Doing an archeological dig (cleaning out my Mom's attic), my brother and I discovered some historical documents relating to a few of the vehicles our parents owned over the years. 1991 Taurus LX wagon window sticker. Mom special ordered this wagon to get a full size spare tire instead of the 3rd seat. Sales receipt for my Mom's 1982 Dodge Aires woody wagon. Sales receipt for 1969 Ford LTD 4 door hardtop. This was the car my Mom loved the most and she kept it until 1982, longer than any other car. Sales receipt for my Dad's 77 Country Squire, showing his 71 Country Squire as the trade in vehicle. 1958 hardback edition of Ford Treasury of Station Wagon Living. Brochure for our 1966 Ford Econoline camper. Pricing sheet my parents used to order the 66 Econoline camper Below is a flyer for the shorter body Econoline camper which my parents may have been considering before ordering the extended body version above. We also found sales brochures for the 82 Dodge Aires, 91 Ford Taurus, and 77 and 78 Ford station wagons. I didn't scan those in as they re fairly common pieces. We also found a few photos with the cars in the background, some of which I posted a few days ago in the "vintage street scenes" thread.
Great stuff! Looks like your folks didn't claim loyalty to any one dealer....... My folks were the same way. As far as I remember, every single vehicle vehicle bought in the family came from a different dealer.
I don't have paperwork on all the vehicles. I know that when I was a kid, they were loyal to Hill and Sanders Ford. Somewhere I have a receipt from the purchase of their new 1955 Ford Country Sedan from Hill and Sanders. I believe the '55 was traded in at Hill and Sanders for their '60 Country Sedan, and at age 3, one of my earliest memories was going to Hill and Sanders Ford to buy a new 1964 Falcon sedan. They had a '71 Ford Country Squire, and I remember going with them and test driving all the full size top of the line '71 Ford Plymouth and Chevy wagons. At that point I remember it came down to what ever dealer had the best deal on a left over '71 wagon with a big engine and a trailer towing package after the start of the '72 model year. Since we lived in Virginia by the mid 1960's, my guess is that the 69 LTD was bought from a Maryland dealer for some reason some reason such as following a salesman who may have previously been at Hill and Sanders. I remember at age 9 my parents took me to the dealer cause I wanted to see the brand new Ford Maverick (which looked like a cool new car to a 9 year old). While Mom took me on a test drive of a Maverick, Dad was closing the deal on the LTD. We left our 64 Falcon behind and drove home in the LTD. My parents told me it was just an over night test drive. Didn't find out till the next day that they bought it. I think they meant it as a surprise, but I remember being real disappointed that I didn't get any input on the decision.
Yeah, I had those instances, too. Age 13/14 and dad/mom bring home a new '66 Caprice wagon, AND THEY DIDN'T CONSULT ME? I would have at least: - Got the third seat model (Jeez, there were at least 4 kids in the house, sometimes more...) - Got A/C. So Cal, black vinyl interior. Need I say more? On their prior vehicle, the '65 Chevy Nova wagon, I was actually surprised dad went with the 283 V8. It was probably more a factor of what was in stock at the dealer at the time he was ready to fork over his hard-earned money. Dad didn't do 'special orders'. The '65 Nova was traded in for the '66 Caprice after we had a left rear tire blow-out on the freeway on the way to Disneyland. (Let's see.... Hot summer day in SoCal, Dad driving 65+mph. Wagon loaded with 7 people. Tires possibly under-inflated. Good chance something would happen. The wagon was traded in because mom 'didn't trust it anymore'. Not the car's fault. mom........
I love to pot root! It takes me a long time to clean a space like that, once I find something neat, I want to keep digging! Neat find!
We have a double wide mobile home, no attic, no basement. But my wife has three bedrooms and five closets packed to the ceiling with important things she won't let me get rid of. Add to that a small shop out back, a three car shed with three cars and enough stuff to build three more, and a two and half car garage with two and a half cars plus more. No attic in the shed or garage but the rafters are filled ....well to the rafters! And an added closed porch on front and rear filled with car parts and more important stuff. I think I've got every old car magazine I ever bought on that porch. Wen we die our kids will have to retire to clean the place out!:banghead3:
Interesting find. I remember when my parents first seperated, I was probably about 7-8, a dealer in the city actually brought a couple of cars out to our house for mom to test drive. Wonder if a dealer would still do that today?
In the thirties and forties car salesman in some towns went door to door and enticed the woman of the house to get hubby to look at a new car. Either at the dealership or if they wanted, the salesman would drive the car over for them to look at. Oh how the world has changed............and not necessarily for the better.
