| Mitch Halgren 1st Car |
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| 1953 Mercury Monterey |
| Mitch Halgren 1st Car |
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| 1953 Mercury Monterey |
I
found it necessary to move to Redwood City California (from Edmonds) shortly after my junior year in high school. This '53
Mercury Monterey was my real "first car". I bought it from a family in Hillsborough who were the original owners
. These old (polaroid) pictures don't do it much justice as the spots on the trunk roof are the picture, not primer!!
It was pale blue with a dark navy blue top with dark blue and cream colored pleated leather interior. When I bought it the
flathead ran flawlessly and the 3 speed with overdrive made it a blast to drive, but it was no sports car! Although it tolerated
a lot of my abuse after awhile it needed more power (hahahaha)...so a trade for my Dad's '57 Oldsmobile took place (and he
traded the Merc in on a '61 DeSoto). The Olds later turned out to be a poor idea. And THAT'S when
the real trouble started!!
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| Joe McCullough - 1st Car |
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| 1950 Chevrolet BelAir |
Joe's First - Still has it.
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| Paul Boehm - 1st Car |
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| 1949 Kaiser Deluxe |
My first car was a 1949 Kaiser Deluxe that mom, sister and
I picked up at the factory in 1949. It was painted Polar Grey. In the fall of 1954 I bought the car from my parents and
proceeded to make a hot-rod out of it. It had a 226 ci. 6 cylinder engine with dual carbs on a Edmundson water heated manifold,
dual straight pipes and full cam. I drag raced the car at Arlington Drag-strip in the 50's. I wanted more horsepower
so I traded it for a new 1957 Plymouth.
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| Paul Boehm -2nd Car |
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| 1957 Plymouth Belveder 4 door Hardtop, |
Paul's 2nd car, '57 Plymouth Belvedere 4 door Hardtop. 318
Cid with Stromberg adjustable main jet tri-power carbs. 27 MPG unless you stepped on it. Cost around $2500.00 with automatic
transmission. I raced this car at the Arlington Drag-strip and in Abbortsford, Canada in the '50s. The tri-power
end carbs were controlled by a T-handle on the dash board which allowed for more precise control. After the car was broadsided
in '60 it never handled right again and was traded in 1962 for twin 1956 Plymouth Station wagons. (My family was growing!)
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| Clay Crook - 1st Car |
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| 1946 Plymouth |
Clay's '46 Plymouth High School Hot Rod
1958 -
Bought car in May from used car lot for $125. Clay's 17, car's 12
1959 - Clay & Karen graduate from R.A.
Long High, Longview, WA. and the car is painted. Stock Plymouth 6 with 215 cu., puts on headers.
1962 -
Clay & Karen are married, Car goes on honeymoon.
1964 - Needs more power. Builds & installes a 1953
Chrysler flat head 6, bored to 275 cu., balanced, cam, dual 2 barrel carbs, headers, Jahns 10.5:1 racing pistons, overdrive,
and suspension beefed with Dodge hearse springs.
1975 - Car painted in Sunnyside with Emron Blue/Black paint.
1990 - Car upholstered in Moses Lake resembling the original.
2008 - In May they are 67 &
66, car is 62, same owner for 50 years, always garaged.
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| Doug Skane's 1st Real Car |
Lark - Super Convertible
1 B.P. 2 Stroke
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