Post a pic (or advert) of your families car when you were a kid...

unclebilly · unclebilly's Garage

Ok, now for something completely different. Post up a photo of your family's grocery getter when you were a kid. Bonus points if it is a pic of the actual car.

Hint, this is the place to post your mom's car, not your dad's hot rod.

I'll start. 1979 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser in this brown with the wood grain, 403 Engine and Velour Interior...

stevej37 · 10-01-2017, 04:08 AM

wdfifteen · wdfifteen's Garage

'58 Dodge wagon. Ours was yellow and white. Pretty car, 360 V8 four barrel that would pass anything but a gas station. The transmission went out in 1964 and dad junked it because of all the rust.

billjam · billjam's Garage

That's me in front!

Scott Douglas · Scott Douglas's Garage

Billjam - sent you a PM.

fastfredracing · 10-01-2017, 04:53 AM

Jolly Amaranto · 10-01-2017, 04:59 AM

Our brand new 56 Chevy at a motel in Los Cruses, New Mexico. My older brothers and me.

id10t · 10-01-2017, 05:13 AM

Grew up in my 356... Other car was a Rambler. Had a VW camper. Sold camper and Rambler, got a '76 Olds Vista Cruiser (was my first car).

WPOZZZ · 10-01-2017, 05:21 AM

My pops used to have these.

Mom's

72doug2,2S · 72doug2,2S's Garage

We had two at the same time. One light blue and one light beige. Not actual photo.
Most our photos were 35 mil slides.

JackDidley · JackDidley's Garage

Yellow/black '56 BelAir. No, thats not my mom.

nota · 10-01-2017, 06:35 AM

dad was a flipper who avg a different used car every 6 months
preA A B C D [the karman] a speedster and a real carrera for P cars in 356's
several jag mark 4-5 1/2 dozen Lincoln cont markII , caddys I lost count of
and a hk500 facel 58 hemi and a facel II 62 max wedge
a MB 190sl and the odd ball a corvair van
before I was born he had a scarab the pre-mini van of the mid 30's that he keep for 10 years
and built some of his own like the gadabout and hyd cars
and an early F/G body pre-tbird ford 2 seater

masraum · 10-01-2017, 06:44 AM

I remember the Malibu, a Nova that I didn't have a picture of, the white Olds and the white Midget. There was another picture with just the last few inches of a black MG too, but I don't remember that one.

I only remember the olds on one camping trip where it had a blow out and dad was pissed. I suppose it could have been the same trip as the photo below.

My dad spent a year away from us when he went back into the Navy. I have no idea what Mom drove in that year. Maybe the Malibu, but I really couldn't say. The only thing that I remember about that year is where we lived.

Me in front of the family truckster that servered us from 1978-1980 in Japan.

Lots of snow by smasraum, on Flickr

family truckster from 80-82 in Pensacola, FL

The family truckster in Japan from 82-84

dafischer · 10-01-2017, 07:42 AM

Not actual pics of the family's trucksters, but the same cars.

Truckster I came home from the hospital in, 1950 Chrysler Windsor Town & Country wagon

Next after the Chrysler, 1962 Nova wagon

After the Nova, 68 Impala Custom Coupe (327 with Muncie 4 spd)

pwd72s · 10-01-2017, 08:17 AM

Dad's was a Deluxe 2 door...

Racerbvd · Racerbvd's Garage

Buick Apollo was one of the cars we had when I was a kid..

yellowperil · 10-01-2017, 08:47 AM

motion · 10-01-2017, 08:53 AM

Kahuku, Hawaii 1966

yellowperil · 10-01-2017, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yellowperil

Sorry, that can't be right. Memory fails me, I think it was more like the car below 1949 Ford Prefect. This was the car I learned to drive with.

Sorry for the mixup., They do have similarities though.

Borders Reivers · 10:52 AM

1950 Pontiac Streamliner

...then a 1955 Pontiac Star Chief (ranch horse bit the amber lighted Indian Chief hood ornament and cracked it into a thousand pieces but it stayed together)

Mother's first car - 1947 Chevrolet - "Boiling Betsy"