also a couple of these Citroens in Rockefeller Plaza. It doesn't look like it's street legal anymore, in that it's not licensed. There's another on the other side of the skating rink, but it was too crowded for me to get over to it and see it. I took over 600 photos, which I have on my website here If anybody wants to look: https://public.fotki.com/ElCaminoBilly/trips/christmas-in-manhattan/ 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63RedBrier Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Hi, Billy! Thanks for posting the photos! Looks like you and your brother had a great day for touring... Merry Christmas! Greg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike6024 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 (edited) Those aluminum Grumman step vans are valuable for Yogurt and ice cream and coffee trucks. The newer ones were very ugly, boxy, but the earlier were like small buses. The Post Office delivery truck is a Grumman LLV by the way Edited December 24, 2019 by mike6024 (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHuDWah Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Great pix! The sedan appears to be a street rod - nice car. And looks like Times Square has some cool food trucks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Thanks for sharing these Billy, great! the street rod sedan I think started off life as a 1931 Chrysler probably a 6 cylinder. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46 woodie Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Billy, the NYC got smart this year and closed 49th and 50th Streets to auto traffic. You should have seen the crowds before the closures. We had those Grumman Step Vans when I was in the Navy. The drivers seat flipped up so you could actually drive the truck standing up. Talk about a weird feeling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John348 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 I worked in Times Square for the last 15 years of my career. I retired 2 years ago and never had the desire to go back! The only thing I miss is eating lunch at Carmine's a few days a week. I never understood what the desire is to go to Times Square, all it is an open air shopping mall. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLYER15015 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Yup, a '31 Chrysler "Resto." Judging by the short hood, she was a 6 cylinder. Wonder what's in her now ? Mike in Colorado 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lebowski Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Great pics. How much does a hot dog cost down there-about $10? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike6024 Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 I stayed in MidTown in 1984, at the PickWick Arms, and got a GREAT sandwich at the deli right next to the hotel, but can't remember if it was corned beef or pastrami. I'm thinking pastrami. very high pile of thin sliced meat, fresh big roll. When I stayed there another guest of the Pick-Wick Arms said the main reason he stayed there was the deli next door. Times Square was different then, you would gets lots of offers of dates. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John348 Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 6 hours ago, Lebowski said: Great pics. How much does a hot dog cost down there-about $10? Good question, the only people who I ever saw eat them were tourist, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Kingsley Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 Thanks for the id. I'm not too knowlegable about 30s cars...I knew it was not a Ford but not what it actually was. Think the hot dogs cost about $2. The mayor is trying to outlaw them for some reason. I did get some back in January and they were pretty good actually. Better than I expected. The food carts smelled great to me this trip but my medicine dictates when I eat, and there was no eating on this trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 On 12/24/2019 at 5:35 PM, FLYER15015 said: Yup, a '31 Chrysler "Resto." Judging by the short hood, she was a 6 cylinder. Wonder what's in her now ? Mike in Colorado SBC Ben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Kingsley Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 It was so loud from everyone talking all at once that I couldn't hear any sound from it at all. I would have missed it totally if I hadn't been looking in that direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill pritchett Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 I was in Times Square on Friday and saw the hot rod you have in your picture along with two others that were following it. It was around 10:30. What I am wondering is why they are driving through that area as traffic is horrible and is not a usual place for that type of car at this time of the year. Also, I saw a couple of the new three wheeled motorcycles driving in the same area with the one being so loud that you could hear it two blocks away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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