Cars of our Great-Grandfathers

"CammedCTSV" (cammedctsv) 01/10/2016 at 20:02 • Filed to: None

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Both my grandfathers were born in the early 20's and they had to fabricate what couldn’t be bought at Home Depot.

My great-grandfather (the first Federal Health Service doctor in the Tampa Bay area) built a frame of hardwood that would support the rear axle of his 1933 Buick 5 Passenger.

He made a flange for the right rear brake drum to spin a leather belt which ran my Great Grandmas Singer sewing machine, the washing machine, metal lathe and well water pump....Hooray for straight six Buick power that was scrapped by my great aunt in 1959.

What did your great-grandfathers drive?

TheHondaBro > CammedCTSV 01/10/2016 at 20:08

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Nothing, because they were in Iran.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > CammedCTSV 01/10/2016 at 20:12

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I know my great-grandfather on my dad’s dad’s side brought home a new Mercedes which my great-grandmother promptly made him return. She decided that in light of current events, a flashy Benz was not an ideal car for Jews in early 30's Germany.

My great-grandpa on my dad’s mom’s side brought a then-new ‘59 Jaguar MkII over from Britain with him. Years later, after he died, it broke down while my great-grandmother was driving it across the bridge in NYC, it broke down. She apparently got out, tossed the car keys to a passerby, and finished her journey on foot. She never saw the car again.

CammedCTSV > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 01/10/2016 at 20:14

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This needs to be the marketing goal of Jaguar-Land Rover Service Writers

bob and john > CammedCTSV 01/10/2016 at 20:15

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dont think they did, because communist romainia

Agrajag > CammedCTSV 01/10/2016 at 20:18

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No idea on my paternal side, but I know on my mom’s side that his last car was an olive green Chevrolet Malibu. He had bought it new in the early 70's but stopped driving sometime by the early 80's. He gave it to my aunt who had it until about 1990 or so.

I’m told he was quite the handyman and did all his own maintenance.

In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you > CammedCTSV 01/10/2016 at 20:19

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No idea. But my 5'2 Mema drove a 1972 Ford Gran Torino 351 4V until the late 80's. It was an auto and was Dark Green with Dark Green Velour.

NOTE: this is not her car. But hers looked a lot like the Gran Torino Gran Torino.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > CammedCTSV 01/10/2016 at 20:28

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My Great Grandfather drove a ‘64 Impala sedan with a 327 4 barrel, up until he passed in the late sixties. Then my grandparents kept the car up until the early 2000's, when they sold it in flawless condition with 60k original miles for $3500. I’d love to have that car back.

CammedCTSV > In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you 01/10/2016 at 20:34

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My Mema had a 66 Malibu SS 396 Convertible with a four speed Muncie and Hurst shifter......In a few years, I will build this car complete in red with white top using a turbo’d LS3, T56 six speed and 3.73 gears...running 18x10 wheels on all four corners

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > CammedCTSV 01/10/2016 at 20:53

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My Great Grandfather bought both a Model T and Model A new from Ford. My grandfather had a 35 Pontiac and a 37 Buick. He then bought his first new car a 50 Desoto followed by a 55 Plymouth Wagon and 57 Desoto.

Berang > CammedCTSV 01/10/2016 at 21:00

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My grandfather didn’t make enough to afford a car, I understand he owned a BMW motorcycle. I imagine something like this:

He worked for BMW, so I guess that’s why he had one. I don’t think any of my great-grandfathers owned any sort of vehicles.

wafflesnfalafel > CammedCTSV 01/10/2016 at 21:13

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none of my great-grandfathers could drive.. only one of my grandfathers could drive and he was a life long GM guy - had a POS Chev Corsica when he passed...

JR1 > CammedCTSV 01/10/2016 at 21:55

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My great grandfather was one of the first people in the family to buy a Model T in the early 20s. He took the whole family and drove from central Ohio to West Virgina to visit family. Unfortunately my family in West Virgina was very poor and usually only tax collectors and the law drove automobiles back then. And because my WV family neglected to pay taxes and had illegal moonshine they shot their guns at my great grandpa and his Model T. He got so pissed me never visited them again.

DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully > CammedCTSV 01/10/2016 at 21:56

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Here it is. The last car my great-grandfather ever bought, a 1992 Dodge Dynasty.

I also had a great-grandmother who had an Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser during the 70s with a 455.

JR1 > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 01/10/2016 at 21:58

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Should have bought an Auburn, Cadillac, or Duesy

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > CammedCTSV 01/10/2016 at 22:03

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My moms grandfather on her fathers side had a green model A that my grandfather used to steal and drive around when he was out of town.

And my moms grandfather on her mothers side didn’t drive. he was chaufeured around in a variety of Franklin and Packards until the great depression.

John Norris (AngryDrifter) > CammedCTSV 01/10/2016 at 22:11

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My Great Great Grandfather started a moving company in Cleveland Ohio in 1867. My Great Grandfather took it over. My Grandfather was on the younger end of 11 brothers and sisters so his older brothers took over the company and he ventured out on his own.

But here’s one of their vehicles off their website. Non-pneumatic tires it looks like. Early low profile. They had some horse drawn carriages to start out with and I think kept using them well into the 1940's.

CammedCTSV > John Norris (AngryDrifter) 01/10/2016 at 22:21

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I would give my powerball jackpot for that life

John Norris (AngryDrifter) > CammedCTSV 01/10/2016 at 22:50

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My Father describes it as not that attractive. Keeping the small businesses going through the depression was a big ordeal. When the customer delays or fails to pay you, do you not pay some of your bills or do you lay some off? And then when the depression had pretty much run its course WWII kicked into full gear. By that time my Grandfather had his own moving business and he was competing with the original family business, which in the best of times wouldn’t sit well with the rest of the family. During this stretch I think it was pretty much unpardonable.

But it is interesting. Between the two business they pretty much moved most things in Cleveland that were big, or heavy, or difficult to move.

shop-teacher > CammedCTSV 01/10/2016 at 23:41

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The only car I know my great grandfather had was a ‘37 Chrysler Airflow. My grandparents had several cool vehicles, including a ‘49 Mercury convertible, a highland green ‘68 Mustang convertible (that my mom learned to drive in), a ‘74 Camaro, and my personal favorite of them all, a ‘70 Chrysler 300 Hurst edition, complete with a 440.

911e46z06 > CammedCTSV 01/10/2016 at 23:46

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My grandpa built a propeller-driven cart type thing he used to cruise around Tulsa, Oklahoma when he was like 10. It was awesome until some dude at the gas station stuck his hand in the spinning prop, with predictable results. Then his mom wouldn’t let him drive it anymore. He built a plane from scratch when he was 14, and promptly crashed it. When he was 16, he won a state-wide science fair with his third home-built airplane, which he managed not to crash. He won a trip to New York, and he convinced his driver to let him flake on whatever it was he was supposed to be doing and drive him to the Curtiss factory instead. He was a pretty cool dude.

In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you > 911e46z06 01/11/2016 at 05:01

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Tell me more pls

911e46z06 > In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you 01/11/2016 at 11:58

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Not too much to tell. He became a pilot for American and did some consulting type stuff for aerospace companies. He ended up patenting a few things and making a bunch of money, which he used to buy old airplanes and open a little museum. He was also a test pilot for some little startup for a couple years.