[Closed] DM's 48 Chevy arrived. I am happy to report

Doug, I agree with you, now I want the cars that I can relate to as a teen. The mid 60's on.

Doug I know what you mean but since I'm older than you (I'm a '55)...

I DO like the styling of the cars of the postwar 40's, they truly look like rolling works of art to me. But the 30's and prewar cars don't do a thing for me so I completely understand your feeling about the '48 because that's the equivalent to you, young man

At 67 I like the 40's - and remember many 30's era cars on the road as a kid - dad had a 37 Dodge - so i guess you can say it depends on when you were born as to the era you like best - i collect mostly 40's and 50's

Ha! That means there will be a time that collectors are going to prefer '80s and '90s cars. 🙂

Doug, we're on the same wavelength. I'm keeping the '48 for sentimenal reasons. My grandfather in

Connecticut had one when I was a kid. I remember in the early '60's, it needed a paint job, so he got a gallon of brown enamel and brush-painted it. Hey, I may do that to mine....

I graduated HS in '61 so the 50's and 40's were the main theme then.

I even had some friends that rebuilt, rodded or customized some late 30's..... I had a '36 Chevy business coupe for a brief stint, then switched to a '52 Merc.

I hope so - its a great hobby

Growing up in the 50's, all the cars on the road were 40's & 50's. The primary reason I love them.

As a teenager in the 60's, I got to also enjoy the muscle car era.

I will forever love the 40's, 50's, and 60's cars. And I will forever love being able to say that I grew up at such a wonderful time in our history.

The TV, music, radio, restaurants, drive-in's, comic books, drug store newstands and malt shops all made the 50's and 60's so memorable.

But alas it's true, we love the things that remind us of the era we grew up in.

LOL Marlowe, though you may well be right, I personally can't believe that todays young people will have a passion for cars of the 80, 90's, and 2000's, like we did for those of our decades as youths.

Today to people, cars are just transportation, nothing more. Getting from Point A to Point B is all that matters to them.

George, I don't know if that's entirely true. There are a ton of young guys/girls...

...still into their cars. While it's true they have a lot more activities than we did for their time, Car Crazy (to borrow the term) is still very much alive. They're very much into their Mustangs, (a few Camaros and Challengers) and front drive pocket rockets. At least they are here in car crazy California.

Yeah, I agree with you. I always kind of thought the reason we have fond memories of our...

... growing up years is because we didn't have any worries other than going to school. We never had a care about finances, careers, family issues, health, and other hard realities of adulthood. Heck, the only thing I ever stressed about was when was I going to get my bicycle back from the bike repair shop and would summer vacation ever get here?

Do you remember the thrilling anticipation of the last day of school before summer and dreading late August which meant school was going to resume again soon? Those were great times!

Ah, Yes, Those Carefree Days of Youth In the 50s and 60s...

Yeah, we actually believed THAT BS too!

My sister and brother-in-law had a '49 fastback.....

As it aged, the shift linkage became sloppy and sometimes it would pop out of alignment. Her hubby was a 'gearhead' and he showed her how to flip it back into place. Once it locked up in the middle of the intersection of State and Main in downtown Rockford. She calmly got out, raised the hood and popped it back in place. The guy behind her yelled, "If I live to be 100, I'll never see a more amazing thing than that. Good goin' girl."
And why did he not fix the problem? Have you ever heard of the shoemaker's kids with holes in their shoes?