Featured Hot Rods Where were you in '62?

Bumping this. Finally got a couple pictures of my 53 Chevy and Cushman on the first page of this thread.

17 years old and cruising the streets of our small Nebraska town in my 53 Chevy and trusty Cushman scooter and trying to spend as little time as possible in the principals office. Had started collecting Little Pages. I was hooked on 32 Fords. Life was good.

 

Born in 59, 62 is a little hazy for me. It was probably nice since I was still an only child. 63, 67, and 69 gave me three brothers. Life was never the same.

 

My 54 in 63

 

Developing eyelids!

 

My first year at a Roman Catholic seminary...
Obviously, it didn't work out.

 

No...... but I hope you managed to teach them a thing or two.

 

< We were in 2nd grade, different schools...

 

This would be me in 62 with the flat top. Well 6 days till 62. { notice my 1961 Ford model on the floor under the Christmas tree. }

 

This thread makes me feel young. My parents were in Kindergarten in '62.....

 

I have some "flat top" pictures around here somewhere. I like the rotary phone and the Buddy-L camper too!

 

1962: I spotted a channeled 1930 Ford Roadster body in a barn on Gilbert Street. Got it for cleaning out all the other parts that the owner wanted out of the way.


I sold it in 1976, got it back 25 years later, one of the slowest builts on the HAMB.

Bob

 

that pretty teacher looks like she's taking a deep breath ..

 

Searching all over town for a beautiful blonde in a white T-bird.

Chaining the local cop's axle to the light pole.

And a bunch of other stuff.

 

I was 26 years old and going into the service to jump out of airplanes.

 

I graduated from HS in '62 and bought my first car, a '57 Austin Healey, 100-6.

We put a chopped a channeled '32 5 window coupe body on my best friend, George's ch***is, because his stock, full fendered '32, burnt on the Santa Ana Fwy, from a clutch going out on the Olds engine.

 

In 1962, I was either working on a hot rod or in my boat. (Then there was also that high school thing.)

 

Well in 1962, I wasn't even a *****le as neither of my parents had been born yet, lol. Although my grandparents that got me hooked into this cl***ic car hobby, were dating most of 62 and got married late in the year. The 61 Impala we have now is the replica to the 61 my grandfather had ordered new in late 1960 and that was the car they dated in.




Then as far as where Taboo was in 1962, it was near the end of its original show car run. Ron and his brother would sell the car in 63(maybe 64) and the car would go downhill before its redo to black.

 

Senior, LAHS

 

My Parents got married in 62.I fell out of the nest in 65.Dad had a 62 corvair they took on the honeymoon.

 

I knew it.

 

Same place I used to tell my kids when they asked "Where was I before I was born?".....in outer space!

 

1962, first day of kindergarten.
Came home and announced to my mother...
"I saw the prettiest blonde haired girl I've ever seen in my whole life!"
She told Dad what I said.
Dad: "Oh brother."