Thursday, January 19, 2023

A list of the cars I've owned

 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 written about the Girls in my life (not really ALL--and not finished as of yet, or if ever). URL]

My TOY 1950 Studebaker Starlight Coup was posted here last year.
  1. 1950 Studebaker Starlight Coup (formerly owned by my High School Principal). 
  2. 1952 Ford Tudor, I hopped it up very heavily before I sold it.  It would outrun all 55 and 56 Chevys.
  3. 1956 Ford Sunliner Convertible (new)
  4. 1941 Chevy Two-door
  5. 1950 (Jimmy Dean) Mercury Two-door Coupe (ditched the '41 and '56 when I went into the Army)
  6. 1956 Sears Vespa Motorscooter (while I was stationed in El Paso, Texas, and used as a second car, weather permitting)
  7. 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.
  8. 1960 Rambler Two-door Custom station wagon
  9. 1953 Ford Tudor (second car)
  10. 1950 Ford Tudor (hobby car, sold in 1967)
  11. 1962 VW Bug--a work car
  12. 1956 Ford Customline Fordor-hardtop
  13. 1968 Ford station wagon (new)
  14. 1969 Ford Thunderbird***
  15. 1971 Honda CB450 motorcycle
  16. 1972 Ford Pinto***
  17. 1976 Ford Granada Tudor Coupe***
  18. 1976 Ford Granada Fordor
  19. 1972 Datsun pickup
  20. 1976 Chrysler Cordoba (picture link)
  21. 1977 Plymouth Volare station wagon
  22. 1982 Olds Cutlass Supreme two-door
  23. 1975 Datsun pickup
  24. 1984 Ford Thunderbird
  25. 1986 Olds 88 four-door
  26. 1988 Olds 88 four-door
  27. 1987 Chevy S-10 pickup
  28. 1992 Cadillac DeVille
  29. 1974 Mustang II Ghia (Mom's car after she died) (still owned)
  30. 1999 Cadillac DeVille
  31. 1999 Easy-Go Golf Car (new)
  32. 1998 Mustang GT Convertible (still owned)
  33. 1950 Ford Tudor (another collector car, sold August, 2015)
  34. 2006 Cadillac DTS
  35. 2011 Cadillac DTS (still owned)
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.

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Verse style prosepoem, was to be for dVerse, but not in prose form. go here for the changed result


 was to be for dVerse, but was not in prose form.  go here for the changed result

Me on our Alaska 2005 cruise excursion to the Yukon 
[click here for larger view]


Sunny day I drive up 
to North Yukon's greenery 
Yellow dandelions
 and purple violets  
Spring had sprung, trees were green 
Shimmering water in streams 
and lakes was clear sky blue  
The trees' wet and shinny 
green new leaves shimmered too 
The firewood turning gray  
they'd save it for next fall (50

My old truck helped the scene 
its fenders rusting green  
Trusty old Ford pickup 
made nineteen-forty-one 
Put me in the picture 
driving clothes gave semblance 
of humanity's warmth 
Viewers would want to join 
Blues in jeans and jacket, 
red and white shirt, white shoes (44)

Bumper, bed boards, and chrome 
Fences, siding and roof 
Propane tank and faucets 
with the chair all blend in 
Artists call them fillers  
My painting brush goes wild 
with colors abounding 
Seems as everything I do 
is stitched with its color (41) 

The brush does not mind 
it enjoys the pozazz  (9)
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 - Photo and Poem Copryight, Jimmiehov 2023, All rights Reserved 
 - I'm linked with MSJADELI IN PROSERY for dVerse Prosery at
   https://dversepoets.com/2023/01/16/dverse-prosery-everything-is-stitched/  
 -We were instructed to use the phrase, "everything I do is stitched with its color.  Our directions were to write a poem with 144 words or less, I chose the 144 challenge, the line ending numbers are the number of words in that verse.
 - Click here for a showing of links to the others' writings

Monday, January 16, 2023

Alaska Junker -- 1941 Ford Pickup for Yard Art

Me on our Alaska 2005 cruise excursion to the Yukon 
[click here for larger view]

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