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What were you driving in 1956?

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In '56 @ 2yrs old I was probably breaking in new trike, most likely from Sears or Western Auto. According to family photos of that era, the old man was rockin' a '50 Merc 2dr, soon to be replaced by a '58 Fairlane 500 2dr HT, 352 interceptor special!

 

I got my frist car in 1956, and I've been car crazy ever since.

 

My Mom crazy

 

A bicycle, I was 7 years old but already into model cars due to my older brother.

 

Fall, 1954 standing in front of my first car ( 10 years later ) pointing out the new 1955 Alabama plates
( HAMB INFO ) 1954 Ford Customline 239 V8 Y block, 3 speed, 4 door

 

Schwin and an 8N tractor.

 

At that time I could not crawl far enough to get behind the wheel

 

I was five. I had a tricycle, probably from Monkey Wards or Western Auto.

Dad had a 53 Ford Customline flathead V8, grandpa p had a 53 Buick, and Grandpa K had a 53 Chevy.

1953 must have been a good year for the local new car dealers.

 

I was born in September of that year.

 

I was 12 and all my driving was limited to dirt roads or the fields with an Allis-Chalmers WD 45 or '41 Chevy pickup.

 

My Mom and Dad were 1 in 1956, so I wasn't even a twinkle in their eyes.

 

I was driving a Drivers Ed stick shift Rambler . . .

and trying to find a way to get the $49 31 Model A Pickup home.

 

I was 8 and giving my old 500 lb.(it seemed that heavy!) bicycle all it could handle. Couple years later I got a NEW bike !!
I still remember the guy up the street in his titty-pink 56 Starliner Ford !!
Man....was that a sweeet ride.
6sally6

 

My mama's left nipple. I was born in April of that year.

 

Driving a '51 Ford Victoria.

 

Not Running Yet...

 

A Columbia girl's 26'' middleweight. I'm 9, & learned to ride it in the dirt with 2 flat tires ...

 

My dad wasn’t even driving yet in 56… Well, at least he wasn’t driving legally. He did grow up on a farm though.

 

I was eight and wasn't driving anything, but my dad had a '56 mint green and white Ford Victoria.

 

At 14 years of age, my blue Columbia bicycle was earning my disdain, especially since it had 24" wheels instead of the 26" wheels of a big kids bike. However knowing that the next year I would be eligible for a Learner's Permit, and then a full Drivers License, I was eyeing my Old man's blue and white '55 Olds Super 88 like a starving man watching a turkey dinner.

 

Was 4 years old in 1956 and was tearing up the sidewalks with a lime green Garton Kiddilac. Looking back, I'm surprised my parents bought me the cheapo version without the hood ornament and electric headlights...cheap bastards.

 

I was 6 years old and already in my first car club. HRP

 

I was 5 so shoe leather got me from A to B. No pictures but it did happen.

 

bunch of old farts around this place. in 56 my mom and dad either had a 51 Mercury 2 door or maybe they had the 53 Chevrolet 4 door by then. I didn't drive until probably 1964 when I got my first pedal car. if it was not this exact one it was very close.

 

Damn, JiveBomber; how old do you think most of us ARE?

 

Mine wasn't store bought, sort of a Modified !

 

Family car was a Triumph Mayflower soon to be replaced by a 1947 baby blue Ford coupe. I was 5 years old.

 

Wasn’t driving, but got a ride home from the hospital in dad’s brand new 1953 Bel Air…

 

At 8 & 11 , my older brother , my grampa &
I bolted a 3 HP Briggs to 2- 2x8 from a packing crate with wheels from whatever wagon axle ( rope) steering , a centrifugal clutch , chain drive. Speedster with choke cable throttle . When my mother witnessed one of our 35 mph runs ( grampa drove beside us ), banned the car & my grandfather , it sure was fun while it lasted !!