hemidave - 2014-03-20 12:53 PM

TAXI

realgone58 - 2014-03-22 4:02 AM
'57 Belvedere sedan

spinout - 2014-03-23 6:05 AM
First, another '57 Belvedere sedan with as old "gubbe".. So, perhaps this was the typical age
to own a Plymouth sedan back then.

Doctor DeSoto - 2014-03-22 8:43 AM


And contrary to typical revised history thinking today, no one was listening to Elvis and
rockabilly in these new finned cars unless this old "Gubbe's" kids begged him to and he relented
or he let them take the car out on Saturday night.

Doctor DeSoto - 2014-03-22 1:25 PM

The logic-twist (illogic) for this is that most 50's car enthusiasts WERE the kids of the 50's, so they
suffer a certain mind warp of context. But they were NOT the people buying and driving these cars.
They were the snot-nosed punks riding in the back seat WISHING they could drive, or WISHING Dad
would turn the station to something playing what Dad likely referred to a "That G#@ammed Rock and
Roll music !" with a heavy tone of consternation.

Conversely, most new car buyers of the fin era were not that enamored with these cars long term,
and moved on to buy a 66 LeSabre and later a 74 Dodge before croaking out from heavy smoking
(another 50's phenomenon).

But for all the "purist" mentality in the old car game, a great many are off the mark about what was
typically correct for age-of-new-car-buyer, and what that age group preferred in music. These were
WW2 vets and their DAD's. It was the rare or trust fund kid who was driving a new Forward Look car
and playing rockabilly on the radio.

Now, by 1965, those kids WERE driving Forward Look cars, .... but they were also listening to the
Beatles, not that "old fashioned" rockabilly !

Doctor DeSoto - 2014-03-22 7:25 PM

The logic-twist (illogic) for this is that most 50's car enthusiasts WERE the kids of the 50's, so they
suffer a certain mind warp of context. But they were NOT the people buying and driving these cars.
They were the snot-nosed punks riding in the back seat WISHING they could drive, or WISHING Dad
would turn the station to something playing what Dad likely referred to a "That G#@ammed Rock and
Roll music !" with a heavy tone of consternation.

Conversely, most new car buyers of the fin era were not that enamored with these cars long term,
and moved on to buy a 66 LeSabre and later a 74 Dodge before croaking out from heavy smoking
(another 50's phenomenon).

But for all the "purist" mentality in the old car game, a great many are off the mark about what was
typically correct for age-of-new-car-buyer, and what that age group preferred in music. These were
WW2 vets and their DAD's. It was the rare or trust fund kid who was driving a new Forward Look car
and playing rockabilly on the radio.

Now, by 1965, those kids WERE driving Forward Look cars, .... but they were also listening to the
Beatles, not that "old fashioned" rockabilly !

rushpowersystems - 2014-03-23 1:14 PM

Hey you happen to be talking about the people who pay my bills! Well it is usually rap music nowadays. So the next time you are doing your grumpy old man “you kids get off my lawn” speech, and the kid driving past your house with a loud stereo gets your goat, just know he probably got the charging system from us. And every time some angry old man gets pissed off, I sit back and smile.  Furthermore there is something very suspicious about someone with a purple car posting comments on other men’s penises, people may think you are a British smoke, or as you old timers would say, a little light in the loafers. 

GaryS - 2014-03-22 3:15 PM

I can only speak for myself, but I got my driver’s license in 1954, drove my first Forward Look in 1956, and bought my first FL car in 1959, and here’s what it was like when and where I grew up.

.....The third type was the high power station that played all kinds of rock and roll and rockabilly around the clock from places like Brownsville, TX, Oklahoma City, Minneapolis and Chicago. We could only pick up their signal after dark, but they were the “coolest” stations in the country.

Adults who bought cars during that time, and who listened only to rock, or rockabilly, were not in the majority, but my buddy’s uncle, in his early thirties and who bought a new ’57 Plymouth, listened to it. The same for my mother’s cousin, who was in his twenties, listened to top 40 and country in his ’59 Sport Fury. My girlfriend’s thirty-something dad…’59 buick…was a rock listener. My dad, while driving his ’56 Belvedere, wasn’t selective, but mom loved Elvis and hit the Search Tune until she found him. One uncle ‘s ’55 Royal Lancer was usually tuned to the station that played it all. Another uncle, in his thirties, totaled his ’57 D500 and replaced it with a 300C, and he usually listened to top 40 stations.

Yes, it was rare for kids to buy new cars, but by the late fifties we were buying finned cars and driving them while listening to generational music. As an eighteen year old in the Air Force, I bought a ’55 Savoy in 1959 and listened exclusively to top 40 stations while going to tech school in Denver.

I lived the time of new finned cars, and I listened to the music of the era. Probably three-fourths of the charted songs from those years were the stuff you hear today at car shows, cruises, and from old codger’s CD players. My CDs don’t have any Elvis, but they do have the music of the fifties and sixties that take me back in time. It was the music I listened to when I borrowed dad’s 56 Belvedere, or when we were riding in some other dad’s ’56 Savoy, ’57 CRL, ’58 CRL, or ’58 Edsel, or ’59 Impala. Some of the songs that made the charts during that golden era were very forgettable, but most are not, and that’s why you hear so many of the same songs at old car events.

If the year of the car doesn’t match the year of the song on the CD player, I find nothing wrong with it. It’s the era of fond memories that I seek when I’m in my old cars, not the precise accuracy of the trappings.

Doctor DeSoto - 2014-03-22 1:25 PM
.....And contrary to typical revised history thinking today, no one was listening to Elvis and
rockabilly in these new finned cars unless this old "Gubbe's" kids begged him to and he relented
or he let them take the car out on Saturday night......

The logic-twist (illogic) for this is that most 50's car enthusiasts WERE the kids of the 50's, so they
suffer a certain mind warp of context. But they were NOT the people buying and driving these cars.
They were the snot-nosed punks riding in the back seat WISHING they could drive, or WISHING Dad
would turn the station to something playing what Dad likely referred to a "That G#@ammed Rock and
Roll music !" with a heavy tone of consternation.

But for all the "purist" mentality in the old car game, a great many are off the mark about what was
typically correct for age-of-new-car-buyer, and what that age group preferred in music. These were
WW2 vets and their DAD's. It was the rare or trust fund kid who was driving a new Forward Look car
and playing rockabilly on the radio.

Now, by 1965, those kids WERE driving Forward Look cars, .... but they were also listening to the
Beatles, not that "old fashioned" rockabilly !

Doctor DeSoto - 2014-03-22 8:26 PM ====================================================== The color is Lilac Metallic and is an OEM color. Some people are too "uncomfortable" in themselves to own a pink-spectrum colored car. Others know where they stand in the world when it comes to that sh!t and it doesn't bother them. As for grumpy old men, I will wear the title with pride, if it fits. If not, you're shooting blanks, Private. That goes for the innuendo about my preferences as well. I am quite sure you know the arrested development type, just like you can probably spot a poof when you see one. Whatever happened to just plain old "men" who act and think like men ? Or was the world crawling with flamers and I just had my gadar folded up and didn't notice as a kid ?

rushpowersystems - 2014-03-24 2:52 PM
I am disappointed in your comeback, it is rather boring and not worthy of a retaliation.

1960fury - 2014-03-24 2:40 PM
complete bs. even if you continue to repeat that again and again and again it does not make it true.
i'm 45, have no family or kids and in my (or the) useless, pointless life so far i did nothing but cruising around hopping up/racing my fl cars and studying the 1950s, especially the late 50s/early 60s car culture. i just can't grow up i read 1000s 50s car magazine, paperbacks,etc. i really did research the 1950s. in my opinion the greatest time in history.

Doctor DeSoto - 2014-03-24 9:24 PM =============================================== This isn't the place. It's a real OEM color, it looks great and is rarely seen anymore. One could suggest that anyone with a pastel color car is a queen, but the reality is that these colors were a big factor in the whole late 50's style motif. The queer thing is a latter-day value assignment. As for me, I'd rather have something that uniquely represents the time and isn't typical. I mean, why be ordinary ?

rushpowersystems - 2014-03-18 7:05 PM

what the hell, near the 8577, half a dog???? sure it is not Roswell?