Remember the no heat on cold days and no AC on hot days?’And cramming as many friends as possible in it to go to the Drive-In movies that charged per car? Remember carrying a gallon of water for when the radiator overheated? Ah, yes, “/those were the days!”
53 Chevy Bel Air here. 6 cylinder, 4 door, skirts, visor, 2 speed automatic. Reverse was at the bottom of the shifter, not the usual PRNDL of late. If you tried to downshift too quickly, you’d hit reverse and the rear axle would try to swap places with the back seat! I could get 8 inside (2 more in the trunk) for the drive-in. Loved that “Bomb”!!!
‘55 Chevy, Hurst shifter and a paisley headliner. Motor and tranny swap made the speedometer read high. I had to do 75 to keep up with traffic on a 55 highway. It ended it’s life on it’s top in front of a highway patrol station in Springfield Illinois.
I wasn’t allowed to have a car during my high school years; however once I started at the U of M, it was a ‘60 Plymouth Belvedere sedan for my first real car. Not Christine; but close! You know, Chrysler products in the 50’s and 60’s came pre rusted from the factory!
Before that it was Mom or Dad’s car, either a Mercury or a Dodge…
The guys in my HS who had the means, would drive their jalopies over the border to Mexico and have Tuck & Roll upholstery installed and pin-striping trim on the paint job. This was not an option in my neighborhood, though.
They still make Buicks but you could probably stuff one of the new ones in the trunk of my ‘55.What’s with those Buick folks anyway? I’ve never seen a car advertised as impossible to tell from everybody else’s. Manufacturers would go to great lengths to distract you from the similarities between their own car lines as well as the other companies’ cars.
LuvThemPluggers almost 9 years ago
Remember the no heat on cold days and no AC on hot days?’And cramming as many friends as possible in it to go to the Drive-In movies that charged per car? Remember carrying a gallon of water for when the radiator overheated? Ah, yes, “/those were the days!”
Plods with ...™ almost 9 years ago
Hudson Hornet and submarine races? Kewl
pathfinder almost 9 years ago
Well, it’s true that the ’51 Ford has been out of production for some time now.
pschearer Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Rambler, Studebaker, Kaiser, Plymouth, Desoto, Hudson, Packard, just to reminisce a few.
Caldonia almost 9 years ago
“Actually, that is my old car. That’s odd.”
mggreen almost 9 years ago
53 Chevy Bel Air here. 6 cylinder, 4 door, skirts, visor, 2 speed automatic. Reverse was at the bottom of the shifter, not the usual PRNDL of late. If you tried to downshift too quickly, you’d hit reverse and the rear axle would try to swap places with the back seat! I could get 8 inside (2 more in the trunk) for the drive-in. Loved that “Bomb”!!!
bbear almost 9 years ago
I’ve apparently put Plymouth and Oldsmobile out of business. Driving a Toyota now. I think they are safe.
Oge almost 9 years ago
‘55 Chevy, Hurst shifter and a paisley headliner. Motor and tranny swap made the speedometer read high. I had to do 75 to keep up with traffic on a 55 highway. It ended it’s life on it’s top in front of a highway patrol station in Springfield Illinois.
ladylagomorph76 almost 9 years ago
By now everyone has figured out I’m a BelAir fan! Want a 56 Aqua one!
jppjr almost 9 years ago
1958 Rambler wagon…didn’t have buses in the city limits…this was in the late 60’s
neverenoughgold almost 9 years ago
I wasn’t allowed to have a car during my high school years; however once I started at the U of M, it was a ‘60 Plymouth Belvedere sedan for my first real car. Not Christine; but close! You know, Chrysler products in the 50’s and 60’s came pre rusted from the factory!
Before that it was Mom or Dad’s car, either a Mercury or a Dodge…
charliedawg almost 9 years ago
52 Merc,2 door, 2 inch chop,3 inch channel 3 inch drop 292 cu.in. tri power, 4 on the floor, lake pipes candy apple red. she was my baby.
LuvThemPluggers almost 9 years ago
The guys in my HS who had the means, would drive their jalopies over the border to Mexico and have Tuck & Roll upholstery installed and pin-striping trim on the paint job. This was not an option in my neighborhood, though.
wiatr almost 9 years ago
They still make Buicks but you could probably stuff one of the new ones in the trunk of my ‘55.What’s with those Buick folks anyway? I’ve never seen a car advertised as impossible to tell from everybody else’s. Manufacturers would go to great lengths to distract you from the similarities between their own car lines as well as the other companies’ cars.
TheDadSnorlax Premium Member almost 4 years ago
chevelle