Reminder: Every Car Was, At One Point, Just Another Car

My in-laws were going through a stack of old photos, and found this.  F-I-L texted it to me this morning.  

Apparently there were some early adopters of rally-X in Ohio in the late 30's.  

Everyone in the 30's drove rallycross.  There wasn't really an option.

You can't rallycross a convertible without a factory hardtop. /THATGUYCHIMINGIN

That's a seriously awesome shot. 

Do you mean in 1959 a '57 Chevrolet was just transportation?

In reply to Captdownshift (Forum Supporter) :

He didn't have seatbelts, either.  But at least, being winter in Ohio, there likely was a fifth of rye in the front seat.

1937 Ford is the car, or I miss my guess.

I think some cars were seen as special from the beginning. Sportscars, exotics, etc. If it gave you an emotional response when new, it probably still will. 

aircooled said:

That is too cool,. Thank you!  

If you don't mind, here's another pic from the pile:

If you know something is supposed to be a particular color (e.g. the car upholstery is red) let me know.  The algorithm just guesses, but I can guide it.  E.g. the front of the car was converting to dirt brown, but I tweaked it to black / gray, since that seemed more likely.

They are pretty easy / quick to do (Photoshop has a filter for it), so if you have more, it's not a problem.

You have to imagine, back in the day, on a property / farm, pretty much everything was muddy or dirty almost all the time.

Fantastic old photos!

In reply to volvoclearinghouse :

My grandfather would drive his Chrysler across the fields to check on the farm. The only time he used a pickup truck was right after WWII because he couldn't get a new Chrysler in 1945. Farmers were allowed to buy new pickup trucks that year. 

In reply to volvoclearinghouse :

The old Chevy is great but I absolutely love there is a dog in the pic. It's so rare to find old pics with family pets. 

Film was expensive, but if you look for old pictures of family dogs there are more out there than you think. I used to 'collect' them from Ebay auctions and Pinterest and have a whole folder full on my FB account of old collie type dogs, which are my thing. 

Back in that era, any wood-spoke-wheel car became a pickup truck. Kind of like how every Harbor Freight tool eventually becomes a hammer. 

Gearheadotaku (Forum Supporter) said:

I think some cars were seen as special from the beginning. Sportscars, exotics, etc. If it gave you an emotional response when new, it probably still will. 

Ding ding ding.

A little investigating and looking at other photos with known relatives in them leads us to believe the 37 Ford was Mrs. VCHs maternal grandparents' wedding getaway car. 

Here's the wedding pic. Looks like maybe a 10 year newer Ford sedan in the background. 

Edit: on second glance, maybe not. The wedding car appears to be a hardtop. Huh. More digging to be done!