tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-778398860183333979.post2349492240559719682..comments2023-06-13T07:27:56.528-04:00Comments on What's That Song About?: "Beep Beep" - The Playmates, 1958 (Top 40)LivingDedGrrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09291110200298021819noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-778398860183333979.post-41140959398289352242013-01-14T16:11:31.780-05:002013-01-14T16:11:31.780-05:00When I was about 5 years old I lived in Detroit La...When I was about 5 years old I lived in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. My Dad & Mom used to drive to Kenosha, Wisconsin. To the Nash-Kelvanoter factory and pick up 1 new car and bring it hometown the dealer, who also was an appliance dealer. This went on for about a year. So I remember the cars! Pretty phonenolBones Boneyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16748415051234728936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-778398860183333979.post-70509739549488913762013-01-12T09:18:35.467-05:002013-01-12T09:18:35.467-05:00Found your blog after Randy Cassingham of "Th...Found your blog after Randy Cassingham of "This Is True" linked to this video to explain the title on one of his articles. Don't have the time to read everything now, but I *will* be back... looking great so far! BTW, if you don't read "This Is True,", you should... very informative and thought-provoking.Mr. 618https://www.blogger.com/profile/09888639331798664267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-778398860183333979.post-51837595508435715282012-04-23T01:37:16.880-04:002012-04-23T01:37:16.880-04:00The story behind the song is based on a little-kno...The story behind the song is based on a little-known mechanical fact about the "little Nash Rambler" cars. They could be ordered with an optional electrically-operated overdrive system, triggered by a switch on the shift lever. Due to a design flaw on earlier models, once the overdrive was engaged, the transmission couldn't be shifted out of gear without turning the overdrive off. It was all too easy to accidentally turn the overdrive on when shifting, thereby "locking" the car in the last selected gear. Also, due to a fluke in the gear ratios and the way the engine ran, it was actually possible to go somewhat faster in 2nd gear with the overdrive engaged than it was in "high" gear! In certain models of Ramblers with the larger engine and the manual transmission equipped with the overdrive, young men of inquiring minds found that it was possible to exceed 120 mph using this "undocumented feature."ExTexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-778398860183333979.post-86532885877446600442011-01-02T15:03:34.061-05:002011-01-02T15:03:34.061-05:00Car songs are some of my favorite. Dead Man Curve ...Car songs are some of my favorite. Dead Man Curve and all of the Beach Boys/Jan And Dean. Have you heard Bringing Mary Home or Strange Things Happen in This World? Very cool and a little strange. :)<br />Colonel Robert Morris<br />Rockabilly Hall Of Famecolonelroberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08525630374396993274noreply@blogger.com