A Revolutionary Car Design Era

Posted on 20/08/2011 by Grumpa Joe

Ford revolutionized car design in the nineteen forty-nine era. The forty nines were amazingly streamlined and beautiful. The stodgy look of the earlier designs lost favor to smooth flowing lines. The Mercury Division of Ford  hit a home run with its body style. The nineteen forty-nine through fifty-two Mercury is a favorite among hot rodders around the [...]

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A Grand Opportunity-Nightmares from Obama

Posted on 17/08/2011 by Grumpa Joe

Nightmares from Obama, the Cartoons and Political Opinion of Grumpa Joe is a unique collection of all the cartoons Grumpa Joe drew during the year 2009. He chronicled events, happenings, quotes from President Obama’s first year in office. Grumpa Joe’s conservative views are polar opposite to those of the president. Often GJ’s opinions are sarcastic, [...]

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Share the Sacrifice, Drive an Electric Puddle Jumper

Posted on 17/08/2011 by Grumpa Joe

President Obama never ceases to amaze me with his forward thinking visions of himself. Since entering office in January 2009, he has had thirty-one months to figure out how to create jobs. He finally struck upon a job he is totally capable of handling; maybe. After January 2013, he can place himself into a nice yellow [...]

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I Love Cruise Night With Lots of 32′s and 34′s

Posted on 11/08/2011 by Grumpa Joe

There is something about nineteen thirty-two and thirty-four vintage Ford hot rods that turns me on. It must be related to the fact that those were the most predominant cars of my childhood. My dad never owned a Ford of that vintage but some of my neighbors did. Back then very few neighbors owned a car. [...]

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Happy Birthday Grampa Jim

Posted on 07/08/2011 by Grumpa Joe

Today marks the one hundred and thirty-fifth anniversary of the birth of one Imre (James) Wigh. I call him Grandpa. He is the character I have chronicled in a series of childhood memories under the category of Biography-Grandpa Jim.        I am suffering through a period of melancholy the past few weeks, and today is [...]

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