Down at my mother's house looking through old photo albums.
1952...Long Beach California. My parents with the brand new Henry J. I was driven home from the hospital as a newborn in this fine little ride...
Fast forward 61 years...my mother is still driving....a four cylinder, but with some of the latest technology.
Her hybrid Toyota...
The car I remember the best is a 1954 Ford Wagon similar to one of these...we had this car while my father was stationed in Japan in the fifties. I'll have to see if I can find some pics of it. My father and I took a week long vacation once back then, and drove all over Japan in that car. I remember it seeming like a behemoth compared to the Japanese cars of the era....and especially driving on the narrow roads of 1950's japan...
Maybe I'll get back here and post some more pics....
To anyone out there that reads this little blog....Have a Merry Holidays!
No, this isn't a 1954 Ford station wagon. Found this pic of a VW powered airplane I helped my father build in the 70's. Interesting, how the neighbor had a bug parked in their driveway. Speaking of the neighbor, he was a pilot in World War2 and flew P-47's for the navy.
I learned a lot about metal fabrication from my father during that project. Speaking of projects, I need to scan all the family photos this year. Being an Air Force photographer my father left a lot of photos behind...back into the old albums....
