The Ford Barn

Charles Reese · 02-13-2013, 10:54 AM

Most of us have some deep-seated connection to our vehicles. Same is true for “first car” …

Find your first car or the one you drove to high school; hopefully your car brochure is available. This is a web site featuring the original factory brochures or advertisements for nearly every American car you have ever owned. Pick the manufacturer, the year and the model.

http://www.lov2xlr8.no/broch1.html

Big John · 02-13-2013, 02:08 PM

sure. in 1956, .. it was a 1940 ford opera coupe with fold down rear seats,, dechromed, nosed and decked and lowered in rear with arched rear spring about 2 "... painted mandaran red..... 49 mercury engine.....gas heater,,, oh also had bubble skirts..... hot!!!

Russ B · 02-13-2013, 04:59 PM

http://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/ford/29_1.html

The above referenced site has the cabriolet ad posted which depicts my car. My first car was the '29 cabriolet, originally purchased by my father, but by 1959 heavily worn and not truly original. It had BLC sealed beam headlights, unk. Horn, wipers, 16" wire wheels, etc. My father insisted I put on hydraulic brakes before doing anything else. Ultimately I got the car running well with the original motor, new paint, chrome, J.C. Whitney seat cover, new white top, and 15" Mercury wheels, and of course the hydraulic brakes.

I am rebuilding that car now, mostly as it was back in the early 1960's.

steve s · 02-13-2013, 05:20 PM

My first car is in my avatar. It's still my car.

Marvin/TN · 02-13-2013, 05:52 PM

It wasn't my first car but close. I drove A 1930 Ford Coupe to H/S Class of 1958 and still have it as well as the tires on it are still the same ones I drove to H/S on. Two of the tires have the side walls breaking down now so have a couple of new Coker tires to put on it. By the way I am not driveing it at present so no worry about the old tires but they still have the same air in them and they were used when I put them on right after I got the car.

roccaas · 02-13-2013, 06:30 PM

Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements)

I like the "AD Talk" of option names.

"Super Hydro Turbo TipToe Matic Vision Adjuster" for a headlamp dimmer switch.

Steve Wastler · 02-13-2013, 07:00 PM

Still have my first and the one I drove in high school.

TDO · 02-13-2013, 07:12 PM

My first car was a 1950 chevy fast back, paid 50.00 dollars for it. I was 16. Worked on it with my dad in the back yard. painted it with a electrolux sweeper. I sure mis thos days. Any one remember the paint sprayer attachment for the electrolux sweeper

gweilbaker · 02-13-2013, 07:22 PM

1955 Chevy cameo truck, straight six with 3 on the tree. So rusted the front fenders waved and you could see the road through the floor whilst driving. I know it has nothing to do with a Model A but you asked first car, oh wait, mine was a truck, sorry.

dennisonk1957 · 02-13-2013, 08:52 PM

1964 Chevy Impala

Steve Plucker · 02-13-2013, 09:56 PM

My first car was my 1929 Standard Coupe...then the family's 1955 Nash Rambler with fold down front seats

and a arm rest in the center of the back seat which allowed one to go back and forth to the trunk area

to sneak friends and cold beverages

into the Drive-In Movies (got ribbed by my friends about the naked woman as the hood orniment)...then it was a 1963 or 1964 Ford Galixie 500...then my 74 Ford Mustang II.

Pluck

JoeWay · 02-13-2013, 10:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by steve s

My first car is in my avatar. It's still my car.

Same here.

Joe

Dan Partain · 02-13-2013, 11:41 PM

My Avatar is my first car also, still have it.
-DAN

rossofozini · 02-13-2013, 11:52 PM

A Hillman Super Minx

4 speed on the column that was fun as a learner driver at 16.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rossfel...57631347252774

stallerl · 02-14-2013, 12:14 AM

1931 Ford Coupe. Bought it when I was 13 entering high school. A friend of mine and me split the purchase price of $30.00 That was in 1960. We worked on the car for a while but we found ourselves going our own ways and the car was sent to a junk yard. Ugh! My first driver was a 1960 Austin Healy Sprite which I rebult as I drove it. Fun! I now have a '29 Tudor and am loving it!

TDO · 02-14-2013, 11:02 AM

Buy the way ,that was 1961

Chris in WNC · 02-14-2013, 11:16 AM

'59 Impala.

Alice wants a stock '59 El Camino but I'm not certain our pockets are that deep......

Afan · 02-14-2013, 01:31 PM

1948 Ford

ken ct · 02-14-2013, 01:41 PM

1941 Chevy coupe in 1961 paid $45 for it at a Rambler dealer. Everything worked in it,clock,radio and heater and a perfect vacume shift. ken ct.

jrelliott · 02-14-2013, 01:56 PM

'52 Plymouth Cranbrook with sunvisor. Got it in '59 when started college Floor boards reinforced with metal from 5 gallon bucket as rusted out along the edges. Dad had purchased from auto repair place for $300.00 a year earlier when owner lost a rod bearing and started knocking and owner did not want to pay for repair. Definately would not want one now.

02-13-2013, 10:54 AM	#1
Charles Reese Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 882	Remember Your "first" car? Most of us have some deep-seated connection to our vehicles. Same is true for “first car” … Find your first car or the one you drove to high school; hopefully your car brochure is available. This is a web site featuring the original factory brochures or advertisements for nearly every American car you have ever owned. Pick the manufacturer, the year and the model. http://www.lov2xlr8.no/broch1.html Last edited by Charles Reese; 02-13-2013 at 06:49 PM.

02-13-2013, 02:08 PM	#2
Big John Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 416	Re: Remeber Your "first" car? sure. in 1956, .. it was a 1940 ford opera coupe with fold down rear seats,, dechromed, nosed and decked and lowered in rear with arched rear spring about 2 "... painted mandaran red..... 49 mercury engine.....gas heater,,, oh also had bubble skirts..... hot!!!

02-13-2013, 04:59 PM	#3
Russ B Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Millbrae, CA Posts: 504	Re: Remeber Your "first" car? http://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/ford/29_1.html The above referenced site has the cabriolet ad posted which depicts my car. My first car was the '29 cabriolet, originally purchased by my father, but by 1959 heavily worn and not truly original. It had BLC sealed beam headlights, unk. Horn, wipers, 16" wire wheels, etc. My father insisted I put on hydraulic brakes before doing anything else. Ultimately I got the car running well with the original motor, new paint, chrome, J.C. Whitney seat cover, new white top, and 15" Mercury wheels, and of course the hydraulic brakes. I am rebuilding that car now, mostly as it was back in the early 1960's.

02-13-2013, 05:20 PM	#4
steve s Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Kalamazoo Posts: 1,656	Re: Remeber Your "first" car? My first car is in my avatar. It's still my car.

02-13-2013, 05:52 PM	#5
Marvin/TN Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Chattanooga, TN area Posts: 832	Re: Remeber Your "first" car? It wasn't my first car but close. I drove A 1930 Ford Coupe to H/S Class of 1958 and still have it as well as the tires on it are still the same ones I drove to H/S on. Two of the tires have the side walls breaking down now so have a couple of new Coker tires to put on it. By the way I am not driveing it at present so no worry about the old tires but they still have the same air in them and they were used when I put them on right after I got the car.

02-13-2013, 06:30 PM	#6
roccaas Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Savannah, GA Posts: 1,300	Re: Remeber Your "first" car? Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I like the "AD Talk" of option names. "Super Hydro Turbo TipToe Matic Vision Adjuster" for a headlamp dimmer switch. __________________ 20 years ago we had Johnny Cash, Steve Jobs, and Bob Hope. Now we have no Cash, no Jobs, and no Hope...please don't let Kevin Bacon die!

02-13-2013, 07:00 PM	#7
Steve Wastler Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,987	Re: Remember Your "first" car? Still have my first and the one I drove in high school.

02-13-2013, 07:12 PM	#8
TDO Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Enterprise, WV. Posts: 460	Re: Remember Your "first" car? My first car was a 1950 chevy fast back, paid 50.00 dollars for it. I was 16. Worked on it with my dad in the back yard. painted it with a electrolux sweeper. I sure mis thos days. Any one remember the paint sprayer attachment for the electrolux sweeper

02-13-2013, 07:22 PM	#9
gweilbaker Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lindenhurst, IL Posts: 792	Re: Remember Your "first" car? 1955 Chevy cameo truck, straight six with 3 on the tree. So rusted the front fenders waved and you could see the road through the floor whilst driving. I know it has nothing to do with a Model A but you asked first car, oh wait, mine was a truck, sorry.

02-13-2013, 08:52 PM	#10
dennisonk1957 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Yakima, Washington Posts: 205	Re: Remember Your "first" car? 1964 Chevy Impala __________________ "The Family Ford"

02-13-2013, 09:56 PM	#11
Steve Plucker BANNED Join Date: May 2010 Location: Walla Walla, Washington USA Posts: 6,066	Re: Remember Your "first" car? My first car was my 1929 Standard Coupe...then the family's 1955 Nash Rambler with fold down front seats and a arm rest in the center of the back seat which allowed one to go back and forth to the trunk area to sneak friends and cold beverages into the Drive-In Movies (got ribbed by my friends about the naked woman as the hood orniment)...then it was a 1963 or 1964 Ford Galixie 500...then my 74 Ford Mustang II. Pluck

02-13-2013, 11:41 PM	#13
Dan Partain Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Hangtown, CA Posts: 556	Re: Remember Your "first" car? My Avatar is my first car also, still have it. -DAN

02-13-2013, 11:52 PM	#14
rossofozini Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: south australia Posts: 166	Re: Remember Your "first" car? A Hillman Super Minx 4 speed on the column that was fun as a learner driver at 16. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rossfel...57631347252774

02-14-2013, 12:14 AM	#15
stallerl Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Huntington Beach CA Posts: 157	Re: Remember Your "first" car? 1931 Ford Coupe. Bought it when I was 13 entering high school. A friend of mine and me split the purchase price of $30.00 That was in 1960. We worked on the car for a while but we found ourselves going our own ways and the car was sent to a junk yard. Ugh! My first driver was a 1960 Austin Healy Sprite which I rebult as I drove it. Fun! I now have a '29 Tudor and am loving it!

02-14-2013, 11:02 AM	#16
TDO Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Enterprise, WV. Posts: 460	Re: Remember Your "first" car? Buy the way ,that was 1961

02-14-2013, 11:16 AM	#17
Chris in WNC Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Spruce Pine, NC Posts: 1,458	Re: Remember Your "first" car? '59 Impala. Alice wants a stock '59 El Camino but I'm not certain our pockets are that deep...... __________________ our next Model A is out there in the unknown......

02-14-2013, 01:31 PM	#18
Afan Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 23	Re: Remember Your "first" car? 1948 Ford

02-14-2013, 01:41 PM	#19
ken ct BANNED Join Date: May 2010 Location: stratford,ct Posts: 5,971	Re: Remember Your "first" car? 1941 Chevy coupe in 1961 paid $45 for it at a Rambler dealer. Everything worked in it,clock,radio and heater and a perfect vacume shift. ken ct.

02-14-2013, 01:56 PM	#20
jrelliott Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Pine, AZ Posts: 794	Re: Remember Your "first" car? '52 Plymouth Cranbrook with sunvisor. Got it in '59 when started college Floor boards reinforced with metal from 5 gallon bucket as rusted out along the edges. Dad had purchased from auto repair place for $300.00 a year earlier when owner lost a rod bearing and started knocking and owner did not want to pay for repair. Definately would not want one now.