Old family car pics

I’m going through some boxes of old family pictures, and found a few car pics that I thought you guys would like. 

These were taken June 27, 1920. Apparently an overturned car was quite a thing to see in those days. 

My great grandfather is the guy in the straw hat with his hands on his hips. 

The picture with the pole dead in the middle is labeled “Our car behind the stout lady”. Help me out... what is it??

Feel free to add your own old family car photos!!

The day I got my license.  

I can't positively identify the overturned truck, but it probably happened in the very early twenties, as all the cars had wood spoked wheels. The overturned truck has longitudinal leaf springs, so at least that's a clue.

Here's my great grandfather having breakfast while hunting in 1935. He was a blacksmith.

In reply to SVreX :

The car behind the stout lady is a Chevrolet. I do not know the brand of the inverted bus.

My parents in 1950 with the family car. Two years prior to my arrival.

Maybe not as old as you had in mind. But I think I know where my obsession with square Dodges came from.

Mom's '79 Ramcharger she had not long after high school. This was apparently the 2nd one she had.

My parents and an unknown spectator with Dad's Taraschi  in 1977

The Datsun mom drove in college. This was after it took a '69 Firebird to the face from what I remember.

The 90's were pretty good for my Pops.

My parents' GTO at the Glen. 

My Dad before I arrived.

Daylan C said:

Maybe not as old as you had in mind. But I think I know where my obsession with square Dodges came from.

Mom's '79 Ramcharger she had not long after high school. This was apparently the 2nd one she had.

 

Funny, my mom had a 79 Trailduster she ordered new

Dad's 76 GMC AKA Honeybell.

"Our car behind the stout lady" looks like it has a Bowtie on the radiamagator.

Not sure about the overturned bus, but how many have curved door bottoms?

My grandfathers 1949 Ford he bought in 1950.  This is in front of his house in Chicago (59th & Kostner) which was almost rural but obviously built up today.   He was excited to buy this car I was told.

This is my Great-grandparents and family.  The smallest kid is my grandfather.  The car is a 1914 Model T.  We now own the farm and a few year back my wife and I staged a similar photo with our kids only with our minivan parked where the T is.

Me, my mom, and sister with our family car, a ‘57 Triumph TR3.

Me with our other family car, a ‘72 Ford Gran Torino Sport. 

I love the idea of MG-Ts and TR3s as practical family cars!

In reply to LanEvo :

That TR3 has a hard roof. My parents MG never had one, and when the fabric failed on the top they stopped erecting it, tonneau cover when parked, which was always outdoors until the mid 1960s. Riding behind the seats in the rain I would get soaked, while they would remain relatively dry so long as 35 mph or more was maintained. Photo is Dad with the family fleet , both 2 seaters. Plymouth got replaced with an Austin A40 when Mom got preggers.

My previous post was meant to be positive. I really do love people driving small British roadsters as their everyday car!

I’m thinking back to my own childhood rolling around the hatch of a Celica liftback. The most practical car my dad ever owned was an E30. 

Just makes me LOL now that I’m in my 40s living in the suburbs and everyone thinks they need an M1 Abrams to drop the kid at daycare. 

Daylan C said:

The Datsun mom drove in college. This was after it took a '69 Firebird to the face from what I remember.

Wait, your mom was Datsun310Mom?

In reply to Datsun310Guy :

For a couple years, yes, apparently. This was at least 10 years before I arrived.

I supposed that would have just made her Datsun310Lady since I was her first kid, so she was not yet Mom when she had the 310.

While we're here. She was MercuryBobcatGirl before that.

My Dad with his 1938 Ford, circa 1940.

Parents' cars when they met:

1957 356 Super 90 Convertible D

1962 MGA

Both cars were black convertibles with red interiors.

This is probably the only picture I have seen of my grandmother's 1916 Studebaker, long after she owned it. I understand that it is in Washington state, though I would have to look-up where.

DWNSHFT said:

Parents' cars when they met:

1957 356 Super 90 Convertible D

Best ever