Ah YES, I remember them well.....

[Glenn and Lorraine]

Boy, this brought back a lot of memories! I had a few of these myself. My all time favorites were my 57 and 59 Chevs.

Cars of our youth

[Waynem]

I did not see it there, but my two favorites were the 1951 Ford, and the 1955 Oldsmobile 88 four door coupe.

But I do remember all that are pictured. Thanks for bringing the memories up to the front of the line.

[boylanag]

Thanks for the trip down memory lane, Glenn! In those days, it was easy to tell the make, model and year and now I am not sure of even the make.

[BB_TX]

What a great set of pictures someone put together.
As boylanag said, back in the day when you could see a car a 1/4 mile away and call out the make and model. Today at 50 yards, you can't tell a Mazda from a Mercedes or a Hyundai from a Lexus.
Had a '55 Chevy 210 and later a '62 Chevy Impala 2dr hardtop in anniversary gold. Loved that '62, but the '58 Chevy Impala Convertible was always (and still is) my dream car. Just wish I could afford to buy one.

[DonandJudy_12]

Thanks for the memories!

[Dustytuu]

Thanks Glen for the pictures and memories. I remember all of them! Owned a few.

[Waynem]

Now here is one that I did not even know existed.

Only one left in the world.

1932 Helicron

[Phyllen]

Ah - my first car - a Turquoise 53 Mercury. Gads, I loved that car! This was in 1961.

Phyllis

[BB_TX]

Wayne - That is a new one on me also. Never heard of such.
But interestingly, if you google, you will find more than one. There are pictures of them that are obviously different; different color, 2 blade prop, 4 blade prop, safety grill in front of prop, etc. One site says in Jay Leno's garage. Another says in a Nashville museum.

[Bill-N-Donna]

Nice collections of photos. I was looking for my first car and didn’t see it in there. It was a 1962 Ford Fairlane 500, with 3-speed stick shift on the column. Ever wish you would have kept you first car?

[simonsrf]

Glenn,

Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

My favorite photo was of the 1958 Edsel Citation with the caption:
"The EDSEL LOOK is here to stay -and 1958 cars will prove it."

[indy roadrunner]

Oh man, thanks Glenn, that was back when they made "cars". Those trophys had metal in them and a 15 mph bump into something wouldn't even scratch the paint. Today's plastic "cars" are so much scrap and totaled with a 5 mph bump into something.
I didn't see any Packards or Hudson's in that group - now there were some tanks. My favorite - the 57 Chev. Couldn't go wrong with that one and it was a "chick" magnet.

[1Happycamper]

Sweet
Bill

[clutch]

WOW!! Nice find. I had several of them and wouldn't really want any of them back if it was my only transportation.

[otto0813]

We got a kick out of this - especially seeing the '49 Mercury. Hubby just bought one that he is working to completely restore! Gonna be a lot of fun and a beauty when he finally finishes!

[deerrahn]

Do I feel older than dirt. My first car was a 1929 Model A. Later I upgraded to a 1950 Olds. Man would it fly. Glad I am Having a Great Day. You Have a Great Day also.

[Art-n-Marge]

Hey! I am way too young to have OWNED any of those cars, but my Dad and Uncles did drive us around in a few of them. btw - Wasn't it called a Plymouth Valiant, not Chrysler (It is chrysler but via the Plymouth label)?

How young am I? My first old car was a 1967 Mercury Cougar I bought in 1974. The oldest car I owned was a 1966 Chevy Belair acquired in 1980.

Have we come a long way? My Montana is larger and nicer than our first apartment!