What Was Your Father's Old Car?

[EVmeritus]

My Dad was a Ford Guy. No interest in GM or Chrysler and forget about those foreign cars.
The photo is a 1955 Ford with the rocker panels already starting to rust out (Buffalo winters were rough)
I'm sure that he would be proud that I'm driving a Ford F-150 Lightning.

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[chl]

I believe in this picture my dad had propped me up on his Edsel, although I don't remember much about it except hoping he had a good grip on my arm!

Looks kind of like a 49 Studebaker. The color, door handles, hubcaps, and that chrome strip.

Yes, and I think they were somewhat similar in shape up front.

I can't say for sure, but now I'm thinking you're right because the chrome pieces do look like a Studebaker.

My dad once told me he owned an Edsel but never mentioned owning a Studebaker.
If he were still alive I'd ask him.

OK, call it a Studebaker, I stand corrected!

 

[chl]

Doesn't seem to be an Edsel.

Yes I think you're right, more like a Studebaker as another post noted.
He owned an Edsel but I guess it's not the car I am sitting on...

 

[FirstF150InCasco]

Yes I think you're right, more like a Studebaker as another post noted.
He owned an Edsel but I guess it's not the car I am sitting on...

Your dad was bold. Studerbaker and Edsel were not for timid people!

 

[saturnschildren]

1963 Lotus Elite, he bought in 1965 as a daily driver for my mother (he was driving a Austin Healy 100/6 with a transplanted Ford engine) at the time. When he retired a full restoration was his first project. Last year he turned 89 and decided to pass it down to me.

 

[chl]

Your dad was bold. Studerbaker and Edsel were not for timid people!

Yes, he was the wildest Presbyterian Minister in Alexandria back in the day!
All my friends nick-named him "The Rev."
My brother and sister and I called him "daddy-o."

And of course, all the church ladies loved him.

LOL

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