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Did you ever let a car go that you now wish you would have kept.
At one time we had a 1928 Essex, 1926 Dodge, and a 1928 Erskine.
Three od balls. Still have the Essex.
Should have kept the Erskine also.

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'28 Erskine
Very nice looking vehicle, would look very cool driving down the road,

Don't want to think about the car's I had and gave up, painful

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Way back in 1960 I found a Erskine in a junk yard up in MN. It was in great shape except where a shed had collapsed and bent the back corner of the roof. The bent place was very repairable and the price was good. I was a long way from home and was getting ready to join USAF so I didn't buy it. But I did buy a pair of front fenders for my Model A. I paid $15 for the pair but had to take them off. You think I got beat on the fenders? LOL

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interesting story....weren't Dodge Brothers and Essex's rather big-selling cars, though? I admit, you had me on the Erskine....was that made by Studebaker?

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Yes it was a Studebaker. The Essex was a Hudson.

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The first car of my own that I legally drove on the street was a really nice '29 Hudson Super-six. Bought it from the original owner. It had a recently freshened engine including new babbitt and would blow the doors off the Model A's in high school! The only thing, the owner was a rock-hound and had used it out in the dessert so the paint was a bit sand-blasted. This was in 1953.

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Here's another "Erskine" I remember

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The Erskine was produced by Studebaker from 27-30. Erskine was president of Studebaker at that time and was responsible for Studebaker designing and building advanced engines. However to keep the price down on the Erskine the car was sold with Continental engines. I always found that ironic. After Erskine's death the car basically became the Rockne. They were nice cars.

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Just out of curiosity, may we ask what you paid for the '29 back in 1953.
Along with the painful memory of giving up car's we used to have is remembering what we used to pay for them.
I bought a lot of cars in my youth for $100-$300 that would go for big bucks today.

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And, what would $100 in 1953 be worth today ?

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http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm

about $891... yea you could find a running driving 24 year old car nowadays for about 800-1000 bucks.

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[QUOTE=George Miller;1194161]Did you ever let a car go that you now wish you would have kept.

YES , at least a dozen of them , but back then of course , I always thought I was moving up to a better one . As they say " That's Life " , I guess .

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$890.78 to be exact.

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I can't pass up this thread,,, I had $85 in my first 2 drivers, '32 Coupe and '36 pickup,,,in 1957.

No, I don't have them now.:rolleyes:

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I paid $275 for my first A in 1967 or so. It was not running and I never got it running. A 30 standard coupe. A fair price, but not a steal. I paid 160 for a 56 Chevy 2 door wagon (a 150, not a Nomad) with 26,000 miles) that I drove for a few years. Not as good as its mileage would indicate. I bought a 47 Chevy woodie for about 250 in the early 70s. It had some rot, but was pretty darned good and ran well. That is the one I wish I still had. I lost my storage. An old story.

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Don't laugh but I miss the 1969 Lotus that I gave my wife as a wedding gift. Both it and our 1928 Tudor share one thing - they are both very interesting rides.

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I agree, often artillery wheels add a classy touch to 20s cars. I suspect more often than not, they were painted body color and not varnished natural.

It is amazing what society did with wood in those days.

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Like this one

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I had to re read this one. At first scan, I thought you were saying your wife was an interesting ride.:D:D:D

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Yes that is it. But that one is nicer than mine was. Nice looking car.

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Fixed
Very nice looking by the way.

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That's what I thought as well :p

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I paid $45 each for my first 2 vehicles. First was a '31 AA 280A with only 15K miles on it, the second one was a '31 4-door sedan with nothing forward of the firewall and no upholstery. This was in the mid '50s.

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In 1953 I paid $75 for My '29 Hudson, sold it a couple of years later for the same amount. It eventually wound up on a Hudson dealer's showroom. Replaced it with a nice '41 Buick Super, a coupe, also a nice car that I'd like to still have. In 1958 I paid a whopping $150 for my '31 wide-bed Model A, which I still have today.

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How did you turn my picture??
That car is owned by mr Olson of Olson gaskets. Google the business. We had a tour to his place once. Very interesting, how they are made.

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I thought the same thing, but I was thinking you got divorced and she got the car and took you for a ride .:D:D:D:D:D:D But I re-read it . The one that got away from me was a 1967 Mustang fastback with 10,000 miles that we bought in 1978 from the original owner and drove it for 5 years . I did like the look of the car but extremely uncomfortable to drive .

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I'm sure glad not to be as old as some of you guys http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/images/icons/icon7.gif. My first love was a 1958 Desoto Sportsman Firesweep identical to the one in the photo.

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Hmmmm, I thought you took the picture while on vacation in Australia. :D