Posted on 07/14/2023 11:18:26 AM PDT by Red Badger
My dad could i.d. cars at night by their taillights.
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Yeah. At night, I could ID cop cars by their headlights/parking lights.
Roger that!🫡
See my post #59
Indeed!
No mention of the Boss 429.
I got my first car used for $400...and kept it for 15 years. By then it was hard to get repairs because it was so old. '59 Buick LeSabre with big tailfins...not one you see nowadays driven by people who have classic cars.
I liked the 1965 model the best.
My dad had a 1963 LeSabre Salmon exterior with White Convertible Top. I had to use this car when getting my driver's license. Was sure I could never parallel park this land yacht, but I nailed it.
A friend of mine had a 1963 Buick Wildcat convertible with a 4 on the floor
Before that car he had a Jag
He got rid of it because it was expensive & difficult to maintain. I'll bet he wished he had it later on when they really took off in price.
72 Grand Torino
Vega’s just rusted away....the pinto however, had the bad habit of blowing up if rear-ended. 😏
I once owned a Firebird Formula.
Nice car.
1957:
1959:
We had a 99 Firebird.
I miss that car.................
Numerous reports were of Vegas beginning to rust even while on new on dealers lots.
Pinto blowing up? obligatory gif....
The saddest part of classic car threads is so many posts end with “I wish I still had it.”
My husband bought his 56 Chevy in 1974, same year we began dating. He still has both, me and the 56.
Good for you on the cars ou have - I’m envious; particularly the 37 Chevy Pickup. I think they are rare by now, while you still find plenty of 50s & 60s Checy pickups.
“Yeah. At night, I could ID cop cars by their headlights/parking lights.”
One time, I had to point out the police car directly in front of us to keep my friend (who was driving) from doing something stupid.
My first car was a red 69 Cougar with a black vinyl top...a 351 Windsor V8. Paid $1000 for it. I wish I still had it.
I didn’t have the “cool” hatchback version. 😢😆
When my family took long car trips, my two older brothers and I sat in the 3re seat of our station wagon, facing backwards, and we’d take turns naming the make, model and year of cars we saw on the highway. One of us would pick one we thought might stump the other two while the other two had to quess what it was. By the time we reached a lunch stop the winner got something from what the other two were having for lunch. I was 4-5-6 years ols at the time and my oldest brother - 7 years older, usually won. But that is when I started learning about cars, and appreciating the style of many older cars.
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