Posted on 05/06/2016 7:18:17 PM PDT by mdittmar
What was your dream car when you were 16?
Wanted a 68 Camaro,bronze,black rally stripes,craiger 5 spokes wheels,bronze morroso valve covers.
Kinda looked like this in my mind.
>61T Bird convertible.
2 of my Uncles had bullet-nosed Studebakers. I thought they were geezer cars. Now I wish I had one.
I once walked into a store with an air filter for a home heating system. It was about 16” x 20”
I asked the 18 year old kid there where they had air filters. His jaw dropped and he said, “OMG what kind of car do you have?”
“Even at 16 I wanted a chauffeur - didn’t care about the car”
The problem with the original XJ wasn’t leaking oil. It was Lucas electrics. Fun car to drive. When it ran.
Beautiful car.
I absolutely hated working on those.
Lol!
Same here. The first time I saw an XKE I was hooked. The most beautiful car I could imagine. I was 16 in 1963.
I almost got something close. Daddy had agreed to buy me a used car if I would attend the local Junior College.
In 1965 we went down to Ft. Walton Bch. and began checking the dealers. Fr. Walton Motors had a Jaguar XK 150 in pretty good shape except the engine needed rebuilding. The said they would rebuild it for another $300. They were a sports car dealer and knew how to rebuild those six cylinder engines.
$300 plus another $300 was just more than Daddy would pay so I could not get it. I ended up with a 55 Ford with a 272 and a two barrel. It had a 411 to 1 rear end, overdrive and it ran a way better than I would have guessed.
My best friend’s Daddy had just bought a new Ford with a 352 and a four barrel. We took them out in the country and guess what? The old 55 beat the 352 fairly easily.
Please, please say you're joking. One boyfriend had one of those. Another boyfriend had a way cooler '69 Dodge Charger same model as the General Lee.
My dream car was a '75 white with blue interior Monte Carlo. I ended up with the '76 that had the back window chopped off. Not as neat but it was a Monte Carlo. Best driving car I ever had.
Ford GT
911 turbo — thumbs up. The late ‘80s version is the pinnacle of the evolution.
Mine too... I was 16 in 1965 and owned/drove a 1959 MGA Fixed Head, which was pretty awesome for a kid. But I wanted a XKE roadster soooo bad! Still do for that matter. Unfortunately those Series 1 XKEs go for big six-figure numbers today.
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