How serious are you?

[Mart]

How serious am I?

Not very.

Thing is, Fibber, I never know if you're telling the truth or not.

Mart.

[Vintage Copper 47]

I know this is an old post... but worth mentioning.. we formed the Vintage L.A. Coppers non-profit (vintagelacoppers.org) with LAPD just so we can re-live the days of "film noir" and L.A. Confidential

[grumppyoldman]

I'm 8 years older than my 41 ford coupe but we get along great. As for as going back to the 40''s don't think so. Never liked picking cotton, pulling corn, shocking peanuts, milking cows. So I think I'm doing ok where I'm at, driving my old ford. Al

[pooch]

I get the most enjoyment when I am driving my old fords on a great piece of road with the roof down at my own pace.

Sometimes the mind drifts back to an earlier time when driving was an adventure and not a gadget ridden pile of mobile plastic...

New cars bore me, so I sold my modern 3 years ago and now have only 4 old fords as everyday drivers.

[Talkwrench]

Well Ive never been one to conform, so driving an 80 year old + car with a wooden floor still in it gives me a strange buzz when Im [usually] passing modern cars, It's made me a better driver. Yes I listen to the "granny" station as I call it when driving, I love it, even goin to the old markets to find some 'junk'
BUT I don't just have Fords I like "cars" unique ones in general , its just the way my mind works, I look at a lot of things in life in a mechanical way.

[HOTRODPRIMER]

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Originally Posted by Fibber Mcgee

Not exactly on topic but....... How many of you drive old Fords just because you like old Fords or are like me and drive old Fords because you wish you were living in the era your old Ford was built? Am I the only one who likes to drive down a road and turn on some Harry James and forget about the world we live in today?

I don't have a radio but I do love to drive my old Fords. HRP

[Paul Bennett]

I don't hide the fact -
'50 Merc 4dr almost new was my first car-painted by G.Winfield
'50 Merc 4dr I just bought will be my last car.

It stirs great memories of my teens and it un-ages me.

I turned 80 a few days ago and today I lay under my car wrenching. Lov'n life.

[Ken Bull]

I had a 40 Ford PU for 19yrs when I lived in NY. I stored it in my barn in the winter and cut out one side of the barn for a huge window and keeped a light on cause I could see it from my garage. Darn,I sold it when I got ready to finish my 36 Cabriolet.Now in Florida I can drive it in the winter,but I open the door to the garage and take a look at it before I hit the sack almost every night. Auh now Im missing the 40 PU. Whats my problem?

[koates]

Hi there, I grew up in the 1950s (Im a 46 model) and love those quieter times and wonderful values the older folks had. I drive my 34 Ford now and then but getting out of this crazy traffic in this big city is a challenge that the 34 and me don't like. Sometimes I listen to the glovebox radio but it does not often play the old tunes, so I mostly just listen to the old V8. Yes the older times were nice but as someone said, Life is like looking back in the rear view mirror, but looking forward through the windscreen is more important. Regards, Kevin.

[redmodelt]

I drive old Fords or any old car because I can and because I can work on them. I don't romanticize about how good things were back then, simpler maybe but I really don't think better. I am a child of the 70's and 80's but those car are out of my price range and social group. The T was only $600 when I bought it and the 48 came down the family. The 48 f2 is my every day ride so it just an neat of truck.

[willowbilly3]

My daily driver is my 59 F250 4x4. I don't just love my old cars and drive them once in a while, I drive them everywhere I go. I don't have radios in anything, the sound of a solid lifter Y block is music, or the loud pipes on my rpu. Part of it is my childhood but I grew up on muscle cars, just can't afford one of those.

[Rustedjunk]

I'm about to be 40 on the 21st of May. When I was 4 to 10 years old, people in my neighborhood of Roseville, MN had old Fords either sitting in their driveway, or on the side of their house. I would stare at these car in awe for awhile, and if they were open, sit inside. The smell of an old car would get me excited. I seen my first 39 Deluxe convertible sedan at 9 years old and feel in love. Now fast forward to today. I have my 47 Tudor sedan that I enjoy (even when I can't drive it) and it's been something I can share with my two younger daughters who help me work on it. I'll get in my zone when I work on my 47, playing 50's rock n roll music and feel like I'm in another place in time. I hope to buy another flathead Ford very soon. I absolutely love these cars. They're my childhood dream come true at each miles I drive, and each turn of my wrench.

[GB SISSON]

I'll be 64 in two weeks. I have driven old ford trucks since my first AA stakebed at 19. Even when conditions aren't the best, I love working on the old fords even on my back in the gravel. Over the last 30 years I have fallen deeply for the flat v8s and the trucks they came in. Like many of you, I try to keep the trappings of modern life to a minimum and at least out of view. While I don't seek out old time clothes, my every day attire would not raise eyebrows in the mid 40s. In the late 60's my dad and I were glued to the Waltons and that may explain why I have ten acres on the slope of a mountain, a sawmill and have owned three AA fords along with all the v8s. This is a great thread, thanks for bringing it back!

[J Witt]

I'm a child of the fifties and oddly never cared to much for those cars. I do love my old, old cars ('36 is the newest). However, if I'm tired, I confess to taking the modern car with A/C, auto, PS and PB. Especially the A/C. One thing I don't miss from the old days is the dental care. I'll take my current day dentist in a heartbeat.