Last weekend when I went to the Roanoke Transportation Museum to see the old steam engines toot and roll down the tracks, there was a large room which housed a wonderful collection of vintage cars. Guess that makes me “vintage” considering I am lots older than any of them. Since Louis LaVache loves his Packards and Studebakers so, I decided to photograph and post the pictures for his pleasure. I also included two pictures of cars I once had, and one I wish I’d had. The cars were all so polished and shiny I could see all kinds of reflections on them.
1941 Packard
1941 Packard
1950 Studebaker Land Cruiser
Front of 1951 Studebaker
1959 Morris Traveler
1959 Morris Traveler
I included it because it was such a great looking car.
I just had to include these two of the Desoto because after college I had one that was painted pink and purple and had four doors. I think the top was pink and the bottom purple. The back seat folded forward so you could sleep back there, and instead of having a regular automatic transmission it was a push button one. It was a chrome looking square on the left side of the steering wheel, sitting against the dashboard, and had push buttons: top, bottom, left, and right. All I can say is...it was one cool car!
This is a 1972 Volkswagen Super Beetle. We owned one that looked just like this until it was totaled by volunteer fire department truck. The bug was parked on the left just past the intersection. The driver ran the red light, hit a lady and her car that was about to go through the intersection with a green light. After smashing into her, he lost control and took out my VW. The city did not have to pay a dime because it was an emergency vehicle going to an emergency!
Hope you enjoyed your honorary post Mr. LaVache
