wizenheimer
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this is really going to be different for the younger guys vs the old farts like me, but I was discussing this with a buddy of mine. His parents didn't have any cool cars, according to him
But my folks had a 1952 Mercury Monterrey Coupe
it looked like this only it was light green with a tan top:
IIRC, that may have been the first year for that model. I think it had a 3-speed on the column, with an overdrive. They had that car for about 17 years. My dad was a mechanic so he kept in in good shape. But they sold it because my mom wanted an automatic transmission. That was a sweet ride
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I think around 1970, my dad bought a 1963 1/2 Falcon Sprint (yeah, they actually had the 1/2 that year). I think he paid about $100 for it because it had a cracked engine block. He was able to find a used engine for it at a wrecking yard
it looked like this (same red color too):
bucket seats; 283 V-8; 4 on the floor.
I remember, a couple of years after college, when I had a little money, calling my dad up and telling him I wanted to but that car. He paused a while, then told me he sold it 2 weeks before. Ain't that the shits
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completely unrelated to cars: when I was a kid I was obsessive about collecting football, baseball, and the few basketball cards there were. I ended up with about 10 shoe/boot boxes filled with cards. Baseball was like Mickey Mantle, Stan Musial, Pee Wee Reece, Frank Howard, Don Drysdale, Willy Mays. Football was like YA Tittle, Paul Hornung, Willie Wood, Johnny Unitas, Roman Gabriel, Dick Bass. Basketball was like Wilt, Bob Cousy, Nate Thurmond, Hal Greer, Jerry West
I had multiples of a lot of guys and the cards were in great shape. I even had 3 baseball and 3 basketball cards for Chuck Conners....the Rifleman
But I forgot about them until the sports card rage of the early 90's. I called my mom to make sure she still had those cards in the attic. She said she threw those away years before....fuck!
But my folks had a 1952 Mercury Monterrey Coupe
it looked like this only it was light green with a tan top:
IIRC, that may have been the first year for that model. I think it had a 3-speed on the column, with an overdrive. They had that car for about 17 years. My dad was a mechanic so he kept in in good shape. But they sold it because my mom wanted an automatic transmission. That was a sweet ride
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I think around 1970, my dad bought a 1963 1/2 Falcon Sprint (yeah, they actually had the 1/2 that year). I think he paid about $100 for it because it had a cracked engine block. He was able to find a used engine for it at a wrecking yard
it looked like this (same red color too):
bucket seats; 283 V-8; 4 on the floor.
I remember, a couple of years after college, when I had a little money, calling my dad up and telling him I wanted to but that car. He paused a while, then told me he sold it 2 weeks before. Ain't that the shits
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completely unrelated to cars: when I was a kid I was obsessive about collecting football, baseball, and the few basketball cards there were. I ended up with about 10 shoe/boot boxes filled with cards. Baseball was like Mickey Mantle, Stan Musial, Pee Wee Reece, Frank Howard, Don Drysdale, Willy Mays. Football was like YA Tittle, Paul Hornung, Willie Wood, Johnny Unitas, Roman Gabriel, Dick Bass. Basketball was like Wilt, Bob Cousy, Nate Thurmond, Hal Greer, Jerry West
I had multiples of a lot of guys and the cards were in great shape. I even had 3 baseball and 3 basketball cards for Chuck Conners....the Rifleman
But I forgot about them until the sports card rage of the early 90's. I called my mom to make sure she still had those cards in the attic. She said she threw those away years before....fuck!
