{"id":104266,"date":"2025-01-04T08:23:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T13:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?p=104266"},"modified":"2025-01-04T08:23:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T13:23:54","slug":"collector-car-corner-cars-we-remember-from-san-francisco-to-lancaster-were-cleaning-up-our-mailbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/01\/04\/collector-car-corner-cars-we-remember-from-san-francisco-to-lancaster-were-cleaning-up-our-mailbox\/","title":{"rendered":"Collector Car Corner\/Cars We Remember; From San Francisco to Lancaster, we\u2019re cleaning up our mailbox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">By Greg Zyla &#8212;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Remembering the great Tom McCahill<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Dear Greg, I really enjoy your column, especially when you write about cars from the &#8217;50s. In a recent column, you mentioned the magazines \u201cPopular Science\u201d and \u201cPopular Mechanics.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I enjoyed reading both. I was a teen in the &#8217;50s, but my personal favorite was \u201cMechanix Illustrated,\u201d mainly because of their all-time great car tester Tom McCahill. His new car reviews were insightful and penetrating, and he didn&#8217;t hold back if there was something he didn&#8217;t like about a car. He was also a master of \u201cwitticisms,\u201d such as &#8220;The car accelerated like a goosed gazelle,&#8221; or &#8220;Time, tide, and Murgatroyd Schmaltz wait on no man.&#8221; There&#8217;s a lot of lore online about ole\u2019 Tom. Great nostalgic reading.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Signed, Tim Ryan, email.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_104267\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/01\/Car_Collector1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104267\" class=\"size-full wp-image-104267\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/01\/Car_Collector1.jpg\" alt=\"Collector Car Corner\/Cars We Remember; From San Francisco to Lancaster, we\u2019re cleaning up our mailbox\" width=\"400\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/01\/Car_Collector1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/01\/Car_Collector1-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-104267\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cMechanix Illustrated\u201dmagazine was one of the most popular magazines overall back in the 1960s offering everything mechanical and excellent test drives by the noted Tom McCahill. The magazine always used the letter \u201cX\u201d in its title. (Zyla collection)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Things we remember from the past<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Greg, I remember that Bond Bread was delivered door-to-door by a route driver salesperson, and then we got the Check Bread Company.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Supermarkets eventually phased out delivery with brands such as Tip Top, Sunbeam, and Wonder Bread. Kind of what Amazon and online buying has done today to the retail box stores.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Tonka trucks? I had many, gave them away when I got older, and now wish I still had them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Matchbox cars? My son had many of them; he used to carry them around in a special case. He would not always pick them up, and they were painful if stepped on with bare feet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ford Motor Company used to send out a publication called &#8220;Ford Times&#8221; monthly. When my parents bought a new Ford, I remember I received a replica of a current new model Ford. That&#8217;s what I was interested in. No wonder I ended up in the car business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Okay, just got your four most recent articles in the Westerly Sun from my sister who lives in Rhode Island. It\u2019s been a little cold here the last few days; it snowed on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As for the snow, I forgot how terrible my Mercury Gran Marquis is in the snow, so next time I will take our Jeep Compass. However, my 2011 Mercury Grand Marquis ULTRA is the best vehicle I have ever owned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Signed, John Hannon, Manchester, Connecticut.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Lifetime MOPAR Lover<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Greg, I\u2019ve been a MOPAR fan all my life. I&#8217;m 78 now and had a &#8217;49 Plymouth Special Deluxe that I drove the hell out of. Took it to Canada twice. Blew a head gasket in Hope, B.C. and was able to find a replacement without too much trouble.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Always carrying a &#8220;big load\u201d including the four of us plus my dog, we had the tools with us to make repairs if anything happened.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I\u2019ve always been into drag racing and when the AWB (Altered Wheelbase) cars showed up I was blown away. Saw Dick Landy at Fremont in 1965. It was an exciting time.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Signed, Len Luke, San Francisco, Calif.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_104268\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/01\/Car_Collector2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104268\" class=\"size-full wp-image-104268\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/01\/Car_Collector2.jpg\" alt=\"Collector Car Corner\/Cars We Remember; From San Francisco to Lancaster, we\u2019re cleaning up our mailbox\" width=\"500\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/01\/Car_Collector2.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/01\/Car_Collector2-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-104268\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reader Len Luke from San Francisco recalls Dick Landy\u2019s 1965 altered wheelbase Dodge Coronet, which was the prelude to all-fiberglass funny cars and nitro-burning Hemi engines. Landy was one of the factory-supported Dodge drag cars that toured the country and held performance clinics at Dodge dealers coast-to-coast. (Zyla collection)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">The Ark Encounter<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Greg, I visited The Ark Encounter in Williamstown, Kentucky, in August, where I thought of you when I saw the panels on the third deck of the Ark. I appreciate the story you relate each year of the car collapsing in milliseconds. (Saga of Young Joe)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">My father taught me to drive defensively; that was in the fall of 1958 when I got my learner\u2019s permit. I remember the place in the roadway about 3\/4 mile from where I live. It was on a long curve driving his 1940 Chevrolet Special Deluxe 4-door which he bought new from Hartzel Chevrolet in Bloomsburg.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">My younger brother owns the car today. He started to restore it but has given up on the prospect. Dad told me, always know where your right front wheel is. Drive with it on the edge of the road; that was before double yellow lines on country roads. If a vehicle is approaching you and taking more than half of the road, drive in the ditch. It is cheaper to have the front end aligned than to have an accident. A lesson I practice to this day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I\u2019m 71 days older than Joe Biden. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Merry Christmas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Gahrad Harvey, Shickshinny, Pa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Lancaster reader remembers crated Jeep advertisements<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Greg, I truly enjoy and eagerly anticipate reading your article every Sunday in our Lancaster Newspaper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Today&#8217;s article with a picture of a Jeep in the shipping crate got me thinking. Growing up in the 50&#8217;s and 60&#8217;s I was an avid reader of Popular Science &amp; Popular Mechanics. There was always an ad in the back for surplus army jeeps still in the crates. I never heard of anyone getting one but heard stories of &#8220;a guy who knew a guy&#8221; that bought one. I love to hear your recollections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Please continue sharing those wonderful stories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Allen Gruver, Lancaster, Pa.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_104271\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/01\/Car_Collector5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104271\" class=\"size-full wp-image-104271\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/01\/Car_Collector5.jpg\" alt=\"Collector Car Corner\/Cars We Remember; From San Francisco to Lancaster, we\u2019re cleaning up our mailbox\" width=\"565\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/01\/Car_Collector5.jpg 565w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/01\/Car_Collector5-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-104271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Jeep in a wooden crate is how the World War II vehicles were delivered to troops worldwide. Reader Allen Gruver from Lancaster, Pa., remembers seeing the surplus Jeep advertisements in the national magazines. (Jeep Photo)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Mercury&#8217;s power rear window<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Greg, I follow your column in the Press Enterprise newspaper out of Bloomsburg, Pa. My question is about an older model of Mercury.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">An older brother-in-law had a fancy Mercury sedan from the late &#8217;50s. The rear window slanted toward the front instead of toward the back of the car, and the roofline extended past the edge of the rear window.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Am I remembering correctly? I also thought the rear window would recede down behind the rear seats. I thought it was the coolest car and wanted him to save it for me! I was just a kid, maybe 10. Am I remembering any of this correctly?&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">You always seem to know or can find out all sorts of arcane items about cars. Thanks! Signed, Tim Stueve, Elysburg, Pa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Matchbox, Buddy L, and Tonka<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I have had many Matchbox cars that I recall from our local toy store. The store had a car display where you could choose your desired one, and they would package it in a small yellow box for 50 cents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I also had a fleet of Buddy L and Tonka trucks that were great. I am also a model car builder, and AMT is my favorite. I can remember buying them for $2.00 to $3.00 each. Today, if you can find them, they are $30 to $40 each. I don\u2019t build as many anymore. Auto World has an excellent selection but very pricey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Thanks for all your great stories. Keep up the excellent work. Sincerely, Mike Wood, Charlestown, Rhode Island.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">A: To my faithful readers, thank you very much for taking the time to write letters both via email and handwritten. They mean the world to me and except for Tim Stueve\u2019s letter, none need a direct answer. As for Tim\u2019s recollections about the Mercury rear window that went down, you are correct. This feature was also available on 1958 to 1960 Lincoln Continental, too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I will also mention the late Tom McCahill, still remembered as the number one road test car driver ever. I failed to mention that I also had a subscription to \u201cMechanicx Illustrated\u201d (yes with an \u201cX\u201d), and it was prime reading for a future test drive. He was more of a wordsmith than me, and I enjoyed his wit as mentioned by Tim Ryan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In my career of test driving that began in 1994, I drove over 1,700 cars (a new one every week). Talk about a gift from above! I got to keep those test drive cars for a full week.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_104269\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/01\/Car_Collector3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104269\" class=\"size-full wp-image-104269\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/01\/Car_Collector3.jpg\" alt=\"Collector Car Corner\/Cars We Remember; From San Francisco to Lancaster, we\u2019re cleaning up our mailbox\" width=\"400\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/01\/Car_Collector3.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/01\/Car_Collector3-289x300.jpg 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-104269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reader Gahrad Harvey, from Shickshinny, Pa., took this safe driving photo on the top floor of the famous Ark Encounter in Williamstown, Kentucky. Gahrad said it brought memories of our author\u2019s yearly \u201cSaga of young Joe\u201d holiday safe driving columns. (Gahrad Harvey photo)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I\u2019m ending the 2024 year with this column and wish all my readers a happy new year and prosperous 2025. I\u2019m going to keep writing for at least one more year, even though it\u2019s a little tougher to accomplish at age 75 than it used to be. Arthritis makes this physically more difficult, but I\u2019ll do my best to keep bringing you an automotive\/ nostalgia writing surprise every week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Thanks again for all your support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">(Greg Zyla is a syndicated automotive\/nostalgia writer who welcomes reader interaction at <a href=\"mailto:extramile_2000@yahoo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">extramile_2000@yahoo.com<\/a>, <a href=\"mailto:greg@gregzyla.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">greg@gregzyla.com<\/a> or snail mail simply to Greg Zyla, Roosevelt St., Sayre, Pa. 18840.)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Greg Zyla &#8212; Remembering the great Tom McCahill Dear Greg, I really enjoy your column, especially when you write about cars from the &#8217;50s&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":104270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorial"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Collector Car Corner\/Cars We Remember; From San Francisco to Lancaster, we\u2019re cleaning up our mailbox - Owego Pennysaver Press<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/01\/04\/collector-car-corner-cars-we-remember-from-san-francisco-to-lancaster-were-cleaning-up-our-mailbox\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Collector Car Corner\/Cars We Remember; From San Francisco to Lancaster, we\u2019re cleaning up our mailbox - Owego Pennysaver Press\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Greg Zyla &#8212; Remembering the great Tom McCahill Dear Greg, I really enjoy your column, especially when you write about cars from the &#8217;50s....\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/01\/04\/collector-car-corner-cars-we-remember-from-san-francisco-to-lancaster-were-cleaning-up-our-mailbox\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Owego Pennysaver Press\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/The-Owego-Pennysaver-49179420591\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-04T13:23:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/01\/Car_Collector4.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"352\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"psadvert\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"psadvert\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"8 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/01\/04\/collector-car-corner-cars-we-remember-from-san-francisco-to-lancaster-were-cleaning-up-our-mailbox\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/01\/04\/collector-car-corner-cars-we-remember-from-san-francisco-to-lancaster-were-cleaning-up-our-mailbox\/\",\"name\":\"Collector Car Corner\/Cars We Remember; From San Francisco to Lancaster, we\u2019re cleaning up our mailbox - Owego Pennysaver Press\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/01\/04\/collector-car-corner-cars-we-remember-from-san-francisco-to-lancaster-were-cleaning-up-our-mailbox\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/01\/04\/collector-car-corner-cars-we-remember-from-san-francisco-to-lancaster-were-cleaning-up-our-mailbox\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/01\/Car_Collector4.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-04T13:23:54+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/e03684194434956dfb61f5ffcbc19492\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/01\/04\/collector-car-corner-cars-we-remember-from-san-francisco-to-lancaster-were-cleaning-up-our-mailbox\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/01\/04\/collector-car-corner-cars-we-remember-from-san-francisco-to-lancaster-were-cleaning-up-our-mailbox\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/01\/04\/collector-car-corner-cars-we-remember-from-san-francisco-to-lancaster-were-cleaning-up-our-mailbox\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/01\/Car_Collector4.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/01\/Car_Collector4.jpg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":352,\"caption\":\"Mike Wood, from Charlestown, Rhode Island, remembers how Matchbox cars were sold back in the 1950s utilizing this display to make a selection. The toy store employee would then put the car in a corresponding little yellow box to complete the 50 cents sale. (Matchbox Photo)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/01\/04\/collector-car-corner-cars-we-remember-from-san-francisco-to-lancaster-were-cleaning-up-our-mailbox\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Collector Car Corner\/Cars We Remember; From San Francisco to Lancaster, we\u2019re cleaning up our mailbox\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/\",\"name\":\"Owego Pennysaver Press\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/e03684194434956dfb61f5ffcbc19492\",\"name\":\"psadvert\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f42612cb07a4c4b7f1eb18ddb88bac4f8054cf2755aff2b1ac4f82d9e9ffd01?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f42612cb07a4c4b7f1eb18ddb88bac4f8054cf2755aff2b1ac4f82d9e9ffd01?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"psadvert\"},\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/author\/psadvert\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Collector Car Corner\/Cars We Remember; From San Francisco to Lancaster, we\u2019re cleaning up our mailbox - Owego Pennysaver Press","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/01\/04\/collector-car-corner-cars-we-remember-from-san-francisco-to-lancaster-were-cleaning-up-our-mailbox\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Collector Car Corner\/Cars We Remember; From San Francisco to Lancaster, we\u2019re cleaning up our mailbox - Owego Pennysaver Press","og_description":"By Greg Zyla &#8212; Remembering the great Tom McCahill Dear Greg, I really enjoy your column, especially when you write about cars from the &#8217;50s....","og_url":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/01\/04\/collector-car-corner-cars-we-remember-from-san-francisco-to-lancaster-were-cleaning-up-our-mailbox\/","og_site_name":"Owego Pennysaver Press","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/The-Owego-Pennysaver-49179420591\/","article_published_time":"2025-01-04T13:23:54+00:00","og_image":[{"width":400,"height":352,"url":"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/01\/Car_Collector4.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"psadvert","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"psadvert","Est. reading time":"8 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/01\/04\/collector-car-corner-cars-we-remember-from-san-francisco-to-lancaster-were-cleaning-up-our-mailbox\/","url":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/01\/04\/collector-car-corner-cars-we-remember-from-san-francisco-to-lancaster-were-cleaning-up-our-mailbox\/","name":"Collector Car Corner\/Cars We Remember; From San Francisco to Lancaster, we\u2019re cleaning up our mailbox - Owego Pennysaver Press","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/01\/04\/collector-car-corner-cars-we-remember-from-san-francisco-to-lancaster-were-cleaning-up-our-mailbox\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/01\/04\/collector-car-corner-cars-we-remember-from-san-francisco-to-lancaster-were-cleaning-up-our-mailbox\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/01\/Car_Collector4.jpg","datePublished":"2025-01-04T13:23:54+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/e03684194434956dfb61f5ffcbc19492"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/01\/04\/collector-car-corner-cars-we-remember-from-san-francisco-to-lancaster-were-cleaning-up-our-mailbox\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/01\/04\/collector-car-corner-cars-we-remember-from-san-francisco-to-lancaster-were-cleaning-up-our-mailbox\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/01\/04\/collector-car-corner-cars-we-remember-from-san-francisco-to-lancaster-were-cleaning-up-our-mailbox\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/01\/Car_Collector4.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/01\/Car_Collector4.jpg","width":400,"height":352,"caption":"Mike Wood, from Charlestown, Rhode Island, remembers how Matchbox cars were sold back in the 1950s utilizing this display to make a selection. The toy store employee would then put the car in a corresponding little yellow box to complete the 50 cents sale. (Matchbox Photo)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/01\/04\/collector-car-corner-cars-we-remember-from-san-francisco-to-lancaster-were-cleaning-up-our-mailbox\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Collector Car Corner\/Cars We Remember; From San Francisco to Lancaster, we\u2019re cleaning up our mailbox"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#website","url":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/","name":"Owego Pennysaver Press","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/e03684194434956dfb61f5ffcbc19492","name":"psadvert","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f42612cb07a4c4b7f1eb18ddb88bac4f8054cf2755aff2b1ac4f82d9e9ffd01?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f42612cb07a4c4b7f1eb18ddb88bac4f8054cf2755aff2b1ac4f82d9e9ffd01?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"psadvert"},"url":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/author\/psadvert\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104266"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104272,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104266\/revisions\/104272"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}