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63 VW bus BeneteauBum Saturday #1
Peace to you too, BeneteauBum. debm55 Saturday #5
40 horsepower with brand new plugs. Permanut Saturday #28
It got me from one place to the next BeneteauBum Saturday #83
Roger that.. Permanut Saturday #88
Excellent. I've had a 69, 64 and still have a 68. bullimiami Saturday #136
I had a 68 also...bought it in 1972. BeneteauBum Saturday #139
1969-ish Toyota Corolla. Ocelot II Saturday #2
thank you Ocelot II. I have never driven a stick. I always wanted to but it seemed too hard for me. debm55 Saturday #8
It's not that hard, but cars that still have it are pretty scarce now. Ocelot II Saturday #13
No lie...a 1965 Chevy Impala, Aqua...three on the tree. LuckyCharms Saturday #3
Thank you , LuckyCharms. You had one too? I had to sit on two pillows to see over the wheel. debm55 Saturday #9
Yes, Aqua. No power steering and a heavy clutch. LuckyCharms Saturday #11
Same here, No power steering, but it was not a stick shift.Edit. debm55 Saturday #14
Mine was on the column. I still remember the shift pattern. LuckyCharms Saturday #24
Sorry LuckyCharms. I made a mistake. it was not a stick shift. There was a handle on the steering wheel that would put debm55 Saturday #29
'67 Chevelle Lefta Dissenter Saturday #4
Thank you very much Lefta Dissenter. Your color description is funny. debm55 Saturday #10
1965 blue Mercury Monterrey with the inclined power rear window... wcmagumba Saturday #6
Thank you very much, wcmagumba. I had the automatic transmission , but no power steering. debm55 Saturday #16
Cool, mine was a nice car for a HS kid but the blue paint was a bit faded in spots... wcmagumba Saturday #25
A 1962 Oldsmobile F-85. LoisB Saturday #7
Thank you very much, LoisB. debm55 Saturday #17
First car 49jim Saturday #12
Sounds like my kind of car. My father was a Chevy guy. Always bought the Chevy brand. debm55 Saturday #20
1962 Ford Fairlane Convertible montanacowboy Saturday #15
Wow, thank you montanacowboy. That does sound like a classic. debm55 Saturday #21
Oh and by the way montanacowboy Saturday #55
Yes, the turn signals were on the left of the steering wheel and the shift into D, N,R were on the right. debm55 Saturday #117
19666 Corvair. It was smokin'. Three speed on the floor. Dimmer switch on the floor sometimes would turn the lights off. twodogsbarking Saturday #18
Thank you very much, twodogsbarking. Sounds like a great car. debm55 Saturday #22
1965 VW Beetle Ritabert Saturday #19
Thank you Ritabert. I always wanted one. But back then , they only came in stick. debm55 Saturday #23
The main problem for us was a non-working defroster in Boston Ritabert Saturday #26
Its not a Bug if it has heat. Lochloosa Saturday #60
My cousin used to always have blankets in her bug. debm55 Saturday #127
Same here!!! N/T Scottie Mom Saturday #34
Thank you very much, Scottie Mom. debm55 Saturday #42
1951 Blue Chevy Pickup BOSSHOG Saturday #27
I hear ya.. Permanut Saturday #30
It was a fun ride BOSSHOG Saturday #84
Oh that sounds great. Thank you very much, BOSSHOG for sharing with us. debm55 Saturday #44
'78 Datsun 210 dickthegrouch Saturday #31
Thank you very much, dickthegrouch. I hated those plastic seat covers add to that no AC. HOT. debm55 Saturday #48
55 Desoto Fireflite Coronado 4 Door marble falls Saturday #32
Nice!!! Nittersing Saturday #41
52 and 53 Chevy coupes have always been favorites of mine. marble falls Saturday #116
Oh, man, what a great looking car. Thank you, marble falls. Love it. debm55 Saturday #47
Mine was a 1956 DeSoto Fireflight UpInArms Saturday #134
Hemi? I had a flat head eight. marble falls Yesterday #144
Yes, a hemi UpInArms Yesterday #145
That 426 was a monster. marble falls Yesterday #147
Oh wow, that is one neat car, especially in all black. Thank you , UpInArms. debm55 Yesterday #190
'68 Mustang SheltieLover Saturday #33
Thank you SheltieLover. Sounds like a great car. debm55 Saturday #49
It was, Deb. SheltieLover Saturday #50
1968 Red Pontiac Lamans with black vinyl top Sedona Saturday #35
Great looking car, Sedona. Thank you. debm55 Saturday #37
'72 Saab 99 justaprogressive Saturday #36
Thank you justaprogressive. I always wanted one. Heard they were great driving. debm55 Saturday #38
My first Front-wheel drive justaprogressive Saturday #58
I hated my front wheel drive. I can't remember the name but it was by Chevy. I had to go down a hill to get to the debm55 Saturday #121
1950 Ford pickup List left Saturday #39
Thank you List left. What a great powerful truck. debm55 Saturday #51
67 Camaro, brand new. sinkingfeeling Saturday #40
Thank you sinkingfeeling for sharing. Nice car. debm55 Yesterday #152
1965 Chevy Impala, powder blue, 4 door, automatic. The lead sled. dem4decades Saturday #43
Oh my. Thank you fellow 65 Chevy Impala owner, dem4decades. debm55 Yesterday #153
Thank you to everyone The Wizard Saturday #45
no worries HappyH Saturday #75
Thank you for your concern. debm55 Yesterday #154
;-{) 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Goonch Saturday #46
1956 and 1957 Chevy was THE car all the high school and college men wanted back in the yellowdogintexas Saturday #93
Thank you very much. My father had one in tan. Thanks, Goonch. debm55 Yesterday #192
1966 Chevelle SS 396 Super Sport dual-Holley 4-barrel, 8 mpg Submariner Saturday #52
My roommate in college had one of those Turbineguy Yesterday #158
HAHAHAHAHHAHA. Thank you very much for sharing with us. Submariner. debm55 Yesterday #194
1976 Ford Maverick Arger68 Saturday #53
Thank you very much for sharing with us. Arger68 debm55 Yesterday #196
I also had a 1965 Chevy Impala CanonRay Saturday #54
Thank you Canon Ray. That sounds great. debm55 Saturday #124
40 Chevy DRiggs Saturday #56
Wow, Thank you for sharing. DRiggs. debm55 Yesterday #197
67 Delta 88. Loved that boat. The perfect car for high school. Lochloosa Saturday #57
Thank you very much for sharing the "the boat" with us. Lockloosa. debm55 Yesterday #200
'57 Chevy Bel Air BarbaRosa Saturday #59
Thank you very much, BarbaRosa for sharing with us. debm55 Yesterday #198
I had a 1971 Plymouth Cricket. markodochartaigh Saturday #61
That is very wise of you, markodochartaigh. Thank you very much. debm55 Yesterday #201
1970 Ford BigMin28 Saturday #62
Thank you very much for sharing with us, BigMin28 debm55 Yesterday #202
1966 Dodge Dart Wicked Blue Saturday #63
Thank you very much. Wicked Blue. debm55 Yesterday #203
It was an 1973 orange VW Superbeetle. rsdsharp Saturday #64
I almost bought one, but needed my money for college, so I stayed with the Impala. Thank you redsharp. debm55 Saturday #66
63 bug. turquoise. mopinko Saturday #65
Thank you very much, mopinko. All the cars from the 60s were tanks, I like the idea of a push button trans. Sounds neat. debm55 Saturday #68
My first car was a 1959 Volkswagon Beetle, a convertible. PoindexterOglethorpe Saturday #67
Thank you very much PoindexterOglethorpe. I guess we are opposites, I can't drive a stick, too much to do. I like the debm55 Saturday #71
I understand why most people prefer an automatic. PoindexterOglethorpe Saturday #140
That little car would be worth a lot today. Hard Emile Yesterday #159
Mine was a '66 1/2 Beetle, a gray market car from Canada HappyH Saturday #69
Thank you very much, HappyH. It sounds nice. Did you give it your bother and get a new car? That was so kind of you. debm55 Saturday #73
Yep I had to HappyH Saturday #74
1973 Pinto Runabout ProfessorGAC Saturday #70
Thank you very much, ProfessorGAC. My cousin gave me her Pinto car. I think it was a lemon as it didn't go very fast. PS debm55 Saturday #72
i had a pinto. mopinko Saturday #76
I Had Mine For 5 Years, Too ProfessorGAC Saturday #78
1977 Pinto wagon my Dad gave me sdfernando Saturday #77
Thank you very much, sdfernando for sharing with us. debm55 Yesterday #205
Forest green Flo Mingo Saturday #79
Oh, That is a nice color. Thank you for sharing, Flo Mingo. debm55 Yesterday #206
Mine was a 1960 Ford Falcon. Very basic automobile; 6 cyl. standard. patphil Saturday #80
Thank you very much, patphil. Mine was 10 years old when it got towed. debm55 Yesterday #189
1st car I owned that was not my parents wss kacekwl Saturday #81
Oh wow. Yes, I don't think your parents would be driving that. HAHAHAHAH. Thank you,kacekwl debm55 Saturday #119
'67 Ford Custom. boonecreek Saturday #82
Thank you boonecreek. My girlfriend had a Celica, We used to pretend we were in France and driving around. Oh to be debm55 Saturday #114
1973 International Travelall Hey Joe Saturday #85
Thank you very much Hey Joe. Sounds heavy duty. Do you remember when we would pick up change on the floor or in the back debm55 Saturday #125
1963 Plymouth Belvedere Onthefly Saturday #86
Thank you very much.Onthefly. That sounds like a great car. debm55 Saturday #113
A 1968 Mercury Cougar catbyte Saturday #87
Oh , I love the looks of the car, especially the color. Thank you catbyte. debm55 Saturday #112
1968 VW bug w/a sunroof CountAllVotes Saturday #89
That car does sound great. Wish I had one too. Thank you CountAllVotes debm55 Saturday #111
'68 Dodge Charger Flo Mingo Saturday #90
Great. Thank you very much, Flo Mingo. debm55 Saturday #110
1964 VW Beetle. I learned to drive a stick shift with that car. yellowdogintexas Saturday #91
Thank you , yellowdogintexas. I tried to learn on VW Bettle. Couldn't get it together to move. However. it did make a debm55 Saturday #108
1996 Mazda Elessar Zappa Saturday #92
Thank you very much, Elessar Zappa. debm55 Saturday #106
A 1961 Chevy red Corvair 3 speed stick floor shift. My doc03 Saturday #94
Wow, a red Chevy. Thank you, doc03. My shift was on my steering wheel. debm55 Saturday #105
My second car was a 1964 Agua Chevy Impala doc03 Saturday #95
That is funny. Hope no one was hurt. My brother totaled mine. Thank you doc03 debm55 Saturday #104
1964 Ford Fairlane. Paid $50 bucks for it, sold it for $200 to my Uncle's kid SWBTATTReg Saturday #96
Thank you so much, SWBTATTReg, That sounds like a good deal. debm55 Saturday #102
1975 Ford Maverick. OldBaldy1701E Saturday #97
Love the color combination, Thank you OldBaldy1701E debm55 Saturday #100
not gonna count the shitty 80's delta 88 my paternal unit got me. i got a 72'delta 88 w/ 56k miles. i drove the ss queen pansypoo53219 Saturday #98
Thank you very much, pansypoo53219. Wow you get a lot of milage from your cars. debm55 Saturday #99
back when we did emissions tests, every year mine were lower. mechanic paternal unit said i cleaned it driving faster + pansypoo53219 19 hrs ago #215
HAAHAHAHAHAHHA. I drive like a little old lady that I am. slooooooow debm55 19 hrs ago #216
That was a pretty cool car for a kid. viva la Saturday #101
Thank you viva la. Yes, I loved the color. Somewhere along the line, I had a burnt orange second hand car. It was a debm55 Saturday #103
1972 Ford Gran Torino Americanme Saturday #107
Thank you very much, Americanme. Yes, free is great. debm55 Saturday #109
A craptastic 1976 Datsun B-210. Aristus Saturday #115
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA. Thank you so much, Aristus. debm55 Saturday #118
'65 VW Beetle convertible with a standard transmission buzzycrumbhunger Saturday #120
HAHAHAHHAHAHAH. great post buzzycrumbhunger. I cried when my Impala got towed. debm55 Yesterday #187
I hear ya! buzzycrumbhunger Yesterday #207
Brand new 1968 Ford Mustang. Fla Dem Saturday #122
Wow, that's great. Thank you for sharing. Fla Dem. Lime Gold Mustang. That sounds very sharp debm55 Saturday #123
1985 Chevy Cavalier exboyfil Saturday #126
Thank you very much, exboyfil. for sharing. debm55 Yesterday #181
My mother's 1971 Plymouth Duster - My mother got a new car every 10 years so I was lucky to inherit this one! Rhiannon12866 Saturday #128
When we met, my husband had a Duster. It had this dustball emblem on the back. He had just started working and traded it debm55 Yesterday #179
Yup, if you look close, this car has the Duster emblem, just like my mother's Rhiannon12866 15 hrs ago #218
1968 Camaro SS. Paid $1,370 used of course in 74. chicoescuela Saturday #129
Oh, a Camero. I always liked those. Thank you for sharing. chicoescuela. debm55 Yesterday #178
1965 AMC Rambler Ambassador SARose Saturday #130
Yep, that is how things were back then. I had a second hand AMC Rambler. Last two years. Thank you SARose. debm55 Yesterday #177
1967 Plymouth Fury gopiscrap Saturday #131
HaHAHA. Cheap beer and broken bike. Oil burner. You did get two years out of it. Thank you for sharing, gopiscrap. debm55 Yesterday #176
Dad bought me a tank Tree Lady Saturday #132
Thank you very much, Tree Lady. I think that is why my father sold me the Impala. debm55 Yesterday #175
'84 Ford Tempo n/t multireeds Saturday #133
Thank you very much for sharing with us, multireeds. debm55 Yesterday #174
68' Chevy Nova LogDog75 Saturday #135
Same here with the Impala. It was a pain to drive. Thank you LogDog75, debm55 Yesterday #170
Mine was a 1963 Plymouth VIP in dark green woodsprite Saturday #137
I understand, woodstprite. My car didn;t have power steering. It was so hard to turn. debm55 Yesterday #168
'69 Chevy Nova TygrBright Saturday #138
My 68' Nova had one really annoying problem LogDog75 Yesterday #143
HAHAHAHAHAH. Thank you LogDog75, debm55 Yesterday #166
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA. TygrBright. I am glad that you still miss it. Thanks for sharing, debm55 Yesterday #167
1967 Chevy Biscayne..... fantase56 Yesterday #141
Thank you very much for sharing with us, fantase56. debm55 Yesterday #165
1970 Plymouth Baracuda Bayard Yesterday #142
HAHAHAHAHAH. I agree with the green. You are right it is a cool car. Thank you for sharing. Bayard debm55 Yesterday #151
1946 Chevrolet Fleetmaster sedan. Emile Yesterday #146
Thank you very much Emile. debm55 Yesterday #150
1963 Ford Galaxy XL 500 Rincewind Yesterday #148
Thank you very much, Rincewind. If I remember correctly. Thunder Birds were huge. debm55 Yesterday #149
The mid to late 70's Thunderbirds Rincewind 5 hrs ago #219
Thank you Rincewind. debm55 5 hrs ago #220
63 Ford Galaxy 500 NH Ethylene Yesterday #155
Yes, I liked the big old tanks too. Thank you very much, NH Ethylene. debm55 Yesterday #164
1958 292 Ford Fairlane, shift on the column. gab13by13 Yesterday #156
HAHAHAHAHAh. thank you very much, gab13by13. debm55 Yesterday #163
55 ford SarasotaDem Yesterday #157
Wow, a 55 Ford. Great. Thank you very much, SarasotaDem debm55 Yesterday #161
First car Rebl2 Yesterday #160
Thank you very much, Rebl2. I had one car with no AC, It was terrible. It was a Saturn. debm55 Yesterday #162
nash rambler. sold it as i was moving here . AllaN01Bear Yesterday #169
Thank you AllaN01 Bear. I had a Rambler too. But we called it the Rumbler for various reasons. It was second hand. debm55 Yesterday #172
A Lincoln 61, huge tank of a car. lark Yesterday #171
Very sorry about that. I know about the Providence RI police. and I agree. Thank you very much, lark. debm55 Yesterday #173
Chevy here too! Brand new 1974 Chevy Nova. 50 Shades Of Blue Yesterday #180
Got that right--Chevy. Love red cars. I heard that about the Novas. Thank you very much 50 Shades of Blue. debm55 Yesterday #183
An old Beetle, don't know the year. chowmama Yesterday #182
Wow, I couldn't imagine doing all of that. Great job,chowmama. Great job. debm55 Yesterday #185
1959 VW Beetle lapfog_1 Yesterday #184
What a great post thank you for sharing with us. lapfrog_1, Love it. debm55 Yesterday #186
1972 Toyota Celica. waterwatcher123 Yesterday #188
Thank you very much, waterwatcher, You are very talented, debm55 Yesterday #195
'72 Chevy Nova with a 350 V8 LudwigPastorius Yesterday #191
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAH. Sweet. Thank you LudwigPastorious. debm55 Yesterday #204
first car wow tmars505 Yesterday #193
HAHAHAHHAHAH. Thank you very much for sharing with us. tmars505. debm55 Yesterday #208
1972 Olds Cutlass virgdem Yesterday #199
Very good and thank you very much, virgdem for sharing with us. debm55 Yesterday #209
1970 SS 396 Kammer 23 hrs ago #210
HAHAHAHHHAHA. and did you look for change on the floor to pay for gasoline like I did? Thank you very much, Kammer. debm55 23 hrs ago #211
1974 VW Beetle, dark green. Dale in Laurel MD 23 hrs ago #212
Thank you very much, Dale in Laurel MD. My first love had a dark green, 1974 VW Beetle. debm55 22 hrs ago #213
1964 Chevy Impala PikaBlue 20 hrs ago #214
HAHAHAHHAHHAH.That is great, Thank you PikaBlue. debm55 19 hrs ago #217
1976 AMC Hornet Eugene 2 hrs ago #221
You are so right about the Hornet. Thank you very much, Eugene. debm55 2 hrs ago #222
1971 4 door beige Pontiac Catalina Pas-de-Calais 2 hrs ago #223
Wow, sharp car. Thank you very much, Pas-de-Calais. debm55 2 hrs ago #224
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