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Thursday, August 05, 2010

Cars and other vehicles in my life

Here are the cars and other vehicles in my life--listed in order of purchase: [should I blog on this as part of my memoirs? (Note:  It is all about the Girls in my life]
My TOY 1950 Studebaker Starlight Coup was posted here last year.
1950 Studebaker Starlight Coup (formerly owned by my High School Principal). 

  • 1949 Ford Pickup, Dad's that I drove to high school and some in college 
  • 1950 Studebaker Starlight Coup 
  • 1952 Ford Tudor, I hopped it up very heavily before I sold it.  It would outrun all 55 and 56 Chevys.
  • 1956 Ford Sunliner Convertible (new)
  • 1941 Chevy Two-door
  • 1950 (Jimmy Dean) Mercury Two-door Coupe (ditched the '41 and '56 when I went into the Army)
  • 1956 Sears Vespa Motorscooter (while I was stationed in El Paso, Texas, and used as a second car, weather permitting)
  • 1951 Ford Tudor--a present from Dad while I was still in the Army, it was the folk's family car and had rolled over 100,000 miles.
  • 1960 Rambler Two-door Custom station wagon
  • 1953 Ford Tudor (second car)
  • 1950 Ford Tudor (hobby car, sold in 1967)
  • 1962 VW Bug--a work car
  • 1956 Ford Customline Fordor-hardtop
  • 1968 Ford station wagon (new)
  • 1969 Ford Thunderbird***
  • 1971 Honda CB450 motorcycle
  • 1972 Ford Pinto***
  • 1976 Ford Granada Tudor Coupe***
  • 1976 Ford Granada Fordor
  • 1972 Datsun pickup
  • 1976 Chrysler Cordoba (picture link)
  • 1977 Plymouth Volare station wagon
  • 1982 Olds Cutlass Supreme two-door
  • 1975 Datsun pickup
  • 1984 Ford Thunderbird
  • 1986 Olds 88 four-door
  • 1988 Olds 88 four-door
  • 1987 Chevy S-10 pickup
  • 1992 Cadillac DeVille
  • 1974 Mustang II Ghia (Mom's car before she died) (still owned)
  • 1999 Cadillac DeVille
  • 1999 Easy-Go Golf Car (new)
  • 1998 Mustang GT Convertible (still owned)
  • 1950 Ford Tudor (another collector car, sold August, 2015)
  • 2006 Cadillac DTS
  • 2011 Cadillac DTS (still owned)

  • *** Totaled out by Tropical Storm Claudia flooding.

    These are about in the order they were purchased. Most were pretty good cars, I just always get used cars, buying them mostly from individuals, LOLs (little old ladies) preferred

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