Post a picture of your father or grandfathers car..

[1957Birdman]

 

 

This is my dad with his first car, a green 1940 Ford convertible. Note the blackwall tires and nontypical front bumper guard. I wouldn't mind owning one today.  

 

Lew Bachman

1957 Thunderbird

[keiser31]

1 hour ago, 1957Birdman said:

 

 

This is my dad with his first car, a green 1940 Ford convertible. Note the blackwall tires and nontypical front bumper guard. I wouldn't mind owning one today.  

 

Lew Bachman

1957 Thunderbird

I like the 1935 Dodge Brothers to the right of the Ford.

[EmTee]

My maternal grandfather and his '51 Packard.

 

 

And later, his '55 Packard 400...

 

 

 

Edited July 25, 2023 by EmTee (see edit history)

[alsancle]

22 minutes ago, EmTee said:

My maternal grandfather and his '51 Packard.

 

 

And later, his '55 Packard 400...

 

 

 

I like those colors on the 400. Very rarely seen.

[61polara]

Dad on the left with his best friend and Dad's first car...1936 Ford in the North Carolina mountains about 1941-42.

Edited July 25, 2023 by 61polara (see edit history)

[V16]

Here is me admiring Grandpas car back in 1953

[Pomeroy41144]

My grandpa's Lincoln. 

 

Edited October 27, 2023 by Pomeroy41144 (see edit history)

[Pomeroy41144]

My mother with grandpa's Mercs.  

[Pomeroy41144]

Looks like my grandfather owned at least five Mercury cars.  

[Pomeroy41144]

My grandfather was in the Auto Radiator business in Chicago and Calumet City, Illinois.  That is his helper.  

Edited October 31, 2023 by Pomeroy41144 (see edit history)

[JACK M]

My grandpas brand new 34 Dodge.

Dad behind the wheel and uncle standing.

The uncle didn't make it thru WW2 so I never met him.

[M1842]

My Dad's 1963 Buick Skylark convertible.   The one car Dad said he regretted selling.

[M1842]

I think my grandfather's car must be in this picture that he took around 1936.  It's a nice period photo but I didn't discover it until many years after both Dad and Grampa's deaths so no back story.

[TexRiv_63]

My Dad was a milkman for Urbandale Farms Dairy in the 1930s in Delavan Wisconsin and had some interesting rides...

[motoringicons]

Both my grandfathers lived in Yugoslavia. Their horsepower was actual horse power or probably some  other type of donkey or cow power.

 

My father came over to the US from a very young age from Yugoslavia (not called Croatia back then). He grew up in Los Angeles and owned a 1951 Chevrolet Two Door in the early 1960s. He had "Dutch" pinstripe the car that was modified. He is still alive at 87.

[58L-Y8]

On 10/3/2023 at 1:40 AM, Pomeroy41144 said:

Looks like my grandfather owned at least five Mercury cars.  

Pomeroy411144:

Your grandfather bought a 1949 Lincoln sport sedan, Model 9EL, Body Style No. 74 which shares the body shells with the 1949 Mercury.  The Lincoln is 3" longer 121" wheelbase versus Mercury, was powered by the 337 ci L-Head V8 engine versus the Mercury 256 ci V8 engine and was priced at $2,575 versus $2,031.  The other 1949 Lincoln model series was the Cosmopolitan which shares only the powertrain, the body completely different.

Steve

[TexRiv_63]

I've posted these pictures elsewhere but they are my favorites because this jumpstarted my car repair obsession. In 1964 My Mom's car was this 55 Ford Customline. My Dad bought it new but by then it was pretty tired. So he jacked it up in our gravel driveway and proceeded to do a full valve and ring job. I was aware he knew how to work on cars but never to this extent. I was the light holder and tool grabber and I benefitted by learning a rich tapestry of curse words along with seat of the pants mechanical knowledge. He survived without the car falling on him and that engine ran perfectly for many years after including use as my first car.

[Oregon Desert model 45]

My Grandpa Joe was always trading in his car for something newer when I knew him, so I can only assume he never owned any car for very long even when he was younger.  Here he is with a 1926 Chevrolet, a sedan (with Grandma), and a model T speedster.  

[Oregon Desert model 45]

My Grandpa Albert with his father and their 490 Chevrolet. They drove this car cross country and back in 1922-23 seeking work for a total of 7025 miles.  

[theconvertibleguy]

Not the old man's, but one that was pretty similar. Was told that when I came along, the car had to go. To this day I wonder if it made the right choice or not 😛

[EmTee]

14 hours ago, theconvertibleguy said:

Was told that when I came along, the car had to go.

I heard the same story about my father's '57 T-bird... 

[arcticbuicks]

my fathers car next to my grandfathers car ( Riley ?)………and apparently my grandfather loathed a hot rod being in the yard ……my dad chopped the roof etc ........and he had a job delivering telephone books in his 1929 graham paige with back seat removed to pay for the hot rodding of the ford .........my dad later sold the car to Burton Cummings  as they grew up on the same area  in Winnipeg and hung out together along with a guy named Brian Buchan a real greaser who owned one of Canadá’s oldest speed shops called Softies speed shop just recently closed after 50-60 years  ,he got his nickname as his mother owned a typical 50s drive inn ice cream place called Softies ice cream 

Edited October 19, 2023 by arcticbuicks (see edit history)

[West Peterson]

I thought I had contributed to this thread when it first started, but I see I didn't. Both my grandfathers owned some classic cars. My mother's father had a 1939 Delahaye 135MS by Chapron, and my dad's father owned a 1934 Rolls-Royce, 1941 Packard. 

[John Bloom]

5 minutes ago, West Peterson said:

I thought I had contributed to this thread when it first started, but I see I didn't. Both my grandfathers owned some classic cars. My mother's father had a 1939 Delahaye 135MS by Chapron, and my dad's father owned a 1934 Rolls-Royce, 1941 Packard. 

West, very nice. I hope they are still in your family, but if they aren’t, have you tracked where they are or seen them recently?

[West Peterson]

My dad's father's first new car was a 1931 Chevrolet victoria coupe. My dad is sitting on the radiator.

[West Peterson]

4 minutes ago, John Bloom said:

West, very nice. I hope they are still in your family, but if they aren’t, have you tracked where they are or seen them recently?

 

I do a lot of investigating to find some of the cars that were in our family. While the 1941 Packard is still in the family (an heirloom, now, after 65 years), the Rolls and the Delahaye are long gone. Both are now in Europe. The Delahaye has taken on a completely different look, unfortunately, as in the 1980s an owner in California chopped off the top. The Rolls still looks much the same.

[Keith Ritchel]

My wife's father in northern Wisconsin, those were the days my friend!

[Mark Shaw]

Four Generations with a 1913 Model 31 Buick.

 

[theconvertibleguy]

6 hours ago, EmTee said:

I heard the same story about my father's '57 T-bird... 

It's funny that when he was single, he never owned a Ford. Usually Chevys; remember a Beaumont S/D being one of them. Once he got married he bought nothing but Ford's for quite a while.

[zepher]

Pictures from Sept of 1969.

My grandfather and his Pierce Arrow on his farm and the Pierce sitting at the farm.

 

I now own his Pierce Arrow.

 

Edited October 19, 2023 by zepher (see edit history)

[Ozstatman]

11 hours ago, arcticbuicks said:

my fathers car next to my grandfathers car ( Riley ?)………

 

Looks like a Rover P4

[arcticbuicks]

oh yes,thats what is is.....thanks

[alsancle]

My dad and Ted Billings in 1958. My dad’s on the right.

[alsancle]

This is my dad in his garage about 20 years ago.

[theconvertibleguy]

Damn that's an impressive garage

[58L-Y8]

On 10/19/2023 at 6:01 PM, zepher said:

Pictures from Sept of 1969.

My grandfather and his Pierce Arrow on his farm and the Pierce sitting at the farm.

 

I now own his Pierce Arrow.

 

Here is as good as my photo improvement software can bring it back:

[zepher]

Thank you for cleaning up the pictures, it made a big difference.

Same car, some 50 or so years later.

 

 

[TexRiv_63]

I may have posted this before - my Dad on the left with a buddy after a fishing trip, trolling motor tossed in the back seat. Looks like a 34 Ford and taken around 1937.

[Pomeroy41144]

On 10/8/2023 at 8:39 AM, 58L-Y8 said:

Pomeroy411144:

Your grandfather bought a 1949 Lincoln sport sedan, Model 9EL, Body Style No. 74 which shares the body shells with the 1949 Mercury.  The Lincoln is 3" longer 121" wheelbase versus Mercury, was powered by the 337 ci L-Head V8 engine versus the Mercury 256 ci V8 engine and was priced at $2,575 versus $2,031.  The other 1949 Lincoln model series was the Cosmopolitan which shares only the powertrain, the body completely different.

Steve

 

Thanks friend. Made the correction.  Yeah, he had two Lincolns. 

 

He also had five different Mercs over the years.  He gave my mom the 56.  

 

I messed up the Lincoln post.  

 

 

 

 

Edited October 27, 2023 by Pomeroy41144 (see edit history)

[Den41Buick]

On 7/26/2023 at 7:08 PM, V16 said:

Here is me admiring Grandpas car back in 1953

Looks like a 1941 Buick. Good taste!