Cars 1 – Fords, Barracudas I always maintained our cars (and motorcycles), acquiring the tools along the way to support my skills, both real and fancied. My watchwords were “faster” and “better”, and my motives were simple, and only two: there was less down-time, and it was usually much cheaper. …
Cars 2 Chevrolet, etc. During my college years in Atlanta I owned three cars and two motorcycles. In Atlanta’s Druid Hills area I bought a classic 1955 Chevrolet “Bel Air” coupe, blue, with the 265 cubic inch V8 engine and standard transmission. A prior owner had begun to “soup up” …
Cars 3 – Volvos In 1965 in the Navy I bought my first Volvo car, a maroon 1964 4-door model, and joined USAA to get a loan from them for financing. I drove this car in FL, and finally totaled it by crashing down an overpass after fasting for growth …
Cars 4 – Lebaron, Olds I bought a 1981 Chrysler “Lebaron”, blue-grey 4 door sedan with 318cc V8 engine and automatic transmission. It was a police car, only one year old with many fairly gentle miles; I went to great lengths to “de-police” it. I removed the identifying town stickers, …
Cars 5 – Mazda, Lancer and the like Ginny needed a car besides the one I drove to work, so while the Lebaron engine was to be cleaned out in the shop, one evening I bought her a car from a dealer on Ten Rod Road in our town. This …
Cars 6 – Kids’ Cars Occasionally our children acquired cars, bringing them home; sometimes I “inherited” these. I remember some: Dodge Challenger, 1974 model, black, Joseph got, influenced by a “friend”; as far as I know, this car never ran. Dodge Colt; grey, got for Ben from a CTI friend. …