shouldazagged
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First new car--didn't bother looking for the used ones before that--a 1960 Falcon wagon, mint green. I was newly married and making ridiculously little money, so a fancier ride was out of the question.
Car Brochures...Check out your first car
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I found mine:
http://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/ford/fr53d/bilder/3.jpg
1953 Ford Mainline Tudor Coupe, with a flathead V-8 (that made a whopping 110 HP!) Mine was 12 years old when I got it in 1965, and had been rode hard and put away wet. It had a cracked cylinder and no floor board on the driver's side...but it was my car.
http://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/ford/fr53d/bilder/3.jpg
1953 Ford Mainline Tudor Coupe, with a flathead V-8 (that made a whopping 110 HP!) Mine was 12 years old when I got it in 1965, and had been rode hard and put away wet. It had a cracked cylinder and no floor board on the driver's side...but it was my car.
LVSteve
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My first car was a British GM model so no luck on that page. However, I did find this on the 1966 Valiant like my Dad had when posted to the US. This one is a two-door like ours and in the same colour.
Big B Gill's 1966 Plymouth Valiant
I wanted Dad to get a Barracuda so bad I could taste it.
I think we rented one of these. http://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/dodge/do68/bilder/4.jpg At the time, Britain had smaller aircraft carriers.
Big B Gill's 1966 Plymouth Valiant
I wanted Dad to get a Barracuda so bad I could taste it.
I think we rented one of these. http://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/dodge/do68/bilder/4.jpg At the time, Britain had smaller aircraft carriers.
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My first Ford was a '29 Model A. Didn't find the body style in the brochure that I had. Mine was a Panel sedan. Solid steel where the rear windows were. Single door in the rear. Mine was owned by a flower shop in Oakland, Ca. But I did find a pic of a '39 Ford convertible I owned later on.
LVSteve I did find this on the 1966 Valiant like my Dad had when posted to the US. This one is a two-door like ours and in the same colour. [URL="http://www.valiant.org/stories/biggill.html" said:
Steve, I had an identical car except in light green. Mine had the smaller engine (IIRC 170 CID)). It could barely outrun a VW Beetle. Yea, I tried it once and we stayed fender to fender.
LVSteve
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Mine had the smaller engine (IIRC 170 CID)).
Yep, I'm pretty certain I recall a conversation about taking back a "huge, 2.8 litre car"
to the UK when the posting ended.
4506517
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Found my 1986 Cavalier RS
I thought I was living high on the hog
I thought I was living high on the hog
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