Cars From The 30's 40's 50's Twenties and thirties era car guys probably remember when TV was black and white, gas was 25 cents a gallon and you kept a job for life. There's an undercurrent of younger guys who see a '28 Model A as a canvas for a rat rod but few, if any of these younger dudes want to own a stock 20s or 30s car. Guys who like twenties and thirties cars are either older with a real nostalgia for these cars or younger with a romanticized view of old school hot rods.