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I mostly remember "Goldie" a beautiful 1965 Ford Galaxie 500 352 V8 that my Dad bought almost new as a demonstrator that we had for at almost 10 years.
Loved those vertical headlight clusters, new grill and crisp styling that vastly modernized that model vs the 1964 (looking back as classic car enthusiast now). I remember every inch of her, the vast sweeping dashboard, the cool fabric on the seats and the pull-down arm rests (which I used to sit on as a "booster" seat as an older toddler) the cool little emblem on the sail panel, the hood ornament and the modern pull-up door releases incorporated into the arm rests. I even remember the dealer installed air conditioner system jury-rigged under the dashboard that used to leak on the carpet all the time.
We had a 1951 Mercury, a big black son of a gun. When it died my folks could not afford a new car so we rode for years in my dad's old 60's Chevy pickup truck. Quite a trick as there were six of us all crammed in there and it was a manual transmission. Fun times! Then they got a Chevy Impala, within a year the floor in back seat rusted out and it also became a Flintstone mobile. Next car was an Oldsmobile 88, she had it about a week when I ran into it on a riding lawnmower. There were a couple more 88's. Then she decided she needed a Lincoln town car. You know, the one with the hood that was as long as an aircraft carrier, we nicknamed it the mafia mobile. And wouldn't you know it, a real life mobster tried to buy it from her. This guy was famous and very scary. She wouldn't sell it.
I was born in 1946. My family lived the the Bronx and my Dad worked in the Bronx so it was a while before we got our first car - a blue 1952 Chevy DeLuxe 2 door. The photo was taken around 1956 with my sister and brother in the car.
white rambler station wagon, 1958, same year I was born. it was used when my parents got it. The R and the M were missing, so for years I thought it was an ABLER
the first new car my family ever got was 1968 ford thunderbird
I remember my Aunt and Uncle who lived in Las Vegas had the '68 four-door Thunderbird with the suicide doors and the MK IV oval opera window in the sail panel which I thought was sooo cool!
We used to go to drive-in movies in our pajamas and fall asleep in the back. Good times. Usually a double feature, so the kids would fall asleep during the first movie, and then my folks could enjoy the 2nd movie "alone," while we slept in the back.
I remember my dad had a spotlight attached to the driver's door, and on the big screen there would be a moving image that everyone with the spotlights attached to their cars - would try to follow. There would be food and swing sets and music, etc., before the movies started. Was a real party.
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