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My dad traded his '48 Chrysler Windsor in on a new '50 Lincoln. Kept it until '53. My mother had a '50 Mercury stick with OD.
Maybe it is just parked there
I have always rather liked the '51-4 Packard design. I did not care much for the '48-50 style although a lot of people did.
What a great bunch of cars to choose from in '59. We had an Olds Super 88 2dr hardtop, and a Cad SDV 6 window, both with AC and the Cad had...
I think the '56 Lincoln convertible was right up there with the most beautiful cars of the '50's. It made our '55 Lincoln look like something from...
I do too!
Done by people who wrecked their car and didn't have the money to fix the lights correctly. They passed it off as "customizing" but we knew the truth.
My dad's medical office occupied about 1/2 of the 6th floor of the white bldg. at 3875 Wilshire Blvd.
Jerome is great. In copper mining territory, we stop there when in AZ.
I agree. People used to be able to afford nice cars. Corvettes were owned by normal people. The members of our Corvette club were great people who...
This was the real Beany show of the early '50's that was done at the KTLA studios when they were outside the Paramount Gate. In 1st & 2nd grade,...
Had a red '64 Corvette just like that one. 365/327. How did I let that get away?
Me too! What was I thinking?? After further thought, I know that I rationalized selling it and the other great cars by telling myself I would...
Wow, thanks for the Roy Orbison photos. I don't think I have ever seen those. I presume that was his first wife who was killed, very sad. He was...
I like the Meteor version better.
IIRC there is an explanation of this car way back in part 1 somewhere. Wish I could recall what it was
As interesting as FI full size Chevy's are. there were in '59 only 5 Biscaynes, 2 Bel Air's, and 18 Impalas produced by the factory. There were a...
I will take the Pierce Arrow convertible for $395!
Not fuel injected. That line for '57 has a script that says "Chevrolet" in that position
I disagree. We had a '50 Lincoln and I liked it a lot. At the same time. my mother had a '50 Mercury and I liked it too.
No, black plates started in 1963 FYI. Yellow continued through '62.
I have taken lots of photos of this combo at the Petersen Museum.
Got to get rid of these 6cyl cars somehow!
It is a posed photo likely for a magazine. The photographer wanted everyone to look nice. They decided not to dirty them up so as not to offend...
I remember my mother shipping a box of my outgrown stuff every year to a cousin in MS who was 3 yrs younger. I never met him
Jean Harlow and her Caddy!
Cad is a '55
It is currently open but is for sale for something like 4.7 mil. It seems unclear what the future holds as I guess the original owners sold it in...
Great catch! We are going to find that movie and run it! Has to be fun!!
My friend had a '57 with a Cad and 3spd Cad/LaSalle trans with a floor shifter. He kept the original 283 in his garage to re-install when he sold...
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