Travels of the Fury

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    Yeah, a sign which could decide for itself if it was to stay either color or black & white :bananaman:
    A Catholic priest would probably have delivered penance, for committing the sin of sign-disobedience. Maybe fifty signs of crosses, 11 Hail Marys and walking on your knees towards your car?
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  2. OrthmannJ

    OrthmannJ Always looking for old ford crew cabs

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    Nope, the priest's sermon didn't mention penance.
    That sign is from the days when this entrance was being used on a regular basis. Now they enter from the other side of the building. And being Sunday, no one was there to mind.
     
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    While we’re piling on Orthmann it also appears that you are a bit far from the curb as well. I’m a bit concerned that you seem very cavalier about lawless activity on a Sunday, right after Church no less. It appears that you make so many beautiful memories with your boys, then this. Repent young man! Lol would love to see that building. It really looks like a cool old building overall.
     
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    OrthmannJ Always looking for old ford crew cabs

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    It is a really neat old building. Unfortunately most of the windows have been covered up, which detracts from the ascetics a bit.

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    BTW. I was looking at some pictures from the inside of the Fury. I didn’t realize, or had forgotten if you mentioned it. Factory air? On a Northwest car? That had to be a pretty rare option.
     
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    Yes, factory A/C
    It was a Chrysler Corp car for the first 6 months or so of it's existence before it was shipped to Webb in Kennewick with the debut of the 65 models.
     
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    This weekend was full of fun adventures in the Fury. There was a local cruise night on Saturday that we attended, which seemed to bring a lot of neat cars and trucks out of seclusion. The next morning we came across a couple which were clearly taking advantage of the beautiful weather and going for a sunny Sunday drive.

    We parked next to this neat Studebaker and not far from it was the yellow Metropolitan.

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    Also, you may notice in the top photo there is a vintage trolley in the background. It is one of two trolleys that are operated by the Yakima Electric Railway Museum. It travels from downtown Yakima to Selah (which is where these photos were taken)

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    I was trying to get over there in time to get a better photo, but I got side-distracted by the Metropolitan and started talking to the owner, so I missed my opportunity.
     

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    After our stop in Selah, we went over to one of the local fruit stands. It's a big operation, set up directly across from their original location.

    It's a pretty neat setting, has a Route 66 vibe to it.
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    The new stand also houses an antique store, and there is quite an array of neat stuff.
    They have a 1919 Model T delivery truck parked inside the front door.
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    Silvertwinkiehobo "Everything that breaks starts with 'F.'"

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    Ah, so cool! The trolley, is it brought down the old YVT trackage? And the Studie and Nash were both nice finds. When I was a kid at Navy Housing here in Everett, one of our neighbors, who was a Lieutenant, collected several Metropolitans by 1970, and had three at the Sandpoint auto hobby shop in various stages of restoration.
     
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    Andrew, the Trolley goes right through town on the old tracks and out to Selah just as it did when it was operating as a daily part of the transportation system.
    Apparently the Metropolitan was just finished a couple of weeks ago. Only took the owner six years to accomplish in his home garage.
     
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    Silvertwinkiehobo "Everything that breaks starts with 'F.'"

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    In a small garage, right?:biglaugh:

    That's very cool the trolley came down on it'shome tracks. No fun or amazement if it's trailered in on a lowboy trailer. But now, for the $64,000 question: how was the trolley propelled on its tracks? My understanding is the trolley overhead wires are long-gone.
     
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    You are correct about the overhead wires being gone. If you look closely at the photo you can see the generator it pulls behind it. That's where it get's it's power.
     
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    Oh, I looked but I didn't see it!
     
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    Pretty ingenious eh?
     
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    I've known about some trolley museums doing that; I just didn't know this one had. And yes, very ingenious.
     
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