  Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 3793 Registered: 01-2005 |
Looking at the great vehicle photos posted by Mike (as well as his other HOF threads) reminded me of a small album I put together of some of our old family vehicles. Thought I'd share them with you. Car 1: Uncle Con Volkert on a 1923 trip to CA.  Car 2: Mom and Aunt Dana. Back of photo says "Rouge Park".  Car 3: Me & my bro. I know what kind of car this one is. Do you? Rear of 13960 Steel.  Car 4: A pre-WWII Ford and Mercury. License plate is a 1943. Rear of 13471 Hazelridge.  Car 5: 1949 Ford, wife's first car. Location is SE corner of Roger and Southfield in Allen Park. '55 Ford rear end at left.  Car 6: Unknown car with Mom and Aunt Gret on the running board. Location is SE corner of Sorrento and Foley. House in background is still there.  Car 7: About a '41 Ford convertible with my wife and her folks on Hazleridge. Think that's a '38 or '39 Ford in the background.  Car 8: Dad's 1936 Hudson Terraplane. I'm in that photo...guess which one I am. Note on back of print says "Oakland County".  Car 9: Maternal grandmother faking a pose. She never drove. License plate says 1927. Unknown location.  Car 10: Last one. Dad's 1940 Chevy. Location Grand Rapids. Dad was an auxillary police officer with GRPD until the war, when we moved back to Detroit.  | ||
Mikeg Member Username: Mikeg Post Number: 2019 Registered: 12-2005 |
Great shots and memories, even if they weren't on Kodachrome! | ||
Mortgageking Member Username: Mortgageking Post Number: 243 Registered: 12-2006 |
Nice pics. Your mom is pretty hot. | ||
Crystal Member Username: Crystal Post Number: 310 Registered: 05-2007 |
These are great photos! Thank you for sharing them. | ||
Maof2 Member Username: Maof2 Post Number: 956 Registered: 06-2008 |
aww ray, you sure were a cutie pie. great shots, in fact, the one with mom and aunt dana look kind of bonnie and clydeish (without clyde)  | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 1617 Registered: 01-2007 |
Fantastic series of snaps, Ray1936! I am not a good car person, so I will guess that car No. 3 is a 1940 something Dodge. Is that you on the trike? And yes, your pops was a luck guy with your hot mom | ||
Mikeg Member Username: Mikeg Post Number: 2020 Registered: 12-2005 |
Here's two vintage monochromes from my wife's family album: Her grandparents on their wedding day, Sept. 1, 1929. The story goes that he picked her up in that car (Ford Model T ?) and drove to the meet the preacher, who married them along the side of the road in Marshall County, Alabama. They were both 17 years old.  Here's her grandfather and his daughter (my wife's aunt), circa 1954. Anybody know what make/model that car is?  | ||
Douglasm Member Username: Douglasm Post Number: 1141 Registered: 10-2003 |
Is the back end of the car above the same as the grill of the other? It's a postwar (late '40's?) Chrysler, isn't it? | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 3794 Registered: 01-2005 |
Bullet, yeah, I'm on the trike. And Car #3 is (drum roll, please).....a 1950 Kaiser. I learned to drive in that car. It was a real tank. Mike, that does look like about a 49 Chrysler...or one of their products. | ||
Chuckjav Member Username: Chuckjav Post Number: 977 Registered: 09-2007 |
Ray1936...&...Mikeg The two of you make detroityes.com a Hall of Fame Web Site | ||
Whittier70 Member Username: Whittier70 Post Number: 215 Registered: 02-2008 |
beautiful pictures Ray, I love the pre ghetto glimpse of Hazelridge. | ||
Terryh Member Username: Terryh Post Number: 1036 Registered: 11-2006 |
Describing the area as a ghetto is disrespectful and dehumanizing to the human beings who reside in the neighborhood. Ive used the same description and wont do it anymore. Unless we get to know individuals in that area on a personal level or try to make a difference, we shouldnt insult the inhabitants who live on Hazelridge. Anyways, great pics. Rouge Park back then was way out in the country. Cars with running boards, many women didnt drive back then. | ||
Old_guy Member Username: Old_guy Post Number: 89 Registered: 04-2008 |
Great photos. History in its purest form. | ||
Gnome Member Username: Gnome Post Number: 2027 Registered: 08-2007 |
terryh, point taken, not to argue but I decided to look at the DPD Crime map for the last 30 days, don't mean to be a smartypants or to threadjack ... 1/2 mile radius of 13471 Hazelridge, detroit 16 burglaries 10 robberies 6 assaults 9 larcenies 6 auto thefts 2 arsons http://detroit.mi.crimeviewcom munity.com/wizard.asp Of, course, if anyone is interested in scaring themselves go to http://www.familywatchdog.us/ enter your address and see how many sex offenders live in your neighborhood. --- Cool pix Ray, still love that first pic with the Oldsmoile | ||
Detroitbred Member Username: Detroitbred Post Number: 147 Registered: 06-2008 |
Gnome, I have done that and it is a real eye opener.....and very disturbing. Sex offenders are in every neighborhood, from affluent on down the line. | ||
Mortalman Member Username: Mortalman Post Number: 436 Registered: 03-2007 |
quote: Terryh, is this quote a serious comment or is it tongue in cheek? | ||
Fareastsider Member Username: Fareastsider Post Number: 1009 Registered: 08-2006 |
I find it interesting to imagine the time when Rouge Park in that photo was still the boonies if you think about it then. There was a small buffer of rural land between it and the city in the early 30s or 20s. To think of it now surrounded by miles and miles of dense urban city yet still there a large open space. Rouge Park sure has fallen on hard times recently and is an often ignored large park in the area. How quickly things change! Think of that photo and say it was 1930. We are about 80 years from then and think of the changes in the landscape from then to now. Also think of the changes from 1930 to 80 years prior! In 1850 settlement in the area was still occuring and the wilderness was just being tamed. Most people do not consider how recently this area has been settled outside of the waterside french settlements. Just my random thoughts looking at those old photos. Thanks a lot for sharing them Ray! | ||
Terryh Member Username: Terryh Post Number: 1038 Registered: 11-2006 |
Mortalman just a random thought. Dont want to hijack the thread so Ill leave it at that.... I was thinking the same thing Fareastsider... I like that 36 Hudson Terraplane. Convertibles back then huh? |
