Only one Ford at a time. Grandpa traded in a 1947 pickup when he bought the 54. They gave him $648 for the 47. The 54 cost $1648. So he paid $1000 cash plus title and sales tax. I think that was kind of high considering it was late in 54.

 

Does anyone know what kind of car that is? I was 5 in 1960 same as my cousin in the middle and I have no recollection of a car like that. I do know later Grandpa drove a green 60 Olds.

 

I believe it's a 50 Chrysler Windsor

 

I believe you are right. I'll have to ask my older brother who owned a 50 Chrysler.

 

Abe, it's interesting that your Grandpa was paid $648 for is 7 year old truck. My Dad paid $42.50 for my truck when it was 8 years old. As I remember, my truck was pretty well shot when my Dad brought it home--the fenders and wheel wells were all rusted out and the seat upholstery and slip covers ripped up. There were issues with the transmission and the back door latches. The interior and exterior, including most of the chrome, were repainted with a brush. The engine was pretty wore out as well with 80,000 miles on the clock. Your Grandpa must have taken good care of his vehicle vs the young coast guardmen who were driving someone else's truck.

Jim

 

As I said earlier I thought $1648 was a lot for a 1954 truck on December 22, 1954 when I'm quite sure the new 55 models were sitting on the lot. So the car salesman made a deal. "We'll give you $648 for your 47 and you pay $1000 and drive off with a new truck!"

 

Way cool Abe.

t's great you have so many ties to the truck, and pictures and certificates to document it's history

 

Thanks.
And I was named Abram after that grandfather.

 

Cool picture Abe, cool truck also!!!
awseome that it stayed in good hands all those years.

 

 

Thanks!

Thanks, Rob. Where have you been? Haven't seen you around here lately. How's your 56 F250?

 

 

So, is that grandpa in the picture? Neatto to have the history.

william

 

No that is my Uncle Ernie and Aunt Betty, my mother's sister, with their 3 children Dixie, Dennis, and Dean.

I'll find a picture of my Grandpa later and post it. He was born in 1898 and died in 1998. He had a big dairy farm and for a time bottled his own milk. Here is a picture of one of his early bottles. The earliest were embossed. The latest were square.

 

*sniff*

Mom passed a couple weeks ago and I've inherited a ton of old family photos I've not seen in some fifty years. I've got fresh feelings of what it's like to find stuff like this.