Old Family Cars

[Rodent]

5 hours ago, Falcon Ranchero said:

My dad's father's 1963 Falcon. Fender badge indicates a possible V8, but not sure. 

 

That is definitely a "260" emblem on the fender. I think that is probably kind of rare in anything other than a Sprint, but it was definitely available.

 

5 hours ago, Falcon Ranchero said:

My Great uncle's second 1964 Galaxie. He is currently the owner of the 1965 Thunderbird I mentioned around the forum.

 

My parents' first new car was a 390 powered '64 Galaxie 500 in Dynasty Green

[Falcon Ranchero]

6 minutes ago, Rodent said:

That is definitely a "260" emblem on the fender. I think that is probably kind of rare in anything other than a Sprint, but it was definitely available.

 

My parents' first new car was a 390 powered '64 Galaxie 500 in Dynasty Green

His Galaxie was green also, I don't think it was green in that photo though (it was repainted at some point) as it was originally lighter blue but the green was darker and the grayscale in the photo looks too bright. He fitted the car with exhaust that came out from behind the front wheels; said you could see the flames at night

Edited January 28 by Falcon Ranchero

[Falcon Ranchero]

13 minutes ago, Rodent said:

That is definitely a "260" emblem on the fender. I think that is probably kind of rare in anything other than a Sprint, but it was definitely available.

Unfortunately we don't know anything about the car; my dad's father died 30 years ago and my great uncle didn't know he even had the Falcon; It's  pretty interesting though; he couldn't have had it for very long; apparently he bought and sold cars regularily. Also had some very odd cars, like a 1966 Peugeot, and '72 Mazda, and probably lots more we don't know of. 

[Falcon Ranchero]

Almost forgot, my dad's father had a '76 Plymouth Arrow. Not the car but it looked just like this one exactly. My dad wasn't ever sure why he actually bought the car; I guess a co-worker sold it to him and he bought it but only had it for a matter of months. Maybe a year.

And continuing the yellow theme, he also had a 1979 Mercury Grand Marquis Colony Park, that he bought down in southern Ont. My dad remembered going with him to get the car. Then one day his dad was driving home from the steel plant one day, alone in the family truckster, and though to himself "what the hell am I doing" and then sold the wagon away. Not the real photo of the car but it looked exactly like this:

 

[A modeler named mike]

1 hour ago, Falcon Ranchero said:

Almost forgot, my dad's father had a '76 Plymouth Arrow. Not the car but it looked just like this one exactly. My dad wasn't ever sure why he actually bought the car; I guess a co-worker sold it to him and he bought it but only had it for a matter of months. Maybe a year.

 

I love that Plymouth Arrow.  Right after I bought my 1980 AMC spirit I saw an Arrow white with black accents. It was called the Fire Arrow. Sporty little car.

[DJMar]

2 hours ago, A modeler named mike said:

I love that Plymouth Arrow. 

Me too. They were such cool little cars.

[Kenmojr]

Some great old photos, thanks for sharing...

[Tyreman]

A great post and subject...i have no family photos...they had nothing special....i owned a Mustang 2 Ghia...one of only 33 made right hand drive for the UK and 302 no smog v8...I used daily for 3 years mid 90s...i miss that car! 

Edited May 7 by Tyreman

[Daverde]

Great pictures !! Thanks for sharing them!!