Plomb Cheesecake from 1951

[zeet]

Found this in a 1951 issue of Speed Age magazine and had to share....

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[drivesitfar]

Thanks for the picture and i saved that one since i do like Plvmb.

 

[twertsy]

I can't see it here at work..............you're making me want to leave early!!

 

[drivesitfar]

Twertsy: a 1951 Plomb wrench ad with a Marilyn Monroe look alike in a two piece bathing suit with 3 maybe 1.5 inch wrenches on her quads while she is kneeling/sitting on her legs.

does that help??

 

[twertsy]

knot really............

 

[woody 73]

twertsy just kidding you why it is only a picture of three large wrenches and a elderly grandmother holding them...Well today she might be in her 90's.

 

[drivesitfar]

Woody: since you seem to be in a great mood and poor Twertsy needs some real tool **** i Googled the gal in the picture that is Paula Doretti and found another picture for the thread. quite a looker if you ask me and maybe only 85 and not 90.

she can be my pin up girl for Plvmb any day even though I don't usually put pictures pin ups anywhere since i married a gal that could have been one if she had wanted to be. and she's not quite 85 yet.

cheers

 

[twertsy]

Those are some nice shanks, curves are nice too.

 

[woody 73]

I just bet you at 85 she still looks great today!

 

[zeet]

Cool find, Drives... Twertsy, did you leave work early to get a look? ;^)

 

[papavolume]

Nice! Ill show that ad to my wife, she is going to want to recreate it

 

[twertsy]

Cool find, Drives... Twertsy, did you leave work early to get a look? ;^)

Naw, normal time. I'm outta here at noon daily! Of course, I get up at 0230.

 

[Rileysan]

Naw, normal time. I'm outta here at noon daily! Of course, I get up at 0230.

I have a similar schedule - which is both a blessing and a curse. I miss the traffic snarls that make most people dread the daily commute but have a heck-of-a-time staying awake to attend my daughter's basketball games. The real benefit is that I get to look and respond-to at all the early-bird CL ads

Brian

 

[drivesitfar]

Woody: I tried Googling Paula to see if she is still alive and couldn't find enough about her. since she's Italian and was already endowed i'm guessing with all the bread and oil they eat she might have had kids and got pretty big. not always the case and just saying i don't see many slim Italian woman that are older. so if you or anybody else has better luck finding more information about our Plvmb queen please post some because she was a looker.

anybody want to have a guess at the size of the wrenches in her lap to get back on the subject of tools?

 

[bczygan]

I found a mention of her as the Queen of her high school Pigskin Ball in 1948 in Anaheim, CA. Would make her about 83. She is in some girly magazines of the era with Marilyn M. Still a frank Doretti listed in Anaheim on Whitepages.
http://www.anaheimcolonists.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/AHSAA-FALL-2014-NEWSLETTER.pdf

Also "Miss Jet":
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1978&dat=19500201&id=dwQvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xKsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6559,70272&hl=en

From the 21 Apr, 1951 Jasper, IN Herald:
Paula Doretti, 18-year-old beauty fresh from Anaheim (Cal.) high school, is at the signing stage to star in Brucks Randell’s independent movie. “Forty Notches.” At the present time she is learning how to sit, talk and walk around —for movie purposes, that is. Randell, multi-miiiionaire Missouri tobacco heir, said that he made an exhaustive search of Texas lor a leading lady for his film, but that he could find no one suitable. A cheesecake photographer came Up with a shot of Paula that he had &sked her to pose for while she was sunbathing at Corona and Randell Knew that Paula was it. Paula stands five feet two. weighs In at 110 and lays claim to a “39 bust, 23 waist and 34 hips.” Randell's tobacco money at the present time is sending Paula through drama school to groom her for the co-starring role opposite Jeffrey Lynn.

Leg Show magazine. Scroll down to "Dynamo"
http://www.ebay.com/itm/GLAMOROUS-MODELS-May-1952-LEG-SHOW-PAULA-DORETTI-MARA-CORDAY-JUNE-McCALL-/121497577693

Size of the wrenches? Well, compared to her 39" bust, I could take a guess...


1940 census (Age 8) living in LA at 2221 Glover Place Los Angeles Los Angeles, Ca with father Frank J., mother Evelene and younger brother Frank J. Jr.
http://www.familytreenow.com/search/census/results?first=paula&last=doretti&rid=0s0&smck=miNNTFDHDUzSU5nngE4S-A

Brother still lives in Anaheim.

Bill

 

[drivesitfar]

BCZ: that my friend is some good GOOGLING. thanks for the heads up and all the stats which already looked mighty impressive in the pictures.

 

[zeet]

Thanks, BCZ... Very cool post!

"Plomb Queen Paula" certainly had some outstanding attributes. :^)

 

[twertsy]

There's the understatement of the day.

 

[3baygarage]

Pretty nice there fellas.

 

[Erampu]

I bet those 38D's are 46 Longs today...

 

[bczygan]

Brother played football and retire as AD at Los Alamitos in 94.
http://articles.latimes.com/1994-06-23/sports/sp-7536_1_los-alamitos-high

Now, who has a lost relative they need tracked down? I found 2 wives my dad had, that my mother never knew about....and talked to them on the phone all these years later, after both my parents were dead. And that's just regular Google searches.

Bill

 

[drivesitfar]

Eram: 46 longs are ok if she still has the 25 inch waist.

BCZ: i'll remember your searching skills if i ever need to find somebody. again nicely done.

 

[bczygan]

Eram: 46 longs are ok if she still has the 25 inch waist.

BCZ: i'll remember your searching skills if i ever need to find somebody. again nicely done.

I just like finding stuff out.

Seems the guy, Brucks Randell, offering her a part in a movie, was a bit player famous for looking like Howard Hughes, and was hired to do so. He was also a scammer and the movie was never made. He was later prosecuted for taking money from investors and never making movies. That was his stage name too. And I could never find if he was a Missouri tobacco heir. Found the phone number for Paula's brother in Anaheim too.

So who owes you money, that you want me to find?

Bill

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

I want you to find my dad's purchased-new, black '55 Chevy two door hardtop we owned until about 1974 in Whittier, ca. I believe the old yellow on black California license plate number was GXB909. I already tried submitting a request through the California DMV, no record they said.

 

[twertsy]

I would like you to find my uncle's blue '69 COPO bought fall of '69, stolen spring of '70 in Newport News, VA.

 

[bczygan]

I want you to find my dad's purchased-new, black '55 Chevy two door hardtop we owned until about 1974 in Whittier, ca. I believe the old yellow on black California license plate number was GXB909. I already tried submitting a request through the California DMV, no record they said.

I would like you to find my uncle's blue '69 COPO bought fall of '69, stolen spring of '70 in Newport News, VA.

Guys,
I wish I had the ability to find vehicles. Heck, I'm having enough of a time looking for one to buy. Looking for a screaming deal on a rust free low mileage early 2000's Yukon or similar in great mechanical condition.

And stolen vehicles are likely to only exist as parts. I live in Detroit, and the last Suburban that was stolen from us was disassembled in a nearby alley the same night.

And Dan, many states only keep records for a certain length of time. Find out what that parameter is. And search all the other states. Collectible cars, I would haunt the groups for that car online. Put up ads looking to buy one and assemble a database documenting the histories of every one you find.

When I am searching for something, sometimes one word will make the difference. When looking for one of my great grandfathers, I realized that Abram was short for Abraham, just like Jno was short for John. Search for stuff or people as many ways, and as often, as you can. Searchable information appears and disappears regularly online.

Don't give up. Look deeper and deeper. Find out if states keep dead paper files somewhere, after they are purged from electronic sources, and ask how to get access.

Make an enthusiasts website yourself, with the stated or hidden goal of creating a database for that vehicle. You may even be able to attract owners of stolen vehicles to this kind of site. People love to show off what they have. Make part of membership a requirement to divulge VIN's from engine and body, and ask for an ownership history. Research with the dealer and manufacturer to find out what these numbers were for you car, if you ddon't know what they are.

Everybody keeps electronic records now. Try to get access, or get the owner to search for you. Who has bought parts for this kind and model of car. What government or law enforcement department keeps track of recovered vehicles. It may have been recovered from a theft from a future owner.

Check car collections for that make, model and year.

Of course, it may have gone overseas.

Just some ideas off the top of my head. You will think of lots more.

For people search, I search online using Whitepages and Neighborhood. I look at family genealogies and follow names of relatives of the subject with geographical connections as a hint. I use obits and also find a grave to follow links. I search newspaper databases and online University materials. I use Google and follow the results to the very end, using various combinations if data and information I find. I use Linkedin and Facebook and whatever else I can. I follow unusual names first,as they are easier to find. I keep timelines in mind. Little things matter. I found an old girlfriend in FL, because I remembered that her parents used to have a vacation place there. They are long gone, but she now lives nearby.
Google books is another source, as is Google Patents, and I follow professions and associations and the like.

It's all a big puzzle, and fun to put together.


Bill

Edit: Here's a link to information on a national reporting system for VIN's, used by scrap dealers. May be of help.
http://www.vehiclehistory.gov/nmvtis_auto.html

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Very cool find, zeet. Thanks for posting.

I wonder if Ms. Doretti was the model for the famous figurine on Plomb's wartime catalog?

 

[drivesitfar]

PL: Maybe this is why i like Plvmb tools.

Picture saved and sure does look like Paula

BCZ: I don't have anybody or anything in mind, but good information to know that when i need some we have a BLOODHOUND to find them. good talent to have sir. can you do me a favor and find your masks or go buy some because all that stuff you are moving has hazordous waste fumes in it that are not good.

cheers

 

[bczygan]

PL: Maybe this is why i like Plvmb tools.

Picture saved and sure does look like Paula

BCZ: I don't have anybody or anything in mind, but good information to know that when i need some we have a BLOODHOUND to find them. good talent to have sir. can you do me a favor and find your masks or go buy some because all that stuff you are moving has hazordous waste fumes in it that are not good.

cheers

As soon as I'm well, I'll go sniff them out. Right now I'm coughing my guts out with the flu.

Bill

 

[zeet]

My pleasure, Lug... It was just too cool not to share!

 

[nucklebuster]

Zeet, you mentioned it was 1951 in your original post, any more specifics? I want to try and find that copy of Speed Age for myself, definitely a cool wallhanger!

 

[Private Lugnutz]