Cruise-O-Matic: Part Ten

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The 1950's

 

 

Palace Trailers 1950

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1953 Nash

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1959 Lincoln Premier Landau

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The 1960's

 

 

1960 Ford Edsel

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1964 International Scout

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1969 Mustang Shelby GT

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The 1970's

 

 

1971 Ford Ranchero

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1975 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu Classic Coupe

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1978 American Motors AMX

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The 1980's

 

 

1980 Oldsmobile 98 Regency

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1985 Ford Tempo

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1988 Chevrolet Beretta

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[circlew]

The 1953 Nash Ambassador and Statesman series were nice looking cars. Don't know why their cars got so unattractive by the late 50's. Neighbors around the corner had a Statesman when I was little.

Those 1960 Edsels look almost the same as Ford Galaxies of that year. Just stuck on some different trim.

My sister had a Ford Tempo sometime in the 80's. She said it was almost as bad as the Renault Encore that preceded it.

I like the Ford Ranchero, but prefer the '72-'79 models.

 

[ea56]

Tom I almost always agree with you, but on the ‘53 Nash Ambassador and Statesman I have to disagree, personally.

My maternal Grandpa had ‘53 Nash Country Club 2 dr HT like the Black and Red one in the post above. Grandpa’s Nash was Light Green with a Dark Green top and it was as ugly as homemade sin.

He bought it new from the Nash dealer in Oakland, Calif. And then immediately left on a camping trip to Twain Hart with my Aunt and Uncle and their three kids. Twain Harte was maybe 150 miles away from their home.

When they got there the new Nash was acting up, something with the transmission. Grandpa was a mechanic and of course there were no nearby Nash dealers. So Grandpa and Uncle Ray got into my uncles ‘53 Mercury Monterey and drove to the nearest service station. The station had a grease pit like they all did then and a tow truck. Grandpa talked the service station owner into letting him rent the grease pit to repair the Nash himself and paid the guy to tow the Nash to his station.

Whatever parts were needed to make the repair apparently the service station had on hand. Grandpa and Uncle Ray got the Nash repaired. They stayed in Twain Harte for the rest of their vacation.

When they got back home the next day Grandpa drove the Nash back to the dealer in Oakland. In ‘53 there no warranties on new cars. Grandpa told the dealer about his breakdown on the brand new Nash and told them that he wanted them to take it back and give him another new car because if it was gonna breakdown in less than 500 miles he didn’t trust it. The dealer said no. To which grandpa replied, “Well if you don’t I’m gonna drive that SOB right through your plate glass window”, and he meant it. The dealer changed his mind and replaced the lemon Nash with another. Grandpa loved to relate this story about the Nash.

In ‘55 grandpa replaced that butt ugly Nash with an new ‘55 Studebaker Hawk 2 dr HT, tri-colored paint job in Coral, Charcoal and White with an matching interior. That was a hot little car.

Eddie[this post was last edited: 2/27/2023-11:18]

 

[sudsmaster]

The only "new" car I ever had was a top-of-the-line sedan I won in a raffle. The raffle tickets cost me $300. One of the raffle organizers had already put about 1,000 miles on it, so it wasn't exactly new. Still have it; it's my main ride when I drive. In pretty good shape, aside from some minor parking lot dings here and there. Still runs like new. Not bad for a 25 year old ride that cost me $300...

 

 

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The 1900's

 

 

1900 Locomobile

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1907 Rapid 12 Passenger

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1909 Sears Motor Buggy

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The 1910's

 

 

1911 Marmon

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Lee 1915

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1918 GMC

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The 1920's

 

 

Westinghouse 1922

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1923 Dodge Bros. Type A Sedan

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1926 Lincoln, Brunn Sport Phaeton

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The 1930's

 

 

Philco 1933

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1935 Ford Touring Sedan

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1938 Packard 12 All Weather Cabriolet-Body by Brunn

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The 1940's

 

 

1940 Oldsmobile

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1942 Chrysler De Soto

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1945 Chevrolet

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The 1950's

 

 

1950 Ford

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Richardson 1956

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Sinclair 1959

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The 1960's

 

 

1960 Chevrolet Corvette

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1965 Dodge Polora

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1969 Ford Country Squire

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The 1970's

 

 

1972 Chrysler Imperial

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1976 Cadillac Sedan deVille

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1979 Pontiac Catalina

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The 1980's

 

 

1980 Ford Bronco

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1984 Chrysler Fifth Avenue

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1987 Mack

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The 1900's

 

 

1902 Foster Electric Runabout

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Sterk 1906

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1908 Baker

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The 1910's

 

 

1910 Locomobile "48" Six Cylinder

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1915 Pierce-Arrow Touring

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1919 Traffic

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The 1920's

 

 

1922 Chevrolet Superior



 

Weaver 1924



 

1927 Hupmobile Eight

 

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The 1930's

 

 

1931 Dodge

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1936 Packard 120

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1937 International

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The 1940's

 

 

1940 Chrysler Highlander

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1943 International Harvester

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1947 Kaiser - Frazer

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The 1950's

 

 

1950 Hudson

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Vornado 1957

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1959 Oldsmobile 98

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The 1960's

 

 

1962 AMC Rambler

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1965 Buick Electra 225

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Citgo 1966

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The 1970's

 

 

1970 Ford Cobra

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1976 Plymouth Gran Fury

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1979 Ford Fairmont

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The 1980's

 

 

1980 Chevrolet

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1987 Buick LeSabre

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1989 Ford Aerostar

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That 1927 Hupmobile ad is certainly classy. I can't tell if the statue of the naked woman is also a fountain, or not.

A couple of my neighbors had '59 Oldsmobiles; one had a silver 98, and the other had a yellow 88, in addition to a '60 black dynamic 88 station wagon.

 

[sudsmaster]

This is a good enough image of one of my rides:

 

The 1950 Plymouth Special Deluxe:

 

 

 

[ea56]

Thats a beautiful ‘50 Plymouth Rich!  My aunt Louise and uncle Harold had one just like yours only it was blue.  I can remember riding in that Plymouth on the streets of Richmond, Calif. with my aunt Louise driving and whipping through the gears on the three on the tree. 

 

Those old Plymouths were built solid and were very dependable.  I’m sure you enjoy driving yours and the interest it must generate when  people of our generation see it. We all have memories of riding in those old cars from the 50’s.

 

Eddie

 

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The 1900's

 

 1902 Columbia Tonneau; Mark XIX



 

 1906 Peerless



 

 1909 Oldsmobile

 

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The 1910's

 

1911 American Motor Co. American "30" Underslung

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Goodrich 1916

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1918 Haynes Coupe & Sedan

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