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08-26-2013, 02:28 PM | #1 |
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Your First, Not A gun
YOUR First Car! I came across this picture of me driving my moms' 1968 Chevy Malibu with a 283 HP. Tag RXB-908. First thing I installed an 8 track in the glove. The one picture united me with a past 40 years ago. I would invite all to post your beloved past.~~~Eric
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08-26-2013, 03:06 PM | #2 |
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I'm still trying to forget my first car, an Opel 1.3s from 1980.
I'll show my first 'real' car instead (still own it after 15 years now). The first photo was taken in 2001, when my 500SEL was the first W126 series S-Class to be shown as a club car at the Techno Classica in Essen, Germany. The other photo was taken at the Bremen Classic motorshow where it was on display in 2009. |
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08-26-2013, 03:09 PM | #3 |
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How was the Autobahn?
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08-26-2013, 03:15 PM | #4 |
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Not as fun as it used to be. They invented laser guns and speed limits during the last decade.
But it's still a good cruiser at an average 160kph. Top speed a respectable 225kph, not bad for a 30-year old car |
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Here I am in my 1930 Model A Ford Sport Coupe just after I got back from Viet Nam (1968). I bought it in 1957, the same year I met my future wife Sarah. Both are still with me!
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08-26-2013, 03:18 PM | #6 |
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Do they serve beer at you rest stops??
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08-26-2013, 03:20 PM | #7 |
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Ron that is simply beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!both you and the car!
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God Bless You Both!!
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08-26-2013, 03:40 PM | #12 |
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Its not a real car, unless it bears the 3 pointed star.
Learned on a '71 MBZ 220D - AND - a '63 1 ton GMC. Still carry a torch for that old truck. Owned a '74 240D, and now an '85 300SD (W126) for the last 13 years. |
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08-26-2013, 03:42 PM | #13 |
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My father told me, "They are all suckers for a man in uniform"
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Wasn't that their holy New Years!
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08-26-2013, 05:23 PM | #17 |
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If the pics taken of me back in the day with my first car still exist, I have no idea where they might be. I searched the Google images available and didn't find one of an example with the same color combo--cream over silver-grey--and this one is two years newer, a '61.
If you zoom on the pic, you may be able to discover the make and model. I'm guessing most of you will say, "WTF?" ... aber meine deutschen Freunde werden wissen! The distinctive lines--grille and tail lights--give it away.
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Pretty car. Its nagging me as to what it is, but not quite sure. I want to say Alfa, but that doesn't seem right...
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Nice!
So you started driving in a Borgward sedan? Did you have the column shifter? I always liked the old Borgward Isabella. Its a neat car. Just the kind of cars I like,obscure old European cars. Bob
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