Greatest Garage Ride

[Gra Fiend]

Ok we love the music - but what about those rides we all sing about. Which is the ultimate Garage Punk ride? My choice 59' De Ville:





There didn't appear to be any copywrite in posting these pics, however if they are yours and you don't want them posted let me know.

[Gringo Starr]

Well...1959 is not very Garage. You need to think 1966, like this Caddy...

or this T-Bird:

Or, of course, this is REALLY more like it (also '66):

Oh, and the Batmobile (1966)!!

[PJ Dirty Water]

Yeah, '66 is the year for the best garage bands but if you were a kid in a garage band in '66 it's not likely you'd have been driving a brand new car, is it?

[Gringo Starr]

That is true. Most garage bands in '66 would be driving a dodge van to the battle of the bands..... and maybe dreaming about this....

[Gra Fiend]

For some reason I cant see REALLY good pic -shame 'cause I rekon it's a goody! Great T Bird but no room for the band gear, the Caddy's cool but not mean enough and I can't see Robin putting up with having a Fender amp on his lap for very long! :-) ha ha. Good pics though.
I'm looking for the ultimate garage ride, something that's old, mean as hell but big enough for a band. What ya got folks?

[Gra Fiend]

The vox mobile. And a pic I haven't seen before! This is probably the ultimate for bands who want to drive up and play and I can't argue about the phantom design, it's a mean car, but wait it's got my uncle sitting on it and it's vox, so will prabably break down before you get to the gig - that's not cool! ;-)

[Mike]

Yea, a new car would be more appropriate if mom was dropping you off at the local high school dance gig. 8 - 10 year old car could be had for a song. Something like Sam The Sham & the Pharoahs Pontiac (I think) hearse. Actually check out this ride from the Escapades post on the Garage Hangover site.

[Gra Fiend]

Not sure but that pic looks like it's a Caddy or an Edsel hearse (maybe completly wrong with that one). Great choice. That's a real cool Garage Punk ride!

[Earl Clifton]

My dad said every body he knew (his age) in the mid to late sixties had cars and trucks from the fifties and only a few teens had them so if you had one you were extra cool because of the ride, otherwise everybody had to borrow their dads car...



Cool topic! -Earl

[Gra Fiend]

Best Garage ride? Well I'll take a test drive please!

[Mike]

I'll take one in each color !

Oh, and that's a '58 Pontiac hearse or perhaps ambulance in that Escapades photo.

Does anyone know what became of the Mummie's ambulance? Last time I saw it, John from Sympathy For The Record Industry owned it, but that was many years ago.

[Earl Clifton]

Tasty!

[Gra Fiend]

Cheers for the heads up on the Escapades photo (I knew I'd have got that one wrong)I assume that's a Mummies ambulance pic you have there (I'm having probs viewing some of these pics for some reason).

So far it looks like the hearse/ambulance is the thing for a real garage band, so I'm sticking with the '59 Coupe De Ville hearse as above.

Anyone else got any great ideas?