In the beginning there was the tractor at the farm...
Woods Cars - High School
1970 - 1975
In the beginning there was the tractor at the farm...
Woods Cars
I appolgize for the sometimes poor picture quality...these are reproduced from old slides and some were a bit out of focus to begin with...but you get the idea...
(1)
60 Chevrolet Biscayne - 9/18/71, 1st car, bought for $25 from Bert’s Auto sales, Milford Mass. Scrapped.
(2)
62 Chevrolet Wagon - Marj’s retired family car. Cut off part of roof and removed fenders. Woods car for several months. Scrapped. Pictures from Nov 72.
(3)
62 Chevrolet Convertible - Bought for $5. Hurst shifter. Nice condition. Woods car for several months. Traded to Smiths. Scrapped.
(4)
61 Austin Healy Sprite - Great woods car. Traded to Smiths
(5)
51 Studebaker Starlight Coupe - “The Ugly One”, Bought for $25...plus $5 to deliver from Leonard Stackpole. Had many rebirths. Registered. Driven to D.C. Several times. Aluminum foil head gaskets. Left behind in Brockton.
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62 Plymouth Valient - Bought at Churchill Motors in Kezar Falls for $50. Maine summer off-road car for 2 years. Motor damaged when Francis Garboski got it airborne. Hauled off. Sat for many years by Willowbrook.
(7)
64 Ford Galaxi - Free from Mr. Messer. 2x4 nose. Woods car. Scrapped.
(8)
55 Studebaker Commander Coupe (with 53 nose) - Bought 9/12/72. 1st car registered. Drove only a few weeks. Blew transmission. Disposition unknown.
(9)
60 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia - Free from Steve Salent. Top cut off. Ran for a year or more. Engine later put in another VW. Body scrapped.
(10)
59 Ford Galaxi Convertible - Free. Nice woods car. Ended it’s life with Steve Salent.
(11)
63 Rambler - “The Time Has Come”. Bought from Mrs. Brennan when she got divorsed. . Great woods car. Scrapped.
(12)
50 Chrysler Saratoga - Bought for $5. Only 1000 built. Nice looking but never got it running. Smashed it by ramming with 63 Chevy. Scrapped.
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54 Nash Metropolitan - Free, Could not get running. Scrapped.
(14)
47 Nash Ambassador - Free from guy up on RT6. Great woods car. Driven on the old railraod track bed after the rails were removed. Drove on the power line roads. Scrapped.
(15)
53 Dodge Panel Truck - Can’t recall from where or to where. Could not get running.
(16)
62 Volkswagen Beetle - Body removed. Original “Breezewagen”. Scrapped.
(17)
63 Chevrolet Wagon - Stolen from Binder property. Good woods car. Scrapped.
(18)
61 Rambler - $5 One day wonder. Front end gave out. Scrapped.
(19)
60 Studebaker Lark - Parts car from Cheryl Morre’s father. Used to convert 55 Commander to manual transmission. Scrapped.
(20)
51 Studebaker Sedan - Parts car to rebuilt 51 Starlight Coupe. Traded yard work for it. Scrapped after stripping for parts.
(21)
53 Studebaker 2R Truck - Registered. Had two vehicles registered at the same time in High School. Sold to Tom jennings.
(22)
55 Dodge Sierra Wagon - Grammy Benson’s old car. Bought for $100 and driven home from Maine. Primary transportation for Senior year. Sold.
(23)
65 Ford Galaxi - Bought to sell. Can’t recal from who or for how much. Only that it was yellow.
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67 Ford Fairlane wagon - Bought to sell. Sold to wacko co-worker at Century Manufacturing.
(25)
66 Chevrolet Impala Convertible - Bought for $100. Put on new top. drove a few months then blew rear axel. Traded to Steve Celent for 68 VW.
(26)
68 Volkwagen Squareback - Got in trade from Steve Celent. Drove a few months. 16 tickets. Blew motor. Scrapped.
(27)
64 Rambler Station Wagon - From Sandy Smith. Used on railroad tracks. Impounded.
(28)
51 Henry J - No motor. Set up to be race car. Got from Shaun Smith. Final disposition unknown.
(29)
66 Pontiac Tempest - Free from Kenny Campersal. Odd OHC 6. Never got running. Nice body. Scrapped.
(30)
64 Pontiac LeMans - Bought for $75 from Mrs. Brennan when she got divorsed. Sold to Mike Martin’s sister.
(31)
56 Oldsmobile - Free from boy Jenny dated. Got running. Traded to Steve Celent.
(32)
62 Mercury Comet - Registered briefly. Sold to Andy Linn.
(33)
68 Chevrolet Caprice Coupe - last car registered before joining Navy. Sold cheap to Jim chavari. He insured it and had it torched.
This begins with my first car...a 1960 Chevy Biscayne. There's various woods cars...62 Chevy wagon and convertible....the Austin Healey Sprite...1961 VW Karmann Ghia..."the time has come" Rambler...the Rambler wagon which became a "train"...54 Metropolitan that never ran...ditto for the Dodge truck. Though not one of my cars, Scott Smith's "Bweetmobile" is classic woods material. There's the 62 Valiant that saw 60mph on the dirt roads of Parsonsfield in '72 and '73. There's my 51 Studebaker Champion Starlight Coupe...when I first took it apart...and years later back on the road. My '56 Oldsmobile...did you ever hear the story of how I finally got that running? The 66 Impala convertible from the summer of 74. The VW squareback in which I got 16 tickets in one day. The fine 53 Studebaker which was my first car on the road. The 59 Ford convertible and the 63 "stolen" Chevy that ended it's life. The 50 Chrysler Saratoga...one of 1000 built...and a fine looking wreck when we finished with it. The 55 Dodge Sierra wagon that saw 105mph on a trip to Maine. The beastly 47 Nash...
Unfortunately we were having so much fun we rarely took pictures. Not shown are my '53 Studebaker pickup...yellow with blue fenders. 60 Lark and 51 Commander parts cars. The 66 Pontiac with the OHC 6...the 64 Pontiac Tempest, 65 Ford Galaxi, 67 Ford Fairlane wagon, 62 Mercury Comet, several VWs with and without bodies (Breezewagons), 61 "one day wonder" Rambler, 51 Henry J, and 68 Chevrolet Caprice.
This takes us from September 18th 1971 - August 20th 1975 (The day I joined the Navy)
The first 33 of 98 to date.
And a bonus...
Here is Scott Smiths "Bweetmobile".
Next... The Navy Years 1975 - 1982
