Thread: How times have changed.....

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While looking for pictures of a certain Ford wagon I came across this neat old commercial. In just over 50 years we've gone from one end to the other.

Did he take the new car and give her the old one?

Wow, that does go back aways!!!! All the way back to when women stayed home, took care of the kids, cleaned house, and all that "old fashioned" stuff.

BTW, man, would I kill to have those two Fords in my driveway!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thats kool,I am in the process of rebuilding my wifes 55 Customline,about 450 hours into it,body off chassis job,new rear quarters,dechrome,injected 302,AOD,63 rear end,discs,anti sway bars front and rear,etc,,TOTAL rebuild. These cars disappeared quickly down here due to rust,and a good hearty thrashing,not too many left,whereas, the imported Vickys,and ragtops are almost like belly buttons...Will try to get some pics together,we have a lot that were taken before we got a digital camera,so we will have to do some copying..

Thanks for sharing that clip Bob - Love the ranch wagon!

I just picked up some old National Geographics. They are dated 1921-1928. I wasn't even born for another 20 years!

Some of the car ads in there are for cars that don't exist today, with prices around $2500 for a luxury car! They weren't much more than motorized buggies! I think I am most in awe knowing that when these pages were printed 80+ years ago, those were new cars!!!

but I do prefer this year:

Ah yes Bob, I remember those good old days. Now things are a little "different".

Don

Ah, yes, some of my favorite Ford years - '55 thru '58, and the Ranch Wagon was a neat tudoor longroof. When my oldest boy was in high school, a guy who lived a few doors down the street had a '56 Ranch wagon, factory red/white paint scheme, that was lowered and raked a bit, and he'd put a 390 in it. My son drooled over that car, swore he was going to have one one day. I came across one a while back, and called him about it; he said "dad, times change; where would I put it, and when would I have time to work on it?" A valid point, in reality, but I guess the bug didn't get passed on as strongly as I might have hoped. Besides, the community they live in is not too conducive to such pastimes; small houses all bunched together on a small patch of ground, built vertically; heck, the place they live has 13 separate houses on an acre +/- of ground, with a short street and two 150 x 80 courtyards in the mix.

That stereotype didn't fit my family, either. My folks both worked, my mom never drove, and in their entire lifetime, they never had more than one car at a time.