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To: DJ MacWoW

Well I guess I cannot post MY car. In college in the late 1960s - early 1979s I had a 1954 Plymouth Savoy. Didn’t have power anything. Drove like a tank. Was green. To this day you can ask my high school and college friends what my car’s name was and everyone says WATERMELON! Cars had nicknames back then. My friend had a 1940s orange and light brown car, I think a Chevy, and its name was Punkin Eater. Oh those were the days. Small pox was still being vaccinated against until 1974. Didn’t get a polio vac until 1963. Didn’t have AC cool or heat, in Okla, Tulsa area. Summers were 100s, winters closer to 0. Probably teens and 20s. We were tougher back then. Didn’t need welfare....


9 posted on 01/23/2021 2:18:02 PM PST by buffyt (Amo il caos. Ho un sacco di maledizioni e incantesimi che non ho usato.)
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To: buffyt

https://d323w7klwy72q3.cloudfront.net/i/a/2020/20201202ve/DI5061.JPG

Looked something like that. I still miss him, Watermelon. What a car! No seat belts. Full front seat and full back seat. Big trunk. I loved that car.


20 posted on 01/23/2021 2:24:37 PM PST by buffyt (Amo il caos. Ho un sacco di maledizioni e incantesimi che non ho usato.)
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To: buffyt
Hubby had his Grandfathers 1946 Dodge Coupe. Drove it to college in the 60's. Wool seats. Made my backside itch! We had to sell it in the early 90's. :-(

We had a 64 Pontiac LeMans that we called "Piggy". That's a long story.

My brother had an orange 74 Chevy Nova in the 80's and my son called it "the Orange Peel".

Naming cars is an American tradition.

32 posted on 01/23/2021 2:32:18 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: buffyt
Mine looked like this in 1966 ...


66 posted on 01/23/2021 3:19:34 PM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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