Nostalgia - What We Drove in the 50's & 60's

[Nick Danger]

This is one of the best I've seen in a long time. Sit back and enjoy!
http://oldfortyfives.com/CarsWeDrove.htm

Nick

[Conan71]

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!

[RecycleMichael]

Please don't ride your motorcycle on the sidewalk.

It scares the kids.

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by recyclemichael

Please don't ride your motorcycle on the sidewalk.

It scares the kids.

In the time you've known me, have you ever seen me follow the rules?

[TheArtist]

Aaah yes, I remember what I was driving in the 60's quite well.




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.

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by TheArtist

Aaah yes, I remember what I was driving in the 60's quite well.




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.

I didn't know you were that old

[TheArtist]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

quote:Originally posted by TheArtist

Aaah yes, I remember what I was driving in the 60's quite well.




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.

I didn't know you were that old

Thanks.... I think.

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by TheArtist

Aaah yes, I remember what I was driving in the 60's quite well.




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.

Wanna race?

[joiei]

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.

[restored2x]

quote:Originally posted by Conan71

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!

WOW! You still got that? What a kickass bike!

[Conan71]

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.

[Steve]

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!