A 1955 Olds 88, hard-top with two - tone paint and wide white sidewall tires . Now you're talking, kid! All it needed was to be lowered about three inches and enhanced with very subtle pin-striping on the fenders and trunk lid. Man! Couldn't get any better than that. That was pure mid-century style! You know - for those of us from the 1900s.
Great story! I think many of us have special memories of that first car. I got to use my brother's '52 Buick while he spent a year in Hawaii. I would drive 7 or 8 friends to football games... no seatbelts, sometimes sitting on the floor in the back was plenty roomy! Everyone would chip in a quarter for gas... the car's name was Seymour!
I love it! Seymour sounds a lot like my old car! They don’t make ‘em like they used to! Our old cars were substantial. They had were big, heavy and had loads of character! Thanks for reading my car story, and for sharing yours!
Demo Derby's take the last bite out of a car. Watched a Ford Fairlane make it to last of two cars. The hood flew up and the car could only go in reverse. Finally, a heavy steel Oldsmobile killed the engine. Second place winnings was $100 for my friend to buy rounds for us all at a local country bar. Just so you know, Oldsmobiles are heavy hitters, no matter how old.
What a bargain you got in 1969 for $75. I bought my 1967 Camaro that same year, but it cost $2400. choke. But that presented my first opportunity with dealing with a payment plan. That car kept me mobile and doing road trips for eight years before I sold it to a 16-year-old kid who rebuilt it for racing. One day, I saw it racing down the freeway ... still full of that old buzz that gave me such a good time. So, it was worth the bucks. I kind of miss that car, but I learned after driving an old clunker Camaro my dad bought that the new cars handle a whole lot better.
A 1955 Olds 88, hard-top with two - tone paint and wide white sidewall tires . Now you're talking, kid! All it needed was to be lowered about three inches and enhanced with very subtle pin-striping on the fenders and trunk lid. Man! Couldn't get any better than that. That was pure mid-century style! You know - for those of us from the 1900s.
𝙃𝙖 𝙝𝙖 𝙝𝙖! 𝙔𝙚𝙥...𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙡! 𝙏𝙝𝙨𝙣𝙠𝙨, 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙣!
Great story! I think many of us have special memories of that first car. I got to use my brother's '52 Buick while he spent a year in Hawaii. I would drive 7 or 8 friends to football games... no seatbelts, sometimes sitting on the floor in the back was plenty roomy! Everyone would chip in a quarter for gas... the car's name was Seymour!
I love it! Seymour sounds a lot like my old car! They don’t make ‘em like they used to! Our old cars were substantial. They had were big, heavy and had loads of character! Thanks for reading my car story, and for sharing yours!
We get attached to our cars! It’s a fact. Well, some of us do, anyway!
lol! I am one of those…especially when I was younger! Thanks for reading about my first car!!
Nice ride, Sharon! Ole Murphy saw the opportunity and laid down the law. $20 bucks for the fix is pretty good but still a lot of money then.
Yes it was a lot! I worked at a fast food restaurant…no big paycheck there! Thanks, Ron! You know Murphy, too, huh? 😉
Those were the days !!!! Thank you Sharon, for a trip down memory lane
Thank you, Sonnie, for taking the ride with me! 💕
Demo Derby's take the last bite out of a car. Watched a Ford Fairlane make it to last of two cars. The hood flew up and the car could only go in reverse. Finally, a heavy steel Oldsmobile killed the engine. Second place winnings was $100 for my friend to buy rounds for us all at a local country bar. Just so you know, Oldsmobiles are heavy hitters, no matter how old.
𝙔𝙚𝙨, 𝙍𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙! 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙪𝙥 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙚𝙙, 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙠𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝! 𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩!! ッ𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨!
I learned to drive on an Opal Cadet that Daddy said was either baby shit yellow or monkey vomit green. Seriously ugally.
𝙃𝙖 𝙝𝙖!! 𝙔𝙚𝙥! 𝙊𝙪𝙧𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙮 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙩 𝙮𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙇𝙀𝙈𝙊𝙉! 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙂𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙧𝙖!
What a bargain you got in 1969 for $75. I bought my 1967 Camaro that same year, but it cost $2400. choke. But that presented my first opportunity with dealing with a payment plan. That car kept me mobile and doing road trips for eight years before I sold it to a 16-year-old kid who rebuilt it for racing. One day, I saw it racing down the freeway ... still full of that old buzz that gave me such a good time. So, it was worth the bucks. I kind of miss that car, but I learned after driving an old clunker Camaro my dad bought that the new cars handle a whole lot better.
𝙈𝙮 𝙊𝙡𝙙𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝙪𝙥 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙚𝙙, 𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜...𝙯𝙚𝙧𝙤 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙞𝙭𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 20 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙨! 𝙇𝙤𝙡! 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙦𝙪𝙚! 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨, 𝙎𝙪𝙚!
Oh yeah, cars do need drive shafts!!
Now, my first car?
It was an Oldsmobile that might have been bright blue at one time, BUT..
When I received it from my then-dying mother-in-law, it was quilted and a huge station wagon.
The story of its destruction is something for next week--kinda of a Bonnie and Clyde, with the caveat that I survived!