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Whuzzat #12 - Clarence H. Morris, Pasadena hot rod show, 1952
« on: May 21, 2010, 09:54:10 AM »


What is the first name of this happy man with funny goggles (I don't know the last)? Where and when was this picture taken?

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Re: Whuzzat #12
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2010, 04:11:44 AM »
Funny goggles visits the Experts...
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Re: Whuzzat #12
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2010, 04:57:31 AM »
... Then the Pros.
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Re: Whuzzat #12
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2010, 04:17:46 AM »
Take your time. Being in such good company, he's in no hurry.
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Re: Whuzzat #12
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2010, 04:52:28 PM »
Bill? On google it appears to be a very popular name for muffler shop guys  :D
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Re: Whuzzat #12
« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2010, 05:06:37 PM »
Not a particular smart man, I would think.
"we stand behind our mufflers" seems to be exactly the place I would not like to be.
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Re: Whuzzat #12
« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2010, 12:20:51 AM »
Quote from: DeAutogids.nl on June 23, 2010, 05:06:37 PM
Not a particular smart man, I would think.
"we stand behind our mufflers" seems to be exactly the place I would not like to be.

I remember a muffler chain in Orlando that used to have emblazoned on its trucks "No Muff Too Tuff".
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Re: Whuzzat #12
« Reply #7 on: June 24, 2010, 04:59:18 AM »
Quote from: DeAutogids.nl on June 23, 2010, 05:06:37 PM
Not a particular smart man, I would think.
"we stand behind our mufflers" seems to be exactly the place I would not like to be.
Wise guy, huh?

I asked for the guy's name to make this a whuzzat puzzle. I know the girls' full names, if anyone is interested, so I could have asked this instead.
But the true question is the where and when.Finding what is the shop which "stands behind its mufflers" will be of great help.
Two points for the wise guys from now on: one for the three names, one for the time and place.
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Re: Whuzzat #12
« Reply #8 on: August 16, 2010, 08:16:55 PM »
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Re: Whuzzat #12
« Reply #9 on: August 17, 2010, 05:34:51 AM »
Is that Dave Mitchell, of Mitchell's Muffler Shop?
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Re: Whuzzat #12
« Reply #10 on: August 17, 2010, 05:49:59 AM »
It's not Old Dave himself, but you're right about the shop. Mitchell's Muffler Shop is indeed the shop who "stands behind its mufflers".

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Re: Whuzzat #12
« Reply #11 on: August 25, 2010, 04:31:03 AM »
Is it Duffy Livingstone? Is the picture related to the December 3, 1950 PRC Reliability Run?
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Re: Whuzzat #12
« Reply #12 on: August 25, 2010, 10:54:49 AM »
Not Duffy Livingstone and not 1950, but you're getting quite close.

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Re: Whuzzat #12
« Reply #13 on: August 29, 2010, 04:35:12 AM »
Is it now open for all? I found the picture and its caption...
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Re: Whuzzat #12
« Reply #14 on: August 29, 2010, 01:31:44 PM »
Open for all, yes. Otto's 48 hours are over.
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Re: Whuzzat #12
« Reply #15 on: August 29, 2010, 02:42:58 PM »
Hot rod show at Pasadena, 1952
 Illustrating what not to do in safe and legal hot rodding campaign, Sue Margison rides on hood of car driven by Pasadena Chief of Police Clarence H. Morris. Jerrie Parsons stands at side
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Re: Whuzzat #12
« Reply #16 on: August 30, 2010, 09:07:47 AM »
Very good! I can't find back the picture myself so I didn't know the name was Morris and he was Chief of Police. I read the name by flipping the picture backwards (photographers write the subject on the reverse side).

Otto was quite close as the car is Dave Mitchell's pickup and I believe that the event was set up by or with the Pasadena Roadster Club.
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Re: Whuzzat #12 - Clarence H. Morris, Pasadena hot rod show, 1952
« Reply #17 on: February 12, 2011, 07:00:04 AM »
The chief was living large that day. But the girls prevailed, and talked him out of the truck and the Jag.

BTW, the exact date was 20 March, 1952

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Re: Whuzzat #12 - Clarence H. Morris, Pasadena hot rod show, 1952
« Reply #18 on: February 12, 2011, 11:12:12 AM »
Two things that we particularly like at Autopuzzles.com, for those who wouln't have noticed:
Precise, detailed answers like this one. And 1950's girls in shorts who do not try to look sexy (but nevertheless are).
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