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1915 Crane Simplex. Bought in 1945. Grandparents used to take the car on the Glidden tour. Car broke down in the Holland Tunnel one day, and...
My grandfather's 1932 Mercedes Cabriolet. My dad believes this car had a factory body, and not a custom built body. Bought for $800 in 1950, and...
1957 Chevy Flower Shop truck. Rare 265 V8 stick. My dad used to drag race it out on Long Island, but he can't remember where exactly. He worked...
front... I guess it was a real piece of shit. [img]
My dad's '50 Chevy fastback. Paid $35 in 1960 for the car right before he went into the Navy. Straight 6, nosed and decked with stolen '57 Caddy...
I'm not a huge fan of the tri 5 Chevies, but my dad's ole '56 just has the look. He had the upholstery done in TJ in (I think) '68. Black...
1956 Chevy bought in summer of '66 after the Navy when my dad lived out here in Pomona, CA and attended Cal Poly. Car had an early 350 with '58...
ass end... [img] [img]
My dad's '59 Chevy convertible. Bought in 1964 and paid $750.00 in Long Beach while stationed out here in the Navy. Totaled the car later and...
I know I am getting off the post topic, but here is my dad's '49 Merc he bought in 1960 back East...
I figured you guys would enjoy seeing some other cars my dad has owned back east and over here in California as well...I'll start with his '49...
Front with an unknown bumper guard. It was on there when my dad bought the car, but it does not fit the '36 Ford bumper. Kinda kool anyway......
Oops, posted that one twice there...here's more. [img]
more...enjoy. [img]
Maybe sombody could lighten up that last one for me... If so, thanks in advance. Here's my dad in the mid '50s... [img] Dig the fake Caddy...
My dad in the passenger seat and my grandfather on the day it came home, July, 1955. It had rained, and my dad had to keep wiping the windshield...
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