For car-culture fans,
Route 66 is the Main Street of America. Running nearly 2,500 miles from Chicago to Los Angeles, 66 was the highway for Midwest and Plains migrants seeking work during the Depression.
Each year in late September, Springfield hosts the
Route 66 Festival with a parade of vintage autos. They cruise up Dirksen Parkway, circle the Old State House, and park along Gasoline Alley, on Washington between 5th and 6th. See the
Festival site for film and event schedule.
These images show a few models that may be familiar to you. Can you identify all three as to make and year? (Another prize is available--leave your comments).
All pictures are copyright
DS Digitals, by Dulany Sriner '64. Visit his site for a large set of festival images, available for a small download fee.
Each year in late September, Springfield hosts the Route 66 Festival with a parade of vintage autos. They cruise up Dirksen Parkway, circle the Old State House, and park along Gasoline Alley, on Washington between 5th and 6th. See the Festival site for film and event schedule.
These images show a few models that may be familiar to you. Can you identify all three as to make and year? (Another prize is available--leave your comments).
All pictures are copyright DS Digitals, by Dulany Sriner '64. Visit his site for a large set of festival images, available for a small download fee.
9 comments:
Hi Will,
I don't know if my first comment came through, I'm sending another.
In identifying the cars:
1. 1934 Ford Victoria
2. 1949/50 Chevrolet
3. 1956/57 Ford Thunderbird.
I was at one time a member of a classic/non-classic car club.
Libbie
Hi Libbie,
I'm sorry, but participants from OUTSIDE THE USA are not allowed. (just kidding--to understand the joke, see my comment in the entry below.)
I'm not going to say if you are right or not. I'll wait for a few more responses to come in and then we'll see. Thanks for writing. Never occurred to me that you were in a car club!
Will
Hi Will,
You evidently missed the email I sent you, regarding Pease's. They have sent me things before, for my family, so they know where Yukon, OK is, and it is in the USA. There is another country just below Oklahoma, on the other side of the Red River. we play football there sometime. Ever hear about a place called Texas?
Ed and I completely restored a 1939 Cadillac about 41 years ago,
and belonged to a Classic Car
Club in St. Louis, along with one of later vintages. Just love to rub out that paint and sand, or should I say, loved.
Libbie
It's Route 66 that interests me, although I would love to own another '62 Bonneville convertible like I had in my 20's. Since my father's family lived in Arizona and L.A. when I was a kid, we traveled the length of Rt. 66 about every 3 years. It was soooo hot and we'd have to let the car cool down at the top of mountains, but those trips were great.
Remember the first car air conditioners? You put it in the window. We tried one on one of those trips but it wasn't worth a dime.
And I remember driving down Rt. 66 to the turn-off at Litchfield to go to Monticello Prep, and to St. Louis baseball games in my 20's. Lots of good memories on that highway.
Barbara
Hi Will,
Did you ever decide what kind of cars you had pictured?
Libbie
Hi Libbie,
Yours is the only entry so far. I'll wait until Nov 1 and if no more challenges arise, I will declare you the winner. Perhaps by then, Peases' will figure out how to send an order. I think what threw them off is the name YUKON!
Cheers,
Will
Hi Will,
Not worried about winning anything, just curious about the cars. I, too, thought that was Don Castles in the prom picture. If it wasn't he sure must have a twin somewhere.
Best wishes,
Libbie
Libbie,
You are definitely our winner. I never doubted you for a moment, but I was unsure about the 1934 Crown Victoria. Tonight I finally confirmed that is the correct name for the model. Here's a set of images:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&edition=us&q=1934+Ford+Victoria&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2
I believe Ford now makes a Crown Victoria, often souped up to make a fast police car.
Congratulations on your vehicular acumen!
Will
Will,
The "First Crown Victoria" was produced in the 1950's. The one shown in 1934 was just a "Victoria". And, yes, I have seen some of the Crown Victorias used by the Highway Patrol and various polic departments in action. They are awesome, but so are some of the cars/trucks they are pursuing.
Libbie
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