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Title: Nostalgia - What We Drove in the 50's & 60's Post by: Nick Danger on October 11, 2007, 07:26:35 pm This is one of the best I've seen in a long time. Sit back and enjoy!
http://oldfortyfives.com/CarsWeDrove.htm Nick Title: Nostalgia - What We Drove in the 50's & 60's Post by: Conan71 on October 12, 2007, 08:42:46 am Probably the favorite of the motorcycles I've owned and/or restored: 1957 Harley FLH, note the bugle horn, white walls, and blue mudflap on the front fender, yeah baby!
(http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q55/71conan/TN/57flh.jpg) Title: Nostalgia - What We Drove in the 50's & 60's Post by: RecycleMichael on October 12, 2007, 08:54:45 am Please don't ride your motorcycle on the sidewalk.
It scares the kids. Title: Nostalgia - What We Drove in the 50's & 60's Post by: Conan71 on October 12, 2007, 09:18:04 am quote: In the time you've known me, have you ever seen me follow the rules? Title: Nostalgia - What We Drove in the 50's & 60's Post by: TheArtist on October 12, 2007, 11:27:35 am Aaah yes, I remember what I was driving in the 60's quite well.
(http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/2594/tricycleql7.jpg) That baby could shoot down a hill fast as lightning. I remember riding for blocks and blocks, exploring the ol hood. I moved up to a rad bigwheel in the early 70s. Title: Nostalgia - What We Drove in the 50's & 60's Post by: sgrizzle on October 12, 2007, 12:33:10 pm quote: I didn't know you were that old :) Title: Nostalgia - What We Drove in the 50's & 60's Post by: TheArtist on October 12, 2007, 05:36:21 pm quote: Thanks.... I think. Title: Nostalgia - What We Drove in the 50's & 60's Post by: Conan71 on October 15, 2007, 01:05:24 pm quote: Wanna race? Title: Nostalgia - What We Drove in the 50's & 60's Post by: joiei on October 15, 2007, 01:21:41 pm If I remember them all, in the 50s my mom drove a Studebaker sedan and my dad drove a Studebaker truck, he worked in the Todd Field basin in Texas. Then my mom upgraded to a Studebaker station wagon when there were 4 of us kids. After we moved to Florida, the next car was a 59 Ford Galaxie. The next car was a 63 Ford Galaxie. The next car was a 66 Mercury Park Lane. Then I went on my own and it was Volkswagon beetle time, my first was a 65.
Title: Nostalgia - What We Drove in the 50's & 60's Post by: restored2x on October 15, 2007, 01:31:07 pm quote: WOW! You still got that? What a kickass bike! Title: Nostalgia - What We Drove in the 50's & 60's Post by: Conan71 on October 15, 2007, 03:35:23 pm Nope, sold it about five years ago. That and my '65 Electra-Glide are two bikes I'd love to have back. I've got a 1945 61" Knucklehead I'm going to put together over the winter- pure period-correct bobber.
Only problem with the '57 was it was the last year before hydraulic brakes, you had to uh, plan your stops a little more in advance. Also the last year for the rigid frame. Believe it or not, the pogo-stick seat was a better ride than a '95 Heritage Softail I used to own. Title: Nostalgia - What We Drove in the 50's & 60's Post by: Steve on October 17, 2007, 05:49:41 pm My dad was a business insurance broker (property/casualty) with the Tulsa firm of Sisk & Wakefield, then later Marsh & McLennan in the 1960's. He was fortunate to receive a brand new company car every 2 years, and it was always a Chevy Impala. We had a '60 (with those squared off horizontal tailfins), '62, '64, '66, '68 and '70 Impala from his job. He died of a heart attack at age 45 in Jan. 1971. My favorite of all these cars was his 1968 blue Impala 4-door hardtop, 396 engine with TurboHydramatic. A family car to be sure, but it could really haul butt, if only in a straight-line sort of way. His last company car, the 1970 Impala, was a Gobi beige 4-door with tan vinyl top, 400 CID engine and that car could also burn rubber. The 1970 was the most luxurious and well-optioned of all our family Impalas, but I most liked the '68.
We also had a family car for my mom; I remember the 1954 Ford, 1962-1963 Plymouth Valiant (a real lemon as I recall) and then they bought a 1968 gold Chevy Impala. It had the standard 307 V8 with Powerglide tranny, not a real performer, but I clearly remember to this day when they drove that new car home from Wilkerson Chevrolet. I was in 6th grade at John Paul Jones elementary; I usually walked or rode my bike to school but I thought I was king of the neighborhood the first time mom drove me to school in that new gold 1968 Impala! |