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now that would be sad
thread, how about my first three cars?
~1964 had a '55 Dodge Cnv
w' Super Red Ram, 3spd w' od, had a little dent in the backn eeded a new top and
tranny and some real minor rust, made an orchard buggy out of it when we
were about 14-15. Sold it to one of our buddies at school. My buddy
showed me how to do a full swing with a sledge on the body
~1966 16 yrs old, Second
car was a '56 Desoto 2Dr HT, 331 2bbl w' 3spd & od, flipped the rear end
under the leafs for a few days with a set of rear duals made for the '55 orchard
buggy and drove it around like that for a while, Sold it to one of my buddies at
school.
~1967, 3rd car- '57 Fury
w' a nice pair of wcfb's & football air cleaners, etc, lots of
fiberglass and bondo, crooked eyebrows etc and a 'fresh' beige paint
job over it all, (but complete and would be considered very restoreable these
days), rebuilt the 318 in HS auto shop and got bored with the 'noise' of the
dual quads and put a 413 Golden Lion in for a year or two, sold it to friends
cheap so they could get the 413 when my folks wanted me to 'get a reliable car
for school' after a tranny line rubbed against the crank pulley one afternoon on
the way home, saw it last in front of the local wrecker . . .
sigh . . . I'm
sorry! But it sure was fun at the time.
~ fast forward to
2004-2007- latest car- '58 Sierra 9-passenger that is inside and longs for my
attention to finsih the floor pans etc. . . wishing it was a 2Dr.
HT!
(Parents first car when
we came to California in '57? Brand new 1957 Blue & Wht Plymouth
Custom Suburban! Got thrown around good while playing/riding in the back
one time when we got broadsided by a ~'61 chevy, but it lived a while longer
after a major repair. pre seat belts (& child seats!) of
course.
-Bob
PS- thought about trading the '57 Fury in on
a new '66/'67 426 Hemi Satellite, but ~$4K at the time seemed a little rich for
a young kid! Then there were the year old Pantera's available at
Philco-Ford where my dad worked, available for ~$6,500 back in ~1971.
They had a lot full of every make F*rd powered car turned in after
1yr employee lease, inlcuing Lotus Cortina's, Lincolns, Cougars etc, where
with my folks guidance and help picked out my '67 Mustang 'the
replacement' for the '57 Fury, (but I wanted the 390cid rangoon red fastback '67
'stang w' 4 spd, A/C etc, thank god I am still alive to think back on it
:-)!
Nice set of pictures, and from a different point-of-view than I've seen
before. Thanks!
On the subject of "Miss Belvedere": Does anyone know what has been
decided for her fate? I had one years ago, in Dusty Coral and White.
I finally traded it for a Corvair Greenbriar. It was the thing to do at
the time, but I sure wish I had it back now!
Joe Savard
Lake
Orion, Michigan
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