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sloopy
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Good Ol' Days
Anyone remember in the 50's when we use to take our customed, lowered cars to TJ to get Tuck & Roll? If you didn't stay with the car, they'd fill
the rolls up with paper of all sorts and sand on the vertical ones.
Of course, if you didn't stay, you wouldn't notice it when you returned. You'd be lucky to find the place you left your car, let alone checking the
job they did. But if you found an honest, good place to go, it was well worth the trip and wait. What an experience that was way back when Bill
Haley, Sanford Clark and newbie, Johnny Cash was starting out......
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Chamaco
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um...................no, i wasn't born yet 
What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world yet loses his own soul- J.C.
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rts551
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No not in the 50's. Only the 60's. and it was in Mexicali (closer). 57 Bel Air
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805gregg
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Yep, I wasn't driving, but everyone knew TJ was the place to get your upholstery done.
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fulano
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My earliest memories of TJ were in the 50's and making sure I brought back Mexican jumping beans to bring to school for show and tell, tacky bongos
that had to be heated over a stove to tighten the skins enought to play, and of course sneaking back with as many firecrackers as I could to sell for
a profit to my buddies.
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by fulano
My earliest memories of TJ were in the 50's and making sure I brought back Mexican jumping beans to bring to school for show and tell, tacky bongos
that had to be heated over a stove to tighten the skins enought to play, and of course sneaking back with as many firecrackers as I could to sell for
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-------and those were REAL firecrackers!!!!! loved those firecrackers!!!
--------and yes, I sure remember the "tuck and roll" shops in TJ, tho I never used them.
I used to drive down to TJ a couple times a week just to eat dinner at El Especial, and have a Carta Blanca, or 2----sometimes alone------sometimes
with a friend. I loved TJ back then, and it was only a 20 min. drive.
Barry
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baitcast
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My first liberties were pulled in TJ in 54 while in the Navy MY GOD thats over
fifty years ago.
Rob
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sloopy
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Yeas, i forgot about the firecrackers and the jumping beans. Also, the race track and the dog track and the big bull fighting ring.....
th:lolse were the days......
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bancoduo
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EARLY FIFTIES SMUGGLING
My dad would have bottles of booze shoved up thru the bottom of the car seats and I would have firecrackers stuffed in my pockets.
[Edited on 5-29-2008 by bancoduo]
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CaboRon
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| Quote: | Originally posted by sloopy
Yeas, i forgot about the firecrackers and the jumping beans. Also, the race track and the dog track and the big bull fighting ring.....
th:lolse were the days...... |
And don't forget the Jai Lai Palace ... incredable game and great betting action.
I had my '53 Merc convertable done in TJ ... red nauga tuck 'n roll. Beautiful .. had to bring my own thread as I recal.
And the 50 cent house special at the Hotel Nelson.
And the ******************** WOW !
CaboRon
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sloopy
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Speaking of Mexicali....I remember in the 50's walking across the border and going to the right, down the street a little bit. There was a horse track
betting parlor there with all the US tracks and the one in TJ. Won $80 bucks on a horse I knew nothing about, just like the name.."Willie the Whale"..
Mom got 5 out 6 in the TJ track pick six.....usually 5 got the big money but this particular time she split it with 19 others. We crossed the border
with almost 9 grand in small bills. She paid a local cop $10 to escort us to the border.....
Surprisingly enough, the place is still there!!! at least it was on my last trip there a few years ago.....
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Baja Bernie
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sloopy
Welcome and you brought tears to my eyes............and so many thoughts to mind.......Thanks
My smidgen of a claim to fame is that I have had so many really good friends. By Bernie Swaim December 2007
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jodiego
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Don't forget the elixir of love....mexican fly. Never bought any but heard lots of stories about it's magical qualities or lack thereof. Wouldn't
that be considered a date rape drug now?....and just what the hell was mexican fly?
[Edited on 5-30-2008 by jodiego]
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jodiego
Don't forget the elixir of love....mexican fly. |
Spanish Fly...it was called. Never worked. I tried it on myself and my hand laughed at me.
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CaboRon
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by jodiego
Don't forget the elixir of love....mexican fly. |
Spanish Fly...it was called. Never worked. I tried it on myself and my hand laughed at me. |
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Juan del Rio
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How about the 40's
[Edited on 5-31-2008 by Juan del Rio]
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CaboRon
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Juan,
You can go ahead and make the pics quite a bit bigger up to 50kb . It is a little hard for these old eyes to make out these small pictures
clearly.
Thanks,
CaboRon
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Ya, I went with my buddie Tom Cruise. We went down there to loose our virginity.
Oh wait, that was a movie. "Loosin it" I think.
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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Sharksbaja
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Nice pics there Grover. have they been colorized?
DON\'T SQUINT! Give yer eyes a break!
Try holding down [control] key and toggle the [+ and -] keys
Viva Mulege!
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Packoderm
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Sloopy, as far as the olden days go, all you can do is hang on.
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