Seeing this particular car and in the exact shape that it's in, reminds me of something I would have seen growing up. I currently live and also grew up. (NY-NJ Area 30 miles outside of NYC) The image that this car reminds me of, is seeing something like a 60-65 year-old widow owning something that looks exactly like this around 1978-84. Actually a woman of that age in these modern times would drive a much newer car. It's kind of hard to describe but I just don't find blue collar working-class senior citizens in my area anymore, & this car reflects what I used to see 30-35 years ago.
Richard, I owned one of these in the fall of '76. Mine was a wagon that saw service as a State Of Illinois civil service vehicle. It was this same White color with dogdish hubcaps. It didn't even have a radio, but that old wagon would run. It also had a 3-speed tranny too. I know what you mean about those widow ladies and their wonderful old cars. A friend of my Dad's bought a running '41 Olds sedan for $50.00 back in 1970. My Dad and his friend were police officers at that time and were chasing a burglary suspect down a dead end street. After they got their man, Dad's friend looked to his left and saw the car parked in a garage on that side of the street. A couple of days later, the friend bought the car which turned out to be an 8 cylinder/ Hydramatic model that only needed to be tuned up and washed to be a daily driver. When he showed it to us, we couldn't believe how nice it was. Ya' just don't know what's in an old widow's garage!
Seeing this particular car and in the exact shape that it's in, reminds me of something I would have seen growing up. I currently live and also grew up. (NY-NJ Area 30 miles outside of NYC) The image that this car reminds me of, is seeing something like a 60-65 year-old widow owning something that looks exactly like this around 1978-84. Actually a woman of that age in these modern times would drive a much newer car. It's kind of hard to describe but I just don't find blue collar working-class senior citizens in my area anymore, & this car reflects what I used to see 30-35 years ago.
ReplyDeleteRichard, I owned one of these in the fall of '76. Mine was a wagon that saw service
Deleteas a State Of Illinois civil service vehicle. It was this same White color with dogdish
hubcaps. It didn't even have a radio, but that old wagon would run. It also had a
3-speed tranny too. I know what you mean about those widow ladies and their
wonderful old cars. A friend of my Dad's bought a running '41 Olds sedan for $50.00
back in 1970. My Dad and his friend were police officers at that time and were chasing
a burglary suspect down a dead end street. After they got their man, Dad's friend
looked to his left and saw the car parked in a garage on that side of the street. A
couple of days later, the friend bought the car which turned out to be an 8 cylinder/
Hydramatic model that only needed to be tuned up and washed to be a daily driver.
When he showed it to us, we couldn't believe how nice it was. Ya' just don't know
what's in an old widow's garage!