Cars As Old As Me, The 1951s
Jan 17, 2022 16:08:07 #
Thank you for sharing these interesting photos of beautiful vintage vehicles. Many of us here can remember seeing some of them in our younger years. They really bring back memories.
Jan 17, 2022 16:26:16 #
rustfarmer wrote:
49 to 51 Hudsons are called step downs because the floors were lower than the sills such that you had to step down to enter them
The "step down" that Hudson employed to give their models a lower, sleeker look was adopted from earlier hotrodders who "channeled" the bodies of their cars down over the frames of the cars. However, most of these early hot rods did not bother to drop the floors as well which resulted in a rather tight interior.
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Jan 17, 2022 17:59:09 #
Same age as me. Great pics.- love antique cars. My parents bought a 1951 dodge. I remember it. So, they must have still had it when I was a toddler.
Jan 17, 2022 18:30:33 #
Another beautiful set, you're starting to get into cars I could afford when I turned 16 in 1959. You are stirring old memories 
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Jan 17, 2022 21:43:18 #
JFP wrote:
Number 5 is a Mercury rather than a Ford.
Sorry, but no. It's a Ford, with a Ford body, notice the Ford tail-lights, & notice the Ford badge on the hood.
It just happens to have used a Mercury front grill.
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Rileychas wrote:
Great series, thanks.
Some of the shots appear to be in the San Diego area?
Some of the shots appear to be in the San Diego area?
Those photos that KT is posting, are from my collection of 30,000 car photos from the past twenty years of car shows in Southern California and Arizona. I just took the photos and did not talk with the owners. A big shout out to KT for identifying these cars and enhancing my photos.
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