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I see the white early Valiant....OR is that a Lancer ?
A 1960 Chevy Biscayne center screen. COOL !
 
Kern Dog said:
I see the white early Valiant....OR is that a Lancer ?
A 1960 Chevy Biscayne center screen. COOL !
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And the red A body Dart or Valiant couple rows behind the white Valiant, then the red A body wagon kind over on the right......I'm sure there's more.
 
@RustyRatRod

This is the actual nearest k Mart to me.

You have to go in the front door, bang a left, go through the clothes section and the restaurant was in the corner.

I miss the coin operated rides in the front. Even though I was too old, because my size, I still had fun with those way past the time of people my age. LOL

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Rainy Day Auto said:
@RustyRatRod

This is the actual nearest k Mart to me.

You have to go in the front door, bang a left, go through the clothes section and the restaurant was in the corner.

I miss the coin operated rides in the front. Even though I was too old, because my size, I still had fun with those way past the time of people my age. LOL

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I always loved those too. Never got to ride one because Daddy was too cheap.
 
RustyRatRod said:
I always loved those too. Never got to ride one because Daddy was too cheap.
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Never wanted to ride those, didn`t interest me , was driving a B farmall at 6 yrs. old , pulling a one moldboard plow for hrs on end . Dad was on a bigger one , usually behind me .
 
I still have and use a set of K Mart branded 3/4 inch sockets that I bought back in the late 70’s. The ratchet lasted years, but finally stopped working and I replaced it. Bought a K Mart brand because I could not afford a set of Sears Craftsman sockets. Had a K Mart brand floor jack at one time but it is long gone.
Most times when I walk into a HF store I think and remembered how the tool section at K Mart and Sears were like this, lots of tools, people and activity and they let it all get away.
 
my68barracuda said:
I still have and use a set of K Mart branded 3/4 inch sockets that I bought back in the late 70’s. The ratchet lasted years, but finally stopped working and I replaced it. Bought a K Mart brand because I could not afford a set of Sears Craftsman sockets. Had a K Mart brand floor jack at one time but it is long gone.
Most times when I walk into a HF store I think and remembered how the tool section at K Mart and Sears were like this, lots of tools, people and activity and they let it all get away.
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It's so awful it makes you sad doesn't it? It does me.
 
The K Mart I went to from age about 4 1975-ish until I moved out of OH in 1988, had a green 1969 N96 4 speed Super Bee sitting across the street almost that entire time.

I've told the story before, I knocked on that door for years trying to ask if it was for sale, only got someone to answer once, said it wasn't, then 2 months later a sign appeared (even though I had given my contact info and professed my love for the car, etc), still couldn't get an answer at the door, and then it was gone.
 
RustyRatRod said:
It's so awful it makes you sad doesn't it? It does me.
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Here is the socket set, I replaced the ratchet with a vintage Craftsman ratchet purchased from someone here at FABO.
The sockets are engraved as
CR-VAN steel Japan,, from a time when Japan was moving from a junk part supplier to a producer of products considered to be of good quality. So we have seen many shifts in our lifetimes.

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Thanks for posting !
Being a sentimental kind of person , I get sad at most of the stores that had some sort of impact and many memories made in my life !
K Mart, Sears, the Bon Marche to name a few !
The steering wheel on my 68 Dart came from JC Pennies in Everett on Colby ave .
My Dad bought it before he had a car or a license in 1964.
Jc pennies has a few stores left, but nothing like they were back in time !
The whole Sears and craftsman thing were such a huge part of my life with my, grandpa, dad , and brother !
K Mart had the best popcorn !
I will cherish all the memories, of tools, toys, popcorn and bonding with family and friends !
We live in a different time for sure !
Thanks again for sparking the memories !
 
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