Automobiles I've Had

My 1960 Ford pickup. Taken with my first Kodak 35 RF, and this is when it started malfunctioning again and I retired it. I shot a whole roll and they were all out of focus.

The old Cadillac I had back in 1978.

This car was huge and I loved it. I was 17 and still in high school when I bought it.

This was my 1967 Cadillac Fleetwood, photographed with a Polaroid Square Shooter back in 1978 when I first got the car.

The rear trunk release for the 1967 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special I used to have. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm F/1.2 Lens Film: Kodak Tri-X B&W 400 ASA Date: 1978 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. 67 Cad 28ef

This is the Cadillac emblem on the front of the 1967 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special I used to have. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm F/1.2 Lens Film: Kodak Kodacolor 100 ASA Date: 1978 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. 67 Cad 06-2ef

The old Cadillac I had back in 1978. Taken with a Konica Autoreflex TC and Kodak Kodacolor 100 film. Konica KSF 5035 Cadillacs 06ef

The Cadillac I used to have was a Fleetwood. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm F/1.2 Lens Film: Kodak Tri-X B&W 400 ASA Date: 1978 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. 67 Cad 27df

I found this car after my Cadillac quit running. and drove it from my senior year in high school and onwards.

My 1969 Oldsmobile 98 LS, taken with a Minolta XD11.

This is my 1964 Ford Thunderbird, parked at the college I was attending at the time. I had a photography class and in it, the teacher had us make our own pinhole cameras. This was taken with the 4x5 inch cardboard pinhole camera I made for that class. The original negative, actually a cut-down sheet of 8x10 photo paper, has not worn well through the 35 years since it was taken.

My 1964 Ford Thunderbird. Taken with a Minolta XD11 and Kodak Tri-X film.

This was my first station wagon, a 1971 Dodge Polara, and I got it in 1980. It was a sweet car!

Another shot of my 1971 Dodge Polara station wagon with the body work in progress. Taken circa 1982 with a Minolta XD11.

A shot showing the work in progress I was doing to my 1971 Dodge Polara station wagon. Taken circa 1982 with a Minolta XD11.

This is the back of my 1971 Dodge Polara station wagon. I was doing so body work to it, so I knew it would get repainted soon and the graffiti wouldn't show.

A better shot of the station wagon I was working on around 1981 or so. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm f/1.2 Film: Kodak Kodacolor II 100 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

My 1971 Dodge Polara as it looked when I last had it. It was taken with a Minolta XD11 and Kodak Kodachrome 25 film. However, I shot the film and the roll got stuck in a drawer for 25 years before it was developed. When it was developed, it looked awful, but at least the pictures turned out somewhat. Some of the things I had done to my wagon up to this point were: Removed the front bench seat and replaced it with custom bucket seats. Removed the back seat and laid the platform down. I was attempting to make it into a sedan delivery. Shaved the rear door handles, welded the back doors shut and filled in the seams. Had side pipes installed. Lowered the front in about 3-4 inches. Since it came from the factory with a spoiler on the top above the back door, I crafted a front airdam out of sheet metal and welded it on. Installed hood pins to keep the hood down secure. Filled in the seams for the front cap where it attached to the front fenders. Painted the grill a flat black. Removed most of the chrome. It looks like it doesn't have a front driver's side wheel, but that's just because I had gotten two new tires for the front and the rims were black with no hubcaps. Just after this picture was taken, I had 60's mounted on the rear. Even though they were a little wider than stock, they still fit under the fenders without rubbing.