You as a kid photographed with your family car

sygazelle · 04-30-2020, 06:35 PM

Post a vintage photo of you as a little kid with your family car.

I don't know about you, but I've been a car guy long before I was a BMW fan. For me, it goes back to being a kid in the '50s. My Dad loved cars and specifically GM cars. Every couple of years he would bring home a new (to him) model. I think he usually had a company car or bought one or two year old car to save money and/or drive a higher end model.

I'll start: Here we are in '57 with my Dad's '55 Pontiac. I"m the little one with my eyes closed. I was hooked on cars already. I couldn't wait until September each year when the new models were unveiled.

Go!

1MOREMOD · 04-30-2020, 07:21 PM

You old af.

GOLFFRR · 04-30-2020, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by 1MOREMOD

You old af.

hahaha that was the first thing that came to my mind. Classic.

sygazelle · 04-30-2020, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by 1MOREMOD

You old af.

I guess I deserved that!

As Groucho Marx once said, "Getting old is something you get to do if you're lucky!"

sygazelle · 04-30-2020, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by GOLFFRR

hahaha that was the first thing that came to my mind. Classic.

Easy guys. I earned every wrinkle!

Joekerr · 04-30-2020, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by sygazelle

Post a vintage photo of you as a little kid with your family car.

I don't know about you, but I've been a car guy long before I was a BMW fan. For me, it goes back to being a kid in the '50s. My Dad loved cars and specifically GM cars. Every couple of years he would bring home a new (to him) model. I think he usually had a company car or bought one or two year old car to save money and/or drive a higher end model.

I'll start: Here we are in '57 with my Dad's '55 Pontiac. I"m the little one with my eyes closed. I was hooked on cars already. I couldn't wait until September each year when the new models were unveiled.

Go!

So if this was in '57, would it be fair to assume that the picture below is one of you in '54 eating an apple??

Wait...this is the "roast me" thread right?

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1MOREMOD · 04-30-2020, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by sygazelle

I guess I deserved that!

As Groucho Marx once said, "Getting old is something you get to do if you're lucky!"

Agreed

sygazelle · 04-30-2020, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Joekerr

So if this was in '57, would it be fair to assume that the picture below is one of you in '54 eating an apple??

Wait...this is the "roast me" thread right?

.

I can handle it. My 40 year old son loves to tease me and I just think he's trying to step into my shoes so to speak. It's interesting that he has purchased two of my BMWs from me and also the house he grew up in. Following in my footsteps is flattery enough, but he still loves to let me have it for being an old guy.

Just remember, if you are thinking about it, I've probably already done it. Just sayin'

bucketfoot · 04-30-2020, 10:23 PM

Not sure of the year, but thinking it's a 61 Olds Dynamic 88

bucketfoot · 04-30-2020, 10:25 PM

My sister gets the picture with the better car

M_Six · 04-30-2020, 10:25 PM

Don't know that any pics of me as a kid ever made it into digital format. Thank God.

My Mom had a Super 8 movie of me as a baby (maybe 2 y.o.?) screaming my head off while my Godmother was trying feed me some Gerbers carrot mush. Carrots and drool and ugliness everywhere. She never failed to pull that movie out at the worst times (like if I ever brought a girlfriend by the house). Then she had it converted to VHS. Luckily that was the end of it.

H2O_Doc · 04-30-2020, 10:25 PM

This might be the best thread ever. Thanks for posting.

Turkish Pickle · 04-30-2020, 10:38 PM

cmyx6go dinonz MKSixer and you guys got mad when i said bmw's are for old people...

at this rate i'm gonna have to grab a toyota avalon to feel young

MKSixer · 04-30-2020, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Turkish Pickle

cmyx6go dinonz MKSixer and you guys got mad when i said bmw's are for old people...

at this rate i'm gonna have to grab a toyota avalon to feel young

From Camry to Avalon. What has happened?!?!!

jimbobiggens · 04-30-2020, 10:44 PM

Kind of a car pic. This is my daddy holding me before I knew everything.

Turkish Pickle · 04-30-2020, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by MKSixer

From Camry to Avalon. What has happened?!?!!

three more days with the nostalgia here and i'm going to start looking at a grand marquises or a lacrosse

1MOREMOD · 04-30-2020, 10:46 PM

Dont have photo but earliest I remember was a 69 Buick skylark with 400cubes

jimbobiggens · 04-30-2020, 11:02 PM

This is me sitting on the steps and Mom's in the white dress. That's our Galaxie in the driveway.

sygazelle · 05-01-2020, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbobiggens

This is me sitting on the steps and Mom's in the white dress. That's our Galaxie in the driveway.

That is so cool. Thanks for sharing.

I adjusted the light and contract a little. Hope you don't mind.

sygazelle · 05-01-2020, 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by bucketfoot

My sister gets the picture with the better car

I'm guessing '63 Triumph Spitfire Mark 3.

Thanks for sharing!

sygazelle · 05-01-2020, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by M_Six

Don't know that any pics of me as a kid ever made it into digital format. Thank God.

My Mom had a Super 8 movie of me as a baby (maybe 2 y.o.?) screaming my head off while my Godmother was trying feed me some Gerbers carrot mush. Carrots and drool and ugliness everywhere. She never failed to pull that movie out at the worst times (like if I ever brought a girlfriend by the house). Then she had it converted to VHS. Luckily that was the end of it.

And now for the challenge: Find that Super 8. Play it and take a photo of the screen with your cell phone. If there is a car in the photo, share it. If there is no car in the photo, share it anyway.

Kidding aside, I have been working on a photo project since the shut in. I'm converting old slides to digital by projecting the slides in the carousel onto the white screen and taking a photo with my dslr camera of the projected image on the screen. They are coming out great. In fact, the photo at the top of this thread was taken that way.

My next project is to project Super 8 movies and make a digital video recording from my camera and, voila, digital movies of old Super 8 rolls. Let's hope it works.

sygazelle · 05-01-2020, 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbobiggens

Kind of a car pic. This is my daddy holding me before I knew everything.

Perfect!

No, I will pull my hair out trying to figure out make and model with almost no clue from the photo. I like a good challenge.

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