TG57Roadmaster Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 I have no idea why Dad took my picture in a high chair, but it's early-1958 and I'm next to their '56 Mercury Custom 2DRHT. It was their first new car, and the one that took me home from the hospital in suburban L.A. My Cousin David was about three years older than me, standing next to the Mercury, a picture that West Peterson kindly colorized for me many years ago. It was Heath Green and Classic White, a real stunner. TG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 The uploader would only let me add the three at once so this is continued from above. That's what's left of original paint on the 48 Chevy "super" . Even better than the regular fleetline aero. Not many came in the rare Super package. Supposably customized by a GI prior to going and not returning from Korea. It was bought off his family in the late 90's I believe by the fellow I bought it from in 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintageben Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 (edited) Here’s a couple of myself when I was bit younger not sure who’s Austin seven I’m standing beside but I used to love going to Vintage car rally’s and hitching a lift with who ever was willing to take me. Next photo is me and Dad with my 27 Chev just freshly restored I’m age 20 Edited July 2, 2018 by Vintageben Just a small correction (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erichill Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 1919 Chandler. Me in the driver's seat about twelve years old. Restoring the car now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Dobbin Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdarrunt Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 I have one but it's X rated. Every Labor Day we had a family reunion at a park in Sioux Falls, SD and there were 13 children in my Dad's family so there were a bunch of folks. In 1941 when I was 5 years old someone snapped a shot of me standing in the middle of the roof of our 36 Nash and peeing off the passengers side, all about 40 feet away from the picnic tables. EVERYONE wanted a copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 On 6/24/2018 at 11:08 AM, nzcarnerd said: By 1960 we were using my grandfather's 1934 Buick (Series 40 with body by Holdens of Australia) for a trip away - I think this is Picton a town a day's drive north, at the north end of the South Island. I am the eldest of the three boys there. My mother is still in good health at 88. The car is still in storage awaiting restoration. which is probably not an economical prospect as the wood frame body need a full rebuild. I have edited the details in this one, and added something. I posted this photo on a facebook page and got an answer to the location. The Bellbird Motel in Picton. It is still there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c49er Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Me and my 1952 Dodge Business coupe I paid $50.00 for in 1973. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLynskey Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 (edited) I'm not in the photo but am the one behind the camera. Left to right are my sister, a neighbor boy and my brother posing in the 1927 Chevrolet my father FINALLY bought me after I pestered him a long time for an antique car. It was about 1957 and I was 14 at the time. He paid $25 for it. This was a true barn find, pictured here with my sister at the wheel just after we removed it from the barn. We pumped up the tires and my dad towed it home 70 miles with a rope. You wouldn't dare try that today. His friend steered and stopped the '27. I got it running and drove it around the neighborhood some but never got around to restoring it. Not long after that I was able to purchase this 1928 Chrysler 52 from the original owner for $15. After replacing a broken axle I got it running and actually drove it to high school and college occasionally and on a couple of AACA local tours, one about 100 miles long. With the help of a friend we replaced all the bad wood but never completed the restoration. By the time I got my drivers license I had four cars -- these two and a parts car for each. but ultimately life interfered (marriage, baby, etc.) and I sold them all to raise funds for a down-payment on our first home. Don Edited July 9, 2018 by DLynskey clarify (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 14 years old with my $25 or $30 '41 OLds. In the background of my project car at the time. One project car has always seemed so natural. I feel uncomfortable when they all run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin1221 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 The first photo is of me (on right) and my brother Tom taken in the early 1960s. The car was a 1959 Ford Fairlane retractable hardtop. The photo on the right is of me sitting on the deck lid of the same car. Our family sold this car to buy a new 1964 Ford Country Squire station wagon, as our family was growing. Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozstatman Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 On 6/27/2018 at 1:11 PM, Owen_Dyneto said: Don't know how I hooked onto O_D's reply, sorry. Didn't think I had a pic then found this with me in Dad's arms with his Mum & Dad, would have been about 1947/48. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozstatman Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Found another, this time with Pop's Humber Hawk, circa mid '50's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Harper Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 (edited) Not a car but one of my favorite photos from my youth. Circa 1926 10 Ton model NW Lombard Hauler - Churchill Depot, Maine July 1974. I begged my Dad to let me take it home but..... Same machine Maine State Museum, 2015. Got to play in it again 41 years later. Edited July 24, 2018 by Terry Harper (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen_Dyneto Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 My 1937 Dodge, bought in 1957 when I was 17. Paid $20. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GARY F Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Owen, Those were the days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Unfortunately I missed those days by a few decades. Though my older friends constantly remind me of how great they were by constantly recounting the Auburn Boat tail he bought for 65 and sold for 165 and felt like a king along with others. The best I did was an engine less 1963 Galaxie Conv't I bought out of a back yard in about 1991? for $100. Made 7 times my money when I sold it and got a few Flathead dual carb intakes real cheap from the guy that bought it, back in the days before ebay when multi carb intakes for Flathead Fords were a bit scarce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lump Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Here is a photo of me on the running board of the first car my young family owned as a collector car. It's a 1929 Hupmobile Model S. Photo was taken circa 1960 to early 1962, and I would have been in first or second grade. Like a lot of little boys at that time, I was into cowboys, Daniel Boone, etc...hence the hat. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lump Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Even earlier than the Hupp in 1960, was my little gas-engine-powered "race car" which my dad and some family friends made from lawn mower parts and sheet metal. I drove it in an antique car parade in Middletown, Ohio in March of 1957, at 3 years of age, with my dad walking the length of the parade on the sidewalk, keeping an eagle eye on me, in case something went wrong. He told me to maintain the exact same distance between my car and the brass-era touring car in front of me, whether it stopped or started going faster. The photo here seems to be Dad and I heading to my position on the street, just before the parade began. The trip went without a hitch, and I was a celebrity among the parade watchers for an hour or two. Great memories! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plymouthcranbrook Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 (edited) On 7/24/2018 at 6:00 PM, auburnseeker said: Unfortunately I missed those days by a few decades. Though my older friends constantly remind me of how great they were by constantly recounting the Auburn Boat tail he bought for 65 and sold for 165 and felt like a king along with others. The best I did was an engine less 1963 Galaxie Conv't I bought out of a back yard in about 1991? for $100. Made 7 times my money when I sold it and got a few Flathead dual carb intakes real cheap from the guy that bought it, back in the days before ebay when multi carb intakes for Flathead Fords were a bit scarce. No body I know including me ever thought that cars of the 60's and up would ever be much more than used cars. Old cars were Model A' and T's. If any of us had had a clue about the popularity of those cars the barns and garages would be full of them Edited July 26, 2018 by plymouthcranbrook (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 3 hours ago, plymouthcranbrook said: No body I know including me ever thought that cars of the 60's and up would ever be much more than used cars. Old cars were Model A' and T's. If any of us had had a clue about the popularity of those cars the barns and garages would be full of them Well there are quite a few cars from the 70's up that are still pretty much used cars. In the NOS parts business you can see what cars have any interest and there are some that seem to have no interest at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plymouthcranbrook Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 On 7/26/2018 at 2:13 PM, auburnseeker said: Well there are quite a few cars from the 70's up that are still pretty much used cars. In the NOS parts business you can see what cars have any interest and there are some that seem to have no interest at all. and of course the popularity of certain models can change overnight. Look at all the cars on E-bay that never get so much as a a single bid and some you wonder what someone see in it when it is sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 (edited) I'm helping my parents clean out their attic. You know what that means? Finding all your old stuff from 40 years ago. I'm not sure what this was before, not a prom as we are not dressed to that level of craziness. In the background is my mom's 74 Eldorado. My dad went through an Eldorado faze and we had a 68, 69, 71, 74 and 76. The last three were convertibles. He loves wide whites as you can see in the picture. I need to find a picture of the red 69 that he put the huggy bear radiator cover on with ornament. Edited November 13, 2020 by alsancle (see edit history) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Seems to me the young lady in the photo is not your wife..........🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 4 minutes ago, edinmass said: Seems to me the young lady in the photo is not your wife..........🤔 You should pay more attention to how stunningly handsome I was back in the day. The only reason I have any hair left at all is because I started with a stupid amount. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 (edited) You were sporting the John Travolta look with a five year old leisure suit......the collar on the shirt and jacket are like tail fins on a 59 Cadillac. Edited November 13, 2020 by edinmass (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 9 minutes ago, edinmass said: You were sporting the John Travolta look with a five year old leisure suit......the collar on the shirt and jacket are like tail fins on a 59 Cadillac. THOSE were the days my friend. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretch cab Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 I would guess around 1964. This is a car my grandfather built from parts and a hand formed aluminum body. Grandpa is at the wheel and I'm at the door in the back seat with my dog. I still have the car and am working on finishing it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vermontboy Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 c. 1960 Guess I have a few years experience working on Model "A"s....used the engine as a Science Fair project (chain driven by a gearmotor). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFindlay Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 My first vehicle was this 1967 Triumph Daytona 500 (left). I was 2 weeks past my 16th birthday when I got it. My buddy had this '69 Bonneville (lucky guy) and we were headed off for a weekend camping trip on Long Beach, Vancouver Island. We rode out onto the beach until the sand got soft and we couldn't go any farther, then pitched our tent right there. Woke up the next morning with rainwater pouring in all around us and spent the next day in the local laundromat trying to dry out our gear. Oh, to be young again! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckowner Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Washing Dad's 48 Dodge 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1935Packard Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 2 hours ago, ckowner said: Washing Dad's 48 Dodge What a wonderful photo. Thanks for posting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wetherbee Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 I pulled these out for a similar post a while back, but here I am around 1967 - I was son #3 and the one that finally put dad in a sedan. Of course the “salmon” color (aka pink) looks a bit less masculine than I would have chosen I remember that car above many others since... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 4 hours ago, Mark Wetherbee said: I pulled these out for a similar post a while back, but here I am around 1967 - I was son #3 and the one that finally put dad in a sedan. Of course the “salmon” color (aka pink) looks a bit less masculine than I would have chosen I remember that car above many others since... It seems that 75% of all 55-57 T-Birds are Red or White. A lot are Salmon too. Not the greatest factory color palette I've ever seen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 On 7/24/2018 at 11:11 PM, lump said: Like a lot of little boys at that time, I was into cowboys, Daniel Boone, etc...hence the hat. My Dad used to flip a few cars for walking around money when I was a kid. Here is a picture of me with my new Fanner Fifty about 1958 or 9 with a Pontiac that was probably a $50 deal. I still see the guy who bought it from him around town and he always tells me how good it was. The Marlon Brando motorcycle hat was a treasure as well. One morning I let my younger brother wear it to school. He fell into the crick where we caught the school bus. I almost missed the bus chasing that hat with the current to catch it. Which reminds me, my daughter in Boston tells me they have creeks and basements there. No cricks or cellars. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_S_in_Penna Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 I don't think there are any of me with cars; but here is a picture of a friend and his wife. The first was taken in 1941 when he had owned his 1936 Oldsmobile only 5 years. The last was taken about 70 years later. He still owns and drives the car in 2020. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMB Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Me on the 48 Nash coupe my mother taught me to drive in. It later became the "farm car" and then my car where I developed some mechanical knowledge keeping it going. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 (edited) Define kid. Edited November 14, 2020 by 60FlatTop (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dei Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Me and my family about 1966 on a Club tour in Dad's 1920 Overland Model 4. I believe that was when the distributor went egg shaped and we had to be towed to the destination Motel by that Packard. Dad tried to brush it off by saying he was pushing the Packard with a stiff rope. Then some 40 plus years later I got to drive him around our local Airport Show. It was one of the very few times he was a passenger in the car. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Dobbin Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Next to a car, how about in an old car? 1906 Autocar @ Hornes Cars of Yestereday, Sarasota Fla. Picture taken in 1954, the red headed 8 year old in the back seat is me. My bicycle had a 1950 Ford steering wheel, I was hooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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