My fully restored 1950 Ford. I am the 5th owner of this Tudor Custom
Deluxe. The first owner kept the vehicle until June 1974. He drove the
car on his farm and to work. He sold the car with 67,256 miles on it.
Since that time it has been in the hands of car collectors. I purchased
the car June 1993. In the fall of 1995 I had a new paint job put on it
where I work.
It has 75530 miles 9-22-96.
(update 76098 6-16-97)
It still has the 100
horsepower Flathead
V8 engine that came in it.
For the past four years it has received an award from the Annual Star & Strips
Car Show at Cartersville / Cherokee Region AACA.
This car has received awards at the
Annual Southeastern National Meet of the Contemporary Historical Vehicle
Association for past three years. 
The latest was received Oct. 11 1997 from
the 8th Annual Apple Classie Invitational in Ellijay Ga.
note 11/15/06:
Car is now under going an upgrade. Most pictures and other details soon.
But, "competition" amd "awards" is not the reason
I own and drive my car.
I own, drive, and show an old car because it is a part of my past, which
I treasure and I want to share it with others. When I go to a car show,
I get a hundred trophies in the smiles and the conversations I have with
folks looking at my 1950 Ford. When I look into those faces and see their
smiles as they recollect something funny or warm from their past, the time
and expense I put into having it at the show is well spent.
If you would like to read more me, you may visit my page that is
all about me.
I may be a bit of a romantic, but when I'm at a car show, I'm helping
tell a story that needs to be told. Grandpa telling the kids a favorite
story about an old car brings generations together, if but for just a moment.
Isn't that a heck of a trophy to win?
Click on drive-in picture for
a nite under the stars
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CLICK on the have a coke picture for a
trip to coke
museum
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This Bridge is located a few miles west of where I live. It is known
as the
Euharlee Creek Bridge and still stands today. This covered
bridge has been well maintained by the local folks. The bridge has the
distinction of being the only covered bridge in Georgia (maybe the entire
world) to have its own fire sprinkler system.
Click here to see this bridge during high water when the
Creek flooded
Back to the Country...
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The location of the pictured store is unknown, but it reminds me of
the country store in our local community back in the 50's. I wish I could
see the olds cars that got gas here.
The following is part of an email I recieved from Kenneth D Parrott, -
kparrott@mindspring.com - after a visit to this page.
I take pride in the fact that I was born into a two room
house, on a red dirt road in Talbot County (Ga.). We had a well with a bucket
and pulley to draw water and a sears catalog in the outhouse. Mama
cooked on a woodstove with a reservoir on the end for hot water.
Bathtub was round and galvanized right behind the stove. That place is
still standing where Daddy built it, plain, crude and strong. He was a
working man of the first order. In order to make a living, he cut
pulpwood, worked in Woodland doing upholstery, delivered papers, sold
produce from a pickup truck on roads around our home, and along with all
that ran a small country store in the front of our house. Hoop cheese
on the counter, meat in a salt box behind the counter, Bruton snuff and
Prince Albert and other staples. Fish in a brine barrel. Coke box was
the only refrigeration in the store. When Mama wanted the iron skillet
scrubbed out my brother and I did it outside with clean sand. I am
wandering, your page brought up some fond memories and for that I offer
you a sincere Thank You!
Kenneth D. Parrott
You could buy
a newspaper, a quart of milk and a dozen fresh eggs here! Plus,
this is where you'll find the local Post Office. Also it was a place
that friends would meet to visit and talk. Don't forget the RC and
Moon Pie...
Bringing Back the 50's
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Remember the cold nights when you where little. We always had a warm
bed, and still do now, thanks to our handmade
Appalachian Quilts
that the ladys of the family made.
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