InDebtButOnTime
1937
I had forgotten about that "thermometer-speedometer"! My dad had a 1960 Super 88! Boring Brown. We also had a '64 F-85 station wagon. Boring green... it was a V8.. not sure if that
May 13, 2021,22:36 PM
would have been the alloy one sold to Rover (do you know Mike?). That was the first family car I drove (when lucky enough to). Pops sure wasn't about to let me take out his cream white '62 Coupe de Ville Caddy.
I was never into giant American barges but that Caddy was classy and cool. I was into small European and Japanese cars right from the get go. But I did like the 1st gen Toranado and Riviera... and of course
Corvettes!
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My Olds Mobile Story
By: cazalea : May 13th, 2021-21:09
I can't match the Mercedes-Benz stories, because my family didn't buy imported cars. They lived in the midwest, and at the time I was growing up you bought a car that you could afford, and that matched your status in life. For my folks and relatives, that...
An other wonderful post, Mike.
By: ChristianDK : May 13th, 2021-21:37
They sure don’t make them like they used to! Thank for sharing this personal story with some incredible cars!
Great post !
By: bimbeano : May 14th, 2021-13:49
We never owned an Olds but my father told me a story where my other grandfather bought a Studebaker while he didn’t have a license yet. So my dad and my uncle had to learn him how to drive .... the first lesson he ended up in a ditch and gave a key to my ...
A DS break is even better.
By: bimbeano : May 14th, 2021-20:38
And yes ... legendary on 3 wheels, they don’t make em like that anymore 😢.
My first car was an 80s Pontiac 6000
By: montecristo#2 : May 20th, 2022-00:58
Not a great car, but your first is always special. My Dad owned I think a 1969 GTO, which was stolen in Boston before I was born…. Wish he had been able to hold onto it.
F-85!!
By: designer : May 31st, 2021-10:12
Bought one back at the 1988... -62 Jetfire!! First Turbo charged production car..! Very cool.. Did a lot and restorated it before I sold it -94.. Gone but Not Forgotten!