Cars We Drove In The 50s & 60s (and some music)

[thedrifter]

Cars We Drove In The 50s & 60s (and some music)

Check it out. Love them cars and the music.

This is the greatest, takes ya right back to the Good Ol' Days.

http://objflicks.com/CarsWeDrove.htm

Ellie

[ggyoung]

Cars I had in the 50s-60s. 1955 Ford,1959 Ford, 1963 Plymouth. 1962 Carvair, 1966 Plymouth Baracuda, 1968 Plymouth GTX, and a 1970 Ford F250.

[FISTFU68]

:evilgrin: 1964 & 1/2 PLYMOUTH SPORT FURY,426 HEMI;BELONGED TOO MY PAPA.SONG ON THE AM.RADIO MY ANTHEM "THE WANDERER,BY DION":evilgrin:

[Sgt Blue]

They just don’t make them like they did back in the 50’s and 60’s. I can’t even think of a car that can even be called a Rod or even think of being called old school muscle. The only thing that comes close is the 07 Z06 vet, or a 94-96 Impala SS. The new charger is a Joke to the name. Are there any new car rolling off the floor that anyone would call a Muscle car? And I’m not talking Ferrari or Lambo. Wish I could have enjoyed them back then.

[Mytcbra96]

how cool I was out crusing in a 55 Tbird Sat night.... The Shelby 2007 GT 500 fills the bill for me and I hear the 08 KR is gonna be even quicker...Semper Fi :flag:

[semperfiman]

66 pontiac gto still roars

[ggyoung]

Several weeks ago I saw on tv a 1971 Plyemouth Cuda convertable sell for $2 .1 million. It was just a plain jane. WOW

[FISTFU68]

:evilgrin: A NORTHERN VIRGINIA GOOD 'OLE BOY I KNOW STILL HAS A 1967,CORVETTE STINGRAY;W/427/ZL-1/,OH AND HE ALSO HAS A AC-COBRA 427 CI;FOR YOU FIND ON ROAD DEAD FAN'S(LOL)HE HAS HAD THEM SINCE NEW.:beer:

[Sgt Blue]

I would almost sell my girlfriend for a all original cobra, I almost for got about the 2007 GT 500. It is a bad mofo in every right. I still like a car that can pull 100 hp per liter, with out a blower of any kind. So few car out there can claim that. To me that is the holey gale of engineering. Any thoughts on that one?

[Sgt Blue]

2.1 Mill. WOW. Did it come with a hot women also?

[FISTFU68]

:evilgrin: SGT.BLUE,THAT 427 COBRA;WILL DO 0-100MPH.BAC TO-0-IN LESS THAN 10 SECOND'S,IT'S NIC-NAMED;DRAG-ON-SNAKE.WILL TAKE PIC'S AND POST THEM IN FUTURE.EAT'S VIPER'S,TURBO-PORCHES;AND SUPER-BEAMMER'S FOR BREAKFAST(LOL) OH'YEA.MY GAL'S V-8 MAZDA,EAT'S NEW CHARGER'S UP;IT LIKES CHEWING ON THE HEMI-VERSION VERY TASTY(LMAO):beer:

[Sgt Blue]

Trust me I know how fast that car is. It was and still is to my knowledge one of only a few that can go 0-100 back to 0 then to 100 and back to 0 in less than 30 sec. That is fast. God I love my grandpa for the quality education that he gave me about cars. I have seen a few on the road up on Mulhuland Cny. Rd. in the past but not in some time. They sound so sick. I love a big block. I would love to see those pictures.

[Pugman]

How many remember that the AC Cobra advertised that 0-100-0 as a safety feature?

I still get the kids (20-somethings) and the ladies to turn their heads when I drive past in my 1971 Olds 442 W-30. :cool:

[Sgt Jim]

first car i owned was a 58 ford four door,paid 35 dollars for it.had a 312 cid,three speed trans with second gear missing.gas was 20 to 25 cents per gal.got me around,had a glass pac muffler that kept blowing off,radiator had more holes than a screen,kept 5 or 6 tubes of rad,stop leak in glove box and 5 gallons of water in a jerry can,used more water than gas.great car!!!.next car was a 1966 mustang,too cool!.

[sparkie]

http://thumb7.webshots.net/s/thumb4/0/9/90/84800990sAqPBg_th.jpg

'57 Pontiac Star Chief.

[FISTFU68]

:evilgrin: MY FIRST CAR,WAS A 64'IMPALA S/S 327 CI??? THIS WAS IN '66 ON THE RADIO,"I WALK THE LINE BY JOHNNY CASH":beer:

[sparkie]

Was a '62 Pontiac Tempest "Family Wagon". Been a "family car " ever since.. Have a "72 Chevy PU 350 New engine, Headers, C_20[3/4 ton] Wanna buy? Just kidding.:bunny:

[OLE SARG]

Here I go again showing my age. My first car was a 1946 Ford Coupe which I paid $90 for. Damn nice car and I tore it up in about a year. Wish I had that car back in the shape it was in when I bought it - it would be worth 15 - 20,000 or more.

SEMPER FI,

[greensideout]

Here I go again showing my age. My first car was a 1946 Ford Coupe which I paid $90 for. Damn nice car and I tore it up in about a year. Wish I had that car back in the shape it was in when I bought it - it would be worth 15 - 20,000 or more.

SEMPER FI,


So true! The cars we had and the cars we broke!!! I had many classics.
1963 1/2 Ford Falcon Sprint Convertible---Black on Black on Black and lots of crome, one of the first of many of my joy rides.

[K-Bay Jim]

1969 Mustang Mach I 351c.i. 4-speed
Sticker price off the showroom floor- $3051.00:marine:

[thedrifter]

Article published Aug 24, 2007
Father's Firebird lives on with a coat of black
The Washington Times

August 24, 2007

Vernon Parker - When Bill Kellenberger answered the Marines' call for a few good men in 1962, he left his very used Volkswagen with his father, Kay, who continued to use it until 1968, when the odometer had recorded 325,000 miles.

By then Mr. Kellenberger's hitch with the Marines was complete, and he returned April 1, 1968. He didn't want the old VW back, so his father used it as a trade for a new Pontiac Firebird.

The burgundy car was purchased Aug. 20, 1968, at Thompson Sales Co. in Springfield, Mo., with the window sticker showing a list of extra cost optional equipment, including:

• Firebird 350 V-8...$105.60.

• 3-speed shifter.....84.26.

• Push-button radio...61.09.

• Power top............52.66.

• White sidewall tires..31.60.

• Deluxe wheel discs..21.06.

• Deluxe steer wheel..14.74.

• Trim package .........5.27.

When all the negotiations had ended, the Pontiac cost $3,456.20. Records indicate that Pontiac in 1968 manufactured 16,960 Firebird convertibles. While his father spent the next quarter century enjoying the Pontiac, Mr. Kellenberger moved on in his career as a United Airlines pilot.

"About 1993," Mr. Kellenberger says, "Dad told me the Firebird was mine and to come and get it. I was too busy to get it, so I put him off."

That father-and-son scenario continued until Mr. Kellenberger's father died in 1997. After the funeral Mr. Kellenberger's mother, Margie, told him how close he came to losing the car. She said a neighborhood youth wanted to buy the car, and her husband said, "$5,000 and it is yours." The youth couldn't come up with $5,000, so the car sat in the garage.

Mr. Kellenberger retired in March 2000, and four months later his mother died. He went back to Springfield to get the Pontiac. As he was loading the car onto a trailer for the 1,200-mile trip home to Manassas, the neighbor — no longer a child — stopped by to say good-bye to the car he had wanted to own. At the time, it had been driven 87,575 miles.

"I didn't get enthused about restoring the Firebird until I considered changing the color to black," Mr. Kellenberger says. He has had other black cars, which he considers the most attractive car color.

After the Pontiac sat untouched for four years in his Virginia garage, Mr. Kellenberger began the restoration in May 2006.

"This Firebird was the best candidate for a restoration of the several cars I have restored. It was a one owner original, basically rust-free, a complete vehicle that had not been butchered, buggered or broken," Mr. Kellenberger says. It even has the original Identa-Plate, which was popular during that era.

The engine was rebuilt, and a four-barrel Quadrajet carburetor replaced the original two-barrel unit. All Mr. Kellenberger kept from the transmission was the Hurst shifter. The original three-speed manual transmission was replaced by a five-speed Borg-Warner T5 transmission, which provides better performance as well as improved economy.

A new black top covers the new black upholstery, which Mr. Kellenberger farmed out to an upholstery shop. Except for the stitching, he is proud to claim hands-on bragging rights.

He also replaced the "idiot lights" with new Rally gauges. The 8,000 rpm tachometer, with a redline of 5,400 rpm, still registers engine performance while mounted atop the engine hood.

The speedometer tops out at 160 mph.

He has a single regret about restoring his father's car involving the back bumper. It was bent and rusted through and was beyond repair, but Mr. Kellenberger hated to replace it because of two bumper stickers prominently displayed on it. He had sent the stickers, "Jane — Call Home 1-800-HANOI" and "The Marines are looking for a few good men," to his father back in his days as a Marine.

Before giving the car a shiny black coat, Mr. Kellenberger decided his car looked naked without a spoiler. Spoilers available in 1968, however, did not satisfy him, so he adapted a spoiler from a 1969 Trans Am. Today, it appears to have been there since Day One.

With the car painted black and rolling on new Rally II wheels, he took the car on its maiden voyage to Harrisonburg.During the trip he and his car were rained on for several hours. The good news is there were no electrical shorts and absolutely no leaks. "It's a new car," Mr. Kellenberger says. "I have every confidence in it."

Since the engine was overhauled and the restoration completed, the car has been driven about 600 trouble-free miles.

Now that the task of restoring his father's car is complete, Mr. Kellenberger says, "I think Dad would be proud of this car."

Ellie

[Sgt Jim]

hey i know this isn,t a car but first motorcycle i owned was a cl160 honda,i know a lot of people will call it jap crap and so on,it was what i could buy and ride back then,wanted a BSA or Norton,still riding today,still got a honda gertol bike,youknowthe kind,fairing,bags,trunk,and slow,wife hits me in the head if i go too fast.

[Osotogary]

Was the AC Cobra at one time called the AC Bristol?

[FISTFU68]

:evilgrin: YES MR.O-SINCE THE A.C.CAR WAS MADE IN ENGLAND BEFORE SHELBY,EVER PUT HIS HAND'S ON THE BAD-BOY AND MADE A "MONSTER" OUT OF IT.THAT BRISTOL HAD A STRAIGHT-6-IN HER???:evilgrin:

[Osotogary]

I didn't drive one but I did get to ride one holding on to the door while standing on the (I'll call it) the side-board on the outside, passenger side.
The year was 1963 and a youth councellor bought the 1939 Plymouth and through connections with a local high school's auto shop had the engine overhauled and re-installed into the car and then he had youth car club do the paint job. What a cherry, smooth running car that turned out to be. Imagine the below attached photo painted a deep maroone.

[Dave Coup]

My first a 1956 Studebaker, great looking body, ahead of it's time. The flat head 6 cyl. was junk. I sold it for the same thing I paid for it $50 and bought a 1954 Plymouth for $75..lasted me until I went to boot camp.

[ggyoung]

All them great and how fast they were and now the Ford 302 ci in a Mustang will do the same as the olds ones. They have came along way. A friend of mine while I was at Happy Valley Vietnam who was on the LA county sheriffe then he had a 2 year leave and joined the Marines told me about the CHP had gotten a Dodge that was a exspearment car with a V12 and a 5 speed auto trans. It had one seat and roll bars. It was used for chaseing down Carvetts. There was nothing in the US that could tuch it one the top end. So I was told. ????????????