What kind of car is this?

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Today we are starting a new series on Leaving a Life Legacy. From the day we started back in 2018 until this very post, we have always answered a question. Always leaving a legacy of stories for our family, filling in gaps they might be questioning and hoping to clue them into what life was like for us growing up.

Now, we are going to do something a little different. For every post in 2024, starting with this one, we will be showing a picture from our family’s past. Some will be before we were born, some after. Then each of us will reflect on that picture, what it means to us, or what it stirs up after viewing it.

We hope this format will be fun – we are looking forward to the change, so here goes.

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I am not sure what kind of car this is, but I think that this picture would be a terrific backdrop for a hat-making leather worker.  There is something about the whole vibe of the picture.

Craig was obviously relishing in both, the hat, and the car. 

He grew into a car enthusiast and I have a feeling if he had been graced with a lot of money, he would have had a garage full.  Sadly, that was not the case.

As far as the hat goes, I don’t remember seeing him in anything other than a baseball cap, yet he looks so darn cute here in this one.

I really do wish pictures could talk – where was this taken?  Whose car is it?  What is the make/model/year?  What are those things in the background that look like either corn hole or a skateboard ramp?  Who is taking the picture? By the look on Craig’s face, he appears to feel very comfortable with them.

It’s a great picture from the vault and evokes nothing but nostalgia and love in me.

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Though I do not remember this car as the picture was most likely taken 11-12 years before I was born, what the picture does elicit for me is the fun we all used to have at the family farm in New Hampshire. Though I’m only guessing that the picture is from there, the joy on Craig’s face is reminiscent of many of the times we had there together as a family.

I wonder if Craig reveled in the fact that he was an only child for the first eleven years of his life…if he was overwhelmed with becoming the ‘big brother’. If he was, I never knew it. For most of my young life, this look of joy on Craig’s face was his standard M.O.

He was always the happy big brother and I so wish we could have just one more day of joy together.

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Questions. Leaving a Life Legacy is all about them. So we are adding a section on each post where we will pose a few related to the picture of the week. Have fun with these!

1. What was your family car as a child?
2. What color car do you remember your parents having?
3. What is your dream car?
4. And from our title – What kind of car is this, anyone know?

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We have decided that each post will have a quote that we like and want to share with you.

Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.”
― Colin Powell

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And just because we want to leave you with a smile on your face, we have decided to include a Dad joke section. Our Dad told the corniest jokes and we loved them. This section is dedicated to him and all of the laughs we enjoyed over the years.

Our first joke is one he told often, with as much enthusiasm as if it were the first time. He told a lot of what he called “Mike and Ike” jokes. (not to be confused with the candy – no relation). Pam did some research before this post to see if she could get the history and found out that they were from a comic strip back in the first quarter of the 1900’s. She tried to find the strip for the following joke which was one of his favorites and unfortunately was unsuccessful. Nevertheless, we hope you chuckle a bit.

Mike and Ike were on the top floor of a high-rise in NYC. They stepped over to the elevator to head down. The elevator door opened and Mike stepped in before realizing there was no elevator car. As he fell down the shaft, he yelled back up –

Watch out for that first step Ike, it’s a big one!

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