Text: Fascinating Cars and Jimmy Eriksson

After selling my 1955 Bird in 1978 due to insurmountable rust issues I got the Bird bug again and purchased “Gunny.” in 1993. When purchased, I was told he had a three-year-old frame off restoration that cost $50,000.

This is a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air sedan. She was built in Baltimore, Maryland and came from the factory with the 220 horsepower “Power Pack” 283 V-8 with dual exhaust and Powerglide transmission.

Here is a picture of my car. The Golden Hawks were made from 1956 to 1958. The 1957-58 models came with supercharged V8 engines that were considered high performance at the time. Studebaker made 4356 Golden Hawks in 1957.

My mom was driving my sister and me to the store for the weekly grocery run, using our roommate’s truck. At the halfway point, a police car going the opposite way flipped on the lights and turned around. [Mom] pulled over.

Many people often feel saddened and frustrated when they see classic beauties collecting dust in a garage or barn. After all, they should be out on the roads, covering kilometers after kilometers, because that’s what they were made for.

Old Betsy is a Model TT (Ford truck). The body of Old Betsy could be from 1919 and the engine is a 1920 model. She was originally outfitted with a water tank, a CO2 canister of about 50 gallons, and a manifold for connecting to a fire hydrant for fighting fires.

Niklas’ fingers were almost blue, and his hair followed the direction of the strong wind.