Old Photo - Model T in Tobacco Road, Movie, 1941

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jay - In Northern California on Saturday, September 14, 2013 - 11:51 pm:


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mattthew G California on Sunday, September 15, 2013 - 12:37 am:

Here is the movie on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkMWzmwkkXA


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ricks - Surf City on Sunday, September 15, 2013 - 01:34 am:

Tobacco Road, Saipan, 1944. Official USMC photo of Marine Intelligence(?) unit. Bob Runyard was my neighbor, RIP.



From left to right in the picture: Lt. Griswold, Bob Runyard, Ted Sterrett.

We had spent 30 days taking Saipan and had a 9 day rest before going back aboard ship and taking Tinian. No reinforcements or resupply.

The three of us took over this partially destroyed Japanese farm house.

We slept on the bare floor; so it was no softer than the ground, but I found a large jap mosquito net and put that inside the one room house.

Also put up some ponchos to fix the leaks. This was as good as it got.

Still eating "C" rations except for the K rations we would have for the first couple of days after landing. Would not get any hot food for about 2 to 2 1/2 months (except while on board ship).

The ammo boxes you see in the picture are for Jap 75mm shells. I have one of the boxes in the garage and also a 75mm round that I deactivated after we returned to Saipan from Tinian. I used the hot water we washed our mess gear in (after every one was done) to melt the picric acid explosive in the projectile.

Bob


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Joe Fudge on Sunday, September 15, 2013 - 07:33 am:

The T looks like a 26-27 touring car. Must have had a very hard life to get in the shape it was in so quickly. Repro radiators must have been pricey way back then like they are today as evidenced by the large tin can in its place. Makes me wonder where I can get one of those large, square tin cans... Hmm...
Any pics of the new 1941 Ford Convertible that Dude and Sister Bessie destroyed in the movie? As I remember, they tore off the top, loaded the car with firewood, and went to town to sell the firewood. The old man (Jeeter/Dude's pa) sold the spare tire so they could get a hotel room for the night - "Looky here, you only need four of these to run on"...


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Sunday, September 15, 2013 - 09:19 am:


It don't hurt the runnin' of it none.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Larry Smith on Sunday, September 15, 2013 - 09:53 am:

That photo that Ralph posted looks phoney to me. I wasn't in the Army, but I was in the military. It looks like a movie stage set to me.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ricks - Surf City on Sunday, September 15, 2013 - 11:43 am:

They were Marines, Larry. It took Bob years to track down the pic and get a copy from USMC. Lord knows Marine Intelligence would be a small outfit. Do you want to see a pic of the Jap 75mm shell he brought home?

He and his buddies joined the Marines right after the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. He didn't want to go into pilot training, as he figured the Japs would be defeated in 90 days.

After 3 major island invasions, and seeing the intelligence estimates of casualties for invasion of Japan from his base in Okinawa, he put in to come home. He was in the 3 weeks quarantine in US when the bombs dropped.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Joe Fudge on Sunday, September 15, 2013 - 11:55 am:

To Steve Jelf...

And remember Dude said, "The horn still works!"


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John B Joyce on Sunday, September 15, 2013 - 12:24 pm:

Joe, You can get one of those cans at a Planters peanut shop for a dollar or so, the have peanut oil in them and will sell you one. Ask them not to poke a hole to speed pouring and save you that one. John


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jim Thode Chehalis Washington on Sunday, September 15, 2013 - 12:41 pm:

I don't think the can/radiator would work very well even is plumbed correctly. Looks like the one in the movie would not work at all without a water pump that is does not have. The water in the can would stay cold and the water in the engine stay hot because of the air gap in the engine outlet hose.



Jim


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Gary H. White - Sheridan, MI on Sunday, September 15, 2013 - 07:01 pm:

It needs a water pump to go with that dizzy.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By clayton swanson on Sunday, September 15, 2013 - 07:09 pm:

must have one of those new-fangled distributators too


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dan Killecut on Sunday, September 15, 2013 - 07:49 pm:

The 41 Ford Convertible used in the movie has survived.
This is from the Ford Barn Forum:
Great article in the November/December 2012 V-8 Times about the 1941 Ford Convertible used in the movie Tobacco Road. Details who did the driving in the movie and the two brothers who rebuilt the car.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By michael grady on Sunday, September 15, 2013 - 08:14 pm:

Ricks...God bless you. And thanks for your service.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ricks - Surf City on Monday, September 16, 2013 - 12:47 am:

Michael, I'm sorry this thread got confusing. Bob Runyard was my neighbor. We only share the initials, RDR. I was in the Army 25 years later.

The ammo box he was leaning against in the pic, and the 75mm round, were cremated in the Black Forest fire near Colorado Springs last May.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Warren F Rollins on Monday, September 16, 2013 - 01:24 pm:

Note the 30X3.5 tires. 1926?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dennis Hoshield on Monday, September 16, 2013 - 06:59 pm:

Really off topic, but my o my .... there must (I hope) be something behind the fellow on the right's head .... Would you really want your head leaning against the pointy end of a barrel...with a clip in?


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