Decades w/these cars and owners

As you may know, I enjoy finding car owners who have held onto their automobiles ‘for ages’. Every car has a story (many are at these links for  Chryslers, Fords and GM) but there’s often a great story why someone would keep a car for decades.

I just updated my ‘lifers’ (new name) gallery through the 2013 season and there are now there are 56 cars having been owned or in the family from 64 years to 10 years. John’s green 1950 Ford Custom convertible was bought by his (favorite) uncle right after Labor Day in 1950; Rich’s Belmar Red 1962 is the oldest one-owner car I’ve encountered. I did run into a fellow who said he had an original 1962 Jaguar XK-E but I haven’t actually seen that vehicle.

1950 Ford Convertible

1950 Ford Convertible

1962 Pontiac Catalina

1962 Pontiac Catalina

See this page for the full list of these cars.
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Last Photo to Edit 2013

I chose this photo of Tom’s 1966 Ford Thunderbird to be the final picture in my final phot galley of the 2013 season and the standout color has something to do with my selection. It was a great year for me although I had to miss some big shows at the end of the season because I wasn’t feeling well. I am so looking forward to 2014 car events.

1966 Thunderbird

1966 Ford Thunderbird

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Riverside Finale on 9-29-2013

This was Riverside’s season ender and my last set of photos to edit for the 2013 season.

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World of Wheels 3-01-2014

World of Wheels in Rosemont was my first car show for 2014. My time was short and I focused on the cars that weren’t surrounded by barriers. This meant shooting more pictures of fewer cars but getting better images.

1964 Buick Riviera

1964 Buick Riviera

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Westchester Cruise 9-30-2013

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1956 Chevrolet Bel Air

1950 Fords, John & Dennis

1950 Fords, John & Dennis

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1967 Pontiac Tempest

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1951 Henry J (w/Hemi)

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Westchester Cruise 9-23-2013

The exellent band for this show was Rick Lindy and The Wild Ones (NOTE – the band’s website will play their music). They had allowed me to record two of their original tunes at Lombard on June 22,2013 and you can hear them here. My friend Geno, the owner of this 1956 Oldsmobile Ninety Eight, is a neighbor of the band’s drummer; Geno can’t come to Monday night Cruise’s at Westchester because he takes his wife roller skating.
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1955 Buick Special

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Duke’s Toyota 9-22-2013

This show was bigger than the parking lot at Duke’s Diner so it was moved a few blocks to the expanse of Toyota Park. This was Duke’s salute to the memory of the late Marty Bilecki Jr.

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1957 Chevy 210

1957 Chevy 210

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Westchester Cruise 9-16-2013

The entertainment for this late season event was the oldies band, The Stingrays.

Paul, our host

the moon is shining on Paul, our host

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Lombard Cruise 8-31-2013

This Tempest is very much like my first car. Mine had a red interior and four-on-the-floor. This car used a four cylinder version of the well renowned Pontiac 389 V-8 and had a rear mounted transaxle.

1962 Pontiac Tempest

1962 Pontiac Tempest

1965 Ford

1965 Ford

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Westchester Cruise 8-19-2013

Driving Miss Daisy Cadillac

Driving Miss Daisy Cadillac

'a sled'

‘a sled’

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