# Cars from the street where I grew up

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/cars-from-the-street-where-i-grew-up/198905>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [January 31, 2025, 3:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cars-from-the-street-where-i-grew-up/198905 "2025-01-31T03:23:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cars-from-the-street-where-i-grew-up/198905/21 "2025-02-14T21:27:05Z")

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> [@steve63](#):
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> I remember my parents having were a 1966 Galaxie 500

My father had one of those, with the “7 Liter Trim” package (Just the trim line, not the engine 😏). I drove it to work for two years, and it was extremely reliable, with a really great ride quality.

Of course, the brakes were really poor, but that could be said for virtually all American cars in 1966.

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**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cars-from-the-street-where-i-grew-up/198905/22 "2025-02-14T21:33:07Z")

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> [@steve63](#):
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> My first memories of neighbors’ cars are from about age 3.

Age 3 ???

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**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cars-from-the-street-where-i-grew-up/198905/23 "2025-02-14T22:00:07Z")

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I remember the 1955 Chevy sedan that we got when I was but I doubt that I remember the car until a year or two later. I don’t remember the 1949 Nash that my parents traded for the Chevy.

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**Author:** ![asemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@asemaster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/asemaster)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cars-from-the-street-where-i-grew-up/198905/24 "2025-02-15T00:04:29Z")

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Sounds like a nice neighborhood and a nice bunch of cars. The Buicks would probably be my favorites, thought I myself had a '64 Olds 88 for a few years.

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**Author:** ![steve63](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@steve63](https://community.cartalk.com/u/steve63)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cars-from-the-street-where-i-grew-up/198905/25 "2025-02-26T21:20:27Z")

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Yes, I was able to start telling some car makes/models apart by age 3. By kindergarten I could identify a lot more, and my dad started to notice and started quizzing me sometimes when we drove. This was in the 1960’s when cars were more distinctive than today.

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