Throughout all of his 77 years, one thing has remained constant in Terry Taft’s life — this now-88-year-old 1935 Ford De Luxe Tudor. “My uncle bought the car new in ’35, and my folks bought it from him in ’37,” said Taft. Like his 1935 Ford, Taft has lived in Necedah, Wis., his whole life.
Taft says his uncle worked for a creamery and used an early-1930s truck to pick up milk, making this ’35 Ford his personal car. When his uncle was ready for a new car two years after purchasing the 1935 Ford new from a dealer in or around Necedah, he sold the Tudor to Taft’s parents.
“He bought a new car — it was a coupe — and my folks needed a car,” Taft recalled. “They started a family and needed a larger car, and this ’35 was the only car my parents had until 1956, and so it got used extensively.
“I was born in 1946 and I certainly remember, since I
