Just like the one my wise old grandmother had
Each Thursday during the summer, La Mesa Village has a car show from
5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
It makes for a great summer evening — eating in the Village, watching historic cars drive by, and, if you like, even negotiating to buy one of them.
That’s where I went this evening. One of the cars was a 1960 Chevrolet Impala, just like the one my wise old grandmother drove until 1973.
I went off to college at Texas A&M University in September 1973. For Christmas that year, my granddad bought my wise old grandmother a new car, a 1973 Chevrolet Caprice.
By the way, for those who have been following me and are interested, my other half, Jim, is in the second and third pictures, upper right corner of the second picture and left of the car in the third picture. I always have to tell him to get out of my pictures because he loves to wander around without paying attention to where the, uh, photographer — that’s me! — is.
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Posted on June 28, 2012, in Halls of History, History, Manmade, My wise old grandmother, Out & About, Photos and tagged 1960 Chevrolet Impala, la mesa village car show. Bookmark the permalink. 16 Comments.
Ah, finally a picture of Jim!
Of course, when your grandpa sold that car to buy your grandmother a 1973 car, it was no doubt not the beauty it would be today, but simply a 13 year old car (I’m working 12, myself!).
Yep. Who knew that 40 years later people would be flocking to those late ’50s and early ’60s Impalas and that we would consider them beautiful works of art.
Splendid car! Wise Grandfather too. Nice to ‘meet’ Jim at last!
I never thought of granddad as a hopeless romantic, but when he did something nice, it tended to be superbly nice.
Love the cars and a glimpse of Jim is better than nothing
What a beautiful car!
The car photos are great!
BTW…I have a Zoee too (different spelling)…:-)
Thanks!
BTW, Zoey the Cool Cat now has a bigger head……….. lol
There’s a 50′s diner around these parts that has a vintage vehicle night once a week. Nostalgia. Ahhhhj. Love it. This is a real beauty!
I’d probably be eating there once a week!
love that chevy, once upon a time i actually rode around town in one just like it! of course, back in ’70 i was a struggling college student and gas was like .8 a gallon, and the ‘coolness’ factor was like non-existent . . . ah youth
Oh, beautiful car and how stand up of you grandfather. By the way Zoey looks adorable here and don’t tell me that “looks are deceiving” no, no, that cat is an angel!
Looks can be deceiving. Oooops. You told me not to say that. Sorry………….lol
Ooooo *drools* lol