Photos - Memories and vehicles - 5
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Mech-night at Philipssons Automobile Palace
Photo taken in the early 60's, Stockholm.
Picture published 2011-02-01, Ronny Eriksson.
- A friend and I at Philipssons Automobile Palace at St: Eriksgatan 117 in Stockholm. My friend worked there and thanks to that we got to hang out there and work on our cars one night a week. In the background an Opel Kapitän.
Ford 1953
Photo taken in the 1960's.
Picture published 2011-02-01, Ronny Eriksson.
- Here is a picture of the Ford 53 that I was working on in the beginning of the 60's. The Ford was parked at our house on Alvägen and it was in the midst of winter – nevertheless, I was a determined sucker at the time and some snow was not gonna stop me from switching motors and re-painting the panel.
The Old Anglia
Photo taken during the 1960's, Sollentuna, Stockholm.
Picture published 2011-02-01, Ronny Eriksson.
- Hasse Skoglund's old Anglia on his parents’ yard outside their home in Sollentuna. Down in the garage there was an old Volvo PV from 1947. This Volvo had actually been a part of a competition earlier, where the owner of the car with the lowest registration plate number was to be given a new Volvo. Unfortunately there was a car with a lower number so my buddy had to make do with his old car.
A Krom Victoria not Worth Repairing
Photo taken during the 1960's. Sollentuna .
Picture published 2011-01-21, Ronny Eriksson.
- A beat up Ford Victoria but with all the essentials in it. Real Plexiglas ceiling and on the inside of the car there was a drape hanging from a KROM list to get the sun out of ones eyes. The car was equipped with a Thunderbird motor. In today's market one would have to dig pretty deep in his wallet to get his hands on one of this, but back then the car wasn't even worth repairing.
My brother's old Ford 32
Photo taken 1958, outside the garage of my childhood home at Alvägen.
Picture published 2011-02-01, Ronny Eriksson.
- My brother's old Ford 32 right after he bought it. It wasn’t a convertible so they worked it out by welding an iron fixture as a roof as well as putting in a window on the side. It was pretty much just a sunroof. The picture was taken home on our garden right outside the garage. My brother did not have a license when he bought the car so the picture must have been taken 1958 or 1959.
A couple months later
Photo taken in the beginning of 1959, Alvägen i Sollentuna.
Picture published 2011-02-01, Ronny Eriksson.
- Here is the car sanded to be painted red and black. The car was later on re-attired and my brother did all the painting himself back home in the garage. This was all done to make his Ford look more like it originally had done. Björne Hagelfors is the guy in the picture.
By Ljusterö ferry transit
Photo taken in the beginning of the 1960's.
Picture published 2011-02-01, Ronny Eriksson.
- To the right Lennart Djurbergs Ford 32. It is harder to make out who's car is parked to the left (check out the antennas!) but I am pretty sure it is either Peter Billing or Peder Lundgren's A-Ford with the B-Ford front. Come to think of it I would bet that it is Peder Lundgren's Ford. Unfortunately he died later on during a car crash in America. Picture was taken by the Ljusterö ferry.
Just as before
Photo taken during the 1960's, Alvägen, Sollentuna.
Picture published 2011-02-01, Ronny Eriksson.
- Göran Almen in their Ford 1936. They had a huge plot that was later on divided into two, sold, and a new house was built on the second plot. A somewhat funny anecdote that I remember from back then is that Göran Almen left Sweden to work in America. Years later his brother bought a Ford 34 that he was working on. He eventually got the Ford to run and took it on a test drive down to Lennart Djurberg's place. Once he got there they were both standing outside working on the car when Göran Almen (now back visiting in Sweden) by coincidence saw them. Göran stopped his car and got out and said; - It is just like I never left, I could have been gone eating and returned, and things wouldn't have looked any different!
C19114
Photo taken during the 1960's, Sollentuna, Stockholm.
Picture published 2011-02-01, Ronny Eriksson.
- C19114, that was Lennart Djurbergs' Ford from 1932. The C on the number plate was a plus when he bought it, it had something to do with lower taxes, or insurance wise? Can't remember what it was more than that it was a good thing. To the right in the picture was Djurberg's car mechanic which my father owned from the 40's. Could be my brother's bike hiding to the right, and in the background a man in a suit, pretty unusual...
Bumpers Caught on the Wall
Photo taken in the 1960's, Alvägen, Sollentuna.
Picture published 2011-02-01, Ronny Eriksson.
- When my brother came home with his new car and was going to park it in the garage he almost ended up tearing down the house. The bumper had stuck to the wall and had to be unattached from the car for the car to fit into the garage. That the bushes behind the car still are alive today is incredible. My brother and I got rid of all kinds of leftover oil, kerosene, pretty much everything we needed to dump somewhere. The bushes still kept growing; maybe some oil was just what they needed.
Things are starting to take shape
Photo taken during the first half of 1960's. Sollentuna.
Picture published 2011-02-01, Ronny Eriksson.
- Here is my brother's car starting to take shape, now red with black rims. It looked just like it was supposed to look besides the fact that it had the wrong radiator cap It was the 33's radiator cap and it took him awhile to find one from 1932's model.
Best hen house ever
Photo taken during the 1960's.
Picture published 2011-02-01, Ronny Eriksson.
- This car was restored by Lennart Djurberg and is still around today. It is a Ford 32, with three window’s coupe. The Ford had been left in some barn somewhere in Sweden before Lennart found it. Unfortunately the Ford had been used as more things then driving around and had the last couple of years been hosting several chickens. This was pretty common at the time, and the axles were often used to horse carries. The public view was that although the car wasn't bad, there were better options around. So pretty often the parts were scavenged and the rest went to the dump (aka the woods). To the left, might it be Janne Belander?
Ford 1936
Picture taken 1962/1963, Sollentuna, Stockholm.
Picture published 2011-02-01, Ronny Eriksson.
- An additional headlight was put on this car, but why the car looks so uneven I can't remember. After all, it's been a while since the picture was taken.
A beautiful Ford 36, but does it have right-handed steering? To the left two motorbikes, one of them belongs to my brother.