Life in the '50s - Lots of cool cars

[Payman]

Hard to believe these pics were taken 60+ years ago. Love the cars.

http://izismile.com/2016/02/24/the_usa_back_in_the_50s_77_pics.html

[GoCougs]

Sweet. Love those Buicks and the Lockheed Constellation. That old film, when all worked well, took amazing pictures. For my mom's Xmas present I'm scanning their old slides (not '50s - early '60s into the '70s) to digital file. Found this - my dad, at about age 20, circa 1962, standing next to his '53 (I think) Buick:

[CALL_911]

^That's a sweet pic dude

[280Z Turbo]

Why jalopies?

[shp4man]

I like the pics. Can identify all those cars, as they were the cheap heaps back in the 70's. You could buy a decent 57 Chevy for $300 back then. Now, they're 100 times that.

[cawimmer430]

Hmmm.. the guy standing next to her is clearly NOT the father of her child. 

[cawimmer430]

WANT. THAT. CADDY. 

[CaminoRacer]

I like the pics. Can identify all those cars, as they were the cheap heaps back in the 70's. You could buy a decent 57 Chevy for $300 back then. Now, they're 100 times that.

I was talking with some guys about that the other day. One guy brought up a theory that auctions and those restoration shows have driven prices up because everyone now thinks that because some guy bought a car for $200k at a charity auction, their barn find must be worth nearly as much.

And then you have hippies who grew up and got rich and now are willing to pay $100k to get their old VW Bus back.

[FoMoJo]

I like the pics. Can identify all those cars, as they were the cheap heaps back in the 70's. You could buy a decent 57 Chevy for $300 back then. Now, they're 100 times that.

They were a lot easier to tell apart back then.  Just a glance and I know exactly what it is; at least, who made it,

[Rupert]

I was talking with some guys about that the other day. One guy brought up a theory that auctions and those restoration shows have driven prices up because everyone now thinks that because some guy bought a car for $200k at a charity auction, their barn find must be worth nearly as much.

And then you have hippies who grew up and got rich and now are willing to pay $100k to get their old VW Bus back.

I think a lot of it is nostalgic old fucks with money.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I think a lot of it is nostalgic old fucks with money.

All of it