nick8086 Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 (edited) Post a picture of your father or grandfathers car.. I think this car may be the bankers hot rod?? Edited June 3, 2017 by nick8086 (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cahartley Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 My Grandpa's car...... .......auburnseeker indentified it as a 46-48 Plymouth. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Turismo Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 (edited) My grandfather that I never met owned a 1974 Lincoln Continental Mark IV, a car that definitely fit for him, he gave off that kingpin persona. Don't have any photos of it, though but i believe it was black. Looked nice, too bad it went to one of my older cousins, since he was the only one in my extended family that actually appreciated the car. (not my grandfather's car, just an image I put for reference) Edited June 3, 2017 by Turismo (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 My avtar shows my Grandpa's car in 1947. The three photos are the same car in 1960, 1970 and 2007. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintageben Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Ok here's a thew pictures of my Great Great Grandfathers cars one is a 1920's Citroen the next is apparently a Overland Whippet 6 and the big roadster some people say is a Austro-Daimler but I'm not sure, any ideas? He was a wealthy doctor in Sydney Australia apperently loved cars but was not the best driver 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dei Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Here are a few of my Dad's cars. His first car with some friends. A later upgrade. And another of his early ones. RIP Dad. (May 1, 1924 to March 25, 2017) 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F&J Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 I am going with a customer/slash friend today, to go see "Kenny" also a friend, to get a part for the fist guy. Kenny is around 70 and still has his fathers first new car, a 23 Dodge sedan, and Kenny's son lives next door, so the Dodge is actually a "grandfathers car" LOL The Dodge had the back half removed around WW2, to use at the farm as a truck, and maybe get better gas rationing during the war? IDK. Old yankees never threw anything away, so Gramps put the rear body in the barn. Kenny sent the car and rear body out to be rejoined and then restored in the 70s. Kenny must have always been a Dodge guy from the start, and Kenny's son is as well, as since his young age of 15, he has put together a large collection of Dodge muscle cars including several Hemi muscle cars! My camera or maybe my laptop is not allowing me to get pics today, but maybe the guy I am bringing there late today can take a cell pic of the 23 with his phone and email it to me to share here. Kenny has dozens of early Dodges, and every body style made, incl a early 20s mint 8,000 mile woodie.. Also is selling a basket case 26 Dodge panel he told me of last night, I told Kenny that this young guy will likely be wanting it too, and sure enough, when I called that guy last night to set the trip up, he said "actually I have been wanting a panel and a wagon"....he, he. "Pics at 11" as they say on TV news. LOL 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilgrim65 Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Would really like to ,but alas never saw either of my grandfathers cars , don't think they had one, my Dad passed away suddenly in 67 when I was 21 , left his light blue ford angia , slopping window model , but unfortunately mum and I had no money so sold to pay for funeral think I saw a picture of it once and another of his first car a 1932 ford 8 , but mum also gone now and the whereabouts of her photos not know. sorry for the dismal post , but life's like that sometime . hope my girls keep a photo of me and my Buick ? Cheers pilgrim 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caballero2 Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 This photo was taken at my grandfather's funeral in 1954. My dad was a salesman for Kaiser dealership. His two brothers, my uncles, were mechanics for a Texas Oldsmobile dealer. I overheard some of the discussion of the merits of both Kaiser and Oldsmobiles of the day. Irony? That car when I aged a few years, received an engine from a '54 Olds. Fit the Hydramatic perfectly. The problem arose when the steering had to be moved to the left about three inches. It did happen anyway. 53 Kaiser.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Here you go.... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 (edited) My Grandfather and his 1955 Chrysler 300.... Edited June 3, 2017 by keiser31 (see edit history) 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JV Puleo Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 I never met either of my grandfathers, both died long before I was born and only one of them even drove. He only owned two cars in his lifetime, the last of which he gave to my uncle to drive to his new posting as a recently commissioned officer just before WWII began. Neither of my parents were interested in cars but, for some reason, I have this photo of my mother's Chrysler New Yorker. It would have been taken around 1965 so it was already a "funny old car" in our neighborhood. I seem to remember my father paid $75 at a local used car lot and it broke down at the first light he came to when driving it home. He was extremely un-mechanical so he walked back to the dealer who sent someone to get it running again (and presumably fixed whatever was wrong). I remember stitching up a broken seam in the back seat with 40 lb test fishing line. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilgrim65 Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 17 minutes ago, keiser31 said: Here you go.... Pretty car , don't know what it is, but think the gentleman looks like a seriously important dude! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Yaros Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 My father's Cadillac 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victorialynn2 Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 '57 Ford Retractible. Currently on its way from Tx to Or. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintageben Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Thanks guy's for straightening up the photos not sure how I got those facing wrong but I guess it could be to do with the Shingles that I'm trying to recover from. My great great Grandfather was Dr William Studdy. Unfortunatly none of the cars remain with the familly ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Grandfather's, farm side, not the tire shop,then, in 1971 it was mine. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huptoy Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 (edited) I am told the car is a right hand drive 1907 White Steam Car. My grandfather never owned this car & was the passenger. The photo was taken between 1907 & 1909 in San Francisco or Los Angles. He worked in San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake but would take the train to L.A. to warm up in the summer. He gave this photo to my grandmother when they were dating about 1909. She was an old maid school teacher in Winslow AZ and spent her summers in Anaheim and Sundays at Long Beach. He was a tall man at 6'6" and about 26, then again my grandmother was 5'9" and 3 years older. He was raised near Green Bay, Wi and she was from near Pittsburgh, PA. Edited June 3, 2017 by huptoy (see edit history) 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 1 hour ago, huptoy said: I am told the car is a right hand drive 1907 White Steam Car. My grandfather never owned this car & was the passenger. The photo was taken between 1907 & 1909 in San Francisco or Los Angles. He worked in San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake but would take the train to L.A. to warm up in the summer. He gave this photo to my grandmother when they were dating about 1909. She was an old maid school teacher in Winslow AZ and spent her summers in Anaheim and Sundays at Long Beach. He was a tall man at 6'6" and about 26, then again my grandmother was 5'9" and 3 years older. He was raised near Green Bay, Wi and she was from near Pittsburgh, PA. Correct. It is a White steamer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 1 hour ago, Vintageben said: Thanks guy's for straightening up the photos not sure how I got those facing wrong but I guess it could be to do with the Shingles that I'm trying to recover from. My great great Grandfather was Dr William Studdy. Unfortunatly none of the cars remain with the familly ? Oh, MAN! I was suicidal when I had shingles. All the best to you getting better REAL soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBulldogMiller55Buick Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 16 hours ago, Vintageben said: Ok here's a thew pictures of my Great Great Grandfathers cars one is a 1920's Citroen the next is apparently a Overland Whippet 6 and the big roadster some people say is a Austro-Daimler but I'm not sure, any ideas? He was a wealthy doctor in Sydney Australia apperently loved cars but was not the best driver these cars should've been in a hill climb contest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipdang Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 This is a photo of my Great-Grandfather's car in front of the vacant lot. He's the man holding the bundle in front of his company, City Laundry, in Akron, Ohio. I posted this a while back and I believe it was guessed to be a Cadillac but there wasn't general agreement on that. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFindlay Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Back in the 1920s my grandfather was a trucker, hauling fruit up and down the steep hills of Kaleden, B.C. to the local packing house. He bought this 1927 International, which hauled more apples than ever, but he would have been better off with a 1928 model - the year they introduced 4 wheel brakes. In the second picture he is seated in the back of his 1962 Vauxhall Velox. He was in his 70s when he bought this car and drove until he was nearly 100. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Frazee Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 My brother and his buddy pose in front of my Dad's '58 Bel Air. Loved that car. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Byrd Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Here is my Grandfather with his last car in 1960, and my Mom standing beside my Dad's first car (very used when they bought it in 1952.) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBulldogMiller55Buick Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 (edited) Dad and Roadmaster 1976 Columbus Georgia Dad and Mom and my four brothers and two sisters and me (short pants) 1967 Phenix City Alabama 1966 Chrysler Town & Country wagon. Edited June 6, 2017 by JamesBulldogMiller55Buick (see edit history) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFranklin Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 My car, and my dads car offroading 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilgrim65 Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 37 minutes ago, JamesBulldogMiller55Buick said: Big car,big family,wow! Great picture 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hwellens Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 My Grandfather and Grandmother with 6 of their 8 children. Picture taken in Washington DC in their REO in the late teens. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretch cab Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Here is my dad on the day he gave me his 31 Ford Rdst. and 53 Chevy Convertible. The Rdst. was a gift from my mother to dad on his 40th birthday and the 53 was purchased to celebrate their silver anniversary. I still have both cars and dad turned 87 back in May. The 31 came from Rick Carrols collection. Mom had a choice between the Rdst and a 2-door Phaeton but because dad had a Rdst in his youth she chose the Rdst. Sure wish he would have had a Phaeton! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarrsCars Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 This is my father and his brother with my Grandfather's 1956 Sedan DeVille. He always had Cadillacs apparently, I remember them right up through the 1980's. That's probably why my parents later had them also and maybe why my first car was a '57 sedan. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61polara Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 (edited) My Grandfathers first car was a 1919 Maxwell in the first two photos. Grandpa is standing on the bridge rail in the second photo. My aunt in both of the photos (smallest girl) is the only one living, now 102. Dad is sitting on the fender in photo 1. Next is Dad's first car, a 1936 Ford coupe with his best friend (Dad's on the left) and then Dad with his last car, a 1988 Olds Trafeo. Edited June 5, 2017 by 61polara (see edit history) 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TG57Roadmaster Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 This '56 Mercury Custom 2drht brought me home from the hospital in 1957 and was my parents' first new car. In about 1960 the Merc' slid down icy Front Street in Marquette, MI, its front end was trashed and the car was junked. Thanks to West Peterson for colorizing the image, shown in CA with my cousin. TG 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikewest Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Here is my grandfather Samuel F West to the far right in the rear. The car is a 1902 Crest Runabout . The car is in my collection yet today. This picture was taken in 1940 in Livonia Center , NY. He paid $50.00 for the car in Lakeville NY to a man named Bob DeGarmo. The second picture is of my dad Anthony West when he was 14 at the start of a Memorial Day Parade in Livonia NY in 1946. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GARY F Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Great pictures guys. I love all of them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBulldogMiller55Buick Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 15 hours ago, mikewest said: Here is my grandfather Samuel F West to the far right in the rear. The car is a 1902 Crest Runabout . The car is in my collection yet today. This picture was taken in 1940 in Livonia Center , NY. He paid $50.00 for the car in Lakeville NY to a man named Bob DeGarmo. The second picture is of my dad Anthony West when he was 14 at the start of a Memorial Day Parade in Livonia NY in 1946. That's wonderful. 1940 that car was 38 years old. Today, a 1979 car is thirty-eight years old... If I had a 1979 car, I wouldn't think of it as an old car.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBulldogMiller55Buick Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 (edited) On June 3, 2017 at 7:15 AM, dei said: Here are a few of my Dad's cars. His first car with some friends. A later upgrade. And another of his early ones. Edited June 5, 2017 by JamesBulldogMiller55Buick (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBulldogMiller55Buick Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 On June 4, 2017 at 6:30 AM, hwellens said: My Grandfather and Grandmother with 6 of their 8 children. Picture taken in Washington DC in their REO in the late teens. Another big family. Very Nice ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikewest Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 58 minutes ago, JamesBulldogMiller55Buick said: Another big family. Very Nice ! Does anyone know the make of this great 7 pass touring?? Its very handsome! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dei Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 55 minutes ago, JamesBulldogMiller55Buick said: My prayers for you and your family , and condolences on your recent loss. Thank you so much Sir. Dad always said he wished he had kept his Model T but made up for it some by buying a 1920 Overland model 4 in 1966 which we grew up learning about "old cars". Many Happy Memories! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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