Thursday, January 31, 2008
The cars in my life (just those owned by me, there were other affairs also)
Here are the cars in my life: [should I blog on this as part of my memoirs?]
1950 Studebaker Starlight Coupe
1952 Ford Tudor, I hopped it up very heavily before I sold it
1956 Ford Sunliner Convertible (new)
1941 Chevy Two-door (second car, a nice one-owner)
1950 (Jimmy Dean) Mercury Two-door Coupe (ditched the '56 when I went into the army)
1951 Ford Tudor--a present from Dad while I was still in the army
1960 Rambler Two-door Custom station wagon
1950 Ford Tudor
1962 VW Bug--my 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
1977 Plymouth Volare station wagon
1982 Olds Cutlas Supreme two-door
1975 Datsun pickup
1986 Olds 88 four-door
1988 Olds 88 four-door
1987 Chevy S-10 pickup
1992 Cadilac DeVille
1974 Mustang II Ghia (Mom's car after she died) ***
1999 Cadillac DeVille
1999 Easy-Go Golf Car (new)
1998 Mustang GT Convertible
1950 Ford Tudor
2006 Cadillac DTS
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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.
*** These were Ford program cars owned by some of the executives where I worked (with Ford Aerospace at NASA, Houston)
Labels: Cars, Jim's Life
