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From: in2dadark on 17 Nov 2009 20:32
On Nov 17, 8:04 pm, Scott in Florida <Mov...(a)outa.here> wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:49:52 -0800 (PST), in2dadark
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> <in2dad...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> >On Nov 17, 7:47 pm, in2dadark <in2dad...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> On Nov 15, 12:46 am, "Pat" <just_a_ghost(a)in_this_house.us> wrote:
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> >> > "in2dadark" <in2dad...(a)yahoo.com> wrote
> >> > | A lot of painful lessons on the list...
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> >> > I've owned (in chronological order):
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> >> > 1.) 1964 Ford Falcon Futura 6 cyl. 4-door sedan, royal blue
> >> > 2.) 1963 Mercury Monterey, black with white leather interior
> >> > 3.) 1973 VW SuperBeetle, bright yellow
> >> > 4.) 1979 Mercury Capri (what a great car!) hatchback, silver/black
> >> > 5.) 1984 Nissan Sentra 4-door sedan, white
> >> > 6.) 1987 Toyota Minivan 4WD, white
> >> > 7.) 1990 Subaru Justy 5-door hatchback, silver
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> >> > Interestingly, cars #1, 2, 3, 4 & 7 each had 19k miles on the odometer when
> >> > I got them. The first two had automatic transmissions, which I learned to
> >> > dislike. #s 5 & 6 I bought brand new. If I had known how expensive the
> >> > little Justy would be to maintain, I might have passed on it - especially
> >> > since the Nissan with a much larger car with a larger engine got much better
> >> > gas mileage.
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> >> > I'm still driving the '87 Toyota but at the moment it's got a hose leaking
> >> > on the back of the engine block. I've been trying to cut an access hole in
> >> > the body behind the engine to fix it but it's taking forever using a dremel
> >> > tool with a small cutting wheel.
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> >> I forgot this one...http://vstarrider.com/images/honda-cb360-76-bikepics-2.jpg
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> >Same color and everything... Cruisin' up to Ft. Lauderdale from
> >hollywood. Dad had all the bills paid.. Miss those carefree daze..
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> Mine was red....
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I don't remember the back tail lamp protruding out like that... The
nighthawk and the yamaha I had after this one were cool bikes but they
always seemed to be missing something.... chain drive... Now all the
cool pocket rockets have gone back to it...Shaft drive on a bike is
just not natural..
From: Pat on 17 Nov 2009 23:01

"in2dadark" <in2dadark(a)yahoo.com> wrote

> I miss my Fords and it seems you liked them when you were
> younger too.

They were OK. My dad wouldn't drive anything else. He even bought a Pinto.
Once he tried a Plymouth Barracuda. Someone stole it (my fault; I left the
keys in the ignition when I got tired of waiting for him to come out of a
mall) in December of 1965 and stripped the gears. Anyway I got the Falcon in
'71 cuz a neighbor decided to sell this one, which belonged to the wife. It
was the most gently used car ever.... It cost me $500. I named it "Mr. Blue"
and at age 7 it looked like it just rolled off the assembly line. I pushed
the odometer up to 100k miles in less than a year then sold it to a friend
who drove it another 200k and then he sold it and I lost track of it. The
back seat was big enough to sleep on comfortably.

The Monterey was a reject from my mom, I got it for $325 in '73 and sold it
soon after because it was such a gas hog.

The Capri I had to sell when I was down & out, unable to afford repairs. It
got wrecked the day after I dropped my comprehensive coverage. Fortunately I
was still able to get $900 for it.







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