tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post5590628967674538785..comments2024-03-28T13:28:12.539-04:00Comments on Brady's Bunch of Lorain County Nostalgia: Grand Opening of Robo-Wash – 1966Dan Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118939034032765664noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-90181292929227959712019-03-30T00:14:04.621-04:002019-03-30T00:14:04.621-04:00Funny! I was terrified of it too! Remember when I ...Funny! I was terrified of it too! Remember when I was 3 or 4 (1968-69) and we went through it and screamed and cried under the dash while the brushes twirled by...Jim McFarlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17785064164069361763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-90397540580232654702017-03-18T11:38:14.364-04:002017-03-18T11:38:14.364-04:00I was terrified of the Robo Wash. We stopped ther...I was terrified of the Robo Wash. We stopped there one time, when it was cold and then went to Shoreway Center to shop. When we came out the car locks were frozen. Since I was little, I just equated the two and didn't want to ever go there again. A store employee brought us some matches to heat up the key and we were able to get into the car.JIMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01964611503658495551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-87882916676666169382017-03-16T08:01:14.529-04:002017-03-16T08:01:14.529-04:00Thanks for the comment and reminisces, Bill! I wen...Thanks for the comment and reminisces, Bill! I went back and updated the original Ace Wash post after trading emails with Todd Burke, whose father along with Tom Dulio owned the car wash. Todd mentioned Jimmy Dulio and the ore dock too in his correspondence with me!Dan Bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02118939034032765664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-83198815838515884482017-03-15T19:35:23.893-04:002017-03-15T19:35:23.893-04:00Ace carwash was originally built and owned by Tomm...Ace carwash was originally built and owned by Tommie Dulio. Brother of Jimmy Dulio, (and his orchestra), a well known group from Lorain. Tommie Dulio and Eddie Zieba both owned business' Zieba owning the "Golden Dragon", around the same time period. They both had worked with my dad at the ore dock and the coal dock' at its origin in 1947 for many years, until the coal dock dismantle in 1978.I knew these people personally from my dad along with many other workers there.And also went aboard many many lake freighters, including the Edmund Fitzgerald. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17364476004008910927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-87421385838619821572017-03-15T06:35:27.195-04:002017-03-15T06:35:27.195-04:00I remember an explosion across the street east fro...I remember an explosion across the street east from the car wash. A bldg for dispensing propane exploded rocked the east side. Dont remember any other details. RaeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com