Your First, Not A gun

[mrerick]

Here's the first car I owned. My 1967 Plymouth Fury III land yacht... 440 Mopar engine with 2 bbl carb... of course the weight of the car took that much power to keep up... I remember 8mpg - of course the gas was 14 cents a gallon in 1970.



Here's the first car I rode in. It's a 1950 Dodge. I'm in the picture (not visible) with my mother... The Dodge had a Fluid Drive transmission. I remember it being fun to watch my Mother shift this car...

[saab-bob]

Noncom
Saab called that program European Delivery. I was set up to go to Sweden and buy a new Saab Turbo in 1987 for my honeymoon. Month before wedding mom and my fiancé had a huge fight and we broke up. So I took my dad. I had the best trip of my life.Instead of going shopping,we went to gun and car museums. Drove for hours at 125 MPH on the Autobahn. We found the gals in Sweden and Germany, where VERY friendly. Good times!
All turned out well,have been married for 26 years now, to a great wife.
Bob

[NoncomRetired]

Originally Posted by saab-bob

Noncom
Saab called that program European Delivery. I was set up to go to Sweden and buy a new Saab Turbo in 1987 for my honeymoon. Month before wedding mom and my fiancé had a huge fight and we broke up. So I took my dad. I had the best trip of my life.Instead of going shopping,we went to gun and car museums. Drove for hours at 125 MPH on the Autobahn. We found the gals in Sweden and Germany, where VERY friendly. Good times!
All turned out well,have been married for 26 years now, to a great wife.
Bob

Honeymoons and Museums.............

One of mine was in Copenhagen and we too visited a military museum there and that was one helleva museum, it was located in an old cavalry barracks. Tivoli Gardens was nice too.

I liked the dutch girls.....the german girls were a bit too hairy for me.

(What happened to my 'puke' smiley?)

[cirelaw]

Does anyone own a motorcycle??

[ZX-10R]

Originally Posted by cirelaw

Does anyone own a motorcycle??

Yes ! , '08 Kawasaki ZX-10R

[ithacaartist]

Originally Posted by cirelaw

Does anyone own a motorcycle??

Eric, You betcha! 1989 Springer Softail. I posted this pic a couple years ago...

[alanint]

Originally Posted by cirelaw

Does anyone own a motorcycle??

Yes, two Harley Davidsons. A 2007 V-Rod and a 2001 Dyna.

My first was a little minibike with a Briggs and Stratton engine on it.

[cdmech]

Originally Posted by cirelaw

Does anyone own a motorcycle??

Do these count? The red CT90 is mine and my wife has owned the yellow CT70 since she was in the 4th grade. She actually rode it to school and locked it up in the bike rack several days in a row until the principal found out. (I'm pointing out our destination-the peak in the background-in this picture.)
Marc

[Zorba]

I had a '75 CT90 K6. Loved, LOVED that bike. It was like a 2 wheel truck with that granny low when in low range. Built me a little gooseneck cargo trailer in HS metal shop to tow behind it. Hitch was in the middle of the cargo rack. The electrical system was too weak kneed to add trailer lights, so I rigged up a plug scheme that would disconnect the rear lights of the bike when the trailer was plugged in. A loopback plug restored light functionality to the bike when not towing.

Neighbor kid had a CT70, and a pair of ST90s. The ST90 was like a large CT70 - same looks, but bigger, 3 speed tranny, etc.

[cdmech]

Originally Posted by zormpas

Neighbor kid had a CT70, and a pair of ST90s. The ST90 was like a large CT70 - same looks, but bigger, 3 speed tranny, etc.

I've tried several times to buy an ST90, but they go for $$$. It's pretty easy to find junk laying around, but one that has tags or at least a snowball's chance in hell of getting blessed by the DMV is rare.
Marc

[John Sabato]

Originally Posted by cirelaw

Does anyone own a motorcycle??

This a photo of bike that is identical with my first... 1973 Yamaha 125cc Enduro. Bought it new in Eritrea, East Africa in November 1972...

[saab-bob]

Noncom
We went to the Royal Danish Arsenal museum as well. Guns as far as the eye could see! It was nirvana!
I hear lately they have taken off display all guns that can use commercially available ammo.
So sad!
Eric
I have 2 motorcycles right now.
1966 Triumph TR6 and a 1972 250 OSSA Explorer.
Both are runners.
Bob

[cirelaw]

out there. I saw one in The Great Escape! Does anyone can tell what Steve McQueen is riding!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zwW7iWinrk Also holding a Luger! Any guesses what model?

[ithacaartist]

Originally Posted by cirelaw

out there. I saw one in The Great Escape! Does anyone can tell what Steve McQueen is riding!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zwW7iWinrk Also holding a Luger! Any guesses what model?

Eric, from: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057115/trivia

The motorcycle that Hilts (Steve McQueen) rides is a cosmetically modified Triumph TR6 Trophy. Bud Ekins who actually performs the famous barbed wire leap stunt, was a Triumph dealer. Triumph was McQueen's favorite motorcycle marque. The motorcycle sidecar combination that crashes into a ditch is revealed to be a Triumph motorcycle, too. As is well known, these British motorcycle models were not in existence during the Second World War and their appearance is somewhat incongruous.

[saab-bob]

Eric
Steve was riding a 1961 Triumph TR6 in "The Great Escape".
He could never have jumped a German BMW,waaaay to heavy.
Bob

[alanint]

Originally Posted by saab-bob

Eric
Steve was riding a 1961 Triumph TR6 in "The Great Escape".
He could never have jumped a German BMW,waaaay to heavy.
Bob

You might have made that jump with a wartime German Zundap, but I'm not sure I'd try it.

[cirelaw]

One word says it all, "WOW"

[Ron Smith]

My first car was a '59 Chevy Bel Air almost identical to this one. Mine was a shade or so lighter (Coral) and had chrome rims with inside Baby Moons and Red-Line Tiger Paws.
Had a 283 ci punched out to 309 ci with an AFB. It sucked gas so fast you could watch the needle move.

Still got my last car... '01 Road King Classic..

[ithacaartist]

Yes, a '59 Borgward Isabella. I bought it for a hundred bucks from the man who was to become my father-in-law for 10 years. They had owned a Goliath before that. Sold by the local Cadillac dealer. I could coax the 60 screamin' horses of the 1500cc motor to chirp the tires, going into second gear. The 4-speed tranny's shift lever was indeed mounted on the steering column (like the Benz's)--sort of in the middle between "Three on the tree" and "Four on the floor", and it didn't rhyme.

I had occasion to go to Phoenix a few years back, and on a side trip to Payson, I encountered a place called "All Bikes", a few acres within a chain link fence with rows and rows and rows of bicycles and motorcycles...stacks, even. Parked in front of one of the buildings, fairly permanently, a Borgward Isabella 2-seater coupe... Before I got yelled at by the owner for doing so, I opened the driver's door and took a sniff--nothing brings back memories like smell--and it was just like mine, to the nose! The proprietor, who came off to me as kind of a big jerk, claimed to have started out in California, working with George Barris, who designed and built the Dragula and the Musnter coach, in the 60's.

OK, you got me going now. After a '60 Mercedes 220SB that I traded the Borgward for, even up (My service station-owning friend said it was the only deal he knew of where BOTH parties got screwed!), a '62 Rambler 4-door (front seats reclined to create a double bed!), and a '65 T-bird 2-door hard top (a gas guzzling behemoth in this vintage) I bought the '64/5 Volvo P-1800. I generally loved them all, but this was my fave. Once again, a pic from the net, and I'd installed fog/driving lights, but trim and color same as mine.

/reminiscence

D.P.

[Vlim]

This is my current daily driver, an 01 C32 AMG Kompressor.

V6 engine with an output of 260Kw (354Hp) and with a respectable fuel economy