Cheap hamburgers

[NutmegCT]

Remember when?

McDonalds really had arches, we could buy tires at Montgomery-Ward, and Falcons weren't just in Atlanta.

A scene in St Petersburg, Florida. With thanks to The Old Motor.

Tom

 

[Rhodyspit75]

I used to take my Renault 4CV to Carols Hamburgers. Fifteen cent hamburgers and twenty cents for a cheese burger. I went so often my parents thought I had a girl friend named Carol.

 

[Brooklands]

Tom,
Glad you are enjoying "The Old Motor"...one of the best sources for graphics on the 'net. I open all the posts every day.

 

[Basil]

When I was in High School, I had a job at a local Arlen's Department Store. I could eat lunch or dinner at McD's for a buck and get change back!

 

[aeronca65t]

I worked in a Burger King near Trenton around '70 with a gang of college friends (one was the manager who ended up working in BK Bahamas and is now a BK store owner).

We had a ball and ate as many of the $0.19 hamburgers as we wanted.
And when college girls would come in, we always gave them free stuff just so we could flirt with them. It's amazing that store made any money at all.

We would often have informal car shows at BK with our Sprites, MGBs, P1800s, etc. Great fun.
And yeah, I noticed that 4CV right away.....I had one as a "woods car" in high school.

 

[61frogeye]

My High School hangout was "Beatty's Steer Inn", great burgers and fries. Small town local drive in restaurant with Car Hops and ordering from your car. Every Friday and Saturday night it was a blast, all kinds of hot cars. The gathering place for the impromptu drag races held later outside of town.

 

[billspit]

And the burgers back then seemed to taste better.

 

[DrEntropy]

My High School hangout was "Beatty's Steer Inn", great burgers and fries. Small town local drive in restaurant with Car Hops and ordering from your car. Every Friday and Saturday night it was a blast, all kinds of hot cars. The gathering place for the impromptu drag races held later outside of town.

In the Cleveland area, Dave?

...I was a "townie" at Geneva-on-the-Lake. Thru the '60's decade. "Eddie's Grill" was the hot dog spot.

 

[aeronca65t]

By the way, this place is close to me.

They have waitstaff on roller skates, a bike night, several cruise nights, a DJ, etc. We bring the MGB and always see a few sports cars.

Chatterbox

 

[Sherlock]

I used to take my Renault 4CV to Carols Hamburgers. Fifteen cent hamburgers and twenty cents for a cheese burger. I went so often my parents thought I had a girl friend named Carol.

And I'll bet you were the most popular guy in town!

Said with a true respect of arcane cars...

A few years ago I had these two photos mailed to me, the car belonged to a young man in southern Ontario in the early 1950's, he only owned the car briefly...