wow....lots of car memories here
I'll switch gears a little and talk about the most 'un-coolest' car I've been in, and it was my own. In 1970, I was working on a construction job in Bates, Oregon (east of John Day). I bought my first car for $75. Yeah, you're reading that right. It was a 1961 Rambler Classic Station Wagon. It was ready to go except for a tire and a starter.
it looked just about exactly like this:
now again....$75. The tire and starter ratcheted up the price to about $100. And I was mobile. Sure, it was the opposite of a chick magnet, but it got me to a lot of places. It had some dents, and a rear door never really closed tightly, but I put 40,000 miles on that thing in 3 years and only had to change the oil. The rear seat folded forward so I slept in it a few times when I was camping or the rumor is partying too hard
ugly car dear to my heart