[Formula496]

Here's Dad's Canyon copper 59 Catalina tri power 389 3 speed on the column which was very quickly converted to floor shift using Corvette parts. The column shift didn't like to be power shifted. I have to ask all the particulars but had a lot of mods done to it. Had a Mckellar cam and some sort of Nascar take off heads. He did a lot of street racing with it.
Second pic is his 63 Tempest convertible. 326 I believe.
Third pic is his 69 Amc SC/Rambler. He had a few group 19 parts on it and raced it for awhile then met my mother and sold it a few years later.

[Baron Von Zeppelin]

Dad's Canyon copper 59 Catalina tri power 389 3 speed on the column

That 59 looked pretty righteous the way he had it.
Copper was a great color on those cars too

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by dataway

I don't want to sound geezerish .... but those pics are great, remind me of what made this country great ... any one of these people could have been my parents or grandparents. Lots of good, hard working, tough people back then.

My parents had to pick cotton so they would have money for shoes.

They didn't have electricity until they moved to Michigan in 1955, in search of jobs in "the shop".

I can't complain about what General Motors has done for my family, both through my dad and me.

K

[dataway]

I remember when we would take weekend trips out of Memphis to visit the "Kin" in other parts of TN and Missouri .... as a child I thought the no electricity, outhouse and bucket on the well were "cool" .... because of course I didn't have to live there.

[gto19]

My dad in 1998 leaning on my 64 and thats my all original unrestored 67 on the right of it

[Mr Anonymous]

Dad in 1966, next to the 64 wagon, and behind his 59 Bonneville convertible (389/3x2/4sp).

He and I in 1972-ish, in a family favorite picture, with dad holding up the power line.

And his granddaughter (my niece Shelby) next to his Studebaker with Pontiac power (since 1959!)

[lemansboy70]

Originally Posted by dataway

I remember when we would take weekend trips out of Memphis to visit the "Kin" in other parts of TN and Missouri .... as a child I thought the no electricity, outhouse and bucket on the well were "cool" .... because of course I didn't have to live there.

My grandparents in Eastern Kentucky had this kinda set-up. They did have some electricity though. I thought the outhouse was cool until they found a snake in there. That was enough for me. I used the woods from then on (kid logic). I couldn't wrap my head around the fact they got water from the ground and not a spigot. Tasted weird also. I LOVED visiting them though. You could run for hours and not see another person. For a city kid this was pretty exotic.

[goatless]

A little farther back than Mom & Dad. Here's my great grandfather, proudly posing with his new 1927 Pontiac Landau Sedan.

[TAKerry]

Goatless, that is a great pic, neat looking car as well.

[Firedup6975]

What he said^^^^^

[Old Man Taylor]

1. My Mother on the top. The vehicle has wheels and is a truck, so I guess that counts. She was the football queen at her high school in 1937.
2. At the beach at or close to Santa Monica. This must have been late '44 or early '45. The baby is my sister, standing is me, then my Dad and his Mom.

I've got more somewhere, I just have to find the files.

[Firedup6975]

OMT. Those are priceless!

[TAKerry]

Originally Posted by Old Man Taylor

1. My Mother on the top. The vehicle has wheels and is a truck, so I guess that counts. She was the football queen at her high school in 1937.
2. At the beach at or close to Santa Monica. This must have been late '44 or early '45. The baby is my sister, standing is me, then my Dad and his Mom.

I've got more somewhere, I just have to find the files.

Nice, Your Pop doesn't look like someone that I would've want to mess with

[Old Man Taylor]

Originally Posted by TAKerry

Nice, Your Pop doesn't look like someone that I would've want to mess with

You are quite correct.

[Old Man Taylor]

This is February 1941. Left to right: my Dad; me; my Mom, and my Dad's sister. It was taken near Malibu, CA.

[Old Man Taylor]

Here's one of my favorites. The picture was taken in early 1944. Although the main subject is a motorcycle, you can see a "fat" fender in the lower left. On the far right is my Dad. Just above the fender of the car is a small head - me.

[geeteeohguy]

Originally Posted by Old Man Taylor

Here's one of my favorites. The picture was taken in early 1944. Although the main subject is a motorcycle, you can see a "fat" fender in the lower left. On the far right is my Dad. Just above the fender of the car is a small head - me.

OMT's dad= Bada$$. Stylish, too. And he was a decade ahead of Brando, to boot! Did he work in the marine industry? Great photos, guys!

[Old Man Taylor]

Originally Posted by geeteeohguy

OMT's dad= Bada$$. Stylish, too. And he was a decade ahead of Brando, to boot! Did he work in the marine industry? Great photos, guys!

No. At that time he was a tool designer, and later a mechanical engineer.

[Firedup6975]

In Hershey PA Milton Hershey School transportation.

[TAKerry]

Penn College of Tech, has one of those big wagons that they are restoring right now.