Old Family Photos ( Car Related )

Mom, who is 87 years young called and ask if I would like some old photos with cars in them, as she was going through all her old pics and sorting them out.
Well!, does the Pope***** in the woods? of course I would love to have'em.
These were probably taken around the Joplin/ Web City area.

The brass era car with the three and a half ladies in it are left to right, My great grandmother, HER mother, a friend of the family and her daughter.

My great grandmother was a deaf mute, the guy on the Indian ( my favorite of the bunch) is a friend of hers. Also a deaf mute.

the others I don't have a lot of info but I love the open cab solid wheeled oil field hauler buried up to the axles.

Enjoy,
GV

 

"Mud is mud in hog town" thats crazy, that moving all that weight, proly has a lil' 4 banger in it. Cool pics gordon

 

Old photos I've found

 

Is the Merc a 52? Never saw one with saddle trim like that. Very cool....altho it looks decked and possibly frenched? Hmm...any more pics of that car? Curios cat over here lol.

 

My favorite old photo is of my father-in-law on his hot rod. Pic was taken in Middletown, IL about mid 30's. Model T base and a tail out of the junk yard. Certainly wasn't lowered.

 

I found the photo in a box of family photo's at an antique store. On the back says "my car" and stamped on the front is "APR 56". Don't know anything else. I collect old family photos of interesting cars.

 

Heres one of me and what I leaned to drive on.....National lawn tractor

 

Those old pic's are so cool. Wish I knew what happed to all the ones my family had.

 

here are some more old photos.

 

Here is my Great Grandfather (left) and his brother. Great Grandpa rode that motorcycle with Great Grandma (riding in a side car) from Kansas to CA and back (from how the story goes, if I remember it correctly or sold it in CA don't remember). Hell of a long trip on a bicycle hahahh.


Great Grandpa also built this in Salem, KS as it was the center of the US population at the time.

 

more found photos

 

old photos rule!!!

thanks for sharing!

 

I think that trim at the belt line is off of a '55 Mercury.

 

Here's my grandpa when he was 8 in 1915 with Great Grandpa and his brand new 1915 Carter. The car itself is interesting...it was a friction drive. Had some sort of felt covered flywheel with a rubber wheel that ran against it to the driveline. There was a lever that moved the rubber wheel in and out along the face of the flywheel to change the speed of the car. Grandpa never ceased to be amazed by it, even into his 90's.

 

Here is a pretty rad photo from WAY back...anyone who saw the last Kustoms Illustrated with the orange 54 Merc hardtop, here is the original builder (my uncle) with his sister and father. Wonder why I'm so nuts about 49-51 Mercs...guess its hereditary.

 

This is my dad, his car and his buddys. Picture was taken 1936 to 1939. I beleave it is a 1931 ford roadster. damb I miss him. My dad is the one one the far right

 

Anybody know what the car with the lady sittin on the trunk is?

 

Hey,

Perhaps, it's a Hudson Terraplane?

 

Here's a couple from my family.My grandfather in a 1903 Stevens-Duryea that was a gift to him from the man he worked as a chauffeur for circa 1910.The second one is of the same car with my grandmother beside him.The pictures are about 17x22. I grew up in their home.She passed away in 1954 and he in 1965.

The motorcycle belongs to my great uncle Jim and was taken about 1918 or 1919.My aunt(who celebrated her 94th birthday on April 4)gave me the picture and some information about him.

He and his wife used to ride that bike from Pittsford Vermont to St. Augustine Florida every year.The trip took about 3 weeks and was nearly 2000 miles one way.No Interstate highways and very few paved roads.After about 5 years he bought a sidecar for the bike ostensibly so his wife would be more comfortable.It was mostly used to carry their luggage.

I wish I could have met them but they died many years before I was born.I bet they would have had some interesting tales to tell.

 

Here are a few of my dads cars.

 

And some more family photos.

 

Last two, I promise. Grandpa's car.

 

pops

 

Shot of my pop,have posted before but love this pic! Somtime in late 50's.

 

That's a cool picture! He looks like he was having a great time.