BTW, what is the significance of your user name, and the pic of the anvil?
Zippy
In the late '60's and early '70's, I was a grand national winner for three years in a row, at National Speedway in Islip, NY, with my '57 E Gaser Chevy, which I built from scratch including balancing and blueprinting the engine. It turned the low 9's. When I came up to the light tree, the narrator Ken would say, "here's Father Larry with his yellow '57 E Gaser, I wonder what he'll turn today". And, I guess the name stuck. When I asked him why he called me Father Larry, he said the guys in the circuit said I was always talking to myself when I was getting the car ready at the pits for a run, and it looked like I was praying.
As far as the anvil, a pewter statue with an anvil, similiar to the one you see, was given to my father and I from GM for excellent craftsmanship, which I treasure very highly. Auto body men where given this award because years ago mechanics and body men were actually called coachmen, because the car was basically wood, steel and was something like a horse driven carraige. GM used that carraige as their mark of excellence symbol on their step plates over the rocker panels. The anvil is symbolic of work on those carraiges, and the need for the anvil for straigtening and shaping.
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Father Larry: Thanks for the reply.
I'm aware of the "coach" significance because my Mom worked for Fisher Body (GM division years ago) when I was in grade school....and I still remember the GM logo for Fisher Body on my Dad's '57 Chevy rocker panel edge!
Originally posted by Zippy Father Larry: Thanks for the reply.
I'm aware of the "coach" significance because my Mom worked for Fisher Body (GM division years ago) when I was in grade school....and I still remember the GM logo for Fisher Body on my Dad's '57 Chevy rocker panel edge!
Zip
Zippy, the business hasn't really changed much since then, but I think GM has to start making some changes and new decisions in the corporation, which I think they are starting to address now. It's going to be quite strange not to see Oldsmobile around. My father has so many plaques and awards from them. I always thought of the Oldsmobile as my grandfather's car. And, my grandfather did drive around in a 1966 442 two door hardtop. It was strange, when you tore one of those Olds 330's or 350's apart, you could really see the difference in the casting and the parts, opposed to a Chevy 350. Now to see Camaro and Pontiac about to leave us, shows we are getting on in years. People back then were proud to wear the GM logo, I know I was. Well, thanks for your response and nice talking to you.
Notice the words 'Father' is under the hammer guy, and 'Larry' is under the anvil. That is the basis for my first thought on the logo was the person on the left was 'Father' as in Larry's dad, who was pounding some sense into Larry.
Using todays political correctiveness, my explanation wouldn't fly. Shows my age.
Originally posted by Manatee Notice the words 'Father' is under the hammer guy, and 'Larry' is under the anvil. That is the basis for my first thought on the logo was the person on the left was 'Father' as in Larry's dad, who was pounding some sense into Larry.
Using todays political correctiveness, my explanation wouldn't fly. Shows my age.
You're really with it. Nice to see creative minds creating some humor. Also, you brought up some memories of my learning experiences when I was younger. I remember once, working with my father, who as an Italian always explains things with his hands, and I was shrinking a piece of metal on a quarter panel. I was suppose to shrink the metal, applying the heat counter clock wise, using a shrinking hammer with a wet cloth to draw the metal tight. I was doing it clockwise instead, and it's funny, he had a five pound red sledge hammer that he was using to straighten a goose neck (tail end of frame in which bumper is attached). As he was explaining how to do it, he got up and stood over me as I was sitting on a dolly by the quarter panel, shaking the hammer above my head and yelling "You gotta go counter clockwise". That hammer got uncomfortably close to my head. Funny that you see that in my logo. We laughed about it later.
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