Remembering Our Cars
We drove classic cars and did not even know it. This page will honor those precious machines that we all wish we still had. Send a picture or description of your own set of wheels.

Our Cars, Really A Synonym For Freedom.  
We could go where we wanted and do what we wanted without anyone telling us no. Well, we were told NO! a lot, but once we were in our cars, safe from the view of our parents, LOOK OUT! Up and down Main Street a dozen times, past your current "Crush's" house a couple of times, watch out for Benny Butler, a ticket was too hard to explain.  Stop at the gas station, maybe Standard or Phillip's 66 for a can of pop, maybe Mobil to see Shine, or Conoco if there was a gas war going on and the price was right.  Hmmm--maybe the girls were at the Busy Bee Cafe, better stop by and check, maybe get a hamburger and fries, or The Dairy Mart for a chocolate malt or maybe they had Lemon Ice Cream that day. Oh yeah, stop at McNaught's store or Platt's Corner to pick up what ever it was you told your Mom you were going to town for, you had to have a reason after all. What we really wanted was to see and be seen, whatever was happening was certainly going to be happening in Glidden or, if not, hey let's go to Carroll.  Way more trouble to be had there, more cars to race, exotic women, (Carroll Kuemper girls), Two Carroll Cop Cars, Highway Patrol, Sheriff Office, oh man one wrong move and------!  We loved it, the most exciting time of our lives, an adventure around every corner.  Where did we get the energy?!!!

So I started thinking about what cars we were driving in those days and I decided to make a list, I know I'm missing some peoples rides and I may not be correct in some of my memories but here is my list:

• Rick Betts - 1956 Chevy Bel Air - Black & Yellow

• Dick Bushman - 1957 Chevy Bel Air - Blue 2 door six cylinder

• Rick Douglas - 1957 Olds - Pink & Black & White - Four Door Hardtop

• Mary Lou Epperly -1964-65 Plymouth Barracuda- Yellow - Two Door Hardtop

• John Hall - 1960 Ford T- Bird - White

• Betty Jane Jacobson - 1962-63 Chevy Corvair - Green Four Door - the engine fell out on the street - OMG!

• John Jubell - 1956 Chevy Bel Air - Four Door

• Roger Knute - 1959 Chevy - Yellow & White - Four Door - Burned really long rubber marks on the blacktop south of town!

• Mike McNaught - 1957 Ford Fairlane - Black - Two Door Post - He never squealed the tires!

• Steve Moorhouse - 1965-66 Dodge - Black - Two Door Hardtop - Steve and Alice crashed it on Highway 30 near Ralston, they were okay!

• Randy Rohrbeck - 1962 Ford Galaxy - Black - Two Door Hardtop

• Paul Stougard - 1960 Chevy Bel Air - Red Two Door Hardtop - A lot of stories in this one!

• Dave Stuhr - 1961 Ford Galaxy Starliner - White - Two Door Hardtop - 390 - Three on the tree!

• Peggy Sylvester - 196? Nash Metropolitan - Green and White - Two Door of course- Three on the tree.  I drove this once, quite an experience!

• Jim Tracy - 1953 Chevy Bel Air - Green & White - Four Door- Three on the tree!

• Dick Tryon -1958 Chevy Bel Air - Coral & White - Lennie in the passenger seat!

A lot of us drove the family car when we could get the keys or the farm truck or whatever we could get our hands on, the important thing was the chance to spread our wings and see how high we could fly before we were grounded. If I missed your car or paired you with the wrong one (oh the shame) send a photo in to Dick and have him post it. P.Stougard

COMMENT: Geeze, and I thought I had a great memory. I guess I was lost in my own selfish world. What classic pictures of a classic car. Paul is now designated our Official Old Car Expert.   d.tryon

COMMENT: Hey Stu, my 53' Belair was skyblue with a white hardtop; it wasn't green.  Love, Jimmie..

My Classic....1958 Chevy
Wow, tears in MY eyes. Two door, stick shift (on column) and it only cost $200. Eh, unfortunately, this was NOT 1958, but about nine years later and...........it was PINK......Geeze,....PINK,  but I still want it back.......Actually, it was pink and white and they called the color "coral", but it was pink. It had a radio that every time I hit a bump, it would change channels. It was very hard to find the channel that I wanted. (KIOA in Des Moines) or KOMA (Oklahoma City) WLS (Chicago) at night. I bought an 8 track player because the radio never seemed to work. It ate tapes, occasionally. I had a nifty gear shift knob, those chrome feet pedal for the accelerator and little balls hanging in the back window. Pure COOL.....Gosh, I hope they were not pink. It did not have a very large engine, nor the fancy chrome, but it was mine. We lived less than a block from the school and I drove to school every day and parked with pride in front of the gym. When we moved to the Dairy Mart rode, I never drove to school, just walked and it was farther than before. I guess the thrill of driving to school was fading away. My Dad had a farm a few miles out of town, so I filled my tank out there. All the gas I wanted, I know, pretty spoiled. Before we had the farm, I got gas at Lloyd's Conoco, formerly Shaner's. Many a time ,I would put in a whopping 50 cents.  A guy could scoop the loop all night on 50 cents.......d.tryon (cars pictured are similar)  COOL BABY COOL  In the movie, American Grafitti, Toad is driving Ron Howard's car, a 1958 Chevy, all sooped up. At the traffic light, Harrison Ford looks over and says, "What a waste of machine...." When he see who is driving it. I can relate.......Photos are not my original car, but a facsimile.