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That...is a cool picture.  Taking the family car out deer hunting, back when there were basically only cars or trucks, and a truck as a family vehicle was still unheard of.  No CUVs, SUVs, luxury pick-ups, etc.  I was repairing a hole in the quarter below the driver's side rear door on our D24 many moons ago.  Had no idea what had caused it, until a 20 ga. shotgun wad worked its way out of the hole from all the banging.  I can only surmise that the ol' Dodge had been taken out dove or quail hunting, and someone had accidentally fired a round when either taking the shotgun out of the car, or putting it in.

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Dan,

 

Your comments on cars being used as trucks is so true.  I know I have mentioned it before, but I can remember my Grandfather and Uncle using Grandpa's 1950 Plymouth 4dr as a truck many times.  There were times that they would take the back seat out, load either milk cans in the back seat area and trunk to take to the milk station, or even freshly born bull calves that needed to be taken to the auction house next to the milk factory.  On the return trip if there was room, I also remember them going to the GLF to get 100 lb burlap bags of grain to feed the cows.  My grandfather and uncle weren't the only farmers that followed this procedure.  Not many farmers in the northeast corner of NY were I grew up had both a car and truck, there just wasn't the money.

 

A few years ago, I wanted to recreate the milk cans in the trunk look using my car,

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When I was 16 I worked in the local Dodge dealer's garage in central Missouri. My uncle brought in his 48 Dodge 4 door to have overload springs put on it. He'd loaded it with all his tobacco crop to haul to Kentucky to the auction house and it was grossly overloaded. I installed some coils above the axle (a common add on in those days), he went back home, loaded probably a ton of tobacco in the back and trunk and took off.

Cars served as whatever you needed them to be in those days.

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Enjoyed this thread Bob, yes been hunting as a kid, went in the family cars, no pickups, lots had em, but most city family people did not. SUV, Mini Vans way into the future. people today are really spoiled as compared to even when i was a kid

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I recall loading coal in the back seat area,,,seat removed.  Recall stories of farmers hauling in a couple sows or boars in back seat too, never saw it personally as well as a few sheep to boot.  Would need a bunch of air freshner after that one.  Probably a hose first

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Winchester 94. Funny how many deer the old timers could kill without a big old hunkin' three pound scope on their rifles.

 

Had a '49 Dodge truck with a dent in the fender where someone TRIED to shoot it with a .22. Yep, just a little lead plated dent is the worst it could do.

 

ken.

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I have another car to be ID'd

 

What is the car to the left in this photo?

 

I am thinking late '30's Buick, Caddy or Packard.

 

Thanks,

Bob

Can't seem to blow it up to get more detail but it looks like a Packard to me. Don't know enough to tell which year and model Packard though. Looks like a fairly long hood and with the side mount I am guessing that it is not a 120.

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Here is a photo that I found recently of my Mother with her sister and brothers, with her Mom and another lady.

 

Does anyone know the make and model of the car?

 

Mom is the little girl on the rear of the running board, she was born in Sept of 1929 if that helps

 

Thanks,

Bob

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