More than 1? From parents, friends? Did you consider it special then, or did you kind of abuse it? Was it a car you liked, or was it a beater?
1st car only story?
Fill us in!
I've been given 2 cars free. The Edsel I mentioned in the weirdest car you have owned thread, but later my Dad gave me his '63 Nova
It was a light beige w same/+gray interior. 2HT., 194 6cyl., PG auto.
Was already tired, smoked some on decel on hills.
I wasn't real nice. I made a 140 mile round trip towing a '57 2HT Belair
less eng/trans. w it. No hitch! I rented a bumper hitch ( 4 points clip
over rear bumper... actually legal...shudder!!! back in the day).
It made it ok, 45mph tops was all I trusted on freeway to go....you could tell she was working.
If that wasn't bad enough, then I took it to Wednesday night bracket drag racing about 4 times.
I had some mercy on it. I ignored the burnout box, and carefully steered
away from any water. I did not powerbrake at all...this was my ride home!
Each time after, I removed more weight...front bumper,back seat, glovebox,ashtray!
Oh! Of course I removed the sun visors..got to go faster.
I simply nailed the pedal to the floor on green, and held it.
The last time I went, the tech guys were snickering at me because I flaired
duct tape from the body to meet the ends of the rear bumper thinking
that would help my aero a little.
After being laughed at, and the car getting a little more tired, I stored it
w some other vehicles. A couple of those were stolen, so like the '57 Belair, I decided to sell the Nova before it was stolen.
My Dad is still alive, still driving at 86. I'd like to still honor his gift better
some day, perhaps in memory.
I feel kind of bad that I was rather rough w it!
Still have a 1/25th model of a robin egg blue '65 Nova.
Maybe I could someday do a tribute rebody on a CRX platform...
modernized windshield angle for sure!
After each time, I'd remove MORE weight for a faster time. Backseat,
glovebox, front bumper, ashtray.... thought I was really living!