Where’d you find that 2nd image? Huh? Huh???? 🙂
Are you also asking me if water is wet? I have no idea… one of my wanderings through car mags and web sites.
“Saturday Night Dashboards.” THIEF!!!! THIEF!!!! 🙂
That does not sound familiar… Nope.
That one with the baby in the back. I personally did that when I wasn’t much older than that kid in the pic. We would take trips at night to my grandparents in Oklahoma and I would sleep there.
Parents always had station wagons and that is where we would sleep on long overnight trips and ‘Gasp!’ no seatbelts in site.
Fred when we left Oklahoma on vacation I would play or sleep in the back dash.
What city did your Grandparents live in?
I see a 63 Falcon mixed in with all those GM products…
And if you look closer, a Ford Fairlane and a Ford Custom… Most are GM products.
Great pics, especially the top one. Always thought the 59s were the best looking. Over the top but real nice.
I agree with Hank although for me, the 58 Impala was a very close second. Lots of people scorned the 58’s but not me.
Absolutely agree. As a lad living in Arlington Ma, a white 58 highly optioned Impala parked across the street. I was blown away. Couldn’t take my eyes off it.
I’ve a suggestion for the Big 3 at Detroit: employ the readership of Bustednuckles as consultants to their design teams. People may then actually desire American steel to roll down the roads in again.
Oh we have the desire Johno it would cost a fortune though without all the plastic.
I love the way the American cars have progressed. I’m 76 years old. I remember when you could not only order various body styles of a full size Chevy. Like the pictures of the ’57 you show. Not only all the different body styles but whatever engine you wanted. 6 cylinder, V-8, V-8 with single carb, with dual carbs, with fuel injection, what ever rear end ratio you wanted.
I remember my father buying a ’62 Chevy. Choice of a 6 cylinder, a 283 V-8, a 327 V8 or a 409 with one 4bbl or 2 4 bbls. 2 speed Power glide. 3 speed TurboGlide, 3 speed on the column or 4 on the floor.
Now, you get a choice of what color you want. No other choices and at 30 times the price
The way things are going we are lucky to get the color we want.
Where’d you find that 2nd image? Huh? Huh???? 🙂
Are you also asking me if water is wet? I have no idea… one of my wanderings through car mags and web sites.
“Saturday Night Dashboards.” THIEF!!!! THIEF!!!! 🙂
That does not sound familiar… Nope.
That one with the baby in the back. I personally did that when I wasn’t much older than that kid in the pic. We would take trips at night to my grandparents in Oklahoma and I would sleep there.
Parents always had station wagons and that is where we would sleep on long overnight trips and ‘Gasp!’ no seatbelts in site.
Fred when we left Oklahoma on vacation I would play or sleep in the back dash.
What city did your Grandparents live in?
I see a 63 Falcon mixed in with all those GM products…
And if you look closer, a Ford Fairlane and a Ford Custom… Most are GM products.
Great pics, especially the top one. Always thought the 59s were the best looking. Over the top but real nice.
I agree with Hank although for me, the 58 Impala was a very close second. Lots of people scorned the 58’s but not me.
Absolutely agree. As a lad living in Arlington Ma, a white 58 highly optioned Impala parked across the street. I was blown away. Couldn’t take my eyes off it.
I’ve a suggestion for the Big 3 at Detroit: employ the readership of Bustednuckles as consultants to their design teams. People may then actually desire American steel to roll down the roads in again.
Oh we have the desire Johno it would cost a fortune though without all the plastic.
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I love the way the American cars have progressed. I’m 76 years old. I remember when you could not only order various body styles of a full size Chevy. Like the pictures of the ’57 you show. Not only all the different body styles but whatever engine you wanted. 6 cylinder, V-8, V-8 with single carb, with dual carbs, with fuel injection, what ever rear end ratio you wanted.
I remember my father buying a ’62 Chevy. Choice of a 6 cylinder, a 283 V-8, a 327 V8 or a 409 with one 4bbl or 2 4 bbls. 2 speed Power glide. 3 speed TurboGlide, 3 speed on the column or 4 on the floor.
Now, you get a choice of what color you want. No other choices and at 30 times the price
The way things are going we are lucky to get the color we want.