Featured Event Coverage Old Cars are Meant to be Driven!

topher, if that's the car I think it is the guy is from the Zeeland area. He started with a stock T body that I brought back from out west. Here's a picture of his

 

Sometimes old cars shouldn’t be driven quite so fast ….

 

Just don’t get caught

 

That's the one. The pic i took was at the Hudsonville Ace

 

Got spotted at a bit over 5,000 ft elevation on the drive home from a show a few hundred miles away. Was about 40 degrees out, and I was freezing my *** off in the car. Had to leave the window down so the windshield didn't fog up, hadn't sorted out the defrost situation at the time.

 

Very cool! I was caught once driving home from work, but much closer to home than you were. One of my friends sent me the pic.

 

Awesome, yeah I don't do facebook or social media at all (unless you count forums like this as social media, which I don't, so I can say I don't do social media)....I had about 10 messages from friends sending me that screen shot by the time I got the car in the garage.

 

This was 14 years ago. Camera was turned inward…..still one of my favorites

 

I also don't remember his name, but he had a pristine all original 58 Bonneville that his dad ordered when he owned the dealership. He used to bring it out to a small car show at the airport every year. If I recall it was 2 time green, I loved that car. I was up there from 2015-2019.

Sorry for the derail.

 

As the current custodian of my car I try to drive whenever I can. I love the feeling of getting behind the wheel and heading out of the driveway. For me it is a feeling of nostalgia when I'm behind the wheel. I often think about how many people over the past 85 years have sat in that car and the places it has been. The Mercury turns 85 this year.

I'm not shy to take her out just to run errands. Although the flatty doesn't like 'round town driving the return home journey is a good open road drive.



Heading into town.


Local car run ....

 

My punk kid driving his Edsel and p***ing me on the highway.

 

I saw the Merc in a few shots from the taildraggers show recently. Looking good!

 

Ha ha ha ... Love it mate !! must be good to share that p***ion with your kids !!!

 

Thank you for that. I try to make sure that it presents as well as she can at events.

 

Aussies waiting to drive

 

Not my photos... but worthy of showing.

 

NOT YET!

Ben

 

Thank you Jeff for stating this kool thread. I've been driving them for years and feel sorry for the guys that miss out on the Blessing. I just got my '60 back on the road after years of neglect. Looking forward driving it a lot this year. Driving a kustom or hot rod daily is great for the soul.

 

You haven't experienced a true road trip unless you have gone on a family vacation. We have been to Colorado and Florida. Picture of the Merc is when my 6year old son projectile vomited in the back seat. Good Times....

 

Oh I don’t miss those days of the kiddos getting car sick and trashing a perfectly good car

 

No projectile vomiting, but one of the kids dumped a whole large cup of coffee in the car on this trip to St. Louis. Oh, and even in this pic, the kids were complaining about sitting on a wet rear seat after I found out the rear window leaked during the monsoon the night before in Springfield.

And, man, all this talk of driving this stuff is making me itch to take off somewhere. Thankfully, I will have my radiator and heater core back for the shoebox later today so I can at minimum get back to daily driving the shoebox.

 

Let’s see you have 2 smiles, a “you gotta be kidding me “ and a “why meeee” going on there

 

My not so happy, happy, happy son in the back was never happy about not sitting in the front. Hard to rotate through all four kids getting to sit up front.

 

Yes indeed! A lesson you have to learn early when you live up here in Washington (the state, not the cesspool). If you're not willing to drive in the rain, you ain't driving a lot here.

 

Oh man! Any time you get that much, let's call it experience, together in one car- trouble will soon ensue! Hopefully someone nearby had a kind heart... and plenty of bail money! Haha, seriously, looks like a good time!

 

Breakfast with the chums this morning

 

I forgot to mention when I drive it it’s not just Sunday drives, it doesn’t get babied.

 

Lots of "experience" with this one!!!!!

 

So far no "bail money" needed, lol