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^^^^Yes - Production did stop during the war. As applied to Ford, Production of the 1942 model ceased on 2/10/42. Production resumed with the 1946 model on July 3, 1945.

BTW, I'm around your age. My aunt and uncle owned a Ford dealership in Winchendon, Massachusetts, called Toy Town Motors. I became interested in cars back then and fell in love with the '46 Ford.

Lou
 
I took this photo in the early 70s on Cape Cod I think. I don't know why or what kind of car it is
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Levina de Ruijter said:
I failed my first driver's license test too. I thought I had time to cross a road before the car coming our way would be here. Apparently not and the examinator had to step on the breaks. :eek: But at least I passed the theory part, so I didn't have to do that again. I passed the second time but mostly because I had the flu and I was too sick to be nervous. :LOL:

But I could drive long before I was allowed to. My dad taught me on a large parking lot that was empty in the weekends. So I drove around town already in my dad's car before having a license. Looking back that was pretty stupid...
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maybe just a little reckless. i dont think id call it stupid...
 
greatgrandma said:
When we went to Europe in 1950, we were astonished to see cars with turn signals - flippers that stuck out from the side of the car. I have no photos of them. Does anyone else have one? We were still using hand signals - sticking our hand out the window and pointing. (Do the current generation of teens, still know how to do that?)

In any case, my parents bought a 1954 Ford Station Wagon before my next driver's test and there was a side mirror, so I passed.

View attachment 71881I think this is the same car. I didn't remember the red centers of the hubcaps.Up to now, my parents were buying a car about every 8 years
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My mother with my dog after I was in college - Fall 1955
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my dad had a 1954 Ford Crestline (similar to this one but a 4-door sedan) in pea soup green. im sure they called it something else but he got it when i separated from the Navy in 1955. prior to that he had a 1949 bullet nose Ford. i THINK the first new car he and my mom ever bought was a 1967 Ford Ranch Wagon station wagon. they had a 1962 Chevrolet station wagon before that but i think it was bought used. i remember my mom saying her dad co-signed for the loan or drove my dad down to the dealer to get it?????
 
I couldn't find the original photo so I got it from a Blog

My Parent's Trips Before I was Born - 1932 to 1937

My Parent's Trips Before I was Born - 1932 to 1937

My mother learned to drive in 1923 in North Carolina. She was 14 and she learned on a Model T. The Model T had a different transmission from what you see today. Part of shifting gears was done with your feet. Mother She was taught by her uncles - her mother's younger brothers Willard and...

What was written on the photo doesn't address the name although I think the name is why they took the photo. I looked it up on Wiki.... Does seem to be Troublesome

A post office called Troublesome was established in 1878, and remained in operation until 1935. (so it closed not long after my parent's visit.) The community takes its name from nearby Troublesome Creek.

Troublesome Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Colorado. It is a tributary of the Colorado River. Troublesome Creek was named for the fact soldiers had trouble crossing it.

On May 15, 1956, there was a side collision between two freight trains on the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad at the Troublesome siding, 375 feet west of the US Highway 40 bridge over the rail line. This resulted in the injury of four train-service employees, of the ten aboard both trains. The eastbound engines were put off the track, as were numerous freight cars, but the track was cleared for use two days later. It was determined that the engineer and brakeman of the eastbound train were distracted by conversation, and didn't notice signals warning them to slow and allow a westbound train to clear the switch at the east end of the siding. A safety film, Some Trouble at Troublesome, was produced by the D&RG to detail the cause and aftermath of the collision.

On October 1, 2020 the second largest fire in Colorado history took place in East Troublesome. The East Troublesome Fire burned more than 120,000 acres in less than a day, making it the most rapid-fire expansion recorded in state history
 
greatgrandma said:
A post office called Troublesome was established in 1878, and remained in operation until 1935. (so it closed not long after my parent's visit.) The community takes its name from nearby Troublesome Creek.

Troublesome Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Colorado. It is a tributary of the Colorado River. Troublesome Creek was named for the fact soldiers had trouble crossing it.
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Ah, so that's where the name comes from.
 

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