Car Brochures...Check out your first car
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bill2000
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Found mine, a '61 Chevy station wagon that was a construction crew cast-off. A real beater that I named THE GREEN LATRINE.
Uhm..............no. My first car was a faded silver 1975 Toyota Corolla with black interior, no A/C, no power steering and had a manual 4 speed.
The car I had a chance to buy later and was stupid enough not to however, is in there. 1970 Dodge Challenger.
The car I had a chance to buy later and was stupid enough not to however, is in there. 1970 Dodge Challenger.
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bricker
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It's there! 1968 Plymouth Barracuda.
My first is in there; 1978 Ford Thunderbird; it was black on tan. It was a big long beast, and quite the car for me back then... After that car, I swore I'd never own a black car again. Now, over 35 years later, I just bought a new black Chevy Tahoe... It's beautiful, and my new hobby is washing it... 
photobiker
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That's cool. My first was a 67 Cougar followed by a 70 Firebird Formula 400. Might just have to pull of the photo album.
Bill2000 I to had a 61 Chevy,mine was a Nomad. It was black with lots of rust. I would guess that a lot of us wish we had bought that one car.Mine was a Shelby when I was 20 but I did buy a 64 1/2 coupe that I still own today.
sgt.207
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'72 Pontiac LeMans
I've got several old brochures. Any time I went into a dealership, I would pick some up. I wish I still had them all. Most of mine are 1967-69.
GRIZZLYBEAR
US Veteran
Yes. I foud mine '63 split window Vette
UncaGrunny
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Not listed - 1970 Ford LTD
Found my 2nd and 4th cars, though
73 Plymouth Satellite (in Mist Green)
91 Chevy Camaro
Found my 2nd and 4th cars, though
73 Plymouth Satellite (in Mist Green)
91 Chevy Camaro
Teufelhunden82
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1984 Pontiac Parisienne that I inherited from my grandfather. I miss it!
Cdog
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gdnagle
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Didn't think I would find mine but it was there 63 Ford Galaxie 4 door XL. Bucket seats and a rear seat as big as a king size bed.
feralmerril
Absent Comrade
Mine was a 1942 studebaker commander. Dad had a 41 commander and bought the 42 for spare parts but didnt use any. Gave it to me when I was 15. I then bought a 46 chev from a uncle for $65s. Third car was a 1950 studebaker champion starlight coupe and then a 1956 chev 210 coupe. Then a 1950 Dodge coronet buisness mans coupe from another uncle for $65s, then a 1961 oldsmobile 88 coupe.
I have been having fun telling the kids at circle K where I buy my gas, that tank of gas cost me more than I paid for my first 3 cars! They just look at me like I am a dumb old grouch! It was a different day. I didnt even have insurance the first 3 years or so that I drove.
When I look back at it, the very best retirement plan I could have had would have been to buy certain old cars and motorcycles at the bottom of the market. (If you had a old barn to store them). You could quietly sell them when you got old and hopefully not even have a tax factor.
I had a chance at many in the mid late 50s. For instance, I had a high school friend that had a 40 ford coupe that looked new. He wanted $200s for it. On my inflation calculater that $200s back then would be like $1,600s today. I have no doubt that car or a harley or indian MC for the same prices, and they WERE around for that, would all be worth close to $25,000 to $30,000 today. Guns being smaller and easier to store would be high too, but not as high as well chosen coupes or MC`s.
The saved tax factor itself means a LOT! Every time I need to get $10,000 out of my IRA`s, I have to pull out about $13,000 after taxs. I also seen certain airplanes that I could have bought and retired off of it had I had a place to store it. In 1976 I bought a beautiful metalized 1956 piper tri pacer for $5,000s. Today I am quite sure if I had it that one would sell for $50,000 to $60,000s! $5,000 in 1976 would be like paying $20,000s today.
I have been having fun telling the kids at circle K where I buy my gas, that tank of gas cost me more than I paid for my first 3 cars! They just look at me like I am a dumb old grouch! It was a different day. I didnt even have insurance the first 3 years or so that I drove.
When I look back at it, the very best retirement plan I could have had would have been to buy certain old cars and motorcycles at the bottom of the market. (If you had a old barn to store them). You could quietly sell them when you got old and hopefully not even have a tax factor.
I had a chance at many in the mid late 50s. For instance, I had a high school friend that had a 40 ford coupe that looked new. He wanted $200s for it. On my inflation calculater that $200s back then would be like $1,600s today. I have no doubt that car or a harley or indian MC for the same prices, and they WERE around for that, would all be worth close to $25,000 to $30,000 today. Guns being smaller and easier to store would be high too, but not as high as well chosen coupes or MC`s.
The saved tax factor itself means a LOT! Every time I need to get $10,000 out of my IRA`s, I have to pull out about $13,000 after taxs. I also seen certain airplanes that I could have bought and retired off of it had I had a place to store it. In 1976 I bought a beautiful metalized 1956 piper tri pacer for $5,000s. Today I am quite sure if I had it that one would sell for $50,000 to $60,000s! $5,000 in 1976 would be like paying $20,000s today.
bill2000
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Ah, a Nomad. Mine was a bottom of the line Biscayne in glorious Sea Foam Green (with rust highlights) and three speed shifter on the column. It was my first car and we had a love/hate relationship.
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Evil Dog
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'68 Plymouth GTX..... wow, that's been a while ago.
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