Identify the CARS - please
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I'm gonna take a stab at the cars in photo #1. 
Kinda tough with just rear ends to look at.
Looks like a 50/51 Caddy in front of the Jag. Then a '51 Buick, a 52/53 Ford Wagon, 2 '53 Chevys, then another 50/51 Caddy.
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My dad is on the right in Photo2, 3rd from left in photo3, front stool in photo4, for Snoopy, I think.
I wish I had just one of those cars now. Kinda partial to a real gold-colored Golden Hawk I remember in the front window, but I'd take an old caddy from the Marilyn Monroe days or any Chevy of the Nomad persuasion.
I can't believe there are so many people who can still spot the model/make of these cars from so few clues.
I wish I had just one of those cars now. Kinda partial to a real gold-colored Golden Hawk I remember in the front window, but I'd take an old caddy from the Marilyn Monroe days or any Chevy of the Nomad persuasion.
I can't believe there are so many people who can still spot the model/make of these cars from so few clues.
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Maybe it's an old school RV? I don't remember seeing anything that looks like it in my lifetime. 
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Ok....
No, that's not a Chevrolet. The model name, on the front fender, says President, I believe. That might be a Packard...that's for the "experts", on this forum, to determine. The one in the background appears to be a Studebaker Golden Hawk...or ??
Your Dad... can you identify him in photo 2, 3 and 4??
No, that's not a Chevrolet. The model name, on the front fender, says President, I believe. That might be a Packard...that's for the "experts", on this forum, to determine. The one in the background appears to be a Studebaker Golden Hawk...or ??
Your Dad... can you identify him in photo 2, 3 and 4??
Studebaker made the President....
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Cars in photo #2 are a '56 Studebaker President, and "56 Golden Hawk. I had a '53 Studebaker Champion Starlite Coupe back then (Same body as the Golden Hawk but 6 cyl.) and I always drooled over a new Golden Hawk, but never had the moola!
Hey!! My fist car was a '55 Champion!!!
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Did you have one of the "Loewy Coupes" (Starliner/Starlight), or the standard body? I loved the look of the '53 Hardtop Coupe I had, but that 6 cyl. engine was only like 85 H.P.
I think they "Raised" it to 101 in '55! But that was enough to get around back in those much calmer times when the roads weren't racetracks. Wish I had that car now though. That body style would be worth a few bucks now.
