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Ahh, a nice drive up Redbud Trail to Hall's apple farm off of 12. Then up through Buchanan along the St. Joe in the fall. Great drive!
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Yeah I know,...my young farm neighbour says I'm "older'n dirt",...(even though I saw his father go by in the combine and he's 87, much older'n me) but at least I have the greatest memories to go with it!! When I was a teen, we could go to the local wreckers and buy a week-end "driveable" car for 5 or 10 bucks. He didn't change the Registration as he knew he'd get the car back on Monday from wherever it ran out of gas or died. We'd have 'em for the weekend and he'd go out Monday, find 'em and tow 'em back.
Anyway the most I spent in those days was 15 bucks for the most beautiful car I can remember. Hey Bird,...this was a 1938 Packard Coupe,...the big Rolls type radiator grill and the huge long trunk. It was a big, heavy car and would "float" along those old gravel roads and "drift",...oh, so nicely through those gravel curves. (Not much traffic). Later a buddy had a 46 Studey pick-up,...nice truck.
I think back on those ten dollar cars now, it breaks my heart: Model-A's by the dozen,...a 28 Buick (with sign on back saying "4 wheel brakes")(of course those were mechanical), a 1925 Durant and a lovely little '31 Chevy with a spare on each front fender and the top down was easy to get a girl for the Sat. night dance. A boat-tail Star, a '28 Essex and many others,...in fact that's where the 38 Chrysler Limmo came from I spoke of in another thread. (Beat up as all get-out, but driveable,...amazing how we kids could fix 'em up and keep 'em going!)
On 2nd thought, that 31 Chevy wasn't a ten dollar car,...I paid 35 for that one and painted it with a "brush" and sold it for $75. and thought I was on the road to being a real "wheeler-dealer". OH BOY,...if "only" I had some of (or even "one") of those babies today!!!!! I'd love to have a Model-A, they were the greatest cars and took a lot of abuse, (after all we were fearless, careless,..wild, hard-driving, reckless,.. "teens"!!) and they were high off the ground with narrow tires which would cut through deep snow like butter!!
Naturally for the price there was lots wrong with them, after all they were in the wrecking yard!!! Lots of 'em you had to park on a hill,..then to start, slip it in 2nd or 3rd start rolling and pop the clutch to start 'er up. "Running-Boards and Rumble-Seats",....OH YEAH !! And just to clarify,....this was late 1940's and 1950's farm country Ontario. Come to think of it, I was about 14 when I bought my first of those many 5 or 10 dollar cars. Country,..back roads,..gravel of course,...oh man, but life was good,....but I tell ya for sure,..the good Lord was watching over me, or I wouldn't be here to tell the tale!!!!
OH GEEeeeeeze,....didn't mean to ramble so,.. just trying to come to Bird's rescue on the Studebaker and Packard post,... both old-time greats !!
So I'll jump down off the soapbox and let somebody else takeover here !!
CHEERS!
. . tug
PS: ..Kenstrac: WOW, some beautiful shots...no idea what the 2nd one is but the first one looks to me like it may be one of those fantastic old Deuzenbergs ?? Thanks for sharing. Thanks also to all who have shared, lovely stuff!
Anyway the most I spent in those days was 15 bucks for the most beautiful car I can remember. Hey Bird,...this was a 1938 Packard Coupe,...the big Rolls type radiator grill and the huge long trunk. It was a big, heavy car and would "float" along those old gravel roads and "drift",...oh, so nicely through those gravel curves. (Not much traffic). Later a buddy had a 46 Studey pick-up,...nice truck.
I think back on those ten dollar cars now, it breaks my heart: Model-A's by the dozen,...a 28 Buick (with sign on back saying "4 wheel brakes")(of course those were mechanical), a 1925 Durant and a lovely little '31 Chevy with a spare on each front fender and the top down was easy to get a girl for the Sat. night dance. A boat-tail Star, a '28 Essex and many others,...in fact that's where the 38 Chrysler Limmo came from I spoke of in another thread. (Beat up as all get-out, but driveable,...amazing how we kids could fix 'em up and keep 'em going!)
On 2nd thought, that 31 Chevy wasn't a ten dollar car,...I paid 35 for that one and painted it with a "brush" and sold it for $75. and thought I was on the road to being a real "wheeler-dealer". OH BOY,...if "only" I had some of (or even "one") of those babies today!!!!! I'd love to have a Model-A, they were the greatest cars and took a lot of abuse, (after all we were fearless, careless,..wild, hard-driving, reckless,.. "teens"!!) and they were high off the ground with narrow tires which would cut through deep snow like butter!!
Naturally for the price there was lots wrong with them, after all they were in the wrecking yard!!! Lots of 'em you had to park on a hill,..then to start, slip it in 2nd or 3rd start rolling and pop the clutch to start 'er up. "Running-Boards and Rumble-Seats",....OH YEAH !! And just to clarify,....this was late 1940's and 1950's farm country Ontario. Come to think of it, I was about 14 when I bought my first of those many 5 or 10 dollar cars. Country,..back roads,..gravel of course,...oh man, but life was good,....but I tell ya for sure,..the good Lord was watching over me, or I wouldn't be here to tell the tale!!!!
OH GEEeeeeeze,....didn't mean to ramble so,.. just trying to come to Bird's rescue on the Studebaker and Packard post,... both old-time greats !!
So I'll jump down off the soapbox and let somebody else takeover here !!
CHEERS!
. . tug
PS: ..Kenstrac: WOW, some beautiful shots...no idea what the 2nd one is but the first one looks to me like it may be one of those fantastic old Deuzenbergs ?? Thanks for sharing. Thanks also to all who have shared, lovely stuff!
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Bird
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I saw a Bail Out Studebaker bumper sticker at the McD's drive through a couple months ago! Thought it was pretty funny.
There are still quite a few Stude's driving around town here. Some really nice trucks, especially.
Here's a link to a really good site with tons of pics.
Picture review of the Studebaker from 1902 to 1939
The 36 Dictator is a sweet ride!
That's a bumper sticker I haven't seen.
That link is a good one. In the '50s, I thought the Studebaker Hawks were the best looking cars on the road. I would have loved to have a new Golden Hawk, but couldn't afford any kind of new car. But in late '58, I bought a used '57 Silver Hawk with the little 6-cylinder engine, manual transmission with overdrive. It sure was a good car. In the early '50s, my Dad worked for a drill stem testing company in Oklahoma and his company truck (one ton dually) was a Studebaker. That website says the introduction of the Lark saved Studebaker for awhile, and I think it was a good car, but sure didn't have anything in the "looks" department. When they came out with the Avanti, I got to drive the first one to come to Dallas. They were showing it at a dealer and taking people for rides in it, but said they weren't letting others drive it yet. However, once out of sight of the dealership and when the guy found I was driving a manual transmission Austin Healey Sprite at the time, he let me drive that Avanti. Ugliest car Studebaker ever built, but a dream to drive.
Egon
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The pictures have revived lots of pleasant memories of days gone by.
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Yes Egon,...that's my problem,...memories make me feel the need to share and then comes the long posts! Sure feels good to get 'em out there though! Sorry folks for being such an "old bore"!! I've tried to quit in the past,...can't do it!!
CHEERS!
. . tug
CHEERS!
. . tug