2469 South Broad Street, Hamilton
Rayco Auto Repair.
A site familiar to many Burg folks.
This might be seen going to Independence Mall or passing
by along the way to Yardville or Bordentown or Ivy
Tavern or that big cemetery or Russo's Music when it
was on South Broad.
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My neighborhood buddies Walt Szul (Hancock St) and Adam Mazur (Home Ave) worked here in the late 50's. Me and another friend Teddy Wood (Jersey St) would walk from Beatty and Broad (Sander's corner) to meet up with them after they finished work around 8:00pm. Didn't seem like much of a walk then!
(SoDak Reader)
I lived on Hancock
before they built that confounded McDonalds(thanks for the litter stream) or I29 in
Mid 90's
before they started setting homes on fire
from the 7-11 on Lalor on up.
I pity anyone there now.
I remember an Elko from Hancock
Street originally:)
Rayco, the place where I hoped I could get my 57 Chevy convertible re-topped and done up with rolled and pleated uphostery. I could never afford it back then. Glad to see it's still around.
Was there not a Hearthside Restaurant nearby? Good burgers and shakes, IIRC.
I thought that this location was Rick's Drive In. Back in the late 1950s, this was one of 3 hangouts for anyone driving a street rod or custom in the Trenton area. The other two, were Harney's Corner (located on the point of Old Princeton Pike and Route 206) and the Broken Drum on Prospect St. The drum had car hops. I hung out at Grosskruez ESSO station (spelling probably incorrect) at the corner of Prospect and Parkway. This was just up from the Drum.
We had a car club, The Highwaymen, Trenton, NJ. There was a 1932 Ford roadster, with Zorro behind the wheel, embroidered on the back of our Red corduroy jackets. We met every week at the ESSO station and hung out at the Broken Drum. A couple of the guys got ticketed for peeling out of the station and running flat out to the drum. The Ewing cops were waiting. I think there were about 15 of us in the club. I've still got my jacket. There was a lot of drag racing, traffic light to traffic light on South Broad, from Park Ave out toward the White Horse Circle. Just up from Rick's, at Oldfield Ave. (where the Independence Mall begins), there was a custard stand, shaped like an iceberg. That was a regular stop, as well as Vic's Golf range,just next door. South Broad was a very popular street. Does anyone else remember any of this?
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