Courtesy photo Robert Risbon, Altoona 1955 Ford Customline Description: “My wife and I moved to Altoona four years ago. We joined the (Blair County) Antique Auto Club, we have two other cars. (We) have been going to car shows for 10 years and decided to buy this 1955 Ford Customline in 2016. (The car) has been redone and rebuilt. Show car 272 V-8 motor 162 horsepower automatic transmission. “These old cars were ‘mom and pop grocery getters.’ It’s fun to drive, it’s big and heavy and gets 10 miles per gallon. It does very well at car shows. It takes me back to my childhood.” To be considered for the “My Ride’’ feature, please email jpeg photos and information to community@altoonamirror.com or mail information and photos to Altoona Mirror, Community News, P.O. Box 2008, Altoona, PA 16603. For more information, call Brenda Carberry, community news coordinator, at 946-7459. Photos may be picked up at the Mirror office after publication.

Courtesy photo

Robert Risbon, Altoona

1955 Ford Customline

Description: “My wife and I moved to Altoona four years ago. We joined the (Blair County) Antique Auto Club, we have two other cars. (We) have been going to car shows for 10 years and decided to buy this 1955 Ford Customline in 2016. (The car) has been redone and rebuilt. Show car 272 V-8 motor 162 horsepower automatic transmission.

“These old cars were ‘mom and pop grocery getters.’ It’s fun to drive, it’s big and heavy and gets 10 miles per gallon. It does very well at car shows. It takes me back to my childhood.”

To be considered for the “My Ride” feature, please email jpeg photos and information to community@altoonamirror.com or mail information and photos to Altoona Mirror, Community News, P.O. Box 2008, Altoona, PA 16603. For more information, call Brenda Carberry, community news coordinator, at 946-7459. Photos may be picked up at the Mirror office after publication.