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Cars We Drove To School
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Norm Black '68 shares a photo of his '57 Ford "Surf Wagon". He needed a wagon 'cause he surfed on a 9' 8" board. Norm has fond memories of the very long night when he and his father transferred the 3-speed column shifter to the floor so the car would be "cool".
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Ron Layton '64 poses with his 1950 Chevy in front of the home of buddy Buddy Green '65
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Ron Jagodinski '62 and his 1953 Studebaker Champion in front of the family home in Del Cerro circa February 1961
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| I am sending a couple of photos of my 1956 Chevy circa 1964. I made the gas pedal in Mr. Mustol’s metal shop, I believe. The sign in the side window that says SPEED KILLS, DRIVE A FORD, which was made in Mr. Morphew's Graphic Arts Class. I am doing a reproduction of the car in my shop as a project for my wife Sue Roskos Mardon ’65 and I to cruise in. We hope to find the Rancho Drive-in theater and park in the passion pit area. At 65 years old you need a little spice. Maybe not. Yours truly -- Bob Mardon 64
(I didn't know there WAS a designated passion pit area. I only remember the playground area, from when I was a toddler -- JF)
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| (Left) This is the 1940 Ford that I had in high School. My pants look like I got them from the Salvation Army – Ted Hazlewood ’63 (I'm pretty sure the Salvation Army wouldn't have accepted those -- JF)
(Right) I got my '40 Ford from the original owner in Rolando. It was painted by brush and looked terrible. I had it sandblasted and primered, installed new rubber and tinted glass, and was rechroming everything when Dominic Bonjorno made me an offer I could not refuse – Dudley Mills ‘59 (Dominic "The Godfather" Bonjorno made you an offer you couldn't refuse? I ain't gonna ask -- JF)
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Here are a couple of shots of my '58 T-Bird (the first four-seater), taken circa 1964-65. That's me on the right. The cigarette was stolen from my parents, probably. I purchased the car in 1964 for $1,200.00 (actually my dad purchased it) and remember it ran horribly, as the radiator over heated and the exhaust system was totally rotted out. That didn't stop me from getting it painted and putting some baby moons on the wheels and fixing it up with other accouterments. About a year later when I saved up the money I had the exhaust system repaired and the radiator re-cored for about $150.00. I remember, after it was repaired, driving it to El Centro on Saturday mornings, buying a Pepsi, and turning around and going home. Gas was 22 cents a gallon. I sure do wish I had it back (I would even go for the '59 Chevy behind it). By the way, take note of the TV Antennae (no cable in those days) in the background and one of the Chollas towers still standing – John Botte ‘66 |
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This is me and my 1949 Chevrolet Woodie Wagon at La Jolla Shores in 1963 -- Terry Hall '64 |
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This is a photo of me and the 1957 Ford Ranch Wagon I drove to school my Senior Year. Many trips to the beach were also made -- Frank Klepach '64 |
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1958 Volkswagen Beetle
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1955 Chevrolet
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These were my parents' cars, but I was allowed to drive them to school once I had my license. My senior year I pretty much drove the VW every day. Bob Richardson '61
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1956 Renault 4 CV • Ted McFarland '74
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1959 Triumph TR-3 • Mike Linder '66
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| Thanks for posting Mike Linder's '59 TR-3. I had forgotten that I drove that car over a curb and onto someone's lawn when Mike was trying to teach me how to drive a stick shift. I hope he has gotten over it by now! -- Anne Lewis Moore "66
Didn’t Linda Dawes break his drive shaft? -- Marcia McDonald ‘62 (Linda broke a lot of guys' drive shafts. Oh, you're talking about his car!! -- JF)
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